I recently picked up a vette and was suprised to see there is no members club yet.

I originally played this game at PAPA earlier this year and fell in love with the flow, challenge, and brutal shots that require accuracy. I also love the orbit drop pass capability and the ability/challenge to light a real kickback. I knew right away that this is a game that will make me a better player. I also have wanted to add another classic Bally title to the collection.

I dropped out of the VND club in order to gain memebership in the corvette club. I think I made the right decision! This is such a great game!!! I am super stoked to have found one with such a nice playfield!

No pics currently, but I will get some in a bit.

My game has a nice pf and topside but the cab has some issues, the coin door is dented in, and the legs are toast. It appears to have originally spent a hard life in a garage/smokey bar but was pretty well maintained inside which is what really matters.

I currently have an intermittent loss of flipper power issue and have not been able to find the time to work on it yet but hope to have time over the holiday weekend. No worries though as I will get it cleaned up nicely and the price was good.

Not sure if it will get the full cab treatment but atleast there are new cab decals out there if I opt to do it. Such a fun game and if I decide it is a keeper then maybe I will try my first full cab job.

Anyone else have love for vette? Any cool mods? Any powder coat? Any good custom rule cards (I need some since none on my game)?

also, anyone changed out the standups for drops? Anyone have the shifter on the side?

I take it you did not like the powder based on the picture you posted without powder?

have any pictures from when it was powdered?

I really like your diffuser under track lighting mod. Cool idea!

It looks like someone previously started to drill out my ramp to be able to replace the second pop light like you did but then stopped mid way (1 hole partially drilled). I was not sure why there would be a hole in the ramp at that spot but now I can see what they were thinking.
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Yeah I was pretty bummed to see the damage. I am guessing it is a ramp that won't be remade due to limited interest in this game. Hopefully i can find one at some point.

I don't plan on drilling it the remainder of the way as the ramp is intact currently and I have no interest in potentially breaking something hard/impossible to find. It plays fine as it is and hole does not appear to impact ball travel.

WOW. I am not normally a fan of chrome but it really looks great on this title! Nice work!

I may be joining you in the cab restore portion at some point. It appears the back of the head on my game got wet at some point. Seems silly that everything else was plywood but the head had a mdf/particle board back.

Swelled and popped seams on the backside. I may try to sand it down at some point but I think it is likely too far gone based on the previously popped hinge which tells me it's likely pretty weak and glue failed from the moisture.

message sent

If anyone has a spare ramp to sell, please let me know. Such a great game, I would love to have a spare to install if ever needed.

AWESOME! Do you have any photos or a how-to you could share?

I love drops and would love to do this to my game if it is not too hard.

glad this club thread is getting some wheels under it.

Vet-N-Vet. What drop target bank are you using?
Anyway I can convince you to do a tutorial on this. The phot alone has convinced me this is a must do! I love drop targets and that is a perfect place to have them on this game!

Most important is what drop bank so I can start looking for one now!

I found this old link
http://www.planetarypinball.com/mm5/Williams/archives/corvette.htm

but would still link to hear and see photos of how others installed the drops

From Clay's post on the old archive "The only stipulation to this is the opto drop targets MUST have a LM339 chip mounted on the drop target opto board (newer drop target banks, 1992 and later, have the LM339 remotely mounted, and can not be used). "

I am not exactly sure how to tell which of the available ebay ones will fit the bill?

ok, I bought a used 3bank from a pool sharks. This seems to be the closest fit to what Clay had described in the previous link.

I will be sure to photograph if I can figure it out and it works.

I would still love to see more photos and info from someone that has done it, please!

Thanks Rob,

I picked up a Pool Sharkz drop target assmbly and should be here in a few days. I am hoping it will work. It was the closest to Radical currently.

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possibly but guessing there would be some other indicators. Red boards? Any inserts that do no match color/lettering of other games?

I thought protos all had the shifter on the side of the cab?

not really. I have seen other titles with oddball stuff that went out the door.

May be a good idea to order the newest ROM from one of the regulars and ask if they want the old one for archival purposes. I know some of them do a great job of keeping copies of all versions of all games.

I had a VND at one point with a unique ROM and gave it to viper so he could check ti out and catalog it.

does your buddy have anything to trade?