![]() I used the old one as a template for width, but used the Jakobud plans to determine the angle of cuts for the front. Somewhere over the weekend, I found time to cut the lower marquee. Of course it looks like crap until you sand it, then you start to see it coming into shape. I did this for the area by the control panel and the top and bottom corners (all on the left side). Bondo is kind of tough to work with for me so I like to build it up. I probably should have done larger pegs but at least it was something. On the biggest area I decided to drill some holes and put some pegs in to give the bondo something more to grab onto. I scraped the chunked up areas out to get any loose debris or loose wood out. Once the sides were stripped I got down to bondo-ing the rough spots. I finally ended up using a razor blade scraper which left some gouges but I figured I could fix that up later. I tried a heat gun but that didn’t speed it up much and left glue residue behind. He lost interest after 5 minutes and I was left to pick tiny bits of vinyl off the sides for several hours. Exciting! Anticipation growing! I decided that there was no saving the side vinyl so my son and I started stripping it off. Same goes with pulling off the cpo, there’s some DL peeking through under there. The tape came off and under it was Dragons Lair in sharpie. ![]() I noticed the coin box had some crumbly tape that said Ghosts & Goblins on it. I started by cleaning the cab out (mouse nests) and removing the control panel, coin door, marquee, lower marquee, and coin box. I took it back into the garage each time I sanded. So if you see drapes in the background, that’s why. Since the weather was extremely cold for the last week or so here in Chicago, my wife was nice enough to allow the cabinet into our living room so that I could work on it over a nice long weekend (Thursday through Monday). ![]() Also, the lower marquee was cut off to allow for the straight marquee of G&G as opposed to the dimensional marquee of DL. That’s ok, I don’t mind putting that kind of work into it, especially since I got it for $40! It is solid overall but it has some really rough spots that need some major bondo work done. I made the 50+ mile drive to pick it up and found it to be in pretty rough shape. I listed a WTB thread at KLOV and someone somewhat local came through with a DL that had been converted to a Ghosts & Goblins. I’ve kept my eyes open for a cabinet to buy or restore for a long time and nothing has ever presented itself to me. Lots of good memories associated with it. I know a lot of people hate it but I thought it was just the greatest. Dragon’s Lair was one of my absolute favorite games back in the day. ![]()
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