Thank you Atari1978! I think I will use a typical Happ Green square illuminated button and call it a day.
I have reached out to Game On Grafix to replicated the control panel overlay and the decal at the back of the seat, in case anyone else needs it as well,
P.S. I have seen different color variations of the compact on line. Is the cab actually white or black? I will be laminating mine and would prefer to have accurate color.
@silvereagle
You are most welcome, happy to try and help.
I am sure the Happ green lamp switch will likely be the more economical way to go. I am just more oriented towards trying to get everything Atari back the way Atari had it. The original fix I mentioned with covering the hole in my hacked up CP and putting in a new Licon LED switch worked just fine (didn't look that bad either). The replacement CP I later found and put in mine, of course, while nice, even back five years ago, was not cheap.
As far as I know Compact Hard Drivin' was white.
(edit / add: though I have seen photos of some black too. Here's photo of a flyer for both the cockpit and compact upright);
Very few seem to have the original side art left. Mine still had the behind seat art and still does. I came up with a crude fix on mine after I refinished the cabinet white, I found a pair of large "Atari Games" and checkered flag side art for some other Atari racing game (I don't recal which one) and put them on the sides just to have something on them. I long gave up trying to find original side art. Though I think you can still find it for compact Race Drivin' but obviously that is a different game.
Here's thee nicest Hard Drivin' compact I have ever seen. I missed buying this by, apparently, a short time. A very fortunte collector in Canada got it before me.
#1182 Atari HARD DRIVIN' Arcade Video Game Rare COMPACT Version! TNT Amusements - YouTube
All the Best,
Mike.