Ira's GF1000 restoration (pic heavy)

I am working on another one of esteemed member redbenjoe's Holy Grails.
He left it with me the day of the sunshine mix and I am slowly making some progress.
I am re-doing some amateur repairs that were done to the front and rear casing including broken posts.
I will also be fixing the loose cassette doors.
will be painting the body.
Also re-whitening the speakers.
Cleaning all the chrome bits and polishing all the clear plexi parts.
So far Radio is completely dis assembled , cleaned, sanded.
I also started all the body work and repairs to the casing.
I am using two part epoxy and JB weld to fix the cracks in the case and broken posts.
Here are some progress pics.
Oh and BTW Ira I have taken some pics of the date code.
Your 1000 was born in 1982 Just incase you want to throw it a birthday party some day..









































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Damn....looks like lots of work there!

its about time you posted im waiting all night to see this.....excelent job so far my brother ...and i allways wanted to do this...IRA I CALL DIBS ON THIS

Jimmy Did you see a pic of the spring i need?

Damn....looks like lots of work there!
It is !!! With lots more to come.

wow --what a POS :'-( :'-(

and i told frank it was an " easy fix "

i guess 30 years of use didnt do that one alot of good

but --we are thinking that there may only be a few gf 1000s left in the usa
ie = a saver
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THANKS frank --for this humongus shittload of work and talent -

will send ramoncheeto over there to pick it --
when its done --
IN A FEW YEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ira your to much

wow --what a POS :'-( :'-(

and i told frank it was an " easy fix "

i guess 30 years of use didnt do that one alot of good

but --we are thinking that there may only be a few gf 1000s left in the usa
ie = a saver
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THANKS frank --for this humongus shittload of work and talent -

will send ramoncheeto over there to pick it --
when its done --
IN A FEW YEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL dont expect miracles and you will be pleasantly surprised..
It will be much better than you gave it to me i promise!!!
Need that dustcap.
I will have it in primer by tom night hopefully

dust cap is LATE :annoyed: |-) |-)

but --if it gets here after you are done --
guess i can just nail it on there
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hey frank --one thingy --even with your great photo skills -
the gorgeous blue case --around the woofs -- is showing up as black
( on MY monitor )

Yeah Too Dark.
with the grills on and outside it really looks nice.

Looking forward to finished box Frank!!

Yeah Too Dark.
with the grills on and outside it really looks nice.
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its vrey blue -- outside

Frank....how you gonna do the chrome rot around the select switches.....and how the hell did you rebuild the tape door hinges

Looking forward to watching the progress on this one
I'd be keen to know of a suitable paint match when you spray the case.
i've a couple of gf's that need a spray

Looking forward to watching the progress on this one
I'd be keen to know of a suitable paint match when you spray the case.
i've a couple of gf's that need a spray
I got this info from a post at S2G years ago:

Model Master 1790 or Tamiya X-11

Good work!!! I'll be waiting for next steps!!!

AWESOME!!!! It will look great after Frank works his magic........

I'm going to use a dull aluminum on the case.
Unfortunate not much can be done about the chrome control panel
Short of having it reproduced as a sticker of some sort.
I do although plan on a light wet sand and a coat of clear over that area.
One of the pieces for the tape door post was in the radio so I simply super glued
It back in place. I am going to have to fabricate something for the center two posts

Holy cripes what a repair you are taking on. Looks like you can't make it worse .


Good luck man. Definetly a resto I wouldn't want to do......

Its coming out great looks like alot of hard work.