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Restore: Paperboy: 'Exclusive!' - Restore with enhanced side art
griffindodd:
Yep I'll just make everyone wear these when they are playing to keep the grips looking new...
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: griffindodd on February 22, 2013, 01:21:03 pm ---Yep I'll just make everyone wear these when they are playing to keep the grips looking new...
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Heh. Planning to get any other restore items?
griffindodd:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on February 22, 2013, 01:31:02 pm ---Heh. Planning to get any other restore items?
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Not really, I need a retaining pin for one of the gearshafts as one just sheared clean off when I tried to unbolt it, but everything else is complete and solid so far.
griffindodd:
Small updates.
The grips arrived and they are brand new lovely lovely 80's vinyl, I love the blue color, just the way I remembered it on the machine I used to play at the local arcade with I was 12 years old.
Took a box of parts down to the plating shop for chroming and went over them with the owner, he was really interested in the project and we swapped stories about playing Paperboy as kids. I asked him for a ballpark quote and he responded "About $500" :dizzy:
I started choking, staggering around all over the room, made some squeaking noises and fell to the floor. After he picked me up and dusted me down he said he'll look over everything in more detail and get the price down for me, so we'll see.
In all I am having all the pieces of the handlebar assembly chromed, so everything that is above the CP. He's also rewelding the bracket for the underside of the CP and he's also chroming the coin door frame, coin return frames and the coin insert frames.
mcseforsale:
It's all about the prep. Unfortunately, good prep for chrome is very difficult to do at home. 5 bills is still a big $$. Make friends with the guy and see if you can sneak a couple parts in at a time with other orders that he's already doing.
AJ
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