Tapper

Acquired April 2003.
Restoration completed July 2003.
Sold December 2004.

Took a chance on this one. The game was converted to a "Skins Game", and I was hoping that the artwork below the thick speckle paint was preserved, to my delight it was near perfect. It was a definite challenge to do this one, and I feel really good about the way this came out. A real lot of time and effort (not to mention $$$) was put into restoring this classic.

The front panel as you can see was burnt, looks like someone tried to take the speckle paint off with a heat gun... In the process they burned the underlying artwork. I removed the front panel and stripped off the paint, scanned it into my computer and repaired the front panel digitally. Came out fairly well, although I would replace the entire panel with an original should one in nice shape ever come my way.

Stripped paint off sides.
Created reproduction artwork for front panel.
Acquired and repaired PCB Set. Video sprite glitch.
Made new wiring harness.
Installed switching power supply.
Rebuilt G07-CBO, including new flyback transformer.
Acquired near mint monitor bezel.
Acquired control panel, tapper handles.
Acquired test switch panel.
Acquired original brass rail.
Acquired original glass marquee.
Stripped and refinished cup holders with brass metallic paint.
Applied new control panel overlay.
Stripped and refinished coin door.
New midway logo plate on coin door.
Installed corner protectors.
Installed new kickplate.
New T-Molding.
New Tapper handle overlays.


Restoration Completed.	Original Condition.

Fried front panel and coin door.	JAMMA harness, AC wiring still in tact.

The stripping process begins...So far so good. Used 3M safest stripper en masse, and goof-off for stubborn paint.

Left side looking great! Right side worked out to be just as well preserved. (not pictured here)

Cabinet completely stripped of paint, newly created front panel artwork applied. Cup holders refinished and new T-molding installed.

Front panel with repro art applied, coin door and cup holders refinished, and brass rail polished. CPO and tapper handle overlays have been replaced.	Machine assembled in the basement, prior to acquisition of NOS quality monitor bezel.