i am currently on my next project restoration which is exchanges unlimited .i will do a full thread and pics at some stage but i just thought id share a small bit of it here . a few years ago i got a mpu3 adders and ladders and noticed that it had a different style of foot rubber on the kick step . i assumed this was a one off until i got hold of the exchanges which also had the same style of rubber so now it made me want to get some if it was still available .i went back to a shop close to where i work in birmingham and made enquiries . the guy in the shop was very helpful but only had in stock the normal rubber that we usually see on the steps . i gave him a sample peice so he could go to his suppliers and find out if it was indeed available . well you guessed it he came back a week later and told me he had found a close match . i went in today and picked up 2 meters which was more than enough to do about 15 machines ! here are some pics of the rubber and comparison shots included .
two pics showing the old piece still on the base and the new next to it for comparison
this shows the two different types of foot rubber used on 80s machines that i have found upto now . it can be seen that they are quite a bit different when on the foot step
i know its only a small thing to get new rubber matting for restoration purposes but there are so many machines that ive come across which require new rubber so hopefully this will come as a relief to some who are thinking of renewing their machines in the same way. just for reference here is the place i got the two different types of rubber from . he charged me £20 per 2 meter roll so i spent £40 in total which i thought was quite reasonable .
cheers
nick
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