Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
1975 Atari Crash 'N Score Restoration
Majoraslayer:
Someone just gave me this vintage cabinet. Supposedly it works, as his kids used to play it. However, the cabinet is literally disentegrating; there is no restoring the cabinet itself.
My first task in restoring this classic will be to build an entire new cabinet. Does anyone happen to have cabinet plans for this game?
IG-88:
Wow! Just looked it up on KLOV, cool looking game. :applaud: You 're probably gonna have a hard time getting plans for it. Is it so far gone that you cant even get measurements? Whats all left too it?
PICS!
Majoraslayer:
I couldn't get it in the door of the shed, so at the moment I have it stored at my mom's covered in a tarp. As soon as possible, I'm going to take pics of it.
Like I said, the cabinet is completely disentegrating. If you touch it, your hand comes away covered in wood dust. All of the wood in it is just rotten and falling to pieces, I guess from moisture. Hopefully the game itself still works as I've been told. I'm actually a little afraid to try booting it inside the cabinet due to the disentegrating wood because it seems like it would be a fire hazard.
I lightly tugged on the locked rear panel, and the entire back fell off. This allowed me to look over the inside, and it appears that the components inside are in good shape (with the exception of several years of dust). The monitor and board look to be solidly put together.
Maybe I can measure it out before I take it apart. I was just kind of hoping someone would have some plans for it to make it easier. eBay has an actual service manual for it, but the seller said it didn't have any kind of plans for the cab itself. I'll post pics as soon as I can.
EDIT: Also, everything is there except for most of the T-molding and one of the pedals.
IG-88:
For the wood to be that bad I'm wondering if it didn't get completely flooded. I wouldn't boot it up yet either. The boards can get wet but not for an extended period of time and they have to be completely dry before power is applied of course. Take some detailed pics of the hardware and get them on here for the experts to look at. It may be a case where this poor thing is just too far gone. :(
If there is anything left of the artwork you might want to scan it now before it gets any worse. There are some people that can do some amazing things with that stuff on these boards also.
Silas (son of Silas):
Nice looking cab. The photo on KLOV hints at it being a pretty chunky beast. I look forward to seeing a pic of yours.
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