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El Toro backglass??????

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tommy:
Art on glass doesnt last long in the humidity of a warehouse, thats probably where it was sitting for many years.

rohan:
I would still scan it just in case you find a backglass with the part that you're missing but messed up everywhere else.  You could them combine them, fix them up in photoshop, and print them...I've seen a lot of rare artwork reproduced from little parts of multiple sources.  Be patient, and please contribute to localarcade.com when your done...Good luck!

rohan:
Found this decent sized pic for reference; I highly recommend you scan yours and have someone with some photoshop skills to correct for parrallax distortion and fill in the blanks.

sean2276:
thanks
How much do you think this is worth being so old? It is complete just needs to be cleaned up and new rubber, but I have a rubber kit on order.

rohan:
These old obscure electro-mechanical machines are really not that valuable to most people.  If you totally have it professionally shopped out like a museum piece, you may have more luck getting some money from a die-hard collector.  It's not really about the money to me.  Preservation is a big part of the hobby; not just of the mechanics, but of the artwork as well.  Those old pins are relatively simple, I would almost recommend building a new cabinet and re-stencilling the artwork back on.  If you do actually take on the task of restoring this old machine, please share scans of your artwork.  If just a fraction of collectors did this, we probably wouldn't have such a hard time finding replacement components.

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