This Adelphi Challenger 26 cab was in a bit of a sorry state when we picked it up, narrowly escaping a close encounter with a digger. We thought we’d try and give it a new lease of life. The plan was to clean it up and bring it back to a good working, serviceable condition. It’s been a while since I’ve done any cab restoration work. I’ve been working on my Donkey Kong on and off for the last year or so, and haven’t got round to finishing off that one yet.
The cab was falling apart, extremely unsturdy, and we were lucky to get it home in one piece. The back panel had come off completely, and the side panels had almost completely come apart. How it managed to support the monitor and not fall to pieces I don’t know. Check out them gaps between the dowels!
We had to conduct some major surgery and disassembled the cab completely. The dowels have been replaced and the cab glued back together.
My wife still needs to work on her hide and seek.
There is a rare Electrohome G19 monitor somewhere amongst the spider webs.
The monitor is encased in a metal box, which sits on a shelf inside the cab and is secured to the sides by two nuts and bolts. It’s the first time I’ve seen this arrangement.
I sent the monitor off to Grant / Gunblade for servicing. I was fearing the worst when he mentioned the rarity of the monitor and thought we might have to find a replacement, but fortunately he was able to bring it back to life.
Out with the old and in with the new.
Serviced monitor and new power supply fitted.
The cab slowly coming together, but the picture still needs some adjustment.
After a lot of tweaking the picture is much better!
Unfortunately the art on the glass marquee is cracked from years of contraction and expansion due to temperature change, but I think it adds to part of the charm.
Finally here is the cab on location test at Retro Replay! It cleaned up well, and I’m really pleased with how it turned out.
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