Time for the next project...

Another data point. I've trashed many cabinets that weren't as bad as this one. It's not a human life, it's not a marriage, it's just sawdust. I wouldn't feel any guilt whatsoever about trashing that cabinet, heck I'd even feel good about ending it and the storage space it's been taking.

To rebuild it properly, you'd effectively replace 95% of the original cabinet. What's the point in that unless you just feel like building a cabinet? (Many of us have also done that…)

Yeah, I hear you. I was looking at the splicing @Talsivar did, and getting ideas.

It's really going to come down to how right you are to that 95% estimate. I know the top is going to be replaced, and the back is missing. If it seems like "most" of the two sides are also trash - off to the dump it goes.
 
Yeah, I hear you. I was looking at the splicing @Talsivar did, and getting ideas.

It's really going to come down to how right you are to that 95% estimate. I know the top is going to be replaced, and the back is missing. If it seems like "most" of the two sides are also trash - off to the dump it goes.

You could always copy the cabinet. Even if you don't make it into another data East game, the control panels are kind of hard to come by.
 
You could always copy the cabinet. Even if you don't make it into another data East game, the control panels are kind of hard to come by.

Thanks for the heads up, I didn't know that. Even if I toss the cabinet I'll try to save as much as possible. I may just copy it in case I get a chance to pick up a Karate Champ that needs love.
 
Current status: Disassembly complete.

Here's the Table o' Parts:

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Nothing is in great shape, but a bunch of it should be salvagable. I plan to have the board checked out, clean up the coin door and CP, and see what the power supply and wiring harness are good for. The monitor has fairly significant burn-in, but it'll go to the storage locker in case there's a need for it down the road.

The cabinet is about as expected:

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I have the top and a couple of the parts for the speakers, etc, but it's not really in good enough shape for me to bother putting it back together.

I'll offer it up for free if anyone wants it in the DELMARVA area, but it's going to the dump if there are no takers by the weekend.
 
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