[Jukebox-list] New model Seeburg?

[Bob Ellingson]

At 12:17 PM 4/21/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>We bought a Wurlitzer in Shreveport, LA about 25 years
>ago.  It came out of Mexico and it was purple, red and
>yellow.  Maybe other colors too but I don't remember. 
>The cabinet went to a professional to be restored, the
>mechanism to a old Wurlitzer mechanic and the sound
>system to a retired Motorola guy.
>
>We still have it and it turned out very nice.  The
>selling points were all the plastics were original and
>in good shape, no termites (I bet the paint killed em)
>and it was only $600 or $700 dollars.  The rest was
>UGH!
>
>A surprising thing was the rubber mounts the motor
>mounts in had fallen to pieces but someone had sewn
>them together.   We replaced all the coin gear (back
>in those days) for less than $500. 
>
>I wish I had taken good pictures before it was
>restored.

Me too, I love those stories!  What model Wurly was it?

--Bob
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