Ended up selling the STD3 to a nice couple in Washougal. I felt fortunate to get my price for it. They have the STD160, a year earlier make, already so this is an easy pick-up for them. The two jukes are identical in operation and under the skin have the exact same components. They will have no learning curve. I let them pick records, gave ’em an extra 80 blank titlestrips, an Installation and Operation manual, and a pricing card in case they ever want to use it on coin play. I like to do the extra stuff. They picked it up and hauled it away. I haven’t heard from them so all is well.
I’ve been eyeballing the STD4 I brought from Texas. Wasn’t quite sure what I would do with it. Tear it down for parts or fix it up. A lot depended on the sale of the STD3. The chrome is flaked badly and the door screens are painted black. I had finished the test jukebox just like I usually do and decided to keep it for testing and was pleased that it looked so nice. Truth be told a test jukebox doesn’t have to look good. It only needs the upper door to hold the horns in place. So….I’m gonna use the nice doors on the test juke on the Texas box. It will save a lot of time as I’d like to get the Texas box ready to sell for Christmas.. Some day I’ll have the aluminum strips polished and paint the doors blue like I like ’em.
To that end I tore the mechanism down and will wait for a sunny day to wash it. I also removed the floating rack the mechanism mounts to. It is filthy with oil and dirt. The whole box looks like it was stored in a barn for a long time. Lots of mud dauber nests and a fair amount of mouse droppings. Indeed, I found a mummified mouse in the bottom. So glad the Texas heat sucked all the smell out. The basic cabinet is in good condition. I vacuumed the heck out of it, washed down the mechanism bay, and gave the rest of it a good scrubbing. It rolls like most Seeburgs-like crap so I’ll go to Harbor Freight and pick up a set of steel casters.
My Seeburg Life 