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Title: Kampcool's Millipede
Post by: kampcool on June 13, 2011, 05:47:07 pm

    Ok guys, this one was kind of an impulse gamble, as the owner didnt know much about machines, knew it worked, knew it was valuable, AND LIVED A STATE AWAY (Pick-up ONLY deal).....   So, I rolled the dice, fired up the pickup, and started on my 500 mile journey.  When I was close, I phoned the seller, and by goodness if he didnt tell me they had a power outage.  I was thinking, "What are the odds: Is this machine in worse shape than advertised"?  So I am beside myself in being fooled, when I pulled in, and low and behold Consumers Power were working on a pole.   
 
    So, I still couldnt test the machine working as advertised, I asked if I could at least see the inside.   I had to physically knash my teeth to keep my jaw from dropping. 
 
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850798.jpg)
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850797.jpg)
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850793.jpg)
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850792.jpg)

Title: Re: Kampcool's Millipede
Post by: kampcool on June 13, 2011, 05:58:51 pm

  Here are some pictures of the exterior, and why I made the gamble.  We wanted this one in our collection, and do not have to look anymore.
 
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850786.jpg)
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850787.jpg)
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850788.jpg)
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850789.jpg)
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850790.jpg)
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850805.jpg)
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850806.jpg)
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850807.jpg)
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850808.jpg)
(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850818.jpg)
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(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy256/kampcool/Millipede/SN850817.jpg)

Title: Re: Kampcool's Millipede
Post by: kampcool on June 13, 2011, 06:06:01 pm

Moving this over to restorations, as I need to do a rollerball restore (original works, but could be better- bearings are a lil chuncky), and some minor cosmetic lipstick stuff/missing the coin bucket.   :cheers:

Title: Re: Kampcool's Millipede
Post by: BobA on June 13, 2011, 07:39:25 pm

Wow, one of the cleanest machines I have seen.   :applaud: :applaud: