My last pickup for 2010

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Just made it on time before 2011 with my last pickup for the year. I been always looking for a tempest but never got a chance to find one untill today.I been talking to the seller for a while on this one and finally made a deal on it. The history from what the seller told me that it was in a dental office for a while it's not working at the moment I haven't had a chance to check it yet since I have to drill out the lock on the back he said it was a fuse Lol! Anyways the condition is ok it probably needs a new Marquee it's peeling at the edges and control panel is the same way.The only thing is the original tinted glass some jerkoff scratched it with something sharp so going to have to replace that. Here are some pics or it didn't happen! Happy new year's to all KLOV members!
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Nice score.

Try flipping the glass around first - might hide the dumbasses' initials. ;)

If you end up replacing it, it's a material called "Graylite 14", you can find it at any glass shop. ;) Save you a ton of money that way, as opposed to looking for another "Tempest Glass"...
 
Nice score.

Try flipping the glass around first - might hide the dumbasses' initials. ;)

If you end up replacing it, it's a material called "Graylite 14", you can find it at any glass shop. ;) Save you a ton of money that way, as opposed to looking for another "Tempest Glass"...
Thanks jawhn for the information on the glass! I will try the flipping glass and see if that will hide the initials.
I have an extra tempest glass down in my parts room

Thanks flynn54321 I will send you a PM if your still wanting to part with that extra tempest glass!
 
nice! Tempest was my last pickup of the year.

it'll also probably be my last repair of the year as i found my spinner rebuild kit yesterday and got in a beautiful NOS knob from Mylstar today. hope to have it all working nice when people arrive here in a few hours for NYE.
 
Thanks everyone! I can't wait to drill out that lock and get this baby working again!Does anyone know the common problems with Tempest? I want to see where to check for first but hopefully it's just a simple fix, the guy I bought it from said it was fully working and had weekly maintence when it was on route but when the office closed he had it stored away and it stopped working? I was thinking checking the power supply first?
 
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was this one of the ones for like $350 on CL the other day?
there were like two games in Fremont

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/vgm/2133384779.html

sounded like it needed some work but this is a nice looking cab.

Yes! That's the one! I didn't pay the $350 he was asking for it he was in need of a new water heater for his house since his old one went out so he needed the money. He said someone offered $100 for it and he passed not sure if it was someone from here?
 
Yes! That's the one! I didn't pay the $350 he was asking for it he was in need of a new water heater for his house since his old one went out so he needed the money. He said someone offered $100 for it and he passed not sure if it was someone from here?

Steve, nice pickup! If you need a glass, let me know. I have crushed a few over the years, so I should have a spare..

as for the lock, occasionally you can just turn it on tempest. sometimes you can grab the outer edge with channel locks. Other times you can shove a screwdriver into the key and turn it that way.

Drilling can be dangerous. I would just pop the lock with 2 screwdrivers. wege them between the door and the top wood and pry it open. The lock is cheap the hasp will usually bend pretty easy.

Recap the monitor and replace big blue asap.
 
That looks great! congrats on the pickup. You probably want to leave the marquee alone. If the cracked edge bothers you, the poor quality reproduction that is a available will bother you even more. I was very disapointed when i recieved the repro. The whole thing was very dark. The repro CPO looks awesome, so have at that one if you want.
 
Yes! That's the one! I didn't pay the $350 he was asking for it he was in need of a new water heater for his house since his old one went out so he needed the money. He said someone offered $100 for it and he passed not sure if it was someone from here?

congrats, i'm jealous as I've wanted a vector but i'm out of space. I promised myself I'd digest what I had on the books.

Bill E also has a cab for me too.... Got to finish digesting what I've got for now.
 
congrats, i'm jealous as I've wanted a vector but i'm out of space. I promised myself I'd digest what I had on the books.

Bill E also has a cab for me too.... Got to finish digesting what I've got for now.

Someone's hungry! :rolleyes:
 
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