I posted a topic similar to this about 2 years ago. I was at a super auction and bought like 15 cabs for a $1 in the dead row line. I was buying things I didnt know much about since it was late, I had tons of room left on my trailers and the cabs were going for next to nothing. Loaded up a working Willow cab that was in rough shape. The back lock was broken off and the previous owner and nailed a second piece of plywood on the back to hold things together.
Later that weekend when we finally got around to unloading all the cabs back at the shop I decided to pry open the back of the cab. Inside the cab was about 6" of shit. All sorts of random things. Dust, dirt, grim, papers, fast food wrappers, pieces of the original wiring of whatever game that was inside the cab before, dead leaves, soda cans, etc. There was a horrible smell coming from the cab and for a second I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me but it appeared the bottom was moving. I started sifting through the 6 inches of shit inside only to discover the entire bottom of the cab was filled with maggots and the skeleton of what I would assume a dead cat. (or really large rat or squirrel)
I immediately freaked out. Then puked. My brother and friend came over to see what the commotion was and they also puked. What I saw in that cab was unimaginable. I still cant believe that machine powered on and everything worked. The entire bottom of that cab was buried in garbage and you couldnt even see the power supply or transformer.
People always asked why didnt you take and post some pics? In retrospect I probably should of to confirm how horrible the inside of that cab was, however at the time it was so foul and the idea of having that in my shop made my skin crawl I had no other option than to immediately run that sucker straight to the dumpster.
Since then I always think twice about opening up the back of a newly purchased arcade cab!