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Track and Field cocktail restoration

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Wade:
I've been working pretty hard this week to restore my track and field cocktail game.

This picture shows it after I cleaned most of it up.  I cleaned the bare wood with bleche-white, then painted it.  The top piece you see that is white was stained plywood except for the part under players 3&4 (it was laminated white).  I just painted it white to make it look cleaner.  The insides were about half painted black and half bare wood, I painted it all black.

You can't really tell in this picture but there are various chips around the edges, and some holes.  It wasn't in horrible condition but I like my games to be as nice as possible, within reasonable cost constraints of course.

Wade:
This picture gives a better idea of the condition of the game before restoration.

Wade:
This is that extension base that is so sought after. :)  I will necessarily have to recut wood for the 4 main sides of it because the particle board is so water damaged.  I will re-use all the mounting hardware.  It will look just like the original when finished but I guess it will only be half original.

Wade:
A couple of black side panels after wood repair and brand new formica!  The speaker grills were repainted silver (not visible in the picture) and the carriage bolts were polished.

Wade:
Coin door, which appeared to be original, though it doesn't have the big Centuri logo on it like the flyer.  It had a few scratches and was dirty.  I just disassembled and cleaned it, and gave it a fresh coat of paint.  Looks like new unless you really inspect it closely.

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