looks great! Don't forget to lightly lube the contact plate and metal ratchet teeth with superlube or similar dielectric grease.

Yes nice... just curious, are you cleaning your coil sleeves or replacing? If your game has a ton of plays And you plan on keeping it, I’d replace them... at least the 10 and 100 point counters, flippers, kickers, and pop bumper sleeves.

That’s perfect!

I actually think 70s Williams score reel units of are a lot easier to get dialed in than Gottlieb units of the same period. Nice job on those units, Gulfstream is an underrated game; You’re getting me pumped to get mine shopped and playing 100%.

Looks nice! I found that my Gulfstream's fuse holders were intermittently failing over time... ordered some from PBR; they can be screwed directly into the game's current fuse block, easy squeezy and highly recommended. I also replaced the one under the playfield.

looking great... when you reassemble the mechs and fire it up, you will be excite at the quickness of this game; I think it plays better at a 6-8 degree angle.

I see that coil with the Segasa logo... do you have the Spanish version of this game, or did you buy a replacement coil? Curious about where this coil came from.

Gulfstream was THE GAME that got me hooked on pinball back in 1973... I thought it was the perfect game providing success for ball control and made shots; I still have mine today. I've never seen a Segasa version in the field... examples of all versions of this game are on the IPDB; it's a great resource.

Great work with the skewer sticks... I did the same on mine, but bypassed the old chewed up areas by drilling new holes.

Nice soldering!

Nice pix! Not sure if you're aware, but PBR has those white ball stops reproduced... I used them on my Gulfstream and really helps those kickout holes pop when the lights are on underneath.

Just curious, do you plan on removing those pop surrounds? Mine were pretty chewed up, and then removed. I ended up clearing the PF later so it was necessary step.

What type of touchup paints are you applying to those areas? Not sure if you know, but just in case, acrylics won't last long at all if not protected with a clearcoat. If no clear is planned, I'd go with Testors or similar enamel.

Your PF looks really nice all cleaned and shiny!

Great idea; would love to see a few pix of the protector installed. Keep up the great work on an awesome pin!

Nice! Can you share any tips for making sure that new leg support bracket lines up perfectly to accept the leg bolt with no binding? I've heard that this can be a bit tricky. Thanks for sharing your vids!

Damn good for your first one... I've touched up three Gulfstreams, and it's never got easier... the purple, blue, and skin tone color match is absolutely brutal to get correct. My experience for purple was that a really good color match on one side didn't match the other areas... that purple was extremely subject to fade, and fade differently on different sections. Blue was almost as tough... took me forever to nail it; fortunately I've never had to touch up the bodies of the playfield characters.

Looks great!

Looks great! I did notice your flipper angle is just a bit too steep... I can see the lighter wood color hinting where the flipper alignment should be.
Reason I bring this up is that a steeper flip angle limits center shots and makes the game harder than it was designed to be IMO. I grew up playing Gulfstream, and its the game that got me hooked, so I've played a bevy of them, and have one in my collection today. I remember playing an example years and years ago with a steep angle, and even with timed passes and bounce-overs, the center target was much more brutal than designed, limiting the fun factor. Don't get me wrong, I love a game set on conservative settings, and my example is set brutally hard, with a steep playfield angle, and I actually moved the posts next to the center target even closer than the most conservative setting.

I like your treatment of the SPECIAL insert lights... what type of lamp did u use for the green?

Not exactly sure that I understand what your flips are doing... could you attach a short video?

DEFINITELY READ UP on the proper flipper parts... there's great info on pinrepair, and other sites on how to correctly rebuild them. Also, Pinball Resource has the proper parts for ALL your flipper restoration needs, including the correct coil stops.. in fact they're better than the original design! I'd save some money, time and aggravation and buy the correct parts/kits from PBR for your Williams EMs... I've done a ton of WMS games, including my Gulfstream restoration, a 2nd restoration for a friend, and several partial restorations/shop jobs for others... great game!

Just to add, your flips are too low... notice the small shallow holes just past the flipper ends... line up your flip tips with those holes, crank 'em down and you're good to go... any lower and the game is not fun, since popping that center target is much harder than the engineers designed it to be.