G'day all
Some pics of a Fish Tales i'll be doing for Ian (aka howzat) here on AP.
He scored this one, complete with its busted playfield glass from a local car dealer who had had a few pins over the years, this was the last one which he'd had in storage for a lot of years where something was dropped onto the PF glass
Ian's a motor trimmer/upholsterer by trade, and he did a barter deal with the car yard owner who wanted some seats retrimmed in a Commodore from his personal car collection, and $500 cash for the pin. I think Ian did pretty good getting the pin for that deal, as i inspected the game for him, the only main issue with the pin i found (apart from the glass everywhere) was a dead sound board, and the topper was damaged, broken where it screws down.
The game booted up when we powered it up, DMD was good, no dots out etc and all of the boards looked good (except the sound board which had blown output chips). The MPU, the batteries were JUST starting to leak so no acid damage to the board which was my biggest concern, having sat for many years unused. Another nice surprise was i saw NONE of the usual power/driver board connector hacks!! So it shouldn't take much to get it all fully up and running
The game has the usual fading of the cabinet, The hunt for parts has started.. i have new chrome legs and a new topper here already, and cab decals have been ordered.
Ian can chime in with some more info on the deal or anything i've forgotten about
Ian removed a lot of the glass when he dropped the game off while he was here, revealing what will be a SWEET playfield, a few slightly raised inserts but NO WEAR that I can see!!
Will add more at a later date as the project progresses, I still have a few other games ahead of this one but i'll do my best to squeeze this one in for Ian
