Hi everyone! I've been away from the forum for quite a while, but I wanted to share a sorta heartwarming MIJ story.

I'm sure no one remembers that many years ago I scored a 14" MIJ floor tom orphan that had been wrapped in a ridiculous banana yellow contact paper. I dubbed it, "the banana drum."

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=11191&highlight=banana

I realized at the time that it had a nice gold sparkle wrap underneath, but since I had no drums to pair it with, I was in no hurry to take it apart to and restore it to its original glory.

Fast forward about 4 years or so, I see an ad for what looks like some gold sparkle MIJ project drums on CL. "What the heck," I thought. Contacted the seller and went to check them out.

Once there, I saw a scrap of bright yellow paper in a pile of parts. "No way..." Sure enough, it was the same banana yellow contact wrap that my floor tom had been wrapped in! Furthermore, the badge on the bass drum matched the floor tom. Round, offset Tempro badge!

Purchased the bass drum and rack tom that the seller had, and I did a little work on them after I brought them home. Then, they sat. And sat. You get the idea.

Well, I finally found enough time to get back into the restoration of these drums, and am nearly done. There are some missing items as you can see, but I'm glad to have made the progress on these that I have, and really, I'm just glad that the family is back together.

The floor tom when I first bought it: