Hello Everyone - I just found this forum for System16, even though Ive been visiting this site for a few years now(I really didnt look at the main page for the messageboard link :)

Anyway...I have 2 Arcade Machines that I purchased over the last 2 Years. One Is a Power Drift Deluxe Machine and the other machine is a Time Traveler Machine. I just recently was working on the Power Drift unit(Cleaning it out, adjusting the Accelerator Pedal, Trying to Fix the Vibration Motor) and when I took off the Cover that encloses the Pedal Adjustments, I found a mess of dirt, Various Candy Wrappers, an Earing, a Half-Eaten Jawbreaker -sick! , inside. I also found something inside that I hope that would help me find out the "History" of this machine - meaning where the machine was used and located before the local arcade that I bought the game from got it. So I have 2 Questions for you guys:

1- I found an Amusement Ticket inside that cover, and it has the name of "Pocket Change Amusement" on it. I have never heard of that place - Im thinking that it is a place either on the West Coast(California) or East Coast(New York). So if anyone has heard of this Amusement Park or Area, Please let me know!

2- If I were to sell my Power Drift unit, how much could I possibly get for the unit??? It works Flawlessly, the PCB works Great, the Monitor works Great, the Bank Motor works Great, the Vibration Motor needs new Bushings(the replacement ones that I got with the machine are the wrong ones for it.) Cosmetically its not in bad condition, there are a few cracks on the plastic cover that says "Super Monocoque" on it.



Thanks for any replies to this.

> 2- If I were to sell my Power Drift unit, how much could I possibly get for the
> unit??? It works Flawlessly, the PCB works Great, the Monitor works Great, the
> Bank Motor works Great, the Vibration Motor needs new Bushings(the replacement
> ones that I got with the machine are the wrong ones for it.) Cosmetically its
> not in bad condition, there are a few cracks on the plastic cover that says
> "Super Monocoque" on it.
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3251025218&category=13716

Thats too expensive though, just chuck it in with a reserve of what you wouldnt sell it for under and see what happens.

Remember to make a note about shipping, as it costs a ton to move these things, as you probably know.

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System16 - The Arcade Museum

> Hello Everyone - I just found this forum for System16, even though Ive been
> visiting this site for a few years now(I really didnt look at the main page for
> the messageboard link :)
>

Same here. I have overlooked the messageboard here too. I am usually use to hanging over on some other boards to razz on other users. *j/k* ;-)



> I also found something inside that I hope that would help me find out the
> "History" of this machine - meaning where the machine was used and located
> before the local arcade that I bought the game from got it. So I have 2
> Questions for you guys:
>
> 1- I found an Amusement Ticket inside that cover, and it has the name of "Pocket
> Change Amusement" on it. I have never heard of that place - Im thinking that it
> is a place either on the West Coast(California) or East Coast(New York). So if
> anyone has heard of this Amusement Park or Area, Please let me know!
>

By using telephone number search sites such as:

http://www.switchboard.com/ or http://www.anywho.com/

it is slightly possible to locate some businesses.

As for "Pocket Change Amusement", this is as close as it
is going to get.


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Pocket Change

2550 Somersville Rd
Antioch, CA 94509-8700
Phone: (925) 757-7985


Pocket Change

2109 N Orange Mall
Orange, CA 92865-3611
Phone: (714) 974-7593
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There might be others and the game might have come from an entirely different commercial location altogether instead of either of these two. Good luck in finding the remaining details.



> 2- If I were to sell my Power Drift unit, how much could I possibly get for the
> unit??? It works Flawlessly, the PCB works Great, the Monitor works Great, the
> Bank Motor works Great, the Vibration Motor needs new Bushings(the replacement
> ones that I got with the machine are the wrong ones for it.) Cosmetically its
> not in bad condition, there are a few cracks on the plastic cover that says
> "Super Monocoque" on it.


Other folks can answer this question.





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