Thrill Drive 2 Machine
With the game board the guy wanted ?170 which i nearly took his arm off for as the Konami Viper board inside is worth over ?100.00. I brought some silver spray and some leather vinyl to recover the bench and basically its ready to sell on as was hardly any work to do.
I was going to keep and do an Outrun 2 conversion but then this little gem came up.
I finally got my hands on the machine ive been wanting since it was released over 10 years ago.
I spotted this little gem complete with all artwork and game board.
As you can see it needs some work and a good clean.
The guy i brought it from had about 40+ machines in a warehouse from all era's, he even had a few that i had never seen including a twin sit down Half-Life machine and a Virtual Reality booth with moving platforms.... trully amazing stuff.
I paid him a little over ?400 so im happy as the board and cart are worth half that at least.. he also through in an extra Naomi board that needs some work.
So i started of by stripping it down and putting back together so as to get a feel for the machine and to also see what is and isnt required. I spent around 7-8 hours doing this and is the best way in my opinion as you can look at each part.
First analysis was although dirty the underneath was pretty decent but there were a few area where the paint is splitting which will need to be sanded and resprayed. Also the monitor bezzel has a crack which means repair and repsray or replace.. either way means the near impossible task of getting new artwork
Was a little dissapointed to find out that these uprights dont have force feedback on the steering but im hoping that putting it in isnt gonna be too much work though the Midi boards seem exspensive.... hopefully i can source one cheaply.
So jobs to do:
1, Source paint (easy)
2, Source artwork
3, Figure out how to restore the foot plate artwork (very tricky)
4, Sell the Thrill Drive machine as wife is doing her nut because we have no kitchen.....
Watch this space!!!
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