This SX-1980 came in and had at some point like received shipping damage, there were bends in the chassis that needed corrected and there was either some paint over spray or other environmental goo everywhere. Making it look good took alot of effort but was worth it. This was one of four 1980s I have done from Sept - Dec 2024 - working to get more photos posted.
I have two Pioneer SX-1280s in for full restoration- this one the chassis was pitted badly and I thought it would be more presentable painted as a 1980 would, there was no simple way of sanding the metal a making it look like it originally would have with the plating on the steel as you see in the lower half of the photo. this one received new protect and power supply boards.
Something that you don't see too often, the Technics SA-1000! its in the shop for repair work, so far it has a shorted set of outputs on the right channel.