I bought a converted Journey cabinet on Ebay for $38.50 final bid. It had been very badly converted to a Tetris but I recognized the cabinet instantly. I drove 1.5 hours each way to get it. I restored it cosmetically, and put a PC running MAME and boots up into Journey. It works great.
I had a T&F that was a crappy MK2 conversion when I got it. I restored it cosmetically, and used a MAME setup to play just the RUN&JUMP games like T&F, Hypersports, etc.
Ended up really nice, and with minimal investment...
Someone listed an Asteroids machine, no pics, but the description had this little gem:
"Someone has stripped the wireing out for the copper but should be restorable."
If you are talking about that Asteroids cabinet I sold you, I believe it was pretty solid structurally, and had zero to very minimal water damage if any at all. The biggest thing was that chunk on the side that I started to bondo.
I suggest you finish bondoing that spot, and any other spots...
Just Do it!!! Get the VGA Vector converter. You will have a working game, and you can give us some reviews and opinions about it.
It's a shame about your broken monitor, but if you cannot afford to fix it, then go with a practical (meaning less expensive) solution if you really care about...
I am installing one in a generic JAMMA cabinet this weekend. Plus I am planning to make a MW panel so I can swap it out for my Robotron panel.
You are welcome to come over and try it when I get it fired up.
Try arcadeshop.com
http://www.arcadeshop.com/parts.htm#Trackball
I get my parts the next day. Of course I am only 5 hours away, buy you should get them pretty quickly.