A Bally/Midway TIMBER CAB in Italy !!! I can't believe !!! * RESTORATION *

[scr33n]

One month ago ....

Here what I've found ... (Vicenza - Italy):

sorry ... seller's photos, not great quality:

Original Bally/Midway TIMBER cab in Italy!!!!!!



and complete:



Tapper sideart ?   Yep ... from Klov:

All dedicated machine housings were originally Tapper cabinets. If you peel away the lumberjack sideart you will find original Tapper sideart underneath (we are not advocating you try this, however!).



only one side with Timber arts  



and working ..... no no no ... unfortunately the Timber PCB has serious problems (no sprite, bad sound and movement problems  )



and the monitor has bad burn   .... ok no problems .... I've already the solution  

 

[scr33n]

And ... today inside the Scr33n's house/workshop  :

(No roadtrip story .... the seller has delivered the cab   )

The cab empty and ready for a full resto:



















The sidearts colors are very faded  :





 

Next: remove the sidearts and frontart ...

[level42]

WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW !!!!!!

Congrats !!!!!

[Superully]

holy macaroni, holy cow, holy smokes, holy WHATEVER

you lucky SOB - i never thought i'd see a TIMBER over here in europe - what an incredible catch, i totally envy you one of my arcade collecting goals is to get the "mustache guy games" together: timber, tapper and domino man. so far, i've only aquired one (domino man), but that's better than none, right? btw, i thought you were out of room

good luck with the resto, that machine is already looking fabulous as it is ... well worth another WOW!!!

oh, i forgot: how did you find that beauty? was it expensive? looks as if italy is the place for some pretty cool cabs ...

[Vnera]

Great catch realy love the mustache man games my favorite is still domino man but timber is also awsome.

Close up of the type plate please ^^ would love to know if this is a original import ore not.
Hope to finde a williams game some time all of there games i know are awsome!

[Brry71]

 

[Etienne MacGyver]

Congrats on the latest catch screen !

looks very cool as it is, i can imagine how it looks after your restauration 

Goodluck with it !

[mchay]

congrats - definitely looks a whole lot better and more complete than the one I was offered some time ago.

[Q*ris]

Tiiiiiiiimber!!!!

[Belike]

Is it necessary to remove that sideart?
Seems like it is in good condition and ORIGINAL!!!

[Alpha1]

Is it necessary to remove that sideart?
Seems like it is in good condition and ORIGINAL!!!

+1

You may be able to find NOS Timber art for the side you are missing.

Also don't pull your side art off until you have seen the quality of any repro art - you may get dissapointed in it and then you'll be stuck with a cab without any art at all.

I would put the side with no Timber art next to another cabinet so you cannot see it and just sit and wait for a NOS side..

Oliver

[Alpha1]

Scr33n,

Can you tell me who owns the Taito cabinet in the background here?



Oliver

[scr33n]

Is it necessary to remove that sideart?
Seems like it is in good condition and ORIGINAL!!!

+1

You may be able to find NOS Timber art for the side you are missing.

Also don't pull your side art off until you have seen the quality of any repro art - you may get dissapointed in it and then you'll be stuck with a cab without any art at all.

I would put the side with no Timber art next to another cabinet so you cannot see it and just sit and wait for a NOS side..

Oliver

Impossible to find NOS Timber sidearts  .... but no problem ...

I've already in my hands the great reproduction arts done by Thisoldgame.com ... awesome quality !!! 

Scr33n,

Can you tell me who owns the Taito cabinet in the background here?



Oliver

Here the original seller's topic:

http://www.arcadeitalia.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=5719

CABINATO ORIGINALE TAITO DEDICATO "ENFORCE" PERFETTAMENTE FUNZIONANTE € 150

Original dedicated "TAITO ENFORCE" cabinet in great working condition € 150

the warehouse is located in Vincenza, Veneto - North Italy

[scr33n]

First package from US ... THISOLDGAME:



inside a nice and well packaged roll:



Timber front art and sidearts  awesome quality  great job Richard !!!





 

[scr33n]

... with the sidearts in my hands I can start to remove the old and faded sidearts and front art:

I've peeled off the old sticker without problems ...



first side: 





wood is totally clean ... I'm lucky 

and the second: 







and front art: 



in this pic you can see the great colors difference from sidearts and frontart ... everything is faded  unfortunately 



done:




next: bondo and primer