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My first Craigslist find/win
Dazz:
I have never had any luck when it comes to getting free stuff from Craigslist. Tonight I got a call from a friend saying that a couple free arcade cabinets were posted on Craigslist and were put out on the curb by the owner for anyone to take. I hop in the car and make the 20 minute drive and when I get there the cabinets are still standing there! The cabinets were about 50ft from eachother, but I immediately identified one cabinet as an Original Gorf cabinet and the other looked like it was a fairly beaten and worn, it looked like a Burgertime cabinet. The BT cabinet was painted all black, lots of water damage on sides of cabinet and had some game called Pairs in it.
The Gorf cabinet had a Time Pilot marquee and Time Pilot PCB. Both games work according to the poster. Anyway, after having to wait 40 minutes for a friend to show up about 6 people showed up wanting to take the cabinets. During that time one group of guys snuck around and grabbed the Pairs game, but I was parked right next to the Time Pilot and wasn't letting it go anywhere.
The Gorf artwork looks near mint.
I'm excited... My son really wants a vertical MAME cabinet and asked if we could do a vertical cab on this one. However, isn't Gorf cabs on the list of do not maim cabinets? A quick glance online it appears that it's going to run about $300 to turn this back into a nice condition Gorf. I'm wondering if it would be worth it to just restore it back to Gorf, sell it, and get a generic vertical cabinet.
Suggestions?
jimmy2x2x:
Please dont MAME it!
Its a desirable game to own and a real classic
Im sure you could break it into gorf / timepilot parts and get more than enough cash for an excellent MAME cab.
No outlay for you, no work to do and easy money ;)
Dazz:
I just remembered... This cabinet is the same as Tron. I know that Tron's sell for much more than a Gorf. I know that the Tron parts and boards are going to cost much more than a Gorf.
Would it be wrong to restore to a Tron instead of going back to Gorf?
BUCKETHEAD:
--- Quote ---I just remembered... This cabinet is the same as Tron. I know that Tron's sell for much more than a Gorf. I know that the Tron parts and boards are going to cost much more than a Gorf.
Would it be wrong to restore to a Tron instead of going back to Gorf?
--- End quote ---
Close cabinet but not the same. The Gorf cabinet sides stick out, Tron does not.
Nice Score! :applaud:
opt2not:
Perhaps Spyridon's restoration will inspire you?