One of the problems with both cabinets was the condition of many of the parts. Most were in decent shape for a 26 year old game, but others needed some work. One of those was the monitor bezel that covers the monitor. The original bezel had one of the “ears” torn off where it screwed down to the monitor mounting board. Instead of hacking a repair job, I decided to recreate the bezel with black matte board and a x-acto knife. Below are a few pictures of the old bezel and the new bezel:

Old monitor bezel The new monitor bezel

The center of the bezel gets covered with a “yellow” film, which I glued to the back of the new bezel. I then reassembled the entire cabinet after scrubbing it with Simple Green cleaner. It’s extremely difficult to take pictures of this game as it uses a mirror system to actually display the image to the player. Below are a couple of my best efforts:

A shot of the working Omega Race cabinet Another shot of the working Omega Race cabinet
A shot of the working Omega Race cabinet in the dark Another shot of the working Omega Race cabinet in the dark

Again, the pictures aren’t the best quality. Up next, installation of a control panel in better shape, restoration of the coin door, and replacement of the high voltage diode on the monitor to take care of a “blooming” issue with the display. Due to a lack of reproduction artwork, the rest of the cabinet will be staying as is.