Coin Box and Stuff

I pulled the coinbox and internal controls. These pieces are also rusted. I am going to sand and repaint them.

The coinbox came out very nice. The controls were difficult to remove. I had to discover some new tools to get them removed. Once they were off I scrubbed them with the toothbrush to remove the worst of the dirt. The plastic knob on the volume controls took a bath in dish soap and water. The remaining metal panel was sanded and painted. The overall change was a dramatic improvement.

The coin doors are in bad shape. I had to completely disassemble them and sand everything, twice. I even cleaned the plastic coin return buttons.

The bottom door is bent, probably from an attempted theft or angry driver. After everything was sanded, I tried to correct the bottom door with my mallet. It turned out pretty well. You can still see it was bent on close inspection, but overall is is pretty flat now.

I tried to achieve a similar gloss to the original paint. Not so successful here. It looks fine, but not original.