Popeye - A Fizgig Restoration

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Popeye

"I oughta busk you right in the mush."

Cabinet and Hardware:

Brand new freshly cut wood cabinet - color matched from old cabinet and painted
Stripped and powder coated: brackets, coin door, speaker mesh
Stripped and refinished coin shoot parts (stainless steel and chrome)
Internal metal parts - cleaned and painted as needed
Bolts - polished
New wooden control panel
New T-molding
New Locks
New Vinyl Levelers
New Wheels
New Speaker (www.mikesarcade.com)


Cosmetics:

These NOS pieces took forever to track down:
NOS Bezel
NOS Marquee
NOS Plexiglass Control Panel with NOS instruction card

New joystick ball/shaft and clear dust ring (www.mikesarcade.com)

Buttons - original, polished

New Reproduction instruction decal from (www.thisoldgame.com)

Reproduction screen printed side art - (www.arcadeshop.com)

Have the insert coin arrow decal but i think its ugly so i left it off.


Electronics:

Original Sanyo EZ 20 Monitor - cleaned and adjusted
Restored power supply - new wood base
Cleaned boards and wire harness
New Power Cord
New Marquee Light Fixture/Bulb
LED's behind marquee and coin bezels
 
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Woah crimp caps??? those aren't factory are those?

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amazing regardless
 
All the wires came this way in the machine.

I have another (extra) NOS cp instruction card, and an extra NOS marquee. Plus a control panel plexi with no cig burns, just a few light scratches. I have the original bezel too, but its not great.
 
crazy, but still very very nice.

so how many local places know you by name from the amount of building materials you buy?
 
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