Well, I sort of ran out of room for more jukeboxes a few years ago so have been out of the game for a bit. Wow, a lot has changed in what feels like a pretty short time. Seems it’s gotten quite a bit more challenging with shrinking suppliers, experts, and parts.
Anyway, I recently inherited a Seeburg 200C-1. This is a console unit that uses much of the LU innards. I’ve finished recapping the amp and the preamp (wow, that was “fun”) and am starting on the incredibly grimy mech. I didn’t realize how rare these units seem to be - guess they were pretty pricey for the time and not many were sold. It’s hard to find pictures for comparison. So I’m hoping someone has one of these and can help me out.
1) I’m confused about how the power amp mounted to the cabinet. Mine was just sitting on the bottom. But there are two metal rails that I’m assuming supported the amp originally. These are attached at the back to the cabinet sides with one screw in the back such that they can pivot up (not sure why). When lowered they sit on wood blocks that are screwed to the cabinet. There is some sort of leveling screw at the front of these rails, but the screw bottoms just sit on the wood blocks - and on the inside rail the screw lines up with a hole in the block (the hole is because there is an indented screw hole where there is a screw to connect the block to the cabinet). So something is definitely weird here. The amp has a flange on the bottom with mount holes and rubber gaskets. There are some small holes in the metal rails, but they don’t line up with the amp holes. I’m guessing I’m missing some intermediate hardware that connects the amp to the rails. Any pictures/help would be appreciated.
2) I’d love to get a picture of the cabinet back. Mine has the original hefty wood cover screwed over the lower speaker side, but the other side (with the amp and preamp) and the entire top behind the mech are missing the back.
I’m convinced there must be a warehouse somewhere filled with nothing but the backs of old jukeboxes and other arcade machines. I’ve had to make a back from scratch for every jukebox I own. Where are the backs??? :).
Thanks for any help! -steve.