# The Getaway Restoration: Part 1

**Source:** Cary Hardy  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2020-01-04  
**Duration:** 10m 21s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zYG5Huuq9w

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## Analysis

Cary Hardy documents the early stages of restoring a Getaway pinball machine, focusing on systematic disassembly, cleaning, and polishing of playfield components. He demonstrates techniques for refurbishing metal parts, recreating coil wraps, and assessing what components need replacement versus salvage, working methodically through two playfields to identify necessary parts orders.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Working with two playfields simultaneously to identify parts that need replacement while polishing and refurbishing salvageable components — _Direct demonstration of dual playfield setup and methodology throughout video_
- [HIGH] Right flipper bracket mounting base is damaged on both playfields, requiring new parts — _Detailed inspection shown: 'flipper bracket mounting base is crap on both of these' and identification of missing threads and welding damage_
- [HIGH] Using polish rouge on a polishing wheel can restore metal components to near-original condition — _Demonstrated process with metal components: 'polish rouge is what I use and you can get your metal looking pretty damn close to brand new'_
- [HIGH] Recreating coil wraps by printing custom designs rather than purchasing replacements — _Explicit statement: 'I want to go a little bit more of an extra mile by recreating my coil wraps' and exploring both online sources and Photoshop mockups_
- [HIGH] Left flipper system is in better condition than right flipper system, potentially requiring fewer replacement parts — _Direct comparison: 'The left flipper system and everything, that looks pretty good' versus right flipper assessment_

### Notable Quotes

> "polish rouge is what I use and you can get your metal looking pretty damn close to brand new"
> — **Cary Hardy**, early in video
> _Core restoration technique being demonstrated for component refurbishment_

> "I want to go a little bit more of an extra mile by recreating my coil wraps"
> — **Cary Hardy**, mid-video
> _Shows commitment to detailed restoration beyond basic functional repair_

> "flipper bracket mounting base is crap on both of these"
> — **Cary Hardy**, during flipper assessment
> _Identifies critical issue affecting both playfield sources_

> "I'm taking off piece by piece and adding things to my cart on what I need to purchase"
> — **Cary Hardy**, parts assessment phase
> _Describes systematic approach to building parts order list_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Cary Hardy | person | Pinball restoration enthusiast documenting Getaway restoration project |
| Getaway | game | Pinball machine being restored; appears to be Data East title based on context |
| Photoshop | product | Software tool mentioned for potentially creating coil wrap designs |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Playfield restoration and component refurbishment, Metal polishing and cleaning techniques, Flipper mechanism repair and assessment, Parts sourcing and procurement
- **Secondary:** Coil wrap recreation and customization, Dual playfield restoration workflow

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.75) — Enthusiastic and methodical approach to restoration; some frustration with tool limitations and damaged components, but overall optimistic problem-solving attitude

### Signals

- **[product_strategy]** Cary Hardy implementing detailed restoration practices beyond standard repair, including coil wrap recreation and aesthetic polish work on components (confidence: high) — Explicit commitment to extra work: 'I want to go a little bit more of an extra mile by recreating my coil wraps' and systematic polishing of all metal components
- **[technology_signal]** Using 3D printing and Photoshop to recreate original coil wrap designs rather than sourcing replacements, indicating evolution in restoration methodology (confidence: medium) — Discussion of exploring online sources versus creating mockups in Photoshop: 'if I have to mock this up in Photoshop and then print some out then I'm gonna do it that way'

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## Transcript

 Here we are, in the beginning of bringing this getaway back to life. Let me just show you what I'm doing. New playfield I still have all bagged up. I'm not ready to start attaching things yet. I have things I'm going to have to order in order to accomplish that. I have one playfield that has everything populated and it's kind of just there in place. All this stuff is just kind of screwed in so I know where it goes. This is going to be the other play field that I'm going to use while I'm taking everything off piece by piece and just moving it over in position over here. This is just something to do while I'm waiting for parts to come in so that way I'm at least constantly improving this. We're going to start this process by removing a lot of these portions and then getting them all polished up. That gives me a better idea on what other things I'm probably going to have to buy. So let's get started. upon removing objects from this play field i'm going to be polishing them getting them all cleaned up hopefully making them look like brand new and then putting them on the play field uh we're going to be polishing things up got my polishing wheel right here uh i might end up having to get a new one but i think this is going to be fine so i'm taking all the components like just right here for holding the solenoid and everything getting all these things polished up and uh getting the show on the road so here we go let me give you an idea of what this does So a little bit of polish rouge is what I use and you can get your metal looking pretty damn close to brand new Basically a rinse and repeat about a 100 times Yay I working on getting everything back together one at a time Still on this very first coil right here but I want to go a little bit more of an extra mile by recreating my coil wraps. Now initially, a lot of people don't go into this much detail. They just put them on there, if it works, it works. I'm going to see if one, there are basically people make these online somewhere and what I'm able to print them out that way but if I have to mock this up in Photoshop and then print some out then I'm gonna do it that way here we go all right we have got our new coil sleeves for the corresponding coils up there I'll have to do another basically one for my 1500s that I have right here and the one right here for that those are different ones but I got all my 26 1200s right here so that's good to go then we can cover up our sleeves and make them look all nice and brand new and there we have it guys pretty much makes your coils look pretty much close to brand new. Not bad. When disassembling my right flipper mech I came to the realization that I'm gonna going to need to get some new stuff because for those that don't already know I've got two playfields of parts to go through and figure out what works and what doesn't work and I'm on both playfields the flipper bracket mounting base is crap on both of these well I I figured out that, nope, that's right. That's missing the thread area on this one. And then this one is welded, whether it be JB, nope, it looks like it might actually be real well onto this bracket So that all messed up But I able to clean and get that stuff cleaned up A lot of stuff I can salvage Other stuff is not worth the time I'm going to be getting new end of stroke switches. These are all wavy and messed up. Don't like that. That's okay. I can clean that up. That's where I'm at on the flipper portion right here. Going to have to order some new stuff for that. The left flipper system and everything, that looks pretty good. This actually looks pretty decent. All I got to do is dismantle, clean, and polish all that stuff up. and even the end of stroke switch on this one looks like it's gonna be doable as well so actually i might go change my cart and make sure that i don't need that one when we're checking my upper play field yep that was pretty good too all right sweet so i only need one end of stroke switch so that's essentially what i'm doing here now so far guys is i'm taking off piece by piece and adding things to my my cart on what i need to purchase essentially i pulled off the flippers and the main components down here and got them all clean and polished up and so now they are all over here there are some pieces that i'm going to need to get like the rubber grommets those I cannot replicate so I'm gonna need to get a couple of those as of right now I think that's pretty much it I mean I was able to rummage through my collection of hardware and got some good end of stroke switches and of course I've got all matching coils so a little extra aesthetics there and work continues Okay this is where we are at now I have reached this point of getting all the hardware all cleaned up and moved over from the play field. I have now reached the point to where it's going to get a little bit more interesting. I need to get these pop bumpers out. And that's not the hard part. The hard part is that I don't have these 6-32nd flank screws. I'm going to have to take them out of another playfield, this playfield. So I need to remove these pop bumpers, and then I'm going to have to remove the clear coat portions above these areas, and then see if I can probably hammer those things out of here. So that's where we're at on that. I know I could buy new screws, but I'm going to see if I can do this without having to buy new screws. So that's where we're at. Not the best tool, but it will work. Thank you. damn thing crapped out time to bust out old reliable oh man this thing's gonna take a long time to get stuff done

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