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Picked up a Wurlitzer 1015 last fall. Worked on it all winter.
Turned into a total restoration.
Haven't worked on a jukebox in over 25 years, so this was an experience for me.
Went well, didn't run into too many surprises.

Wow, that is nice.

Very nice. It's beautiful.
How did it looked before? What did you use to guide you? Any good restoration books available? I may consider it a future project.

Beautiful!
Just what I like to see. A nicely restored 78rpm original, and not an aftermarket repro 45rpm, cassette tape, or CD version.
Next will be a computer generated I-Tunes version. If they don't already have one, that is!

Here are a couple of pictures of the "before" machine.
It was missing all of the coin gear, had a bear claw tone arm, wrong amp, speaker cone had a big hole in it, plastics were cracked, wiring was a mess with bad patch jobs and frayed insulation everywhere. Veneer was loose and had a big gouge on one side and a bigger patch job on the other.
It did have the skirting along the bottom. It was removed when I took this shot.

Here are a couple more shots showing the sides now with the new veneer.
I went with a very blonde shellac finish.

I did add one thing to make it mine.
I know it's no where near original, but I wanted something to make it unique.
The only permanent "change/damage" to the machine is two screw holes in the bottom of the mech board.
I had a piece of 1/4" glass cut and laser etched with the Wurlitzer name.
I then made a small wood cradle with a 5' LED strip in the bottom that shines up through the glass.
I already had low voltage power going to a revamped end-of-play trip modification I made.
Now, there is virtually NO back pressure on the tone arm/needle at end-of-play.

It is beautiful.
A question from a newbie:
How much (about) would one like that go for and how much would it go for unrestored as you had it?
Thank you for the knowledge.

That's a good question.
Market seems to be way down on 1015s.
I've seen unrestored boxes going for $3000-4000. Some, even less.
Restored prices, I don't know. No near what they were getting a years ago.

Rick:
Thanks for the 'heads-up' on your neat little addition. Was wondering where that came from, as I had never seen one before.
But then again, there is a lot of stuff I don't notice, if it's an item that I don't usually work on. Turned out great, and the extra
added lighting feature really sets it off.
In regards to 1015 prices, there was an original, with many issues, at the Jan. 2014 VCA auction, that brought $2,750.00 plus
the juice. At the same auction, was a 'OMT' 1015, in CD play, that went for $1,800.00 plus juice. Then again, way back in Oct.
2006, at VCA, an original/restored 1015 brought $6,000.00 plus juice. Prices seem to fluctuate just as much with Juke Boxes,
as with Slots.
Bill