Never got around to sharing this resto from this past May, but all the cool astro restoration posts really got me excited to share this with you dudes.
My first Candy pickup after obsessing over big blues for a while, was this new Astro that was shared over in the SO Cal Arcade Club Discord Channel. It was a very rough shape, but working*, New Astro in Tijuana!
After making a deal and receiving some videos of it working, arranged for shipping from San Diego to Bakersfield. Sadly, it arrived with a necked tube, and blame is really tough to pin. The seller said it must of broken in transport and the shipper said he transported it with extreme care. The detail here, is the seller crossed it from TJ to San Diego where it was picked up. It was tested in TJ, but it was not tested upon pick up as it was being picked up from a relative's house of the seller. So I cant really say the shipper picked up a working cab, it may have broken from being transported from TJ to San Diego. What a huge bummer. I took the L on that. Luckily the MS8 Chassis looked to still be in good shape, but my tube was toast. A quick call to PNL Video and sure enough, he had a nice MS9 chassis and tube for me. Problem solved...for now.
I was excited to restore this cab, but boy it was in bad shape.
The Control Panel was a total mess and the harnesses had been hacked up and wired directly to the jamma, and the quick connectors had been removed.
Took the entire cab apart to clean and prep for paint. Beer was a very important part of this project! Big appreciation to how well thought out these cabs are and how easy it is to break them down and put them back.
Took the pieces down to my buddy's auto body shop and we got to work on them. Sanded down and prepped for paint, it was easy peezy for me. I didn't do anything but supervise !
Stay tuned for more posts here shortly, gotta run for now!
My first Candy pickup after obsessing over big blues for a while, was this new Astro that was shared over in the SO Cal Arcade Club Discord Channel. It was a very rough shape, but working*, New Astro in Tijuana!
After making a deal and receiving some videos of it working, arranged for shipping from San Diego to Bakersfield. Sadly, it arrived with a necked tube, and blame is really tough to pin. The seller said it must of broken in transport and the shipper said he transported it with extreme care. The detail here, is the seller crossed it from TJ to San Diego where it was picked up. It was tested in TJ, but it was not tested upon pick up as it was being picked up from a relative's house of the seller. So I cant really say the shipper picked up a working cab, it may have broken from being transported from TJ to San Diego. What a huge bummer. I took the L on that. Luckily the MS8 Chassis looked to still be in good shape, but my tube was toast. A quick call to PNL Video and sure enough, he had a nice MS9 chassis and tube for me. Problem solved...for now.
I was excited to restore this cab, but boy it was in bad shape.
The Control Panel was a total mess and the harnesses had been hacked up and wired directly to the jamma, and the quick connectors had been removed.
Took the entire cab apart to clean and prep for paint. Beer was a very important part of this project! Big appreciation to how well thought out these cabs are and how easy it is to break them down and put them back.
Took the pieces down to my buddy's auto body shop and we got to work on them. Sanded down and prepped for paint, it was easy peezy for me. I didn't do anything but supervise !
Stay tuned for more posts here shortly, gotta run for now!