Cocktail back from the dead....

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Here's the story - I go to pick up my latest batch of cabs from DPT. First Uhaul doesnt have the trailer I need, so I have to set for a smaller one and grab the tarp (its raining) for anything that needs to go in the truck bed.

After almost an hour getting everything to fit, I am on my way. I've got my wife and kids wife me, so I just want to get home asap and we head out.

About 1/2 way home my tarp breaks loose. Ive got it ratchet-strapped in, so even though it is blowing in the wind, I keep going. Pretty soon I get a guy trying to flag me down to pull over. I am about 10 minutes from a gas station break anyway and just blow it off as him talking about the tarp flapping in the wind.

Once at the gas station I re-secure the tarp and get ready to go when my wife says "Well I figured out why the guy was flagging you down... The trailer is open...

To my utter HORROR, the trailer door is in fact, all the way open and my 2 galaga cabs are almost hanging out. But even more troubling is the fact that there was a cocktail in the trailer when I left - it is GONE.

So I call DPTwiz and explain the situation. He assures me I had closed the door when I left but I ask him to look around anyway. Saturday night and Sunday come and go - the cocktail is gone.

Or so I thought. DPTwiz send me an email and voice mail tell me his step father spotted the cocktail in the center medium on the major highway along the route. I immediately hop in my call and drive the 50 minutes to where it was spotted, expecting full well that it is either gone or utter destroyed.

I'll let the pictures say the rest.
 

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that SUCKS!! i lost a game on the way home once. i was on the freeway and luckily nobody hit it and since i was on a curve it slide out of the lanes. it was a crappy redemption machine i had got for free. needless to say i make sure i strap down everything REAL well now.
 
It was the perfect storm, the smaller trailer was missing the tie-down loops I normally use and I didnt have bungies small enough to fit in the rail slots (which suck anyway) and the door apparently bounced open. I am just thankful the galagas stayed put!!
 
Considering that thing bounced down the freeway it doesnt look that bad...
Whoever built it did a pretty good job i would say !!!
BUT what I really meant is...
Oh that cab is absolutely F"ed and you should send it to me :)
 
Did that cab originally have CPs, a PCB, internal workings, and art?

Because, if not, that's actually pretty good condition and a good save. Slap some paint on there and it's good as new :D
 
This is a bare cocktail cabinet that Brett (DPTWiz) produces for me. I add the paint and hardware later.

Another ironic fact - the one that fell out just happens to be the #13 cocktail cabinet I have purchased from him.
 
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