Gorf: my first restoration

question about paint

So, go look at this ebay Gorf. Look at all the pictures and then come back here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gorf-Vintage-Ar...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35a9112010

Now, what color were the inside walls of the cabinet? If you answered "the same blue color as the outside walls" you are correct!

Anyone know if that is original? *Both* mine are/were black, and there is no indication it was painted over blue (there black worn away to bare wood, but nowhere is there black worn away to blue).

Anyway, I found it interesting. If I restore the second one (doubtful!) I might consider trying it out as blue.
 
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Hey when i started to restore mine, it was also blue on the inside.I had to sand it all the way down as the wood was cracking and saw no sign of any black paint. Also the one you linked to Ebay has the extra door on the bottom for the coin bucket, like mine does and your does not. That is only the 2nd one that i have seen like mine. Weird.... There are pic's of mine on the photobucket link. Darrel
 
Looks like the Gorf's that had the lower coin door also had blue on the inside instead of black. (good catch, I never noticed that).

Here is another example I found:
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I see it has the vents by the control panel, maybe this a early issue cab thing, where they painted the inside cab blue and then stopped it later on. Because of glare, or to save blue paint.
 
Ah, so maybe it was a factory "option". Now, like someone said - did the run the "inside blue" early, or late in the Gorf run?

The Gorf I restored can't be considered....its not the original monitor, so anything else can be suspect (the vented bezel could be from another machine, for example).

Oh well, interesting.
 
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OK i just checked the ser.# on mine and it is 2096. I have no idea if that is low or high. The one on Ebay also shows the inside of the game and you can see where the coin box area is boxed in and the board in there is the same gray as the lower outside part of the game.Mine also has the same board. Anyway another unknown mystery of what they did to games when they built them.
 
Not all Gorf cabinets were alike. I had one of the very early run ones with no decal sideart, but it had "Midway GORF" stenciled on the side, like a pinball cabinet would be. It also had a different speaker configuration, but I can't remember if it had the inner areas blue.
 
nomore25s said:
So, go look at this ebay Gorf. Look at all the pictures and then come back here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gorf-Vintage-Ar...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35a9112010

Now, what color were the inside walls of the cabinet? If you answered "the same blue color as the outside walls" you are correct!

Anyone know if that is original? *Both* mine are/were black, and there is no indication it was painted over blue (there black worn away to bare wood, but nowhere is there black worn away to blue).

Anyway, I found it interesting. If I restore the second one (doubtful!) I might consider trying it out as blue.
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My Gorf is all original and it's painted black on the inside walls of the cabinet just like the flyer. No lower coin door. Looks like my ser # tag is missing but I have some numbers stamped in the wood on the top left side of the back 17 59 1 It's funny they are spaced apart like that. Are their any other places to find a ser # in the cabinet?
 

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Done!

Well, I can't say it was all fun, but it was definitely something different other than just trying to get something to work/play.

Thanks to everyone (especially, but not limited to) gorfchampion, spyridon, Jeff F!

I am definitely glad I spent the time to do the coindoor. It seemed like such a huge timesink, but it turned out great. I stripped it and then took the dremel to it. I even got all the coin mechs/shoots/rejects working - bonus. You can see on the original picture they had turned the slot upside down to not accept quarters. As expected, since I was ordering the Midway plate for the coindoor, I went ahead and ordered t-molding at the same time - 25ft! So I'm DONE!

In the next day or two I'll post a item and price list. It won't be pretty - but maybe it will help someone.

PS - I posted a score too. That is/was a 3-ship game. John's HS is safe from me - I no longer have the time, patience, nor dexterity to go after it.
 

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nomore25s said:
Didn't have a lot of time tonight. Was able to get the AC-in molex connector swapped out. Also added some small connectors for the speakers, which I had to cut the wires to remove the wiring harness. Now they're plug-n-play.

Pulled the monitor chassis. Wow, thats a 1000 times easier to pull than a WG4600! I'm reading Bob Roberts notes on the G07 and I'm going to sleep on it - with talks of modifications and upgrades. We'll see tomorrow.

I keep putting off the coin door....its not going to be fun.

Oh yea, t-molding should be here tomorrow!
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OK, this is from memory, from like a year and a 1/2 ago, so double check. I worked on 2 Gorfs back to back that I had at the same time. Both had a burned molex like yours. The bottom pin and the pin just above it connect to the same rail on the supply board. They are electrically the same. To distribute the load I took a slightly smaller guage wire, soldered on 2 short leads to make a "Y", a little shrink wrap at the joint, crimped on 2 pins then populated both slots in the connector. Again, this is from memory but I bet your pictured connector was the same as what was burned on both of my games. Just double check it if you do the same. One Gorf is sold and the other, the one I kept, is buried in a garage while I remodel. Kind of hard to look at to verify.

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Great restore!
I did a ground-up on my Gorf a couple years ago. The sideart I got started to peel about a month after aplying and now has pretty much completely fallen off and won't stick back on. Its almost like the vinyl has shrunk and warped. Anyways, I am not sure where I got it, but is the stuff from arcadeoverlays on typical 'soft' vinyl like other sideart or is it the more stiffer vinyl?.. almost like 1/4 cpo carbonate, and 3/4 vinyl.. can't think of how else to describe it.. Mine is on the stiffer type and I have never seen any other artwork printed on this type since then.... and I have bought quite a bit of stuff. I would like to get something that works, but won't buy the same thing..
 
Rich from This Old Game has Gorf on his list of possible screened art projects. Drop him a note to let him know you are interested. The more interest the more chances that this will get done.
 
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