Blackout
Williams, 1980I’m terribly on the fence about what to do with this Blackout. The cabinet has water damage and the entire playfield has white powdery mold. But the game seems complete and is only missing the MPU.
Does the playfield look good enough for a players machine or is this game too far gone?
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Tidy it up as good as you can — throw a playfield protector on to sort out those sunken inserts — and you’ll have a winner.
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I recommend refurbishing. There is plenty to work with.
If you do end up parting out, however...im interested in the playfield. I have a sentimental attachment to this pin.
I would definitely restore it. Remove everything from playfield and see how it looks after you clean it up. Sometimes a little scrubbing and Novus can do wonders.
The cabinet needs a bit of work but it is totally doable in my oppinion.
So ... go for it 
As long as the cab isn't falling apart, it's probably fixable. Not every game has to look perfect. I've seen way worse brought back to life to flip again.
Too bad we're not closer. I have a blackout with all the opposite problems as yours and if the two were combined would make a great game. But I think yours could be restored.
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What's it going to be? Restored or parted?
It looks like I will be selling this to someone who wants to restore this.
Here are the pictures of the holes in the cabinet and head
Cabinet is solid, knocking on it, it seems to be free of large voids.
The neck and head are pretty well chewed up. Neck definitely needs to be replaced but you possibly could fill the holes in head and use it.
As for “are you sure it’s empty?”
It’s been sitting in quarantine for a month and nothing has come out, no evidence of activity. I’m pretty certain it’s good.
1E296FB9-5301-4CC6-A657-236EB34E920E.jpeg8E7CCD9B-FA41-426B-A949-404F61532509.jpeg7D65B10B-CF89-4F38-8D94-AB82F47B45D5.jpeg7C099FA2-54DF-4D94-A54D-C0C7780FD9F1.jpegB87BBC5E-35DE-413A-817C-D71BC4C83A59.jpegB4B57AF8-EAD4-4DA2-89AE-EDF7E6BFF98F.jpeg6586A83E-9CE8-49A1-B514-CA723A9B8610.jpegThanks for all the interest and feedback! The game is going to zacaj who I believe has the spirit to make this game into what it needs to be! I truly believe these are good bones and a truly gem is there, it just needs more work then I’m able to put into it with so many projects, plus I FINALLY have my first game on location!
So that’s exciting and there’s lots going on in life at the moment. If anyone is in Upstate New York, feel free to shoot me a message if you ever wanna see the workshop or check out my backlog of projects 
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