I finally decided I should have a jukebox. What is an arcade without a jukebox? I looked around and watched the eBay groups for a while until I had an idea of what was available and prices. I then discovered that youtube.com has videos of many jukes in action. I was looking for a KD200 which has the 50's automotive taillights and fins. That is a great machine but then I found the Seeburg 100C and the rotating light pilasters sold me. I watched eBay for a while until one came up that was already restored. I have enough projects and did not want to take on a full juke restoration too. I found this one and it is really nice.

Fully restored? Well my idea of fully restored is apparently not the same as some people's but it was in excellent condition and it worked! The power cord needs to be replaced, the 'free play' feature needs to be replaced with something other than a switch taped to the coin mech, and a few other little things but overall it was a good deal and I really like it. I will not have to spend much time fixing it up either. It had no records but a friend of mine gave me a box of 45's several months ago when he was cleaning out the garage. I had no idea what I would do with them at that time but they turned out to be 1950s records and they were jukebox records! Many still had the number stickers on them.

I dont plan on starting a jukebox collection but if I find extra space I may pickup a KD200 someday.

I cant just leave the juke alone. I had to buy one of these remote 3W1 wallboxes for it.

This one was in great condition. Some repainting of the letters, a free play switch and a plug to connect it was all I needed. I do have to print some labels when I finish installing my records.

I also decided that I did not like the chrome rods on the front. Originally, this juke had glass rods but they were frequently broken and replaced with chrome pipe. Some in my unit were too short and held in place with clear tape(fully restored? I think not). This one had all of the rods replaced and it looked OK but when I looked at it, all I thought was that it was not the original rods. I found professionalplastics.com selling 1.25" acrylic rods and bought a set. They will look much nicer than chrome rods, especially with the moving lights and reflective silver grill cloth.

I figured out that the labels can be slid out when the glass cover is raised. I then noticed that someone had put a cheap plastic diffuser cut from a flourescent light cover in front of the lamp that illuminates the mechanism(Fully restored? I think not). I did not like the white light look and I saw a 100C on youtube that had a blue looking light. I liked that look. I do not know if it was original but it is certainly a mod that would have been available to operators at the time. I have lots of video equipment so I pulled out some blue and purple light gels, cut them to size and put one on each side of the new clear acrylic light cover I cut out. I left the center white so the mechanism has some white light on it and the back mirrors reflect the purple and blue light filters which are illuminated by the original lamp.