SCOOTER'S PINBALL STORY

By scooter

March 01, 2009

I got interested in pinball when I was 14 years old playing at a department store while my mother shopped, the game I played was Traildrive from the early 70's.It was not my first time playing but that is when I became interested!Then in 1976 While I was still in school,worked for my Dad at nights and Weekends doing various constrution projects(for no pay to me).Dad would give me five dollars and me and 2 buddies would go out on Friday & Saturday nights to eat at Mcdonalds and go to the bowling alley to play Pinball for 2-3 hours. We did this for 3-4 years until we started our own familys.Some of our favorite games were Aztec,Freedom,Liberty bell and later on Cleopatra and 8- ball deluxe.We got quite good as we could play most of the night on a few quarters!

I played once in a great while from then until this year when the Pinball bug bit me again.Home builder by profession kept me busy,then I came across a fellow that had an old Airport Pinball machine in his garage with junk stacked on top of it,tried to buy it but He wanted to keep it.Then I searched the intrenet untill I recently found an old Freedom machine that had been fixed up and I bought it for $400.00,and that is my Pinball story!!

FROM LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY------------SCOOTER

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Trail drive I think I saw one for sale last year,
I often think about what became of the games we played years ago.
-good luck with the collection

A department store?! Wow, thats one I haven't heard for 'where to play pinball!"
Hard to find machines to play out on location now adays! I doubt you would ever find one at a department store!

jbscar You could see a pin almost anywhere in the 60's and 70's.At diners,barber shops,department stores,bowling alleys and arcades,the good old days!

Scotter, Glad to have a member not over 200 miles away from me.. I traveled I-40 to Asheville to buy a Terminator 2 Pin.. The guy was lose-n his Home and he had owned it for 10 yr's.. He took care of it too.. I have Pin's for Sale/Trade from Tyme 2 Tyme.. Shoot me a message..

Black rose actually I live in Louisville ky. in the fern creek area. I do not know why it says ashville on the pinside map

Welcome back, I wish I could play a few hours but I never seem to get better.

Hey scooter! I just joined Pinside recently after a recommendation from coasterguy. I live pretty close to you in Southern Indiana. Nice to meet ya neighbor!