Little Chief
Williams, 1975Wow...every. single. thing. on this little chief needs serious attention.
It was supposed to be a quick shop-fix-sell, but the more I fix the more that I notice that needs completely going over. There's no way it's gonna make it for the SFGE.
I'm spending so many hours on this thing I will be making 5 cents an hour by the time it's done. It's gonna look and play great, though!
Makes me wonder how "worth it" it is and how nutty I am to do it.
Quoted from AlexF:You saved it from an unknown fate. That has to be worth something.
Actually it's fate was known. It was headed for the landfill if my friend hadn't picked it up and brought it to me.
that's why a lot of barn finds are either free or $50. If you pay more than that, you really have no idea what you are doing. There just isn't enough wiggle room on EM"s for anything more than that.
Yes, the fact that you said shop-fix-SELL shows you're off track. It is fix-shop-love since you put you sweat into it. Maybe sell if you don't love or lack of room, but you don't do not get the time money back.
I never knew barn finds could be anything less than part machines.
The few that I have seen had more weather on them than my lawn..... 
I would not buy an EM to play flipping games. They are only for the love of the game. IMHO
Yeah, I shoulda shot pix. It was in terrible shape with some kind of muddy "clear" coat on the cabinet. One leg was bent under the game. Lots of rust and corrosion.
Unfortunately I didn't have batteries for my camera at the time...and I left them at work this weekend so I couldn't shoot any "in situ" shots either.
There's a teaser pic of the eject hole after touchup and clear in this thread:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/tech-tip-installing-washersnuts-on-posts
I'll get some better pix next week.
SFGE here it comes! Never thought I'd finish it in time.
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