Altec 870B refurb

[Wardsweb]

These sat in my shed for over 10 years. I finally pulled them out to refinish them. Here is a picture of what I started with.



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Here is a side by side of what some sanding can do.



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Some paint, stain and polyurethane.



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All done

[Elitopus1]

nice work!

[Nickd]

Those are beautiful indeed. You made it sound easy.

Now how about some details on drivers and crossovers? Looks like like nice vintage cabs. What drivers came in those? What happened to the fiberglass bats? They couldn?t have placed open cell foam on the floor of those cabs in the 50-60?s.

Are they up and running?

[Altec Best]

Hey Ward ! Nice project very interested in the progression from aged to new ! Very Cool ! I am also interested in the drivers for those cabs.

[kwingylee]

Hey Ward ! Nice project very interested in the progression from aged to new ! Very Cool ! I am also interested in the drivers for those cabs.

I think the biflex with an CTs tweeter attached. Unless they have been swapped out. The 420Y perhaps?

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There is a set of beat up 870bs in the Chicago Craig?’s list ... in case someone is interested.