I actually picked up this cabinet when I graduated college for $75. It had a Gauntlet II board in it and someone had hacked the control panel and added two 8-way joysticks and two buttons each.
I kept this cabinet in my parent's garage for about 10 years or so. I was over there and noticed it in the back of their garage. I thought, "Hey! I should restore this thing!".
Thus the descent into arcade collecting began.
I sold off the Gauntlet II board set to help finance the restoration. I'm still not done, but by the Summer of 2014, it will be complete!
DONE:
- Bought new stencils and paint
- Purchased a JROK board to play Defender with
- Wired the cabinet for Jamma (it was pretty bare), and got everything working
- Put a cap kit and new flyback into the original G07
- Bought new leaf buttons and switches for the control pane
TODO:
- Get a new CPO and repro bezel from arcadeshop
- Get a joystick rebuild kit for the 2-way joystick I have
- Put it all together
(future - pictures of my Defender)