I have machines from the three major companies from 1950 all the way up to the mid 70s but taking a head count most are Williams from the mid 60s and prior. There are some more Gottliebs from the 50s that I would like to get some day and some 60s Ballys that also look pretty cool.

I may be in the minority, but at this point there are no more 70s 3 inch flipper games from any of them that I will be looking for.

Not at all! In fact I just plugged in two Williams 60s machines that had been stored for almost 20 years and there was nothing to fix. There isn't much difference inside to a Gottlieb and the flipper mechs are almost identical. I have had machines from all of them that need to be gone thru totally though.

As the 70s arrived there were changes to all companies that involved more plastic pieces in major components but Gottlieb had superior cabinet construction all the way to the end and in the mid 70s came out with bulletproof flipper mechs.

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As far as Ballys are concerned Star Jet is the highest on my want list. Where it will probably stay...

Except AMC was better than CC.

I liked my AMCs.

I had a 76 Corona. 20R.

Just like pinball, I have bounced around in the cars I have owned. There have been Fords, AMCs, Toyotas, Chrysler product and a few others, but only one Chevy. A 1962 Corvette. Kind of like where I'm at now.

If Gottlieb = Chevrolet then these are my vintage Corvettes. I take them out on the weekend.

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Did they ever make one inch flippers?

I could make space for more equipment.

Not many are...

After being a mechanic most of my life I have a lot of respect for Toyota. I understood the buy American sentiment, but in the 80s that was not helping those that bought them. While Detroit was making some of the biggest turds the auto industry had ever seen, Toyota was honing their craft making cars that could go for hundreds of thousands of miles without any major repair. That being said I now only have one vehicle. A 2001 Tacoma Pre-Runner with 170,000 miles on it. I want it to be the last vehicle I ever buy. Like the guy on TV said.. "I really love it!"

That 76 Corona was a great car! It was a lovely shade of green. With the 20R and rear wheel drive it was solid front to back. I drove that thing everywhere. When I bought my only brand new vehicle ever, a 1986 4x4 extra cab, I sold it to my roommate at the time. He mounted a rubber alligator on the hood and drove it until the wheels fell off (but they never really did).

I use my Gottlieb truck to go pick up Williams games.

I just did make it home! To find out STI came today while I was at work to deliver a machine that I scheduled delivery for tomorrow morning. The driver left a message and his phone# that I could not understand. What else can these people screw up? You know it won't be on tomorrow's truck...

Well, what is it?

No good! All they would do is give me the # I already called and got the same recording. These guys are getting irritating.

I have found a solution to irritating delivery people that lose legs, bend precious lockdown bars and the legs that do come, take chunks out of fragile 60 year old particle board cabinets and then show up on the wrong day.

Screw that! It's my day off..

Funny though, except for the fact that it just gives them more opportunities to screw it up by loading it and unloading it again, it really doesn't bother me that much. It's not like i haven't gotten any more machines lately.

Yeah, it could be a lot worse. Like those guys over in DMD land with slingshots tomahawking the clearcoat and playfield on their $8000 remakes and no response from those that took their money.

Let's see them weasel out of this one..

Like I said Serenade gets here when it gets here. Just like the 3:10 To Yuma.

I am learning this and have some great examples already. Some don't necessarily have the fit and finish of the Gottliebs of that era, but many have beautiful artwork and are a lot of fun to play. Which is what I most look for. But they can be scarce and hard to come by. Which is why I am grabbing them when I can. It is also hard to ever think about letting them go as you may never see another. That Pinky I picked up last week is a great example of this. As is the Rocket.

The Thing = AMX

I have never seen any pinball machine that wouldn't outlast a recent Cadillac. 100,000 miles and throw it away. Back in the day they made some good ones though. So how bout Genco?

Nah. Genco= Cadillac.

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