[スーパーレイジーロードの旅!!] ナムコポールポジション

[Belike]

Came out really nice, you took care about all the little details.
Hope the chassis will be an easy fix.

[Etienne MacGyver]

Yeah. looking sharp !

[Laszo]

Hi,

I have a question, i noticed that your chasis is lot like a chassis I have in my si. Can you tell me what the serialnumber of the transistor is? The one under the brown paper, metalhousing.... Screwed to the metal plat... Bottumside of the picture... Thanks

new pix plz

Finally found my camera this week  !

The retainer bar for the control panel was missing, so I crafted one up:



After drilling and painting:



Removed, de-rusted, and repainted the rusted rear speaker grilles (need to re-paint bolts black):





I forgot the after pic of the chassis!:

Before:


After:


How it's currently looking (note repainted coin bucket/pedal plate now matches the laminate):


Before:



Next to do:

- Make new coin door
- Make mount system for the original coin mechanism setup
- Pick up more screws/bolts to replace any currently missing/incorrect
- Matte CP finish
- Make the seat 

[ataritoobin]

Yeah. looking sharp !

Came out really nice, you took care about all the little details.
Hope the chassis will be an easy fix.

Thanks!  Me too    Althought I'm a bit worried I've been spending too much time on the small details, and haven't worked too much on bigger things.

For example, I still haven't quite decided what I want to do about the green laminate areas on the outside.  I experimented with filling the bolt holes along the bottom with an epoxy mixed with matched green paint on one of the panels, and it turned out okaaay (in one of the right hand side cabinet pics above).  I might sand smooth and re-paint but I haven't decided yet.  I like things to be as original as possible!  I wouldn't have as much of a problem with it if the cabinet came apart easily, but I tried to disassemble the back portion of the cockpit, and it seems like they put epoxy between all the screwed-in blocks/panels 

I'm thinking I'll probably leave the side art as is, aside from the black touchups, because it will be pretty difficult to get anything to match decently on the laminate surface.

Hi,

I have a question, i noticed that your chasis is lot like a chassis I have in my si. Can you tell me what the serialnumber of the transistor is? The one under the brown paper, metalhousing.... Screwed to the metal plat... Bottumside of the picture... Thanks

Sure thing!  It may take me a couple of days.

[ataritoobin]

Also (I can't find the link at the moment  ) I found a thread on a car forum that detailed how someone restored the rotting grip of a steering wheel.

They mounted a piece of MDF onto a rotating turntable, and used a router to cut out a circle the size of the grip.  They did the same on another piece, and cut the appropriate holes for the spokes, and a "pouring channel."

They then stuck the wheel inside of the two pieces of MDF, clamped them together and poured the rubber compound into the slot created on the MDF.  Et voilà, a new steering wheel grip.

Might be a good method to try to restore the original wheel with.

[ataritoobin]

I began making the new coin door this week.  I made the preliminary cuts/measurements out of steel.



Unfortunately, I don't have a box brake, so I had to wing it with a vice and some clamps, but it turned out pretty well.  Let's do a test fit.



Whelp, the inside edges are a bit long so it doesn't close properly  !  I'll have to grind it down.

I also began creating the coin mechanism parts based on my Namco cocktail cabinet and some pics of a relatively stock Pole Position:



I picked up Idea Magazine's "VIDEO GAME GRAPHIC" based on our Tom#-2JP's suggestion in his thread (どうもありがとうとむさん！！ ).  Lots of great Namco, Capcom and Sega artwork, logos, fonts, etc:

[ataritoobin]

Argh, sorry Laszo, I just realized I forgot to check that transistor while I was over working on it!

[Laszo]

Argh, sorry Laszo, I just realized I forgot to check that transistor while I was over working on it!

Don't worry I m a patient man 

[ataritoobin]

Argh, sorry Laszo, I just realized I forgot to check that transistor while I was over working on it!

Don't worry I m a patient man 

D900B 2L1, I believe the brand logo is Hitachi.

[Laszo]

Great thanks, gonna compare it with my chassis.

[ataritoobin]

I haven't forgotten about this gal!  I now have a pretty good reference in hand for how the original seat was constructed:

[Amiga]

You do a perfect job. Well done

[HHaase]

You know, that steering wheel look suspiciously just like a Grant Classic, which any good speed shop in California should have at least one on the shelf to compare the bolt patterns.
If that's the case, they still make them brand new.

Got a photo that shows the bolt pattern on the unmounted old wheel?
What diameter is it?

-Hans

[ataritoobin]

You do a perfect job. Well done

Wow, thank you very much !

You know, that steering wheel look suspiciously just like a Grant Classic, which any good speed shop in California should have at least one on the shelf to compare the bolt patterns.
If that's the case, they still make them brand new.

Got a photo that shows the bolt pattern on the unmounted old wheel?
What diameter is it?

-Hans

Thanks, Hans!  I did actually take a look at the Grant Classics, I believe the bolt patterns were even the same.  The depth, diameter and little nuances were a bit off as I recall .

[ataritoobin]

I replaced the toasted C524 (47uf/160V)capacitor near the flyback, and the chassis still seems to take about 10 min to warm up to display a full image.

I'll check the other components near the flyback, I'm fearing the flyback was on its way out however as the image 'warms up,' it's perfectly in focus and the correct size, just dark and 'blue.'  More testing to do!