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Now I see.

Vince,

You are right, as usual.

gemering wrote:
Vince,

You are right, as usual.

LOL! I don't know about that but....
I'm going upstairs to show this to my wife RIGHT NOW!!!

Might take a donor cabinet to repair it, but definitely worth the effort.

I received some additional photos yesterday.
Trying to determine if everything is there.
This restoration may not be for the faint of heart.

Gene

It looks like you might have all of the front lower moldings and possibly all the parts to the bun feet. If not, you have a pattern to go by....

It's definitely save-able, so long as the rest of the machine is not delaminating / falling apart.

Did this get its feet wet at some point ?

Looks like the hide-glue got wet and just let-go.

Frank,

It appears to me that this machine sat in standing water.
Not sure I want to tackle this project.
The seller will take a reasonable offer.
He is in Atlanta.(Near my in-laws.)

Gene

GOOOOO for it. Do as much as you can then contract out the rest. There are a lot of people on this forum that can help. Tom B

I would go ahead and reserve it or take it, so that it doesn't get thrown away. Then you could see if anyone else wants to take on the project. That way, it is saved from being repurposed, gutted, painted, etc.

Who knows? Maybe if you have it in your possession, you might warm up to it!

-Connor

It's worth grabbing even if only to pull the leather panels for transplant to another machine.