Vongoosewink
Well-known member
Hey All,
I've been in touch recently with an op in Norther Ohio with a bunch of late Jamma-era games, about 30 in all. Most of these are non-working, some are missing their boards, some have bad power supplies, some have dead monitors. Their cabs are in most cases in poor condition, they traveled a lot with a carnival and are pretty beat up. I've seen them all first-hand, there are a few cabs that could be salvaged, but most would be better parted out. While there I messed around with these games for about an hour, and was able to get 2 up and running, and several others to have their monitors power up or the game play blind... so, it looks like there is some good internal stuff to salvage. Around a dozen have 25" monitors, the rest 19's. Almost no classics, but there was a Rally Bike in an intact Gorf cab, a trashed Zaxxon, and what looked to be a few Midway converted cabs (maybe from Domino man, etc -- I just recognized the coin doors.)
The owner really just wants to be rid of them, and does not seem interested in a lot of money. I might be able to get them for close to nothing, or delivered for a reasonable fee.
Anybody in Northern Ohio and have access to a big open space and a means to dispose of about 30 cabs? I don't live in the area, so it would be too far to move these to Indy. If we can find someone with a big barn or warhouse space, we could arrange a part-out party. But I don't want to mess with this unless we have a 100% means of disposing the cabs afterword -- it would be too big a job for one guy to get stuck with.
Chime in if you are in the area and could help. I just thought I'd post here and see if we could organize something, rather than all these going to the dump.
I've been in touch recently with an op in Norther Ohio with a bunch of late Jamma-era games, about 30 in all. Most of these are non-working, some are missing their boards, some have bad power supplies, some have dead monitors. Their cabs are in most cases in poor condition, they traveled a lot with a carnival and are pretty beat up. I've seen them all first-hand, there are a few cabs that could be salvaged, but most would be better parted out. While there I messed around with these games for about an hour, and was able to get 2 up and running, and several others to have their monitors power up or the game play blind... so, it looks like there is some good internal stuff to salvage. Around a dozen have 25" monitors, the rest 19's. Almost no classics, but there was a Rally Bike in an intact Gorf cab, a trashed Zaxxon, and what looked to be a few Midway converted cabs (maybe from Domino man, etc -- I just recognized the coin doors.)
The owner really just wants to be rid of them, and does not seem interested in a lot of money. I might be able to get them for close to nothing, or delivered for a reasonable fee.
Anybody in Northern Ohio and have access to a big open space and a means to dispose of about 30 cabs? I don't live in the area, so it would be too far to move these to Indy. If we can find someone with a big barn or warhouse space, we could arrange a part-out party. But I don't want to mess with this unless we have a 100% means of disposing the cabs afterword -- it would be too big a job for one guy to get stuck with.
Chime in if you are in the area and could help. I just thought I'd post here and see if we could organize something, rather than all these going to the dump.
