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BzZziLLa:
Howdy folks! I have been following this forum for a few years now, on and off, as I have been putting together cabs. Now, I figure it’s time that I start sharing my current project. However, I must warn you that I am by no means anywhere near as proficient as some of the folks I’ve seen here. The ingenuity on some the rigs here is mind blowing.

So anyway, I was trolling Craigslist for a junker cab to help my little brother throw together is first mame build and came across somebody selling a racer cab that he started putting together but never finished. And so it sat (in his impressive game room) for years until he decided to post it on Craig's for 50 clams. Naturally, I dropped everything and started harassing everybody I could until I found somebody with a pickup truck willing to help me pick up this lil gem.


You can see my wife already trying to claim it as hers.

Nuexzz:
wow is a beautiful piece of cab measures have to ask is that I have thought about doing 2 twins and I think your cab is perfect!
Congratulations and be sure to show progress  :applaud:

BzZziLLa:
So here are some more pictures. You can see what it looks like taken apart (I'll take pictures later as I go).

The guy mounted one of those rocker gaming chairs onto some mdf and put it on a track with rollers to mount onto the base. Very crafty.

I also posted some pictures of the painting and sanding process. I gave it another layer of primer and three coats of satin black. Nothing exciting here. I hate painting. I have some rustoleum spray paint for the final coat.

EDIT: After taking a look at the pictures, it's fairly obvious that I outsourced some of the painting to my wife. So I can't take all the credit ;)

BzZziLLa:
I'll have to measure the length. But the width is perfect. It's about 28" and fits through normal doors. And just enough room to throw a 27" HDTV in there for a screen.

BzZziLLa:
Just for fun, I'll show you my upright i have in the other corner of my game (living) room.

But anyway, back to the racer. I picked up a barely used MOMO steering wheel at Goodwill for $15 two days after I bought the cab. Talk about a steal. So far, I've paid more for painting supplies than the entire cab and probably the steering wheel. I'll gather my thoughts on the expenditures later.

Also, I've been tinkering around in photoshop and trying to come up with a decent marquee. I think I'll name her Wet & Reckless. I like what I have so far, but it still feels like something is missing. Maybe a border or something.

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