sweet! send some pics when you get back!
Here are a few,
It seems to play fine blind. Not sure what is wrong with the monitor, but it doesn't get any neck glow and I checked the fuses(about as far as my trouble shooting will go)
The monitor I bought at QuarterArcade (slight zaxxon burn) has a different size video connection, also THE CURRENT monitor also connects two red (ground??) wires that go to the frame, and says 100v on it(I thought most were still 120 after the iso). Didnt want to risk connecting it, so I looked at what I have laying around here here and found one from an EnduroRacer that has the exact same connections, and also says 100v. Sat it behind the game and plugged it in, works fine!
But since this one is a horizontal, its mounts wont fit, and looks like a lot of work to switch everything, so for now its not running. I may try to switch just the chassis since they look the same.
Didn't clean anything up yet, buts its in good shape except for the coin door which looks like it might need to be painted.
Not bad for free!! But I did drive for over 3 hours and pay about $40-$50 (Gas, tolls, and then $20 to the guy) and also bought a $40 monitor that looks like it wont be used. Still happy with it as long as I get it working and it doesn't sit like all my other projects.