gorfchampion
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I don't dare say "restored", as its a long way from that. I bought this game for $60 at a garage sale in early May 09. I pretty much disassembled the entire thing, cleaned it inside and out(this was the dirtiest game I had bought by far of my 23 or so in my collection), sandblasted and painted the coin door and parts(shroud too), the periscope caps and mounting plates, the handles, speaker cover(sandblast only), front glass guide, etc. I sealed the front glass and the marquee with triple thick, soaked and cleaned the periscope ball bearings in "gunk" cleaner, and then put them back in with wheel bearing grease(all 37 of em), straightened out the bent coin door hinge, and painted the "press" letters on the start button(on the coin door). I also used wood putty on the step as it was all chipped and beat to hell, repainted that, and then I removed the rubber matting, cleaned it, turned it around(the back half was like brand new because it was hidden under the game all these years), used a glue-like adhesive and reattached the matting, stapled it to the step and then painted the staples. I put in new locks on the back doors and coin door, too. It turned out well, this was my first big project that I've ever taken on. A buddy of mine is going to finish up the board work soon; it has a few glitches yet. Here's some before and after pics. I'm going to post quite a few. Enjoy!

