Mini Roadtrip for Zaccaria Quasar dedicated cab.

[Belike]

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I found a Zaccaria Quasar dedicated on a hungarian auction site, the original monitor glass, cpo and coin door was replaced and there was a Missile Command pcb in it instead of Quasar, but OMG it's an original ZACCARIA QUASAR, so I had to go for it.

Started around 8 friday morning(9th April) with my mini van


GPS and radar detector supplied, ready to go


My girlfriend started to work at the same time, I asked her to say Hello for you guys


It was a nice sunny morning with little traffic in Budapest

[Belike]

The destination was Nagyszokoly a very small village, it's about 140 km. from Budapest.
The first 100 km. to Siofok was motorway


I had to leave the motorway, weather is still lovely


Ah I forgot this pic, stopped for motorway badge, bought some overbaked pizza and coke for breakfast


No time for this right now


Passed about 5 road constructions

[Belike]

Finally arrived to Nagyszokoly, the cabinet was in an empty abandoned house



The guy had another cabinet for sale, but I'd rather miss it


Car is loaded, ready to go


On the way back I saw a lot of deers on the fields(try to zoom)

[Level42]

Hey Belike this is going to be a very interesting road-trip !!! It's good to see somewhat more Eastern Europe roadtrips !!!

And we wave back at your gf  


Love the Quasar side-art !

[Belike]

So it was about 300 km and a four hour long roadtrip.
I also bought a very good Cadillacs & Dinosaurs bootleg and a non working Shinobi bootleg with jamma adapter from this guy.
The whole stuff (The Quasar cabinet with the original Data east Missile Command pcb and the 2 bootleg pcbs) was 118 eur altogether, I think I made a good deal.(petrol was sponsored by my company shhhhhhhh.........)
More pics from the cabinet comig soon.
I found an original bezel in Italy and a Zaccaria coin door in England, so now I'm looking hard for an original Quasar pcb and a control panel.
Anthony has a  pcb at Quarterarcade, but it has two missing chips, I don't know if it could be fixed or not.
If anybody can help me in this impossible mission, I would be very happy and thankful!

[Belike]

Thanks Andre, my gf says Cheers for you!
And yeah this sideart rocks, I hope I will able to restore everything to original in this cab.

[Etienne MacGyver]

Nice report !

thanx for sharing the story !

Supercool transport !
you see, you dont need a stationcar  

Car is loaded, ready to go

Now i see where you take your avatar  

[Superully]

thx for sharing, belike! nice to see a different part of europe for once !

[ckong]

Nice report Belike, and say hi to your girlfriend for me. You did get a nice cab, I love those Zaccaria's.

By the way, are those radar detectors still allowed in hungary? And you show it so open on youe windscreen. Here in Holland we get a large fine when we get caught with such a device.

[Belike]

Yes Erik, the detectors and jammers are legal in Hungary since 2005, but you are right, it's a big risk to use them in several European countries.
Thanks for the "hi" for my girlfriend, she is very happy to hear your greetings.

[Muerto]

Nice report! - and like Eteinne said, you don´t need a station car 
also the weather seems a lot warmer in your region - it´s all blooming telling spring is on the way!
- and please say hi to your gf for me as well 

[baritonomarchetto]

My girlfriend started to work at the same time, I asked her to say Hello for you guys

Helloooooo  

Did you really travelled for 4 hours with half the cab out of your machine? There are no cops in Hungary? I would not run 100 meters in those load conditions in Italy  

[Belike]

No it was just 2 hours on the way back
By the way, in Hungary it's "half" legal if you put something heightened colour red to the item you transport, and the cops are extremly corrupt in poor former communist countries, so you can guess what happens if they stop me.
A bit offtopic, some political overview:
Yesterday there were elections in Hungary and the communist party shamefully defeated, so maybe we have a little hope to reduce the 30 years disatvantage that we gained in the last century in contrast to Western Europe.

[baritonomarchetto]

[...]cops are extremly corrupt in poor former communist countries, so you can guess what happens if they stop me.
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[Level42]

Well, looking at the roads they look pretty decent and the cars are very modern now too.....

You guys are on your way up I'm sure !