Just fixed this for old Raheem,I thought it was curtains for this poor thing..Everything was wrong with it,Deck was dead and jammed,Needed to clean off the old melted Belts (very messy) then new belts,Had to put a new Motor in because the old one was running slow and overheating,One channel was Almost Dead,Replaced a capacitor on the main Board to get the channel back,Top had Alot of paint wear, needed a dust of Spray In Champagne Gold,Speaker Grills were filthy,Re-Spray Black and gave it a good scrub..what do you think ? it has nice sound and the speakers bounce nicely,not in the same league as the crummy crown 5100..this is quality..Hope you like and hope old reno did'nt mind..

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Very nice...i love this model!!

STUNNING WORKMANSHIP!!!!

You're spoiling Raheem now!

that 970 looks ace,top work BM,..great box raheem

Looks Awesome!

Do you do a lot of repairs or are you and RR good friends?

cheers fella's..

its a bit of both mate,known r.r for along time through this site,i do repair some boxes but not that much these days,the crown was a live or die project,he knew it could have been unrepairable,it needed alot of stuff doing to it,i almost gave up on it myself but i just perciviered with it and just got lucky i guess..box fixing can be a pain in the butt and i dont often enjoy it like i used to,it can cause alot of lost sleep,puts you in a bad mood and gives you alot of grey hairs lol

cracking job beanie man

TOTALLY freaking unbelivable paul lad....if only you guys had seen a befor pick..this box was just basically scrap...nothing like what we saw in the forsale pick...i guess that was just down to bad lighting etc....anywa onwad and forward we go....beaniman was bang on it was a live or die for this box....she looks so sweet now it's UNREAL...thanks so much paul your such a legend..god bless lad...i know this im glad i left the screwdriver alone in this case..far far beyond my skills...or lack of them lol peace

you moved in yet dave....hopso in time for the winter... she should be here tomorrow..fingers crossed

Looking good, I wish my 950 was in that condition, insted its a cracked misbeahiving nicotine stained pest of a box, I have to keep unjamming it and the radio only seems to want to do FM still it could be worse, it could still have the foul stench it had on arrival.

it looks very good man.

what a great save -

the 970 is soooooooooooo nice to hear and to look at

great job sir

I say paul lad, nice job. Just don`t bend down to pick up the soap, when you see him .

is he a cocoa shunter?

Nah.  he`s straight as a dye, but, if he say`s "your shoelace is undone".

Lot it to death!!! The 970 is my favorite Crown of all and i like it alot better than the 950!

Very nice work restoring it

What are the measurements in inches of that beast?

Eh. We are talking about the 970, aren`t we?

Great work BeanieMan.

Wish you lived next door to me mate, ive got a wole stack of crap that could keep you busy

 i hope not the lifting of shirts is not allowed on this site

Hey guys thank's for all the comments on beaniemans work...i TOTALLY forgot about this thread...i apologize for that.....some realy funny comments...nowt wrong with a bit of shirt lifting lol....the 970 sure is a keeper....god bless guys...peace

iim a chocolate chaser....jk

Nah. You`re a pheasant plucker lad, not a cupid stunt .

haha..just like you my friend im deffo a cupid stunt

wo bekomme ich nur so ein antriebs riemen her
und dann auch noch 3 stück auf einer welle eine dämliche konstruktion
wer hat sich das denn nur aus gedacht da braucht man sehr viel geduld  für 

where can I get just such a drive beltand then another 3 on a wave a stupid piece constructionwhoever does that have only thought of because you need a lot of patience for