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Title: taito grand champion cabinet pics added
Post by: atari2600chick on September 29, 2005, 06:14:35 am
I was given a free taito grand champion cockpit cabinet today
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Post by: menace on September 29, 2005, 07:05:28 am
good find!! my wife would have said "you must have the wrong number" and told me it was a telemarketer  :P

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Post by: skarr on September 29, 2005, 07:17:39 am
you have the sitdown version or the standup ?

klov shows both versions
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Post by: atari2600chick on September 29, 2005, 07:59:21 am
It is the sitdown version
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Post by: cw on September 29, 2005, 10:06:35 am
I just picked up and upright ver of Grand Champions.  Nice looking game.  The game plays blind and seems to be just missing the monitor.. 
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Post by: atari2600chick on September 29, 2005, 09:52:43 pm
Here are a few pics.. more to come
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Post by: GGKoul on September 29, 2005, 10:25:27 pm
Please dont paint the side art!!  Nice find!!
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Post by: atari2600chick on September 29, 2005, 10:44:41 pm
Please dont paint the side art!!
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Post by: Bones on September 29, 2005, 11:36:53 pm
I am so jealous. Good luck with your project.
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Post by: cw on September 30, 2005, 04:11:51 pm
Wow  great art.....love it.....
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Post by: atari2600chick on October 01, 2005, 05:47:37 pm
Getting the cabinet into the house proved to be a bigger challenge than i bargained for. It separated into three sections but 2/3 of the cabinet wouldn't fit thru our front door or even the door of our arcade room. The front door measures 27" and the Grand Champ cabinet measures 31" at its widest point. We tried all sorts of ways to tip the cabinet on its side etc to get thru the front door but it was no use
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Post by: atari2600chick on October 02, 2005, 12:51:34 am
outside photos
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Post by: atari2600chick on October 02, 2005, 01:12:36 am
How to put a racing arcade machine through a window. (The only damage that occured was to the window frame NOT the cabinet)
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Post by: atari2600chick on October 02, 2005, 01:29:42 am
Cabinet all ready for racing. We have taken out the original control panel with the wheel and also the pedals (wires were cut) and replaced them with pc ones. I might try and get the wheel working, i think it may be a 270 degree wheel... maybe 300 its definately not a 360 wheel. Also using a serial trackball instead of mouse with a wireless keyboard and a 21 Inch monitor. The games we intend playing are MAME racing games if i can get a pc wheel working with it, PC versions of sega rally, sega rally2, daytona usa, daytona USA deluxe, Need for Speed series, GTR, F1 challenge, Colin McRae Rally, Outrun, and others
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Post by: nullb0y on October 03, 2005, 12:37:39 am
niiiiiiceeee yu enjoy that
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Post by: Bones on October 03, 2005, 05:37:13 pm
That must have been such a pain in the ass to get it through that window, it looks like you were lucky it actually fit.

Great sideart on the machine.
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Post by: ras2a on December 09, 2005, 06:42:33 am
You are a good wife :)
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Post by: headkaze on December 10, 2005, 02:48:46 am
Make sure you have Trackmania Sunrise (http://www.trackmaniagame.com/) in that cab  ;D
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Post by: missioncontrol on December 10, 2005, 04:49:51 am
If by any chance you come over to NC please have a talk with my wife and teach her to be accepting of this arcade hobby....


There's a beer in it for you....


 ;D
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Post by: atari2600chick on December 10, 2005, 03:11:31 pm
If by any chance you come over to NC please have a talk with my wife and teach her to be accepting of this arcade hobby....


There's a beer in it for you....


 ;D

Australia to North Carolina seems a long way to go for a beer.... but hey if you throw in two free return airfares from Australia to the US.... sure I will come and talk to your wife for you  ;)