can a Double Dragon cab take a 25" monitor?

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title says it all. clearly I know there's some woodworking magic involved, but I was just wondering if there'd be any structural issues with doing it (since it's made to rotate) or if it physically can't fit.

also were there some runs of DD that didn't utilize the drawer and just had it mounted on the side wall via carriage bolts instead? my cab's been hacked to shit and barely resembles what it should after all the shitty gun game conversions, but the drawer looks like it never existed, cause a bondo job on the lock would be too fancy for whoever bastardized this thing previously. lol
 
that's what I was thinking. I have a Pit Fighter cab that was converted over to Street Fighter whatever, I forget what that came with but 25" seems big for it and it came out during a time when 19" was still popular and although it looks moded, it actually fit. looks awesome in fact, lol

can't stand 19" for JAMMA games, looks so hokey.
 
Measure the monitor and the inner width of the cab. I wouldn't have thought that a 25" monitor would fit in a Centipede cab but I've seen it done. The Centipede was an MK2 conversion that I sold.
 
Measure the monitor and the inner width of the cab. I wouldn't have thought that a 25" monitor would fit in a Centipede cab but I've seen it done. The Centipede was an MK2 conversion that I sold.

I would highly doubt it would fit. The cab is too shallow. I had a 19" K-7000 mounted in mine and the neckboard was 1/2" from the inside of the back door.
 
I have an Area 51/Max Force in a Pit Fighter cab and it has a 25" monitor in it.
 
dedicated pitfighter had a 25" wells in it. Atari drawer cabs have to be the smallest full size production cab with a 25" monitor.

if the taito cabinet is as wide as an atari cabinet (centipede, dig dug, ect), you can probably fit it. But you might have to lose the frame to do it. When I saw a 25" in an atari cab, it used L iron to catch the frame.

if the monitor is too deep, you will have to notch the back door.

Considering that the taito cab is made to rotate a 19" monitor easily, I would say bad idea.
 
all points considered, yes, the 19" neckboard is very close to the back door already.

the good news is the monitor I got in it will work fine... once I change the flyback and cap it. too bad Bob's out of commission, kinda feel wrong placing an order right now. :eek:

got a working PS installed tonight, fixed the marquee, and changed out the blown speaker. popped the coin doors out for cleaning (the coin box had a shitload of rust on it -- nothing some 120 sandpaper couldn't fix).

now I gotta bondo the swiss cheese front end and repaint it.

part I'm stuck on is what to do with the sides, I think the TAITO sideart is all intact, but what point would it serve if I removed the black paint just to run a non-Taito game in it?

oh, and the T-nut brackets for the monitor, they're STAPLED in. one fell out. probably gonna drill some holes in these and run carriage bolts through them so they never come out again.
 
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