Prepping for my longest road trip for a pin, going out of state this time....leaving about 5am tomorrow

My neighbor asked me where I was going and when I told him he gave me $50 to pick up a pound of sweet and sour turkey jerky, seems expensive...is that the going rate? Hopefully its not the only thing I come home with

A few travelling pics, and maybe a money shot...lets see what happens...

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Left 5:10 am

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170 miles

First stop to stretch legs

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Passed a trading post advertising free weed, might have to stop in on the way home..

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First part of mission is accomplished....hopefully the pin will be as easy to obtain

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Just got cell service back...7 hours into trip, 1 hour to go...just entered Nevada..

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I had never driver through the Sierras before, wow what a beautiful place. It was worth the drive with or without a game (or jerky)...

Ok so I have had no cell service for the last few hours, which caused a bit of a huccup as I had no way to touch base with seller.The pin was at a 3rd party location and I was still not 100% sure that everything would fall into place. We stopped at a coffee shop and a barista was kind enough to let my wife use her phone to text the seller.
Everything went smooth and easy when I meet the seller (a fellow pinsider) and the game was as described... we jumped back on the road in about 20 min...then hit pounding rain , now we are in the mammoth mountain area with game in tow...

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Dupe

Giddy up...

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Dinner time...

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Thanks

Also thanks

Its just like I like...dirty, dark and broken rubbers but the seller accepted a fair offer and its hard to find a sub 4k WH20 that will play a full game and doesnt look roached...playfield looks like it will clean up nicely...the rest I will find out tomorrow when I strip it down. Its getting anywhere from a basic shop to ground up over the top resto that I will put 100 hours into and be lucky to break even...

Only 3 hours 45 minutes more to drive...

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Home at 10:10 pm....
I will post pics tomorrow

900 miles, Im a little slow getting out of bed this morning.
Game is unloaded and I played a few more games, it plays sluggush, needs rubber and bulbs but most of all it is really dirty... the mine scoop looks great, there is only one small area of playfield wear about the size of an pea in front of the scoop...I may find more playfield wear when I tear it down but right now it looks very promising... has broken sling plastic and a few mountains have small cracks but the ramps all look great...topper is there but not the plastic tub...DMD seems fine...could use a cab restore but its not the worst Ive seen...I think I can make this into a real beauty...

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Will do...got to spend a few hours this evening tearing it down...some real toasty GI connectors at the board and a lot of dirt. Tomorrow I should have the playfield fully stripped and begin ordering parts...I will post pics when completed.

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First cleaning...

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A few follow up pics, just need to repair a bit of damage to boulders...

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Lol, I dont like the green either...I thought it would look cool to backlight the transparent green targets but its too much...