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EM Heads needed/Heads available

By pinhead52

5 years ago


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#451 10 months ago

Hello, here are the heads I have (and looking for a body).....

Gottlieb "Grand Slam" [1953] [insert only, no cabinet],
Gottlieb "Derby Day" [1956],
Gottlieb "Super Circus" [1957],
Williams "4 Star" [1958],
Gottlieb "Lucky Hand" [1977] [Both head connect Jones plugs cut],
Gottlieb "Universe" [1959],
Williams "Grand Prix" [1976], [one score reel missing, white wood trim around top and sides missing],
Gottlieb "Ship Ahoy" [1976] [missing all 4 score reels],
Gottlieb "Chinatown" [1952] [insert only, no cabinet],
Gottlieb "Silver" [1957] [wood cabinet not original],
Gottlieb "Astro" [1971],
Gottlieb "Dimension" [1971],
Williams "Yanks" [1948],
Williams "Soccer" [1964],
Williams "Beat The Clock" [1963] [credit unit missing],
Bally "Delta Queen" [1974],
Gottlieb "Flip-A-Card" [1969] [Missing Ball Count Unit + 2 relays],
Gottlieb "Pro Pool" [1973] [Both head connect Jones plugs broken],
Gottlieb "Gigi" [1963] [Missing 1 bell assembly].

....and here are the bodies I have (and looking for a head)......

Gottlieb "Miss Annabelle" [1959],
Williams "21" [1960],
Gottlieb "Sunshine" [1958],
Gottlieb "Pin Wheel" [1953],
Gottlieb "Stock Car" [1969].

I'm located in western Michigan, and will be at the Chicago Expo show in October.
-Chris

#452 10 months ago

890khz Thanks so much for the Target Pool head. It’s now next in the queue. I’m debating whether or not to make my own stencils or to just order them.

#453 10 months ago

And thanks for the trade. My "Frontiersman" now has a head with original paint on it. I hope you can put that "Lucky Hand" head to good use.

#454 10 months ago

Anyone got a head for a skylab

#455 10 months ago
Quoted from Murphdom:

I was happy to help reunite a Mini Pool for a Pinsider. He had the body and I found the head on the Facebook marketplace and contacted him knowing he had it. Someone’s wife split the games apart to be petty in a divorce and they got sold off in an estate sale. I remembered the post like a year prior mentioning it somewhere where he needed it and how it happened. We are pretty sure it was the matching head. No idea where he got the body from…

Hey, that was me! Yes, the games were separated by the Wife in a divorce, I got the Target Alpha, Mini Pool and Strike Zone bodies. Though someone random had shown up to part out the Strike Zone, so it’s just an empty cabinet.

I got a Target Alpha head from 890khz and the Mini Pool head went to a pinball repair guy of some sort who died less than a year after the divorce when the heads got split it. Some other chump bought all the heads and was trying to hack a Mini Pool head onto a Target Pool body and was frustratingly ignorant and smug. Murphdom was a true rockstar for making that deal, he got the Target Pool body. I’m 90% certain based on the location, the timing, as well as the patina and graffiti that the head is indeed the original match for the body.

I believe it was 14 months total to get them back together? Works like a dream! I’ve had it at 2 shows and love that game.

#457 10 months ago

Have a 1968 Williams Hayburners II head.
Complete, minus backglass.
Horse race unit in very good shape with all horses.

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#458 10 months ago

Picked this up last month anyone interested or have a body ?

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#459 10 months ago
Quoted from Judoratt:

Picked this up last month anyone interested or have a body ?
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I'd be tempted if you were closer.
Had two complete games, but sold them both fairly recently.

#460 10 months ago

Bally Air Aces head for $250 in Indiana.
fortwayne.craigslist.org link

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#461 9 months ago

Anyone have a Surf Champ head?

#462 9 months ago
Quoted from BubbaK:

Anyone have a Surf Champ head?

Wondering the same thing.
ebay.com link: itm

#463 9 months ago
Quoted from Electrocute:

Wondering the same thing.
ebay.com link: itm

Thats what it would have been for. I bought another bottom cab from this guy and he was telling me about Surf Champ also. Playfield looks in nice shape. He wanted more than I wanted to give him, so he put it on Ebay. He is cleaning out his warehouse and has a whole load of stuff he said. He said he has a lot of arcades as well. I was only talking to him about Gottlieb EM's so not sure what other pins he has. Nice guy so far. I'll find out for sure when the machine I bought gets picked up today.

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#464 7 months ago

Williams Tucson and Dallas head mechanics
ebay.com link: itm

#465 7 months ago

HELLO!! I'm looking to remarry a couple cabinets to their respective bodies, need a couple heads. Any leads greatly appreciated!

-BALLY EMBRYON

-GOTTLIEB ABRA CA DARBA (or KICKER or TEAM ONE)

Thanks!!!

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#467 3 months ago

I have a williams suspense head complete except door with nice glass if anyone is interested.

#468 3 months ago

Still seeking 1972 Bally Fireball head.

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#469 87 days ago

High Hand Gottlieb wedge head
cabinet and head
$100
Colts neck, nj
https://m.facebook.com/groups/325032398412487/permalink/1426925834889799/

#470 85 days ago

Curious question if it's not already been asked.......anyone making repo EM heads? I am sure the Gottlieb design is trademarked, but what about the others?

#471 85 days ago
Quoted from ibis:

...I am sure the Gottlieb design is trademarked

Wouldn't be a trademark (or copyright). Design patent perhaps but would have expired long ago if they had one. Copyrights on the other hand can last a long time.

#472 85 days ago
Quoted from ibis:

anyone making repo EM heads?

Free bump

#473 85 days ago

I found me a Evel Knievel EM head... now to find a lower cab, or maybe make one

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#474 85 days ago

Ive got a spare wedge head or 2, what do you need?

#475 85 days ago

Reason I ask is, I can probably reproduce them but the issue is not having the original heads to copyI do have a wedge though). The other issue is time. The third issue would be material cost. Light boards are 3/4". I think some of the Williams Ems are made from 3/4 and the earlier wedgies from Gottlieb's are 1/2" for the most part, with Luan faces and cut blocks for support. Sheets of cabinet grade 1/2" or 3/4" ply are between $70-90. I would guesstimate each head costing about $200 to manufacture which would be a difficult sale for anyone.

#476 81 days ago

I could use a lower Gottlieb 60/70’s cabinet with the small coin door if anyone has one

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#477 30 days ago
Quoted from Murphdom:

lower Gottlieb 60/70’s cabinet with the small coin door if anyone has one

Me too.

#478 30 days ago
Quoted from Murphdom:

I could use a lower Gottlieb 60/70’s cabinet with the small coin door if anyone has one

Found one

#479 30 days ago

Friend of mine just picked up a Genie head and playfield.
He’s looking for a lower cabinet. Either empty or complete.
He’s not against selling it to someone who wants to put together a Genie either

#480 30 days ago

Anybody going to TPF have a Gottlieb Head they are looking to part with?

#481 30 days ago
Quoted from Mundy53:

Anybody going to TPF have a Gottlieb Head they are looking to part with?

Or you could pick one up at Pinfest in May, the largest indoor pin swap meet in the country. 250-300 pins on free play (most will be for sale), plus lots of used parts dealers.

#482 30 days ago
Quoted from bluespin:

Or you could pick one up at Pinfest in May, the largest indoor pin swap meet in the country. 250-300 pins on free play (most will be for sale), plus lots of used parts dealers.

I definitely plan on checking out pinfest. I’ll be in Dallas for work during TPF so I figured it would be real easy to pick it up and fly home with it as checked luggage if theres one there.

#483 30 days ago
Quoted from Mundy53:

I definitely plan on checking out pinfest. I’ll be in Dallas for work during TPF so I figured it would be real easy to pick it up and fly home with it as checked luggage if theres one there.

stop by and I may have what you need

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