Sanyo versus Nichijin DX

[SteveFury]

No offence taken, I appreciate the experience and advice of everyone here.

I really grew a fondness for the Sanyo over the past few days. It was a bit lower price than the Nichijin and I was very curious about the mechanisms. My heart got set.
It will likely sit next to my other Nichijin, and I was concerned about the drab yellow. I plan to reproduce the original playfield and I believe a bright white background will amplify the Sanyo's colorful plastics. I'll take another look at the playfield condition tonight and reconsider your comment. Thank you.

I feel better about replacing all those rusty playfield rail cotter pins and screws. My logic is if I have all the playfield items removed anyway, I might as well go for cell replacement.

I've also been contemplating about the front wood face of the machine and how to deal with the big chips. I'm thinking the best way would be to reglue & clamp the loose laminations, then use wood filler and repaint the whole faceod.

Thank you so much for the help with the date estimation. That "50" is so hard to see !