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robbie00:
I also forgot, my SI also did not have either back door....similar to yours...whats up with back door stealin' ?
And the piece of cardboard was there and needs to be swapped...I swear I thought you were working on my cab ;)

Robbie

Spyridon:
Okay, it's been a while but...I'm back!

Game is still not working, but let's focus on the outside for now. Time to tear her down.

Wire harness removed

Moon seems to be in pretty good shape and should clean up nicely

Getting the monitor out took a while. Bolts were rusted and in a hard to reach place

Anyone know if this monitor is salvageable? There are no replacement width coils out there for this.

I may have to rig in a new color monitor if this can't be fixed.

Tearing this cab down took much longer than I expected. Lot's of components to remove.

Look how bad she has yellowed

Spyridon:
Now that she is apart and outside in the light, let's take a look and see what we have in store for us:

Hmm...looks like this got too close to something hot. T-molding has melted and it looks like the wood has been burned

Bottom looks to be in rough shape

Upper back door is missing and lower door is swollen and needs to be replaced

Let's check underneath

Well, the front kick plate needs to go

and the back as well.

Looking closer at the bottom of the cab, that looks like mold

Yep, and pretty nasty stuff underneath

Cab seems pretty solid, with the exception of the front kick plate and the back lower section. That mold is pretty nasty. It seems to be just on the surface and I can probably sand it off. Time to break out the heavy duty respirator!

I'm wondering if I should just use the cab as a template and cut new sides? Saves having to deal with that nasty stuff. I may do some work on it and see how bad it is first.

Spyridon:
Special thanks to RetroACTIVE for providing the dimensions for the back doors

Spyridon:
I've noticed quite a few differences between my SI and the one RetroACTIVE restored which is probably an earlier model. (RetroActive can you let us know the serial number so I can see if you have an earlier model)

Mine has a plexi bezel and RA has a glass one

Biggest difference is the side colors. Much darker blue on RA's compared to mine

Back door vent openings are different

looks to be more black speckles on RA's

and no white speckles on the interior of RA's

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