New Aquisition - Out Run

jgreene

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Picked up my very first dedicated arcade cabinet earlier this week. I was surprised how heavy this little cabinet was given it is a caberet unit. I felt like I was hauling a 300 lb pin up the stairs when I picked it up.

The cabinet is pretty solid, some wear and tear on the sideart and controls. Overall cosmetic condition is decent though. Monitor looks really nice with no visible burn-in and a crisp picture/colors. Everything seems to be in place and working good minus the steering wheel shaker motor and the paper marquee.

Short term I plan to clean it up good and stick it in the lineup. My 4yr old daughter is already asking me to move it to the basement so she can play it. I'm really looking forward to see how the kids react once I get the shaker working.

Long term I'll probably do a restoration. Not sure if I'll go all out and do frame-off restoration with new art etc. Most likely I'll strip it down to blast and paint all the metal bits, repair some dents & touch up the cabinet, deep clean everything. Either way I'll be sure to do a resto thread so I can get tips along the way.

Does anyone reproduce this style of side art? Any tips on cleaning or repairing cigarette burn marks?
 

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Congrats on the sweet pickup! Me and my kids love ours :)

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There was some sideart being sold on ebay not too long ago but it sold out and I havent seen it since. Not sure who was selling it.
 
Nice pickup! Outrun is on my list too. Love that game. Yours looks breathtaking too Jow!
 
Nice get... time to update that wanted section in your sig? Outrun has moved to the top of my want list since my latest pickup. Enjoy it.
 
Nice get... time to update that wanted section in your sig? Outrun has moved to the top of my want list since my latest pickup. Enjoy it.

I do need to update the wanted sig! I didn't even remember putting that in there.
 
Nice looking cab Jow. I can see that I need to fab some some stainless trim for my pedals & the cab front. I was thinking of replacing the t molding with a ferrari red to match the side art. That would add a nice pop of color against the black.
 
Nice pickup. I bought once of Ebay a full outrun arcade machine - One that moves left and right when you sit in the chair. But unfortunately after winning the bid, the seller decided not to sell the unit. That was a sad day for me then. In stead a week later I picked up a full Power Drift unit.

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