I came across a Rock-Ola 451 in very bad condition as a part-ex on one of my other machines.  At first I was just going to break it down and keep the good parts but then I thought it’d be interesting to strip it down to its nuts and bolts and see if I could build it back up again, customising the colour scheme as I went.  It will need new ‘glasses’ for the door and a lot of other attention but it should turn out quite nice.  I haven’t got the photos sorted just yet but when I do I’ll post them.

If it was a ‘classic’ then I’d obviously restore it as near to original as possible but with a machine like this the value of the jukebox doesn’t warrant that sort of expense.  So I am mainly doing this one out of interest, just to see what I can make of it.  The new colour scheme is a pearl effect purple/lilac and metallic blue.  Not boring anyway.