So I managed to bag myself a very cheap Sharp VZ2000 for the ridiculous price of £30 on ebay as it was collection only and listed really badly with rubbish pics and a vague description. But as it was sooo cheap I reckoned it was worth a punt.
It was the sellers gran's and had always been in her house, never moved, which is a good sign. But clearly gran was a very heavy smoker and didn't take her house cleaning too seriously. So instead of the usual silver colour it was more of a brown as shown below before I did anything to it.
You wouldn't want to touch those keys!
You can barely see through the tuner window its so dirty inside and out.
This is the inside from where I removed the turnable, everything is really dusty and coated with tar.
This is the side of the speaker box from the inside...the clear bit at the bottom is the proper colour from where I removed the tape. This gives you an idea of how bad it is as this is an internal surface!!
After many many hours of scrubbing this is what the area below the deck looks like now! Seems the coating of tar has acted like a protective coating!
Heres the main front after the cleaned speakers have been put back in again.
I will of course post full pics once its all sorted and try and do some outdoors so you can see how well its come out! The red speakers are like new, no fading at all, not that you can see that properly in this pic.
I've got as far as rebelting the turntable so that now spins but not got the arms moving yet. Cassette deck runs but is barely audible so will need to fettle that...was tricky to get to the record bar without taking all the workings out so may not have got enough contact cleaner in there. Might try realigning the head instead as thats easier to sort if thats the cause.
Works perfectly on line in and radio and sounds pretty good to me tho obviously lacking in bass. Got an order in to Bredgeo for the sliders and top bloke Lee/Stereomad is sending me a replacement tuning knob.
So its gonna be good when its all done!!!!!!!!
It was the sellers gran's and had always been in her house, never moved, which is a good sign. But clearly gran was a very heavy smoker and didn't take her house cleaning too seriously. So instead of the usual silver colour it was more of a brown as shown below before I did anything to it.
You wouldn't want to touch those keys!
You can barely see through the tuner window its so dirty inside and out.
This is the inside from where I removed the turnable, everything is really dusty and coated with tar.
This is the side of the speaker box from the inside...the clear bit at the bottom is the proper colour from where I removed the tape. This gives you an idea of how bad it is as this is an internal surface!!
After many many hours of scrubbing this is what the area below the deck looks like now! Seems the coating of tar has acted like a protective coating!
Heres the main front after the cleaned speakers have been put back in again.
I will of course post full pics once its all sorted and try and do some outdoors so you can see how well its come out! The red speakers are like new, no fading at all, not that you can see that properly in this pic.
I've got as far as rebelting the turntable so that now spins but not got the arms moving yet. Cassette deck runs but is barely audible so will need to fettle that...was tricky to get to the record bar without taking all the workings out so may not have got enough contact cleaner in there. Might try realigning the head instead as thats easier to sort if thats the cause.
Works perfectly on line in and radio and sounds pretty good to me tho obviously lacking in bass. Got an order in to Bredgeo for the sliders and top bloke Lee/Stereomad is sending me a replacement tuning knob.
So its gonna be good when its all done!!!!!!!!
but dirt is only temporary! 
but it's beginning to look awesome. Great find 
Love it as its my first record deck box and it was such a fabulous bargain 
wah boo hoo 
