Exidy Death Race Color Opinion

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I am in the middle of restoring an Exidy Death Race. Death Race came in a few different colors... I know they came in Black with white graphics on the side. Mine is a white cabinet with black graphics on the side. And I have seen one in Yellow as well.

My question is - as I mentioned mine is white with Black graphics on the side... however I really like the look of it in black. How BAD is it to restore it back to original but change the color from white to black??? I am pretty anal about most restoration stuff as far as originality... so I really wanted a public opinion on this.

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Mine is white on black and Musee' Mechanique has black on white. Having seen both in person, I agree with you...white on black looks better. As others have said here and elsewhere, it's your game....do what you want. (As long as you're not crushing/parting it. ;) ) HOWEVER...I believe your variation is the less common one. So you might want to consider that before you change it from the original.

How are you going to restore it? Paint? Vinyl? Stencils? Mine is in pretty good shape, but I have long term plans to redo it.
 
I am planning on using vinyl on the sides... and I can get it either way black on white or white on black. The only thing I have to figure out is the front door graphic. (mine is quite worn and the door is unusable) So I built a new front door - now how can I get the graphic on there if nobody has a file for it?
 
If you are truly restoring it then you need to stick with the original scheme.
Otherwise, as a collector item, it's not original and could impact the value.
 
I'm glad you're doing vinyl. How are you doing the side graphics? Can't you do the same for the front? Someone, I think Rich at thisoldgame did a one off for Funspot's restoration. But the last I heard, he wasn't making it available to others. Did you find someone to do it?
 
Is this the one? I think plain black and white looks better but to each his own.
 

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Ill have to check with Gary to see if he ever scanned the front art
havnt really done any pricing it wasnt ssomething that was going to be a regualr set for purchase on the site sonce its not a very high demand item.
But was doing one set for a local here and some sets for GameStencils.com
So I think Prok was going to put a few on his site. maybe he'll chime in.
 
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