Old and new FunHouse
This was in September of 2012. So sold the old one back then. The closer FH is my original one that I had restored to very presentable condition. The one on the left is the one I was lucky enough to find for sale about a two hour drive from me.
The story I was told by the seller was that it was in a summer cabin and only played during the families vacation every year. It was obviously not kept near any windows because there was absolutely no fade anywhere. Every thing worked perfectly except that I had to adjust one of the pop bumper switches. There was also a bit of wrinkling of paint by the top of the left, front leg.
When I got it home, I started going through everything to see what I could find out about it. The audit menu said there were 868 plays on the machine. In the machine was a manila envelope that contained the original bill of sale from the distributer plus some other machine specific papers. If I remember correctly, it was bought in 1991. The backbox door had writing on the inside showing when the batteries were changed. It indicated that they were changed every year. So no leaking batteries. There were also some parts like rubber rings a couple of plastics and some screws.
It does not have a Diamond Plate playfield. So the playfield was covered with mylar and a couple of the clock inserts were lifting slightly. As we all know, inserts under mylar eventually start to lift because of the heat the bulbs give off. Another reason to use LEDs. Anyway, I probably could have left it. But decided to remove the mylar using cold spray. It came up quite easily. I then tapped down the inserts to even them with the playfield surface and gave it a few coats of wax.
In my opinion, I ended up with a really nice FunHouse.
San Diego, CA
