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I picked up an ugly Final Fight (one of many) at a New Hampshire auction. I thought it was a Pac cabinet
because of the orange t-molding, but it ended up being too shallow for a vertically-oriented monitor.
After cracking it open, I found some old Rally-X instructions. Ahh, that's what it was!
I'm big on converting these machines back to their original selves, but I can't stand Rally-X. Fortunately,
Bosconian uses the same style of cabinet, and after seeing a Bosconian control panel on eBay, that's what
I decided to restore it to.
This restoration happened before I got my digital camera, so it's pretty poorly documented. But here's how I brought
it back to life:
- Remove all parts from the cabinet
- Remove side art - both Final Fight, and the hacked up Rally-X side art underneath that
- Lightly sanded latex paint on cabinet, so new paint would adhere
- Patched holes & dings in cabinet
- Primed & painted cabinet (using latex paint & roller)
- Put new t-molding on cabinet
- Sanded rust off & spray painted metal brackets, speaker grill
- Got a nicer coin door, sanded rust off & repainted it
- Put new grommet on the joystick
- Gave the monitor a cap kit
- Purchase used monitor glass, marquee
- Put all the parts in
- Built a wire harness, hooking up to a switching power supply
This didn't come out quite as nice as I would have liked, because there were hints of glue left where I scraped
off the old Rally-X side art. In the right lighting conditions, you can see marks under the white paint job on
the sides where the side art used to be. If I ever find side art, I'll take this cabinet back down to bare wood
and repaint it before applying the side art, so it'll be pristine.
Still left to do:
- Repair boardset (doh!)
- Strip down to bare wood and repaint so finish will be smoother
- Acquire side art and kickplate art
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