So this began about a year ago when I did a 3 state tour to pick up this machine and all the parts I needed to make this restoration possible. A 36 hour round trip. Went to IA to pick up the machine. Then out to NB to get the boards and extra plastics for it. Then on the way back to MO to pick up a replacement backglass since the original is cracked all over the place. Sat here for a year, waiting for the time for me to finally dig my paws in and start the restoration process. I've been dreading it and putting it off because the whole thing looks like someone gave it a salt water bath. So here is the story. Lets see how nice I can make this look.

Btw, the cabinet is trashed, and like mostly all zaccarias, stencils are not an option. Way to much small detail that stencils cannot do. So my only options are, either have sets of screens made like I did for Robot. Or paint it all by hand, which is the route i'm going on this one. So lets take a look at this piece of shit.

website coin door.jpg
website coindoor outside.jpg
website head.jpg
website right side cab.jpg
website tilt level.jpg
website transformers.jpg

web ball kciker.jpg

web shooter lane.jpg

web transformer board.jpg

as you can see, this thing is a pile of crap. It's not even converted and must have sat on the beach over in europe, uncovered. Inside of the cabinet is filthy. Rust on every damn thing, every socket is corroded or rusty. One of the most difficult restoration projects I ever had to endure.

website top corner.jpg
webpage inside.jpg
website backglass.jpg
website bottom left corner.jpg
website drop bank.jpg
website left side playfield.jpg

website center before disassmble.jpg

website centr rusty.jpg

website lower playfield before.jpg

website middle playfield before.jpg

website pop area.jpg

website rusty diverters.jpg

website rusty shit.jpg

website upper payfield.jpg

website upper playfield before.jpg

Now for the actual progress i'm doing. Touched up the yellow drop targets and protected them. Tumbled as much as I could, and/or soaked them in evaporust. Many things came out great. More things were accomplished tonight. Playfield is almost completely touched up and ready for clearcoating. All lamp sockets have been removed and tumbled or derusted. Taking apart anything I can. Difficult because the entire lamp matrix is ground braided. As well as the GI's. :/

website parts tumbled.jpg
website sandblasted protectors.jpg
website yellow targets restored.jpg

So I got a lot of things in the cabinet cleaned up. Took the entire transformer setup off. Sandblasted the guards, repainted them. Sanded the mounting board off and painted with high gloss paint to repel dirt for the future. Also printed new paperwork for the entire board. Everything except the transformers has been tumbled or derusted.

locomotion cleaned 003.jpg

locomotion cleaned 004.jpg

locomotion cleaned 006.jpg

locomotion cleaned 007.jpg

locomotion cleaned 008.jpg

locomotion cleaned 001.jpg

cabinet is coming along. Got one of the sides of the head touched up. Will be clearcoating it soon.

Playfield is touched up and clearcoated. Coin door is about done. Finally stripped off the powdercoat on the edging, and repainted it. Took the side rails off.

locomotion cleaned 020web.jpg

locomotion cleaned 021web.jpg

locomotion cleaned 022web.jpg

locomotion cleaned 023web.jpg

locomotion cleaned 025web.jpg

locomotion cleaned 026web.jpg

locomotion cleaned 027web.jpg

locomotion cleaned 028web.jpg

locomotion cleaned web 021.jpg

and one more just to make sure.

locomotion cleaned 016web.jpg

Not at all. Never played or seen this game before in my life. But I have a love for most Zaccaria's in general. It's super rare and told a pretty awesome game. So I pulled the trigger on it.

boards were missing in this one too. Seems to be a common thing.

more updated pics coming soon.

New pictures added. Inside the cabinet parts have been cleaned up. Working on the coin door next.

got the coin door cleaned up and back together last night. I'll have pics soon.

added a bunch more update pictures.

what kind of sucks, is that I have 2 sets of plastics for this game, and both of them 2 of the plastics are broken in the same spots. Seems to be a common issue. The center special tunnel has a crack up one side, and the left green piece with the grave stone looking things has the entrance blown out. :/ Even people that have random plastics sitting around have these pieces broken.

If anyone has the center tunnel loop plastic that is NOT cracked up one of the corners. Let me know, i'd be interested in buying. Damage around the screw holes is unavoidable and acceptable.

Just did all the touchups by hand. Just like I usually do. I've been restoring playfields for 9 years, so it goes fairly easy since I have the materials here for it, and i'm really good at color matching.

both sides of the head are now done. Have to do the back and edges, then it's ready for clearcoating.

Holy shit. Now I have a setback. While repopulating the playfield last night, I took a glance at the display backbox board. realized there are wood slots on the backbox, looking like a board goes there. Well holy shit, pictures off the net confirmed it. A board I don't think I own. Anyone have one of these they can sell me?

thisfuckingboard.jpg

I think it's the sound and display driver board all in one.

sounds good, thank you.

well, it's not getting as extensive as HEP as far as restoration goes, but i'm doing what I can. Problem is, I really can't replace anything with new. Stuff here and there I can, but for the most part, I have to use what I have. Which makes things very difficult at times.

sorry I havn't had any updates for awhile. Repopulating is a very slow process due to the fact of having to pick out tumbling medium out of every damn phillips screw head before using it. Plus, I tumbled everything together and have to now figure out what screws go where. Long process.

I guess I did have the sound board. Forgot I had already had it. Just confirmed all is well and good.

yes, it scared the shit out of me. I did have a source to get one if I did need it. Was expensive tho.

I don't have my boards right now, that's why I didn't know. I have someone else getting them pimped out since I know jack shit about Gen 1. All my other zacs are Gen 2.

indeed. This process is slow. Trying to figure out what screws go where right now and how everything goes back together. No pictures to post as of yet.

Well. Playfield is back to being populated. I have to put on the back piece which i'm using my epoxy repair technique on right now, but overall she's done. Half of the cabinet is touched up as well.

With the plastics. Some are chipped out in places. Seems every set i've seen are chipped out in the same places. So, I tried a technique that actually worked out really well. I'd tape off and form the area like I want with packing tape. Then using clear epoxy glue, i'd fill in the area. Once dry peel off the tape and paint it from the inside to duplicate the art. Worked fantastic and very happy with the results as you can see with my before and after pic.
completed plastic fixed.jpg
completed playfield 003.jpg
completed playfield 001.jpg
completed playfield 002.jpg