Like most of the rest of you, I am into Williams games. I have 3 (4 now) and we all know, no Williams row is complete without a Defender. I picked up this sad disheveled example of a once proud cab from MRtrentd about five or six months ago.
At the time I wasn't even aware that I was picking up a Defender cab, I bought 3 cabs for $100 and this was one of them.
It had a Cinematronics baseball game in it (can't remember which one at the moment) and a blown out K4900 with Tron burn. During the long process of collecting parts and whatnot, I began to slowly strip it down. During that process it became evident that someone/thing had used it as a lavatory for what smelled like many moons. That is a whole other issue in itself.
I will spare you the details and report that it now has a nice Fabreeze smell.
When I was just a wee lad I can remember seeing a Defender for the first time. I clearly remember seeing it in a distant, dark corner of our local theater. I was immediately drawn closer by the beckoning lit quarter slots and the contrast of the shiny silver coin door against the black, red and yellow art.
I remember thinking the cab was fifteen feet high and four feet wide. I now know that the only Defender cabs that had the silver door were the early models and to my dismay this cab had a black Wells coin door. I decided early on to modify the cab to accept a silver coin door so I removed the existing door to see what was involved in doing so.
To my surprise I saw that someone had actually hacked the cab to accept the newer style door, Yippie!!!
It originally had a silver door.
They had also hacked the upper CP shelf to accept a conversion CP. Overall with the exception of several structual repairs and the lack of a back door, the cab was solid. Pissy, but solid none the less.
At the time I wasn't even aware that I was picking up a Defender cab, I bought 3 cabs for $100 and this was one of them.
It had a Cinematronics baseball game in it (can't remember which one at the moment) and a blown out K4900 with Tron burn. During the long process of collecting parts and whatnot, I began to slowly strip it down. During that process it became evident that someone/thing had used it as a lavatory for what smelled like many moons. That is a whole other issue in itself.
I will spare you the details and report that it now has a nice Fabreeze smell.
When I was just a wee lad I can remember seeing a Defender for the first time. I clearly remember seeing it in a distant, dark corner of our local theater. I was immediately drawn closer by the beckoning lit quarter slots and the contrast of the shiny silver coin door against the black, red and yellow art.
I remember thinking the cab was fifteen feet high and four feet wide. I now know that the only Defender cabs that had the silver door were the early models and to my dismay this cab had a black Wells coin door. I decided early on to modify the cab to accept a silver coin door so I removed the existing door to see what was involved in doing so.
To my surprise I saw that someone had actually hacked the cab to accept the newer style door, Yippie!!!
It originally had a silver door.
They had also hacked the upper CP shelf to accept a conversion CP. Overall with the exception of several structual repairs and the lack of a back door, the cab was solid. Pissy, but solid none the less.
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