Someone in another EM thread posted photos of a Williams "Shoot the Moon" which was picked up from the trash.
We all know Tommy got his "Kings & Queens" at the top of a junk pile. I got my second pin ever, a Gottlieb "Play Mates" from the trash around 1989. It was all there, but disassembled, and in fairly rough condition. Once saw a Gottlieb "Spin Out" in the trash. It was really rough. I told my brother about it, and he went and got the head. Anyone else care to share their "trash" pinball finds?

Nice!

That reminds me of a sad tale about a year and a half ago. Someone posted something about a Gottlieb "Subway" which was in a dumpster in Brooklyn. It had a nice playfield and backglass, but had a painted up cabinet. I really wanted to get down there to rescue it, but just couldn't swing it. A day or two after first hearing about it, I remembered a pinball guy I know who lives in Brooklyn. I called him, and he said it was about 20 minutes from him, but he would go and check it out. He did, and reported back to me that the game was smashed and buried by heavy construction debris by the time he had arrived. He sent a couple of pictures he took of a few pathetic remains that were left on the curb next to the dumpster. It was disheartening, but I learned later that someone apparently rescued the backglass and some of the head components; maybe the entire head insert. I think the guy tried to sell these parts, but wanted an outrageous amount for them. I don't know who this guy was, or if he still has this stuff.

I'm jogging my own memory here, as I know someone who got a call once that a family who was moving out of their home were putting a lot of stuff out to the curb, including a pinball machine. The guy drove down there, and got a near mint Gottlieb "Mustang" which would have been trashed. I think he still has it today.

You mean you continued to load groceries?... I'd have taken off after that truck and pick up dem groceries mo layduh!

Wow, what a shame the rest of the game was trashed. Nice grab on that really nice "Flipper" playfield though. I think there was a difference between the woodrail version and the metal rail version on the playfield. Something to do with those white plastic strips along the edge of the playfield. I think this one is a metal rail cabinet. The plastic strips were white on those, but red on the woodrail versions, I believe. IPDB shows red ones on the sample woodrail, but who knows with the normal production models.