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Title: RIP STUN Runner
Post by: paigeoliver on November 25, 2004, 07:57:01 pm
Just tossed my STUN Runner into the dumpster.  :police:

Remember kids, Atari cabinets can't get wet.   :'(
Title: Re: RIP STUN Runner
Post by: Gunstar Hero on November 26, 2004, 02:49:22 am
What happened to the conversion plan?
Title: Re: RIP STUN Runner
Post by: paigeoliver on November 26, 2004, 08:57:49 am
I got a better look at the thing while I was pulling the old boards and harness.

The only thing holding it together was the sideart and some angle iron someone had made repairs with. it had cancer, bad. I ripped it apart with my bare hands.
Title: Re: RIP STUN Runner
Post by: Gunstar Hero on November 26, 2004, 12:27:18 pm
So much no good.

Seems like it'd have been an easy rebuild since you have all the plastics and stuff tho!
Title: Re: RIP STUN Runner
Post by: paigeoliver on November 26, 2004, 12:51:10 pm
Oh, I STILL have all the plastics, and the head part. I may still use all of them in an upright.

The thing just had too much cancer to repair, I would have had to replace all the wood, except for the head, control panel, and the piece of wood under the seat. The rest of it was ruined.
Title: Re: RIP STUN Runner
Post by: Grauwulf on November 26, 2004, 07:54:41 pm
That thing must have gotten seriously wet to be that rotten. I just rescued 2 Atari cabs from an old barn last weekend. A Race Drivin and a Super Sprint. Suprisingly little damage to either cab.
Title: Re: RIP STUN Runner
Post by: paigeoliver on November 26, 2004, 08:25:48 pm
The damage on this one was well concealed. It didn't look bad, until you looked underneath or inside. I actually bought it knowing it had the water damage, just not realizing how extensive it truly was.

I have been doing some test fits, and it looks like I can turn the head into a 13" JAMMA countertop.  So I might do that with it. I sure have a 13" monitor I have been wanting to use in something,
Title: Re: RIP STUN Runner
Post by: Lilwolf on November 30, 2004, 01:13:15 pm
too bad you didn't rip it apart and use the existing boards as templates for new wood.  You might have found it 1/2 day to cut all the boards and rebuild it in a weekend...