Blue Chip
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Just recently found a "Blue Chip" myself. I've been working on it the last few weeks. My backglass is a little flaky, but reasonably good. It was missing the back door on the head and had no paperwork or cash box.
It's almost finished, and will be a very nice example when I'm done. I'll probably be offering it for sale and if it isn't sold by then, I'll be bringing it to the Allentown show.
Great find, and welcome to Pinside!
Quoted from sjleto:Your machine looks really clean. I'm hoping to get mine looking similar to yours someday.
Yeah, but these are "after" photos. I cleaned and polished everything on the machine and rebuilt the chime unit. I just need to reassemble a few things and reinstall the side rails. Mechanically, it should all work. Installed new flipper coils and links. I'm thinking it has fairly low plays, but the meter was disconnected early on for some reason. I reattached the wire, and it is working. It should play lightning fast!
I distinctly remember this title brand spankin' new at the local arcade back in the day. I probably was one of the first ten players on that game!
Quoted from sjleto:I recently was able to pick up a 1976 Williams Blue Chip pinball machine - best part was that it was free. One of my friends parents had it in their basement growing up and a few years ago I asked if they ever fixed the machine and if they didn't - did they want to get rid of it?He asked and they said no initially but a couple weeks ago I got a text saying they wanted to get it out of their basement. I was able to pick it up a couple days later. Like I said, it wasn't working and was missing the back glass but I was looking for a little project and thought this would be a great way to get into pinball.
The machine is in decent shape. It defiantly has some wear to it but it appeared that everything was there mechanically. I started by doing some initial searches about the machine and looking potential things that could be wrong. Checked the fuses and they're good. Searched for broken connections - none. I unplugged every connection, cleaned and plugged it back it. There was a flicker of light. I jiggled the cord again, another flicker. I plugged it in once more and it light up and stayed on. I've played a couple games and from what I can tell everything is working just fine. I picked up a refurb kit off eBay and I plan to replace the power cord and do some additional cleaning. The backglass is long gone. I might try and recreate one in photoshop and have it printed. Something would be better than nothing (unless someone knows of one for sale).
I've been wanting a pinball machine for a few years now and I'm happy I lucked out with a machine that didn't need tons of work.
Here is a link to a timelapse I shot playing last night: https://www.instagram.com/p/BCS3U_cRwXN/?taken-by=sjletoIMG_8352_(resized).JPGIMG_8350_(resized).JPGIMG_8351_(resized).JPGIMG_8353_(resized).JPGIMG_8354_(resized).JPGIMG_8355_(resized).JPGIMG_8356_(resized).JPG
Hey, I just noticed that your game has white flippers. Vic Camp's does also. Mine are red ( I just installed them).
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