About
The Cab
OutRun2 is a favourite of mine and I’ve been
keeping an eye out for a nice machine for a while. Also I liked the idea of
getting a machine which I could never have had at my old address. I’ve recently moved house and have more space
in my new games room. The room also has
the advantage of being on the ground floor, so no more lugging arcade cabinets
up the stairs! I posted a wanted ad and
when Joel / Retrorepair (Ukvac) contacted me regarding his Japanese OutRun2, a
deal was made and my wife and I ventured down to sunny Southend to pick it up.
We hired a tail lift van, so getting the machine
onto the van wasn’t too troublesome. However as we concentrated on manoeuvring
the cab from the tail lift and into the van, my wife suddenly shouted
"Nooooo! Marqueee!!!!" The marquee holder was indeed
perilously close to the top of the van and was hastily removed. We then spent the next two hours safely securing
the machine in the van.
When we got home, we tested out our newly constructed Arcade Ramp
System™, which worked surprisingly well considering our lack of wood work
skills!
The cabinet is in
really nice condition. The side panel
and seat plastics are excellent with no damage / cracks and the artwork looks
brand new.
It looks like the
machine was originally an OutRun2 and later converted to Special Tours as SP
art has been applied over OutRun2 art and there is slight overlap.
The base was pretty dusty and has some user wear, but cleaned up really
well. I spent a good few hours cleaning
the base, inside and out. Here are some pics
under the hood, before and after cleaning.
A look at the Chihiro Type 3 hardware.
I gave the monitor tube and chassis a clean with an ESD safe vacuum
cleaner and an antistatic brush.
The Japanese cabinets came as single units, incorporating the awesome lightbox
and topper.
Whereas Euro cabinets were fitted with Sanwa monitors, Japanese models
have the superior Toshiba pure flat monitor.
The monitor is burn free and the image is superb, perfect for those Sega
blue skies.
The Japanese cabinet features cool foil backed stickers on the monitor bezel,
base sides, base lid and dash.
Compared to the Euro model, there are differences to the base as the
Japanese cab has checker floor plate.
Also the monitor frame is a different colour / finish, there is no green
credit button on the dash, the shape of the plastic seat back cover is
different and the seat cushions are nicer.
Manufacturer’s
stickers attached to the base.
Many thanks once again to Joel / Retrorepair for the cab.
