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I always kick myself for not taking progress photos during a restore, and this one was another undertaking in retrospect that I wish I had properly documented with repair photos.

Listed as non-working on FB marketplace for $200. In it's former life, it was a Super Cobra, but had been converted into several games over the years. It had it's control panel pried off multiple times and subsequently had lock bars, lag bolts and angle brackets mounted inside likely to prevent further break-ins. The control panel was mangled and re-wired with some of the worst soldering I've ever seen. The bottom and back edges of the cabinet were flaking and chewed up as Stern cabinets usually are. There were massive gouges and Xs carved into the sides which were painted in a thick black oil-based paint that may as well have been asphalt sealant. Lag bolts had been driven into the control panel from the top side to mount a sheet of lexan over it.

The overwhelming positive was the monitor which, though original, had zero burn in and as a bonus, the original stern wiring harness was complete. It's last owner thankfully used a Konami to Jamma converter when adding a 60-in-1.
After a cap kit and adjustment to the B+ on the monitor, the game came back to life...what followed was 2 months of restoration.

Several weekends sanding, patching and repairing the cabinet itself. When the weather finally warmed, I applied Kilz Original primer followed by Benjamin Moore "Firefly" for the base yellow. For the stencils I used Rustoleum Gloss Orange 376894 and Gloss Black. Glass Bezel, Marquee and Control Panel were all purchased from Phoenix Arcade. Always amazed at the level of quality of everything I purchase from them and can't recommend them enough.

While not my best work, I'm happy to finally have it finished and ready to bring inside.
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And finally the lone "Before" photo from the FB Marketplace listing:

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