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Title: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: NoBonus on March 23, 2005, 12:56:16 pm

Are there any parts/cab vendors (or people who have unwanted cabs) in Northern California on the Web?  I seem to remember a vendor in Placerville, CA, but I cannot seem to find the link.
ANyone?

Title: Re: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: Goz on March 23, 2005, 01:08:54 pm

Betson-West  (http://www.betsonwest.com)
 CA Robinson & Co (http://www.carobinson.com/)

 Any specifics on what you are looking for? I have 25" JAMMA cab w/ a really nice WG monitor that I am leaning towards selling. I also have a MIDWAY style cocktail (MAME'd) that I am looking to sell.

-Goz

Title: Re: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: NoBonus on March 23, 2005, 01:35:01 pm

My original goal is to build my own MAME cab, but I could find the housing (no monitor, not guts) of a cocktail or small cab on the cheap, I might go that route.

Title: Re: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: albert_c on March 23, 2005, 01:42:07 pm

I want one of them showcase arcade systems.   How much do those things weigh?

Title: Re: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: AmericanDemon on March 23, 2005, 05:06:02 pm

A showcase can weigh a lot if everything is populated.  I recently picked one up and it was a truck load.  The pedestal and CP box were light as could be.  The monitor base was easily carried by two people.  However the monitor housing, if it has a monitor in it....  it weighs a LOT.  Like 200 lbs or more. 

Title: Re: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: albert_c on March 23, 2005, 06:24:42 pm

Quote from: AmericanDemon on March 23, 2005, 05:06:02 pm

A showcase can weigh a lot if everything is populated.

Title: Re: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: Kremmit on March 23, 2005, 06:27:08 pm

Here's the Placerville place you were looking for.
http://www.videoconnect.com/

You're in Oroville?  I'm in Redding, and can hook you up with an empty Afterburner cockpit cab, if you can handle it.  It's big, and heavy, but it would make an awesome MAME.

Title: Re: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: NoBonus on March 23, 2005, 06:32:31 pm

Thanks for the offer, but... well, I need to think about it... I am really looking for something small like an empty tabletop cab. SUre would be cool to have that big cab though.  I just cannot think of where it would live...  How's Redding? Rainy?

Title: Re: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: PoDunkMoFo on March 23, 2005, 06:36:39 pm

Was that a sit down afterburner? (Gutted?).  I am in Modesto & might be interested if I can convince the wife :-\

Title: Re: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: NoBonus on March 23, 2005, 06:48:15 pm

Quote from: PoDunkMoFo on March 23, 2005, 06:36:39 pm

....if I can convince the wife :-\

That's really the trick isn't it?

Title: Re: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: PoDunkMoFo on March 23, 2005, 06:57:06 pm

Hey Kremmit,

What are you looking for for the cab.  Is the seat still going to be in it?

I am interested.

Thanks

Title: Re: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: Kremmit on March 23, 2005, 09:31:15 pm

NoBonus:  Redding's been raining off and on today, with some hail.  Might have found a free upright cab for you - check your PM.

PoDunkMoFo:  Check your PM as well.   ;D

Title: Re: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: tbombaci on March 23, 2005, 10:32:39 pm

I am in San Jose. I have an empty Tron cabinet that has been repaired. The repair consisted of cutting off two inches of the rotted bottom and replacing with new wood.

It is solid as a rock. I had planned to "re-shape" it into a Rally-X style cabinet. ( for my Rally-X Kit )

It's yours if you want it. I have run out of room and I will probably never get to this project.

Let me know.

-Tom

Title: Re: Nor-California parts/cab vendors?
Post by: NoBonus on March 24, 2005, 01:29:25 am

Is that an upright Tron cab or a Tabletop?