.....and still forgot.....

Lol, don't know what happened...uploading from the iPhone...

Giving it another try.

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Yeah, I think Robin must be having some major heartburn the last couple days. The site has been acting strange.

Nice pins! This thread makes me want to go find some more EM's......Just so I can post pics!

Saved this one when it was on its way to the landfill. It sat in a wet basement for years. The plywood in the head was all separated and it was so corroded inside that all the reels and relays were frozen. Only two of the 100 bulbs lit dimly when plugged in because the sockets were so heavily oxidized. After a 6 month rehab, the old girl looks almost new and plays 100%. Gave it to my son and his wife to put in their sports themed barroom where it sees plenty of playing time from their friends and lots of youngsters.

Saved this one when it was on its way to the landfill. It sat in a wet basement for years. The plywood in the head was all separated and it was so corroded inside that all the reels and relays were frozen. Only two of the 100 bulbs lit dimly when plugged in because the sockets were so heavily oxidized. After a 6 month rehab, the old girl looks almost new and plays 100%. Gave it to my son and his wife to put in their sports themed barroom where it sees plenty of playing time from their friends and lots of youngsters.

disappointing that your pic(s) wont post. I wanna see it!!

I want to see 'em too, Fixie.

Some of Mine!

Some of Mine!

Aarrgghhhhh! NO PICTURES!!!!

Wonder if its a Mac Browser issue ^^^ Windows seems to work for photos.

When commenting/photos at times it says this may take awhile to upload ,I usually open another forum tab to browse and let the swirling upload tornado do its thing till its done. Seems to work for me.

Fixie!........hey Fixie!.........come back!..........I want to see your pics too.

What? No pictures? Ha ha ha

Looks awesome!

Great looking pins!

Good looking game! Is it as ruthless as I remember?

Yes. It can be very mean. The spinner is a ruthless villain!

Marcus

1974 Bally Boomerang

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C37 and Target Alpha....these things are addicting!

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Wow! would LOVE to have that Delta Queen! I remember watching the Delta Queen and the Belle of Louisville race every year in the great steamboat race.

Saved this one when it was on its way to the landfill. It sat in a wet basement for years. The plywood in the head was all separated and it was so corroded inside that all the reels and relays were frozen. Only two of the 100 bulbs lit dimly when plugged in because the sockets were so heavily oxidized. After a 6 month rehab, the old girl looks almost new and plays 100%. Gave it to my son and his wife to put in their sports themed barroom where it sees plenty of playing time from their friends and lots of youngsters.

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Guess it's my turn.

Just took some fresh pictures.

My arcade is full up with 6 machines. Current lineup

1971 Williams "Stardust" - works 100% - need a new Backglass (high resolution scan-anyone?)
1971 Williams "Klondike" - non working project - I will Clearcoat this baby - Backglass OK
1973 Williams "Gulfstream" - works 100% - New Backglass from bgresto.com
1975 Chicago Coin "Top Ten" - Current Project - 1st Clearcoat job for me - New Backglass to come
1975 Gottlieb "Spirit of 76" - works 100% - Backglass OK
1976 Williams "Space Odyssey" - works 100% - Backglass OK, but may order a new one

Hopefully with a new home down the road I can double my collection as I need some Gottlieb Wedgeheads

Ken

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WOW this thread is a keeper. Here's a pic of my favorite EM playfield, Sky Divers (Bally 1964). I'm very happy that my playfield looks so great. This game is just so much nudging fun, if you're not the nudge type this will eat you alive. For a game from 64 it even has quite a complex set of rules or patterns to progress the sky diver from the plane to the ground, very very difficult or impossible to do in one play. For that reason the sky divers progress (on backglass) remains from game to game, great idea to bring in the money.

IPDB backglass pic - http://ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=2193&picno=2077 mine is in very very poor shape so this one is better. As I've posted before I'm looking for another one, repro, re-draw etc.

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Ken, my So76 backglass was in the same condition. I got a repro from Shay, nice glass but it was pricey.

I still have my old glass and Clay said I should drop it off so bgresto could scan it. It would save you the shipping cost of sending your glass in. Let me know.

C37 is such a beautiful game....artwork on the playfield has got to be one of the bestlooking

C37 certainly seems to be the flavor of the month lately

Only got the one.

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Me three. Would love a C37

My wife and are are from around Wilkes Barre so we have the same accent (or lack of ) as your wife. Small world.

I'm about 20 mi or o from Philly so just give me a shout.

I'm not like the others here with whole rooms full. The wife seems ok with 3 or 4 so I sold Full House to make room for the next project.

I love to fix them. The challenge and the incredible logic they have.

I'd rather leave the cabinets original but clean to show they had a long and storied career.

Hope to hear from you soon. I hope to have Space Mission functional in the next month.

Bert

EMs Down Under!

Here is a recent walkaround of my collection.

Ok, so you three who wish you had a C37....I would like your opinion. My playfield is near perfect as far as paint goes, but the inserts are faded and cupped. Faded is not such a big deal to me because colored led's can handle that. Cupped however drives me crazy. I can't stand seeing the ball change direction on its way around. So here's the question. Would you like it more or less as a potential buyer if I had the pf surface leveled and cleared? And possible new inserts too.

very nice collection!

Faded inserts are not a big deal to me - can you even acquire new inserts for your C-37? If the inserts are cuped slightly and don't affect game play that much I would leave them alone. If they are pretty bad I would probably go the clear route although I've never cleared a playfield. If it was cleared I wouldn't want the game to play fast which to me is not normal. Maybe varathane? Can you use the drizzle method and just level the inserts without clearing the whole pf - is that an option? Of course, jmho.

Ok, so you three who wish you had a C37....I would like your opinion. My playfield is near perfect as far as paint goes, but the inserts are faded and cupped. Faded is not such a big deal to me because colored led's can handle that. Cupped however drives me crazy. I can't stand seeing the ball change direction on its way around. So here's the question. Would you like it more or less as a potential buyer if I had the pf surface leveled and cleared? And possible new inserts too.

C37 benefits from having mostly plain inserts (no text on them). New ones can be obtained in the correct size and color (from PBR and Marco), so replacing them isn't so bad to do. The old ones can also be popped out and sanded back down level, then re-installed (the ones without printing on them). Unless they're so bad that they're able to trap and hold the ball though (which the larger size ones can do), it's OK to leave them alone.

If the playfield is a nice original, cleaning it and waxing it will preserve the value in the long run more than clear coating it (IMHO). They're only original once, and nearly every other antique/collectible field values originality vs. restored/over-restored. But, it's a matter of personal taste. Some folks really go for the clear coat, others don't. Leaving it alone keeps all the options open for later.

[Just curious - was yours the C37 that popped up on craigslist in NE a few months back? (it was a great deal, and was gone in an instant, IIRC).]

And, since we're on the subject, here's my C37.

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EMs currently setup in the gameroom. Very far from collector quality but they sure are fun to play!

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Pafasa - I like DirtFlippers ideas on your C-37. He has done it and I haven't. I also agree with "leaving it original as much as possible" so I'm also against clear coating.

I agree.

Clean, touch up if it's really bad, good waxing, and play it.

EMs should show their age and history of how they spent their life.

Pafasa,
obviously faded and cupped inserts reduce the value of a machine to almost nothing.

Seeing that is the case with yours I will take it off your hands for free as a project player.

--Jeff

That's what it's all about!

No.

"Dirt flipper" said [Just curious - was yours the C37 that popped up on craigslist in NE a few months back? (it was a great deal, and was gone in an instant, IIRC).]

Yes this is that one. I am not the guy who bought it though. I missed the deal by about ten minutes. Sold for $200 to a guy near me. I hopped on a nebraska pinball Facebook forum and started asking who got it. A day or so later, the new owner revealed himself. I congratulated him on the find and offered to help fix it up. Made it clear how much I wanted that game and that it would have a good home with me. We kept in touch and I offered a little advice on repairs. About two months later, he decided to sell it to me. More than $200, but still a good price. I really appreciate the game and his sacrifice to sell it to me. He could have sold it for twice what he let it go to me. Great guy and a new pinball friend.

I like the idea of leveling the inserts. Some are cupped bad enough that the ball will get stuck in them. Only four have printing on them. Maybe five.....can't remember if the special insert is printed.

rat that is exactly what I had done before I passed sky divers on to Jason

it looked great set up beside my sky jump!! - and it is a really cool game / rule set - pretty advanced for '64 in my opinion with a very dynamic and challenging playfield

cheers, Ron

Pafasa:

My High Hand is like that, the inserts are cupped. At 3 degrees pitch it is very noticeable.

After I raised the rear legs almost to the top of the levelers (about a half inch remains), made sure flipper EOS switches and cabinet switches were perfect shiny and clean as well as all other flipper components being in order and correcting the return spring tension so not too taught, I high-tapped the transformer.

The game plays fast enough now to overcome the effect of the cupped inserts, and they are not at all noticeable unless of course the ball is rolling very slowly, which doesn't happen too often anymore. I am no longer considering that I need to clear the pf of replace or repair the inserts.

Dan

None of my machines are in the condition of some of the nicer restored machines in this post but a bunch of them are in pretty good shape. Here is a sampling of machines from the Flipper EM era of the late 40's to the 70's. The woodrails are still setup like in the pic the others are not. I am trying to put together a nice collection of Williams woodrails as I have just about given up trying to collect solid state. Pinball_House_22_R.jpg Game_House_3_R.jpg

You gotta love all the philanthropy in pinball!

Dan

this is for all you C37 wanters

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