I had been wanting to pick up this machine for some time mainly because I found the pf roulette wheel quite a fascinating feature. So when one came up at a recent auction I snapped it up.
Unfortunately it was not a good start. A guy at the Auction House when removing the backbox allowed the front of the machine to topple hitting the ground hard and detaching the cab front. There was also quite a long split down the left cab side which was either caused by or exacerbated by the fall.
I was able to repair both issues using adhesive and clamps both along the length and width of the machine. I also felt it prudent to include reinforcing timber plates on the inside of the cab split (after adhesive and clamping).
Some really poor cab touch ups were apparent and this necessitated a repaint. I applied my usual method of fabricating 6mm mdf stencils to effect the ‘factory bleed’. These were a relatively simple stencil set as they did not involve any overlapping registration.
A very poor attempt had been made to repair the cabinet neck.
When I went to my parts bin I was amazed to find a spare neck marked ‘Super Score’!!
Again a very poor touchup had been done of the red sweater of one of the bg girls which is largely irreversible without risking further damage. So after sealing the bg I made touch ups to other areas and am content with its retention.
The motor board and backbox mechs were stripped and serviced including lubrication of the upper and lower score motor points. A new power cord was installed with grounding to the transformer and coin door.
The pf was stripped and all mechs serviced, coil sleeves replaced. Timber areas were lightly sanded and treated with a mix of shellac flakes and methylated spirits to restored the colour and then cleared with wipe on oil based poly. A non bronze pop mech was replaced with the correct unit.
The coin door had been roughly sanded leaving scratch marks. The door was disassembled, cleaned, soaked overnight in evaporust, lightly sanded with wet & dry which did not entirely remove the scratches and clear coated. Its ok.
Final pics of the machine. It is always a great satisfier after a resto just how much better a machine plays-fast and true. On Super Score it takes a while to conquer the flippers given left and right buttons activate left and right on each side. Happy with resto but suspect gameplay will become fairly boring fairly quickly!
Andover, MA
