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crashwg:
As some of you may already know, I recently got a defender cab for free from another member of the boards.  I've been working on it here and there for the past week or so and I've come accross a few problems, which makes me wonder "will it be more work than doing a scratch build?"

The cab doesn't have a back door, the roof of the cab needs to be replaced along with the part that one would kick while playing.  The cab must have had some sort of water damage at some point in time because the bottom 2" have been cut off and replaced with 2x3s.  I think I'll have to cut off another
DrewKaree:
From reading what you've said, the only piece that isn't in rough shape is the board just under the marquee!  :o

It seems to me that if you have work to do on every panel on the cab, then that's telling you that you should buy a few sheets of MDF and lay the cab down and trace the shape of all those pieces onto your MDF....then you'll "fix" every bad piece.

Hey, did I just say start from scratch, but without using those exact words?  I guess I did  ;)

At least you have a DYNAMITE starting point and won't have as much measuring to do  :D
whammoed:
I say if you can't bring it back to like new condition, and it sounds like thats not feasible, then start over from scratch and just use it as a template.
RayB:
Wow, I didn't know the sides could even bend like that... I wonder what kind of extreme exposures it takes for that to happen...

Crazy Cooter:
I'm with Drew, use it as a template.  I'm assuming it's going to be inside your house, so spend an extra couple bucks and make it look nice.  By having the original cab, you've got a great "plan" to follow.
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