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Making some good progress on my Speed Freak restore/rebuild, whatever you want to call it; so figured I'd get around to starting a thread. I'm hoping to have this done soon, but with my basement arcade build in full swing it still might be a little bit before it's completely done. Either way, I'll continue to update this as it progress until it's all finished.
Some backstory thus far:
Back in October of last year, I was able to pickup a Speed Freak. I was tipped from another member on here I had been chatting back and forth with for selling one of my cabinets. I had mentioned the other vectors I was still searching for and this one had popped up in his area. A little back and forth with the seller and I had struck a deal to get this. Only "small" issue was it was in Tennessee and I'm in Wisconsin.
A convenient turn of events happened, as another friend/local collector also made a trade deal for a new game; which was located about 20 minutes from where my Speed Freak was. We each arraigned with our seller to come down together in a few weeks time, and the road trip was on!
So, the day of the trip comes, I drive down to very northern Illinois, and pickup my friend Bill at his place around 4am. We have his (friends/brother in law, I forget who's) trailer already loaded with his Mace that he's trading. We make the, uneventful (thankfully), trip down to the Nashville area. First we pickup my Speed Freak. Chat a bit, checkout other games in the warehouse and get back on the road. Stop to Bill's trade and he trades his Mace for a Star Rider upright. Everything loaded, drive back home. In total, I think it was a 26 hour round trip for me; slightly less (25?) for Bill.
I finally own a Speed Freak! I had been searching for one for a couple years, so glad to finally have it. However, the sound and main board are missing; and the cab has seen better days. I ask around, and SOMEHOW (I'm still surprised) was able to find a soundboard within a day. Grab that right away. Thanks to another friend, I got a main pcb as well. Tested everything and all parts are working! This also surprised me, as I've never had that happen with cine/vb games; especially on a project. Usually something is dead or needs repair.
I had the cabinet remade, and just got that back yesterday. Brought the control panel along for a test fit and it went on perfect! Bolted it on right away so I don't have to deal with removing/putting it back again. During the downtime of having the cabinet re-done, I was able to have the coin door and pedal sandblasted and powdercoated, so those are ready to be put back together and thrown on the cab.
At this point, I mainly just have to clean up parts and put the game back together. Side art is in progress, so I'll be getting that on soon as well once it's finished. Super happy to have this one nearing completion; as I find the game fun. Plus, vector cows! One more off the list, at least once it's put back together!
Attached pics are the only before ones I have. I need to get better about taking more detailed "before" pics of projects.
Some backstory thus far:
Back in October of last year, I was able to pickup a Speed Freak. I was tipped from another member on here I had been chatting back and forth with for selling one of my cabinets. I had mentioned the other vectors I was still searching for and this one had popped up in his area. A little back and forth with the seller and I had struck a deal to get this. Only "small" issue was it was in Tennessee and I'm in Wisconsin.
A convenient turn of events happened, as another friend/local collector also made a trade deal for a new game; which was located about 20 minutes from where my Speed Freak was. We each arraigned with our seller to come down together in a few weeks time, and the road trip was on!
So, the day of the trip comes, I drive down to very northern Illinois, and pickup my friend Bill at his place around 4am. We have his (friends/brother in law, I forget who's) trailer already loaded with his Mace that he's trading. We make the, uneventful (thankfully), trip down to the Nashville area. First we pickup my Speed Freak. Chat a bit, checkout other games in the warehouse and get back on the road. Stop to Bill's trade and he trades his Mace for a Star Rider upright. Everything loaded, drive back home. In total, I think it was a 26 hour round trip for me; slightly less (25?) for Bill.
I finally own a Speed Freak! I had been searching for one for a couple years, so glad to finally have it. However, the sound and main board are missing; and the cab has seen better days. I ask around, and SOMEHOW (I'm still surprised) was able to find a soundboard within a day. Grab that right away. Thanks to another friend, I got a main pcb as well. Tested everything and all parts are working! This also surprised me, as I've never had that happen with cine/vb games; especially on a project. Usually something is dead or needs repair.
I had the cabinet remade, and just got that back yesterday. Brought the control panel along for a test fit and it went on perfect! Bolted it on right away so I don't have to deal with removing/putting it back again. During the downtime of having the cabinet re-done, I was able to have the coin door and pedal sandblasted and powdercoated, so those are ready to be put back together and thrown on the cab.
At this point, I mainly just have to clean up parts and put the game back together. Side art is in progress, so I'll be getting that on soon as well once it's finished. Super happy to have this one nearing completion; as I find the game fun. Plus, vector cows! One more off the list, at least once it's put back together!
Attached pics are the only before ones I have. I need to get better about taking more detailed "before" pics of projects.