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Did not expect to disarm an honest to god bomb today

I recently got an untested JVC GY-DV500U and wanted to get it running, but I didn’t want to get a hard to find battery that would be expensive and annoying to deal with. I’m on a robotics team and have access to dozens of 10 cell 12V NiCds with XT30 connectors, and the camcorder wants the same voltage that the battery outputs, so I figured “why not convert it?”
I designed and 3D printed a new battery holder to house one of these batteries and soldered an XT30 connector to the end of the original battery connector. It actually came out pretty good and the camcorder is more than happy to run off of the new battery. Pretty nice to see this old thing running again. I just need to get an XLR mic for it.

Cracker Barrel sticker absolutely sent me

All I know is it’s a Toyota, but I know nothing else about it. Does not look like an AE86 to me but could be possible. If anyone knows what it is I’d love to know!

All were free except for the T61p, which I paid $55 for completely restored.
Most of them work to some extent. The T420 has a broken screen and thus does not work.
In total I got an X200s (has weird screen issue, if someone wants to see I can charge it), an E545 (speakers are blown but otherwise works fine), a T420, an X300 (it hates me), and the T61p which was fully restored. I’ll fix the T420 someday, I do want to see it work I just don’t have a 40 pin screen to get it working.

Got 5 cameras from a friend who didn’t want them anymore. All of them work though I don’t have a battery/charger for a few of them. There are also some very high end cameras in here and I think a few are too new to post here, but I am anyways as they’re mixed in with older gear (though some are still resting right on the edge). I’ve listed them below for those wondering. I’m pretty excited to mess with these.

Olympus VR-360 - works, no charger, has battery.
Sony DSC-W30 - works, has charger and battery, will likely see frequent use.
Canon Powershot G12 - works, no battery or charger, will get those soon.
Canon Powershot SX170 IS - works, has charger and battery.
Canon Powershot ELPH 360 HS - works, has charger and battery, likely way too new to use here so chances are you won’t see the photos taken with it.
Nikon coolpix L24 - finally, something other than a Canon. Works, just takes AAs so thats nice.