 Even the most "restored
machine" is never fully done. It is sort of like owning a house.. there is always something that need to be
fixed or could be better. The closing of the last update, proved that we could do much more to make things better
and the time has come. With the purchase of some reproduction side art off of Ebay, I set off to rip off the old
and replace it with new…. Things did not got as planed. As I started off on the right side, some of the black laminate
(for lack of a better word) started to lift. After tit started.. It was all over.. There was no stopping it and
is almost fell off the machine. Well that is not what I planed, but the dried glue that has soaked in to the partial
board cabinet has acted like a sealer and it was obvious that a coat of black paint would look and feel just like
the original. Off to the left side, Things were different over here. This side the laminate would not come off
at all and I tried as I thought It would be nice to 100% match both sides of the cabinet wit fresh paint. No such
luck. My 2 year old son Luke helped me pull it all off and the new art when on immediately after that. A coat of
paint on the right side was applied and allowed to dry overnight. But what next??? THE MONITOR! Yes it was time
to replace the burnt monitor that we covered with smoked Lexan with a nice new monitor. I also had a NOS overlay
in stock so now was the time to do that too. The sticks and buttons were removed ands the steal panel was heated
form underneath to soften the tough overlay material. It took the better part of 2 hours to work it all off, but
once it was removed the panel was sanded clean and some dents that were by the wizard joystick were hammered flat.
I also replace the wizard stick because the rebuild we did two years ago was not enough to keep the wizard from
getting stuck. Before snapping it all back together, I replaced the Gauntlet board with Gauntlet 2. Gauntlet 2,
is a better game with better attract music (IMHO) and that wraps up Gauntlet!
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