Stripped hardware from damaged cabs. Lots of it. What to do with it?

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Stripped hardware from damaged cabs. Lots of it. What to do with it?

FINALLY DONE WITH ALL THE NASTY CABS! :)

Am working with a local operator who accidentally left a container of games in an area that allowed water to seep in over the course of 10-15 years. They are all pretty much toast. Some worse than others, but 90% of them will have to be scrapped (and some of them didn't even make it out of the container before crumbling. R.I.P. AD, Space Duel, and others..). He was very close to throwing them away, but he is also a sentimental guy, so we worked out a deal for me to try to save what is still salvageable. Am working quickly to get them out and dismantled (or passed along) before it warms up and he has to chuck them (i.e. before the mold reactivates and spreads to his good machines)

Most every bracket is rusty and would need to be treated/painted. All the small fasteners would need to be replaced, but most of the larger bolts should be OK if they are tumbled.

Made a facebook page to memorialize those that have been lost so far...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/861871277189443/

Tried to figure out the serial # and post a lot of pictures. Don't want people thinking that I am just ripping apart good games and harvesting organs. Been able to re-home a couple of cabs that were potentially salvageable (dedicated Konami Super Contra, Hyper Sports cab, Phoenix cab and a Karate Champ) to people who had time, space, and equipment to deal with the mold and wood rot.

HERE IS THE POINT OF THIS POST: (sorry it took so long to get here)

Have been in communication with DPTwiz on getting the metal/plastic parts to those who can make new cabinets. If he is unable to take on all or some of the "kits", is there anyone else who would like this stuff? I would like to keep it all together, and not piece out a bracket here and a bracket there, etc....

I can make a detailed list and or take pics, but by looking at those facebook photos, you should be able to get the idea. Most of the cabs were converted from one thing to another, but a couple were all original.

And lastly, I am not looking to gouge. Really just want the stuff out, but it takes a bit of time to strip & box & store everything. Am thinking about $30-$60 per batch of game parts (not including any PCB's) plus shipping.

(EDIT 04/14/15): I am done with the container of games. Here is the list:

ALL PARTS GONE - 1. Taito 10 yard fight: Able to save everything, Bezel glass is peeling at bottom and marquee was passed along to Buffett to complete his game (along with back door lockbar), rest of hardware passed along to local collector

ALL PARTS GONE - 2. Scramble converted to Mr. Do: Have all the metal work and AC wiring and the DC/control harness that has been modified to convert from Universal to Konami. and hacked control panel.

3. Berzerk converted to Silk Worm. Have all the Metal work and AC wiring, Jamma wiring and hacked control panel.

4. Mappy. Was able to save everything that wasn't made of wood (but did save the 2 custom hardwood pieces). Saved the serial # tag to put in new machine.

5. Hyper Sports converted to Altered Beast: Saved all of it (metal/plastic) and the hacked wiring & CP. Has "long" coin door. Saved the serial # tag to put in new machine.

6. Track & Field converted to Altered Beast: Saved all of it (metal/plastic) and the hacked wiring & CP. Has raised letter Centuri coin door (yes, that would be a bit extra). Saved the serial # tag to put in new machine.

ALL PARTS GONE - 7. Phoenix (Centuri) converted to Guerrilla War: Saved all of the parts & hacked control panel. Has hacked wiring harness to play Jamma games.

ALL PARTS GONE - 8. Turtles (Stern) converted to Golden Axe: Saved the parts, was converted to Jamma. Fairly empty cab.

ALL PARTS GONE - 9. Popeye (converted to Vs. Unisystem):

10. Centipede (Ireland mfg, converted to Cabal): Monitor is broken (literally). Converted to Jamma harness. Had dormant termites - yuk

ALL PARTS GONE - 11. Karate Champ (converted to Cabal). Monitor tube was broken, Chassis has some rusty componets. Salvaged a couple brackets, the control panel, coin door, and monitor frame along with the AC wiring and power brick.

ALL PARTS GONE - 12. Track and Field converted to Altered Beast. Raised-letter door. Cab was good enough to strip hardware, take off the bad wood, bleach it, and sold it to a local collector who is going to restore it.

13. Defender converted to Shinobi. REALLY bad. Fell apart from termite damage

ALL PARTS GONE - 14. Armor....Attack. All original with Vectorbeam monitor. Cab was a loss, but sold entire thing to local guy who works on vectors.

15. Double Dragon (in a Taito GTC-100 cab) converted to SF2:WW. top portion of cab was gone, tube cracked, but PCB worked.

16. Joust converted to Golden Axe. Same condition as the Defender. G07 chassis and monitor with little burn, but restraining strap around tube has rusted off. Not safe to use unless I can find a banding kit. Termite damage and the wood came apart in de-laminated sheets. Lower coin door rusted so bad that it probably won't be re-usable. Sad.

17. Q*bert converted to Time Soldiers (#1). Waterlogged and moldy. K4900 chassis. PCB gets to self test, then resets

18. Q*Bert converted to Time Soldiers (#2). Waterlogged and moldy. k4900 chassis. PCB works.

19. Street Fighter 2 in a dynamo HS-1 cab. Very little salvageable

20. Mappy #2. Completely disassembled. Ants were living in the wood and were very upset.

21. Another SF2 in a dynamo cab. Total loss.

22. Defender converted to SF2. very corroded.

23. Another SF2 in a Taito cab. Monitor, chassis and frame are all destroyed. PCB has issues. Pretty much copper scrap.

ALL PARTS GONE - 24. Phoenix converted to Guerrilla War. PCB seems to work. Toei 20" monitor has issues. Am still working on getting the monitor up and running (4/14/15)

25. Q-bert eaten by termites with no monitor. Otherwise intact. Slated parts for re-use in making another Q-bert

ALL PARTS GONE - 26. Stern Super Cobra converted to Mr. DO! Pretty much all junk. PCB wouldn't boot.

27. Another Tron converted to Two Tigers. Pretty severe burn on the tube. Fairly complete. PCBs need a few new eproms and a ctc. will test when time allows.


Yes, I have the PCBs and rotary joysticks from some of those games and will get around to them later when I have time to test them out. Also have all the monitors and chassis from the games, but need to test them also. Already had a couple of dead tubes and some of the chassis are so rusted, they were only good for harvesting a few components and width coils.

Let me know what you think. Am open to ideas. Thanks!
Rob
 

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Frist of all, thanks for making the effort to save the parts out of water logged machines.
It a lot of work to remove rusting bolts and screws to save hardware wire and other parts.

I would love to recreate a cabinet for a mappy and and add another mappy to the world.
 
I think you are doing this the right way - pull all of the parts from a cabinet, keep each game together in a box. The right collector will take them off your hands and do the cleanup work.

Very nice job, taking this on!
 
Thanks for the PM's.

Please look at all the pics on the Facebook thread. It's an open group.

The pictures will answer questions like "Is it a complete original Phoenix?" because the pics will show you that it has been converted to a completely different game.

Not trying to be grumpy, just save you some time.

Thanks!
 
You are right about that!

Frist of all, thanks for making the effort to save the parts out of water logged machines.
It a lot of work to remove rusting bolts and screws to save hardware wire and other parts.

I would love to recreate a cabinet for a mappy and and add another mappy to the world.

Gone through 3 cans of wd-40. My forearms haven't had this much of a workout since ..... well, it's been a while :)
 
Gone through 3 cans of wd-40. My forearms haven't had this much of a workout since ..... well, it's been a while :)

Laughs.

I join your facebook page. Yippee! I hope your wearing a mask. I really think that mold dust isn't the greatest thing to breath in.

Keep up the good work and find people who have a passion to rebuild and restore. Don't forget to ask them to post their restored project. I find it keeps a forum busy and keeps people honest.
 
mold tastes great!

I hope your wearing a mask. I really think that mold dust isn't the greatest thing to breath in.

Yep, always wearing a respirator. I also do it in the driveway or in the garage with all the doors opened.
 
Not sure if you're willing to part stuff out of not, but I can use this piece for my Track & Field:

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AD

If you have the marquee bezel pieces from Asteroids Deluxe and are parting out please let me know.

Didn't end up with any hardware from the AD, but did find the plexiglass bezel. It's kinda messed up and I am saving it on the chance that I run across a AD cabinet that can be converted back.
 
Didn't end up with any hardware from the AD, but did find the plexiglass bezel. It's kinda messed up and I am saving it on the chance that I run across a AD cabinet that can be converted back.
Centipede brackets would work too as I believe they were the same cab. I checked out your FB site. I can't believe that someone committed homicide on that Tron!

Your gameroom looks nice.
 
Tron conversions

Centipede brackets would work too as I believe they were the same cab. I checked out your FB site. I can't believe that someone committed homicide on that Tron!

Your gameroom looks nice.

Many, many Trons were converted to other things. Two Tigers was an 'official' conversion, and the operator that I know said that he probably converted 30 Tron machines. It is just what happened back then. I have a Tron cab that had Galaga in it, and it was a really professional conversion, not just a hack-job. The MCR boardsets can be kinda unreliable and Galaga was a better earner if placed in the right location.

BTW, Centipede and AD aren't the same cab, but that doesn't mean that the brackets aren't the same.
 
Many, many Trons were converted to other things. Two Tigers was an 'official' conversion, and the operator that I know said that he probably converted 30 Tron machines. It is just what happened back then. I have a Tron cab that had Galaga in it, and it was a really professional conversion, not just a hack-job. The MCR boardsets can be kinda unreliable and Galaga was a better earner if placed in the right location.

BTW, Centipede and AD aren't the same cab, but that doesn't mean that the brackets aren't the same.
Ugh.... Tron is number 1 on my aquire list. I'm beginning to think I'll have to repro one from scratch.

I meant brackets..... My bad :)
 
Added 5 more to the end of the original post. 3 more machines to pull from rotten storage (whew!)
 
Updated the last 3 games that were in the container of moldy games. I think that breathing all of this WD-40 cannot be good for me.

Thanks for the encouragement! I actually developed tennis elbow from all of the tool use. I am so out of shape!
 
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