Okay,
So this killer deal fell in my lap. I picked up a 71' silver sparkle 3-ply Luddie set, with a 67' Acrolite, for $150. The Acro cleaned up nice, slight pitting on the lugs with just a few scuffs on the shell. I stripped the shells completely, cleaning all the hardware, some slight pitting on the chrome. The wrap is faded, but in decent condition, with some slight seam lifting on the bass drum and floor tom. Theres 3 sets of holes drilled on the bass drum, with the consolette using one of them. I put carriage bolts in the extra holes, doesn't look too bad. I was initially going to fill the extra holes and re-wrap, but with everything cleaned up, they look pretty good. I picked up the missing muffler for the 13" tom off ebay. The bottom rim on the 16" floor tom has some slight rust, not too bad. I'm in the process of sanding and re-painting the wood hoops, I might need to replace one of them. The one thing I was thinking of doing was installing some 1/2" spurs, but I would have to widen the hole on the shell. I already have a set of mounts and spurs, I'm just debating it. I'm going to gig with this set and it will be a players set. I'll post a couple pics when I get to my desktop computer.