restoration

  1. stragulus

    Reviving a rusty Sharp WF-939Z

    Another fun project! Ever since knowing about this model's existence, which is actually only since a couple of months :-D I wanted one. They seem to be pretty rare, but a month ago or so there was one on ebay which I snagged. It was relatively cheap, but it certainly has suffered a great...
  2. clarkestrong

    Restoring a TRC931. The Journey begins.

    I want to start and apologize because I know the Lasonic projects are probably starting to annoy most users. This is my first vintage Boombox and I have been looking for a few years. I just happened to log into Ebay a few hours after A Lasonic TRC931 was posted buy it now for 170 shipped to the...
  3. kraftmatic

    Check out my Aiwa CS-J88 - FULLY RESTORED with help from Floyd! [PIC HEAVY]

    First of all, big thanks to Floyd on this restoration. He is truly the man. He refoamed the speakers and passive reflector months ago and then came to the rescue when I couldn't get the deck working. I've sent a few things his way in exchange but there's no way to repay him for being such a...
  4. BreakBeat Fanatik

    Restroration to my Box.. Pioneer SK-550

    Okay, so I have been working on this piece for quite a while and I know have it working perfectly. The only thing on this box is that it has a few scratches that might need some touch up. I have no idea if there is a way nor if it is a good idea to do some touch paint work on these boxes. Any...
  5. kraftmatic

    Sharp GF-999 restoration

    Brothers and Sisters, Here are some pics of a Sharp GF-999 that I just finished restoring. Unfortunately I don't have any "before" pics, but it was a mess when I got it--it was filthy, the decks were not working, there was no sound from the left channel, the dust caps from the two center...