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Title: Williams Defender restoration
Post by: mchay on February 28, 2008, 03:17:53 am
A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from someone who had a couple of arcade machines in his garage, that he wanted to part with. I went out to him and discovered that he had 3 Defender machines - which was in descent shape. We don't see Defender very often here in Denmark, so I couldn't stop myself from buying them. One has a broken monitor and one is missing power supply and some other stuff - but it looks like I made a good deal.

It wasn't before last night, that I got them home. Now the restoration begins :D

I have a couple of pictures. They are a bit dirty, but I will start cleaning the next couple of days.

I'm new to restoring arcademachines, so I hope that some of you can help me out - if or when I hit a wall.


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Title: Re: Williams Defender restoration
Post by: RetroACTIVE on February 28, 2008, 08:05:02 am
Those look pretty good... I did the same:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=65938.0

Its a fun one!  I'd be happy to answer any questions I can.
Title: Re: Williams Defender restoration
Post by: spacies on February 28, 2008, 02:53:01 pm
Wowza,

Very nice find!

Retroactives Defender rebuild is the best around.
You  have a lot of fun ahead of you.

Good luck.
Title: Re: Williams Defender restoration
Post by: ChadTower on February 28, 2008, 03:13:37 pm

Niiice... those actually don't look bad at all, just dusty.
Title: Re: Williams Defender restoration
Post by: ratzz on February 29, 2008, 06:18:11 am
Not fair ... You have three and I haven't got one.  :'(

Good luck with everything - I love Defender (even though I was crap at it!).  ;D
Title: Re: Williams Defender restoration
Post by: Level42 on February 29, 2008, 11:12:29 am
Denmark eehhh,

Mmmmm how many hours driving is that from The Netherlands ?????

I want one ! :)

Great find, and we're here to help you !
Title: Re: Williams Defender restoration
Post by: mchay on February 29, 2008, 11:21:01 am
I thank everyone for their positive responses. I have allready received a couple of very good bids for the machines and I'm considering selling them. I don't have the space to keep them anyway - so I will have to settle with something more generic for my office, because I would like to play different games. Or at least that's my girlfriends opinion  ::)

If I had the room, I would definitely keep one though. It's a very entertaining game, but also very hard to master.
Title: Re: Williams Defender restoration
Post by: BradC on February 29, 2008, 04:52:15 pm
Quote from: Level42 on February 29, 2008, 11:12:29 am
Denmark eehhh,

Mmmmm how many hours driving is that from The Netherlands ?????

LoL. It's like a 15+ hour train ride, so you figure out the driving math. :)
Title: Re: Williams Defender restoration
Post by: Level42 on March 01, 2008, 03:42:13 am
So ?

It's not like I can pick-up a Defender  around the corner here....
Title: Re: Williams Defender restoration
Post by: mchay on March 01, 2008, 04:22:24 pm
I didn't think so either, and suddenly there where 3  ;)

But yes, it's a pretty long trip to Denmark from NL.