I see a brand "NIB"-quality Funhouse listed in the Market right now!!! Maybe get insurance to buy the $14K Funhouse to replace it!

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/104528

What does the underside of the playfield look like? I can't even imagine the machinery under there being operational. Even after the cabinet is sorted out, there will be lots of work under there to be sure.

Buy the cabinet mentioned above, and throw some Rad-Cals on it. The 'easy' part will be out of the way, then on to the playfield/electronics!

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1042-mircoplayfields/02028-funhouse-rad-cals-cabinet-art

That is a nice looking FH. $14K nice? Hummm. From the pictures, I suspect it is really 'like new', but there's really no way of knowing exactly how like new until you are standing right next to it, looking at the playfield top and bottom, etc. But if it really IS like new, it would be a find!

Post a picture or two of the bottom of the playfield. Depending on the state of the machinery underneath, this might become a project of much larger and expensive proportions! (That said, it *might* be a forced learning experience, building a new cabinet, apply fresh graphics, and then transfer all of the old parts to the new cabinet.).

I don't know if many of us would take on this big of a pin restore job by choice, but since it landed in your lap, maybe it would be 80-hours of 'fun'...

It's the underside of the playfield that really matters at this point. The cabinetry looks straight-forward repairable/replaceable. The machinery UNDER the playfield is where damage will make or break the restoration/repair. There is so much stuff that can be bent or damaged under. All of the mechanisms, Rudy's jaw, the trap door, the flipper/slingshots, scoop, etc All of that can be bent or damaged easily on a good day. Dropping it off a truck makes me cringe to think about those delicate mechanisms...

I already gave Chris @ HEP a heads-up! If nothing else, it would make Chris shake his head... and smile.

Collectively, we are all still horrified that Rudy ended up in this situation. It would be good to see if/when you get the current bucket of bolts on the path to being repaired.

Once As a reminder of the ultimate goal of having your dad's Rudy playable, perhaps a good time to get one of the player's condition units currently for sale in the Market. Here one: https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/96280

Might be worth grabbing that to help get to a working unit

sfbay.craigslist.org link and it says it is a new Mirco PF. That said, I don't think the PF wood is going to be the broken part. It's the machinery under/over the wood that might be damaged. As well as some of the wiring harnesses, displays, etc