Restoring Seeburg M100C

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I'm lucky enough to be in possession of a 1952(3?) Seeburg M100C jukebox, that you may be familiar with if you've ever seen the closing credits to Happy Days.

This Juke has been in my family since before I was born. Up until 2004, it was functional, but it was damaged in moving, and has sat silently ever since. It was always my intention to get it back up and running but life has a way of delaying things, and I personally put the PRO in procrastination.

Well seems like I've finally found my motivation and have begun the process of repairing/restoring it.

I stupidly forgot to take any pictures of it in it's intact state, but have attached some pics of my early progress. I've pulled all the electricals and mechs from the cabinet. I plan on recapping both the Amplifier and the selection receiver, which will be the most significant soldering job I've ever undertaken (replacing some caps on my AFM pin and modding my PS1 being my previous experience)
I've also purchased a set of replacement vacuum tubes, as several were damaged, and I figured I'd just freshen them all up at once.

The cabinet had been repainted (and poorly) twice in it's lifetime, so I've stripped the exterior completely. While I was in process, I was able to see the original factory finish - a two toned faux wood finish done via some form of lithographic process from what I've read online. Unfortunately, there was really no way to strip the repaints and keep the original finish, so I'll be using wood veneer to refinish the cabinet, which seems to be the standard. I plan on keeping the 2-tone effect, though I cant imagine I'll be able to faithfully reproduce the original look exactly.

As of this posting, I've gotten about 95% of the exterior sanded, so I'll be ready to veneer the cab soon. I have to decide on what woods to use and place that order soon.

I've got the cap kits and replacement tubes ready to go. Just need to do some practice soldering before I dive into that job.

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Not a huge update, but all the external cabinet sanding is complete, and wood veneer has been ordered. Attached is a pic of the original flyer which gives a representation of the 2-tone effect I'm going for. The veneers I've chose are White Oak, and Italian Zebrawood, both quartersawn, as the grain patterns come closest to the faux wood finish of the original cabinet IMO. I'm hoping to tackle some of the soldering on the selection receiver this weekend (fingers crossed).