Finally got a racing cab... Outrun Driving Project/Restoration!

[Well Fed Games]

So I recently did a deal with a guy on KLOV for a partially working Outrun cab. Have been wanting a sit-down driver for a long time but I live down narrow stairs so this is the best I am going to be able to do for awhile. The board works but with graphics problems, so it is likely going to be sold and I will use MAME for emulation.

The good:

-Plastics are restore-able, but will need some work

-Controls are all good except for shaker motor (I can live without it) and one of the plastic gears needs replaced

-Cab is complete- glass, back door, etc.

-lights, speakers are good to go, marquee is great

-Its freaking Outrun!

The bad-

-very slight water damage on some parts (some rusted bolts as well), and some light mouse/rat damage, so it needs a good cleaning.

-side art is 80% there, but I am too big of a perfectionist to leave it at that. I will need to vectorize it and re-print it eventually.

-monitor was trash- intermittent, missing colors, and major burn in (from TRON nontheless)- will be using a TV anyway.

-it is crazy heavy! Sega apparently put lead in their press-board!

Going to make it into a small-gamelist racing cab (Outrun, Turbo Outrun, Power Drift, etc.), possibly an Outrun/Outrun 2 cab, I need to check into the PC port of Outrun: Coast 2 Coast 2006.

I am sure I will be asking lots of hardware and software questions soon, but have already learned a ton from the driving cab thread! (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,105961.msg1281432.html#msg1281432)

Of course, this puts me up to 5 project cabs currently... yikes! Thankfully my wife is super awesome about my hobby!

The funnest part: as I was disassembling it, way at the bottom under the power-brick board, I found an old Six Flags token! Looks like it was a theme park game in another life! Attached pic is part way through the disassembling process.

[BadMouth]

Sweet!

[Brian74]

Congrats!  I see more and more driving cabs coming to the surface.

[Well Fed Games]

Thanks! Still stripping it down so I can get it downstairs. Discovered one of the plastic gears has a significant crack and will need replaced... and people want a ridiculous amount of money for them, so I will have to keep my eyes open for a deal.