I picked up two Bally Paragon project machines in 2001-2002. Both had typical beat PF's and BG flaking but they were cheap enough and within a couple hours drive. A few years later I found a nice PF needing minimal touch-ups but the wiring harness connectors were all cut off. Had it touched up and clear coated. Other projects always came 1st since this needed a BG. Last year I found a NOS BG so I started on it. Cabinet repaint, and a lot of other work including replacing the entire PF wiring harness. 18 years later I played my 1st game tonight although I need to fix a couple a light sockets.

Longest time you ever had a project game before getting it fixed?

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I have an older set of Pinball Pal cabinet stencils I'd sell cheap.

Here's some motivation (possibly). I did the cabinet prep and base coat. After researching at length the closest color I found for the base is Benjamin Moore Marti Gras gold. I bought a quart of it when just doing the head frame on a Mata Hari. Same color. It went to crap after sitting for years. Tried having that color mixed at my local Sherwin Williams. After 3 tries they threw their hands up. Something about the gold color that's hard to mix correctly. My local BM dealer went out of business in the years that had passed. Ace Hardware sells BM paint however none in my area stocked the base to mix it and they wouldn't order the minimum case needed. So I ended up driving 70 miles round trip to get a gallon, the minimum I could buy. I used BM Super Spec Urethane Alkyd Enamel Gloss in oil base. Applied with a 4" foam roller. 2 coats then let it cure for 2 months. Sanded it with 220 grit and applied another 2 coats. Let it cure another 4 months and then gave to a local pin buddy to stencil since he had 6 cabinets under his belt to my zero. (Thanks @weatherbymag). He stenciled it. The base coat is incredibly rock hard.

Hope you get yours done!