Here's a repost from well over a year ago. It is the single most satisfying, dramatic before/after I was ever involved with. A friend and fellow BF'er came across a beat to death Paramount, and between his patiently combing the globe for just the right parts and me and a few others getting together for a build party..... well, see for yourselves:
As found:
Disassembled:
Resurrected:
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"Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin, it’s the triumphant twang of a bedspring."
S. J. Perelman