Ok good! Now that we know no one is suicidal.
Phouglas - assuming you haven't been run off yet, you'll want to do a quick consideration to determine if modding this cabinet may cause you some future grief. Ultimately, it's your cabinet and you can do what you want, but we have seen a few conversions where the person made some irreversible decisions only to regret them later. I would check on the popularity and availability of the game to base your decision. Assuming you are confident with your decision to mod - go for it!
I would answer your original questions like this:
- What 4:3 monitor would I recommend? This is actually a big decision. If you want to stick with 19" CRT's, which I would, I would find some arcade monitors that can connect to the PC, or try to squeeze in some 21" computer monitors (CRT of course). They should be easy to get, and shouldn't cost much.
- Mounting the monitors depends on what solution you go with. If you use the arcade monitor, they may just slide in, but if you use anything else, you'll need to fabricate something.
- As for your joystick question, I'll have to politely tell you to RTFM. Too many opinions and options here for anyone to definitely give you an answer. If it were me though, I'd use Happ Supers.
Here's a quality conversion of the same type cabinet. You'll also notice a lot less drama about this conversion. Happy Reading:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=108719.0Please post your updates here. We really would like to see the progress. It's the internet, so put on your flame suit and ignore the haters.