Are Spy Hunter upright/cockpit parts interchangeable?

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Are Spy Hunter upright/cockpit parts interchangeable?

Last year I totally restored my SH upright. Sandblasted & painted the yoke, pedal, and coin door. Found a really nice marquee, tube swap so the monitor looks fantastic, replaced the side art. It is now the nicest SH I've seen.

But now a buddy has offered my a cockpit version, which is what I would really prefer. How many things can I switch off my upright and swap back from the cockpit version?

Coin door?
Marquee?
Control panel?
Gear shift?
Yoke?
Accelerator pedal?

Is reproduction art available for the cockpit?

Thanks,
Marc
 
Marquee is different - cockpit has 2 marquees (both different) plus the back glass of course. Cockpit has a different ssio (sound) board - it's a "panning" board (4 channels of audio), but you could get away with a standard ssio board if that's all you have. My guess is the other stuff is the same, but I'm not 100% positive. You can probably figure it out by looking at the manual (I'm sure you know you can get a pdf online).

Repro side art is around the corner. Repro floor board overlay is available already from Rich. Repro glass is not available other than from gameongrafix and I've seen a print of one of the marquees and was quite underwhelmed when comparing to an original. But I think this artwork is one of the things Rich intends to put some time into improving for his new inkjet on glass service, so better quality glass repros may be coming eventually too.

If you like SH, do not pass up a good opportunity for a cockpit. IMO it's a MUCH more fun way to play. I absolutely LOVE mine.
 
As noted, the panning SSIO board is the big difference...and oh what a difference it makes! Panning rocks--it makes for a much more immersive game. I picked up a panning board on Epay for $40.

The cockpit uses two 'MCR dual audio amps with mixer' boards--the extra one powers the rear speakers. The harness is obviously different. Adapting an upright harness would be a pain, because you would have to add the rear speaker wiring, extra
marquee wiring, and extend the test panel/coin door wiring.

Another upside of the cockpit is that I can charge myself two tokens per game. :)
 
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I think the CP is also different sizes. I usually see "S/D" or "U/R" spratched on the underside of them. I know the bezel is different.

Only guessing, but I'd be suprised if the coin door, gear shift, yoke and pedal were different.

The manual might go over the parts that are unique to each.

This is one of those cockpits/sitdowns that are definitely worth the space they take up.
 
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