Chiller A Fizgig Restoration

[fizgig]

EXIDY CHILLER COLLEX'N

The ultimate Halloween game that my kids will never be allowed to play.

Started with a trashed cabinet with a few parts inside and a marquee and that's pretty much it.

Cabinet and Hardware:

Built brand new black melamine cabinet
Stripped and powder coated CP, bolts, brackets, speaker mesh
New T-molding
New Locks
New Vinyl Casters
New Power Cord
New Speakers
New Marquee Light Fixture/Bulb
New Buttons
Rebuilt the gun components, optics, etc.
New HAPP coin doors
New inside glass mirror (replaced plexiglass)

Cosmetics:

Gun Stock from a whodunnit looked cool so i powder coated it (BK-1 texture)
New custom monitor bezel i designed - reverse printed on plexiglass
NOS control panel overlay (not applied in these pix (using repro for now)
New Exidy Logo vinyl cut decals i made
Original Marquee
New hand-cut matte board monitor bezel, side, top, etc.
New Exidy coin door decal I made
Custom Exidy logo inserts and LEDs

Electronics:

COLLEX'N multi board installed with power boost directly from power supply to compensate
Left START button - pause/menu button (making a new decal for this
Cleanup/restored inside guts: power supply, wire harness, PCB, etc.
NOS 19' Monitor - can't remember what brand at the moment, Betson, Kortec or Vision Pro

Full gallery here:
http://s1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii486/fizgigKLOV/Chiller Restoration/

 

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for your viewing pleasure

 

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more pix..

 

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a few more...

 

[joeycuda]

Stellar work... As much as I like to see a well preserved, original machine with patina, I love to see a worse off machine get restored and preserved like this.

 

[fizgig]

Thanks Joey. Yeah this thing was hammered, ill see if I have any before pix but i remember the control panel was split so bad you could slide a waffle through the opening and every time I moved the cabinet a new pile of debris would show up in the bottom. And I remember the control panel was apparently the arcades only ash tray.

 

[Jedidentist]

Wow...just wow! A game I would love to own, but never will.

 

[joeycuda]

Thanks Joey. Yeah this thing was hammered, ill see if I have any before pix but i remember the control panel was split so bad you could slide a waffle through the opening and every time I moved the cabinet a new pile of debris would show up in the bottom. And I remember the control panel was apparently the arcades only ash tray.

So, the cabinet was basically unusable? I have a couple of projects where the cabinet is just a loss and rather than have a pile of parts, I want to go the restore the whole game route, which will require a fresh cabinet.

 

[LASooner]

I think you owe us a photo of all these pristine games together in one room and turned on. It's the least you could do for us.

 

[fizgig]

You got it, once i have a complete row together i'll snap up a pic.

I think you owe us a photo of all these pristine games together in one room and turned on. It's the least you could do for us.

 

[Spyridon]

Very well done! That gun looks really good powder coated.

 

[fizgig]

Thanks Spy! It feels way better than the original too I think.

Very well done! That gun looks really good powder coated.

 

[fizgig]

Made a couple (removable) instruction decals. Made out of the same control panel material. These cover the START BUTTONS