(Topic ID: 319434)
Kaysville, UT
I don't know anything about it but looked it up. First backglass by artist Roy Parker. That is pretty cool.
The plunger works but the mechanism to move the ball from the base to playing field is broken. I have the piece, but it will need to be re-tooled. A little background on the machine. My grandfather was initially given two different pinball machines by an individual supplying machines to local bars and taverns, one being the Cheer Leader. For whatever reason, this machine was placed directly in his attic. It never had any legs. I have been hauling it around for quite some time. I have never attempted to play it. As you can tell the glass is long gone and the middle portion of the front lock is also missing. I cleaned up the playing surface and it came out pretty good. I have not taken the playing field off to clean the internal working. I have just been hauling it around through our many military relocations and my wife told me to either fix or get rid of it.
Quoted from MDKirkhuff:The plunger works but the mechanism to move the ball from the base to playing field is broken. I have the piece, but it will need to be re-tooled. A little background on the machine. My grandfather was initially given two different pinball machines by an individual supplying machines to local bars and taverns, one being the Cheer Leader. For whatever reason, this machine was placed directly in his attic. It never had any legs. I have been hauling it around for quite some time. I have never attempted to play it. As you can tell the glass is long gone and the middle portion of the front lock is also missing. I cleaned up the playing surface and it came out pretty good. I have not taken the playing field off to clean the internal working. I have just been hauling it around through our many military relocations and my wife told me to either fix or get rid of it.
What a wonderful background and certainly an important sentimental piece for you which is in beautiful condition. You have 'gotta' fix it!
Wow, that's really cool! You can also post questions about it in the Pre-War club thread we have here. Sometimes not everybody sees the new threads, but people can "watch" specific threads and when new posts show up, they really pay attention. Plus, you can see many other games from the same era in that thread. Some real beauties in there and yours fits the bill!
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pre-war-club-1930-1939
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