Re: Tempest mini cabinet that I let slip away

In article <Pine.GSO.4.10.10001110555440.24859-100000@u1.farm.idt.net>,
Jeff Anderson <mayday19@idt.net> writes
>>
>> That's interesting, I've heard it said many times that the Ireland built
>> machines usually had the SS coin doors.
>>
>> However my Ireland built BattleZone cabaret has a black, non-stainless steel
>> coin door (I know it's not ss as it's rusting in several places).
>>
All the BZ's from Ireland had large SS doors.
They were supplied from Coin Controls from Oldham England who did also
produce the black doors too.

>> So what's the story here?
>
>Easy explanation, some had SS doors and some did not.
>
>All the early square door Ireland-built games Ive seen had SS doors on
>them, thats just me. Ive heard of a couple steel door (painted black) BZ
>minis, but no other games. who knows, maybe ones they planned to stay in
>the UK had SS doors? just a guess.. Ask XY Man he probably has the skinny
>somewhere in his mess of docs. :>
>
>Ive never seen an over/under SS door..
>
I have NEVER seen an over under SS door on ANY game in the UK.
Remind me again after a while as to wether I unearth something in my
docs.

>While were on the subject of ireland games (and sorry for off-topic but
>I dont pay RGVAC any mind).. Did they ever build a
>dedicated pole position 2? I saw a converted cabinet with untouched
>sideart at a pennsauken auction, it was DEFINATELY PP2 sideart, not a
>sticker. It was also definately an Atari cab, not Namco. Maybe it was
>built here, but it was an oddity nonetheless. I must have looked that
>thing over for 45 minutes..
>
As far as I know PPII was only produced by Atari as a kit. There was a
few (in the UK) dedicated PPII's but they were brought in direct and
were made by Namco in Japan.
 
>It was converted to another driving game but I looked inside the control
>panel and it has a space for a wheel and shifter. It looked nothing like a
>PP cab, or any other atari cab for that matter.. I recall it was
>midi-sized like a Fast freddie. Ive been looking for one ever since (I
>wasnt gonna pay $500 for whatever game it was now). Maybe atari just
>couldnt sell them with the PP2 kit available for a lot less? Ive never
>seen a PP2 flyer other than the kit flyer..
>
I have nearly all the Atari flyers and don't have a dedicated PPII flyer
nor have I ever heard of anyone else who has one.

Cheers

-- 
XY-Man