Is this the one that was in Cape May, NJ?

I think it was.

Where did you get it from?

A friend of mine not far away.

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My Unofficial Restore Thread. This one cleaned up well with Coleman Fuel and Bar Keepers Friend,followed by 3 coats of carnauba.I hand cleaned the posts and plastics,leaving just enough nicotine haze for the relic effect.All important parts were cleaned,adjusted,replaced,with new Pop parts and yellow dot coil rebuild.I re-assembled the head after the PO dropped it over in a trailer, back glass sealed with triple thick.So many Members here came to my aid I couldn't have done this without them,and of course Pinball Resources sent some great parts,including new short legs(this one is for a child).

I set this, kinda rare EM gem, up last week.
Think I got it from some dentist in Arizona off of ebay about 12 years ago.

After sitting for so long it took about a dozen games to
start playing properly. The more games I played on it
the more features started working and scoring.
With EMs it is always best that one let the game clean itself up
and shake the dust off, before one goes poking around and adjusting things
possibly before it really needs it.
Then you might want (need) to clean up and lube up and adjust some of the stepper units.
After fiddling with it for a couple of hours, I got it working about 98%.
The AS relay (FS) (00-90 unit) still is a little finicky and the alternating relay
does not always alternate some of the feature lights yet,
but at least it plays a fair game now.

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I took Quick Draw to my students' band party yesterday and they played it for three hours straight. It was such a huge hit. One kid said "I would actually go to arcades if they had games again!" Lol

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Just added a Wedge Head: King Pin

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Picked up a Williams Big Daddy a few weeks ago and got it running. What a fun game.

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It can be.

One of the house favorites around here. Especially if you like a challenge.

Looks like somebody moved your outlane post a bit.

Couldn't help but notice what's off to the right, too So jealous of your stored away (and not stored away) collection!

Not what I was expecting...

The art is in really nice original shape. At least I don't have to worry about that sander...

What's next, Goo Gone?

For the actual painted parts (front of head, top of head) might just try plain alcohol to start.

Sheesh, some people. At least it offered a nice layer of protection, it had definitely been there for quite a while.

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I am hoping that under all that green paint on my Star Jet
are some nice intact graphics. Heck the Cabinet artwork on Star Jet is
half of what makes this game so endearing.

Did the game have side rails or did you remove them? You might need a very strong solvent to remove that adhesive residue. I don't think alcohol will cut it. Whatever you use, be outdoors and wear protective gear; gloves, respirator and safety goggles. I've found that a good method is to lay folded rags over an area, and soak the rags with the solvent. Let them sit for a while, and periodically check to see how much the adhesive has softened. When it's soft enough, use a plastic scraper to remove the bulk of it, then wipe off as much as you can with the solvent soaked rags. I stripped a cabinet once with "Goof Off", and afterward I felt like it took several months off my life!

Is that residue tacky or dry? At any rate, where the side rails will cover is a good area to experiment with removal methods. Heat gun may work, or the usual list of solvents, from least toxic on up. Might be tricky to keep out of the paint with the stronger solvents. Google glues for Formica and their removal.

Pics of my williams sky lab. New reproduction back glass was just ordered.

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Once you get the new Backglass that game will be sweet.

Nice theme! This one could 'round it out'.

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Need a small part here or there but playing 100%. My wife kicked my ass first game w/ 10 laps against my dinky 3 laps! Not bad for a CL $100 pickup

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Wow that was a deal! Nice. And your significant other plays? Can't beat that.

Williams made some nice two players games in the late 1960's and Pit Stop is one of them. Nice find....

You have it outside?

Not anymore

It was too dirty at first for me to clean it inside

Let me guess Vic, the other is Lady Luck.

You paid a lot less than I did, but when I first played Pit Stop, I knew I had to have it. I think I've got my money's worth by now. It gets played a lot.

Enjoying the week alone here in NJ, getting a lot done.

Printed out my own instruction cards for the machines that were missing them (and used the exact ones I wanted), and did some rooting around in the back of my Spin-A-Card to adjust the old 3-ball scores to match. I don't know if I'm just really good at this game or if it just generally brings higher scores but I used the second-highest replay score card and definitely feel comfortable with that.

Also, here's some progress on the Vagabond. Ended up having to use plastic-bottle Goof Off (metal bottle would probably be too strong; I let it sit) and a lot of elbow grease and scraping. Used Magic Eraser and alcohol to make the whites a little less yellow from the glue. The black paint on the head started easily coming off with magic eraser and alcohol however just alcohol would probably do too.

Purple must have been the weakest color as the combination first made it start to un-fade as (I suppose) the top coats started coming off which was nice, then it started getting some white coming through. I'll probably tape off the colors and go over them with new paint, at least the white will be original and nice. I haven't gotten the coin door off yet so haven't peeled off the front yet.

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Here's the other side, for a "before" comparison:

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Thanks for the great response from the Members here on the Spin A Card! To answer a few questions;
1. Yes,what you are seeing is real, no planking anywhere on this 69000 play machine.The original color was a shade or two lighter Blue but I didn't want the invasive paint/clear coat removal magic erasers bring.
2. There is some wear North of each Hole that needs attention.I finally located the right color in an oil enamel and after a 3-part application over a period of time I intend to install custom mylar over these high use areas.
3.You have an eagle eye spotting stealth Comet LED bulbs in the coin taker slots as well as under "Special" lights.
4. The problematic Spin Unit was gelled shut with old grease but after cleaning and a faint application of Dow Corning 1292 Teflon Grease she plays perfect.
5.The Red/White ball rebound rubber is just something I like to use to spruce up the area,I am not the creator of this combination. I do intend to put it on every machine I restore.
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Gotta love needing to do a tweak and going into a schematics folder I've never opened for this thing that came with the machine and finding all of the original paperwork and even bookkeeping totals over the years. Also have the bookkeeping note for my Wild Life after ibuypinballs found it quite a while after the sale in his files and brought it to Pinfest for me. Great guy. Both machines came from him, cool to see this one has the little pamphlet of dates and play count too.

Also has a mint original copy of the coin circuitry schmatics, they came seperate apparently.

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Going with a space / sci fi theme on this wall. Circa 1971/2 Outer Space , Astro, Dimension .

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Good choices - looks nice!

Awesome lineup. I LOVE Outer Space.

WOW!! this is a cool line up. Great games

Wow, same experience here... when I was 13 we frequented a bowling alley near our home - that's when I started playing pins ... this place always featured WMS/Ballys exclusively... pins like BOWL-O, Solids N Stripes, Sea Ray, Old Chicago I can remember for sure... and you're right on... the Sea Ray game always seemed to have a crowd of players/watchers around it.

Here is a few pic's of my restoration

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Here's a few before's

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she is so beautiful.

do you mind if i asked about how you did the cab? are there stencils available for lawman/sheriff? the reason for asking is i just bought a major project which has an awesome playfield but painted cab (and hammered backglass but will buy backglass repro)

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looks great. i did one a while back the bg and pf were mint but the cab was worse than yours.
i wonder how these cabs get so bad when the pf looks so good?

Seeing your machine makes me want to do a cabinet re-paint.I like the originality thing but I also like the clean lines of that Sheriff.

Here's a video I just completed for my band Damn The Luck, which features three of my Gottlieb EMs:

Here's a video I just completed for my band Damn The Luck, which features three of my Gottlieb EMs:
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The bouncing ball was distracting, really wanted to see the gameplay.

Man you have no idea how much time I spent bouncing that ball

In my googles this,morning, i found a game manufacturer bill port pinballs. Looks like a few titles produced. Curious if anyone has ever seen one or know production numbers, or if they are decent games or not

As one who likes to make videos, I really appreciate the excellent effort. Great job!
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I like that song!

Thank you guys!
I did improve my editing skills a whole lot while making this, but I'm sure there were probably some much easier ways to do some of the things I did.
Video editing also tests the limit of an old laptop computer like mine - you really need a powerful machine to work easily and be able to preview stuff and not have to export all the time.

I definitely had the EM fans in mind, which is why I ended up cutting out the DMD shots, except for the FT cameo at the beginning.

You definitely earned street cred going that route

I'm back in the game. The Wedge Head game that is. It's been awhile. Just bought this at an Estate sale locally this morning. I'm giddy. It should be fun.

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