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My dirty shed find - Pics posted now

By SchertzPinball

11 years ago


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#1 11 years ago
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SchertzPinball

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US Schertz, TX

11y 43,150 554 31

So I met someone yesterday who had 2 pins in an ancient semi trailer. I crawled over all the junk to the end of the trailer and could barely make out the names Casanova and Spin A Card. I went back today with tools to cut the lock on the door by the pins. After a little bit of work I was able to open the doors that had been closed for 20 years. There was so much junk in the way there was barely any room to work. It took me an hour to get all the junk out of the way and another hour to disassemble the games. I had to break the down completely and take them out piece by piece, head then Playfield, then cabinet.

So now I have 2 more EMs to learn on. Thanks to Way2wrd for helping me out today. I will get some pics soon

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#2 11 years ago
 
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SPeD66

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They must have been practically free to go through that much trouble? Anyway, congrats!

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#3 11 years ago
 
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SunKing

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Cool story - look forward to seeing the pics!

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#4 11 years ago
 
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Shoot_Again

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US Vancouver, WA

12y 83,400 8,453 2

Clicked on link to see pics of this find =(

Happy hunting. =)

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#5 11 years ago
 
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way2wyrd

History Of Pinball

US Fort Worth, TX

13y 116K 4,917 21 12

Great find. Nice machines. I really like that spin a card.

-Jeff

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#6 11 years ago
 
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Prmailers

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US High Bridge, NJ

11y 24,150 1,558 19

Hazaaa!

2 more lost souls recovered.

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#7 11 years ago
 
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pinmanguy

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AU Melbourne

11y 45,400 1,538 24

Also love hearing stories like this. Arcades and pins need to be saved from rotting away

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#8 11 years ago
 
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jeffc

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12y 91,550 2,168

Honeyhole !

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#9 11 years ago
 
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SpOoKyRiDeS

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11y 44,150 1,176 8

Spin-a-card= good pin
Congrats!~SpOoKy

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#10 11 years ago
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SchertzPinball

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Spin A Card. Needs cosmetic work. I was able to get it to reset the score reels one time tonight. That's a promising sign.

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#11 11 years ago
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SchertzPinball

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Casanova. It has backglass animation too.

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#12 11 years ago
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SchertzPinball

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Quoted from SPeD66:

They must have been practically free to go through that much trouble? Anyway, congrats!

They were a $75 Package deal.

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#13 11 years ago
 
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HELLODEADCITY

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Great job on the rescue mission guys

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#14 11 years ago
 
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SPeD66

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Quoted from SchertzPinball:

They were a $75 Package deal.

SCORE!!!

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#15 11 years ago
 
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practicalsteve

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US El Cerrito, CA

12y 104K 7,623 5

75$?! What a deal! I would be very tempted to sand that spin a card playfield completely down and do a retheme if it were mine.

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#16 11 years ago
 
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kwiKimart

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US San Diego, CA

12y 90,650 10,693 3 71

Great find and glad that you're bringing them back to life!!

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#17 11 years ago
 
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zippydapinhead

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US Albany, OR

12y 78,450 3,484 12 32

Congrats on the find!

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#18 11 years ago
 
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justonemore

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12y 29,150 641 11

not bad, like the casanova

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#19 11 years ago
 
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Prmailers

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11y 24,150 1,558 19

Couple of cool projects there.

Warm up the tumbler!

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#20 11 years ago
 
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redmamanora

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US Uniontown, OH

11y 39,150 697

Replenish your Novus supply. Great finds.

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#21 11 years ago
 
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HighNoon

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11y 80,100 1,144 54

Great find! I'm a sucker for these types of poor neglected souls.

--Luke

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#22 11 years ago
 
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SunKing

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US Houston, TX

13y 130K 3,983 5 21

THANKS for posting those pics!!! This is one of the reasons I love Pinside - to hear and see first hand when these beautiful machines are saved from the grave. ...cheers~!~!~!

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#23 11 years ago
 
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oropuro

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11y 91,800 1,698 168

How do you find these farm fresh treasures?

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#24 11 years ago
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SchertzPinball

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US Schertz, TX

11y 43,150 554 31

Quoted from oropuro:

How do you find these farm fresh treasures?

I encounter a lot of people in my job. I make it a point to ask at least one person a day if they have or know someone that has an old pinball machine. If I'm at a house or out in the country and there's a shed or barn, I ask.

32 of the pins I have or have owned, have come from someone I met through work. There are still others I've found that weren't for sale.

My biggest find was due to seeing a jukebox behind the lady that answered the door. It turned out her husband was a retired op with 22 pins and about 100 vids in a warehouse. I bought most of the pins.

Jason

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#25 11 years ago
 
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phillips11103

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US Cape Neddick, ME

11y 13,650 61 3

Awesome score! Projects like this are the best. Nothing like bringing something like one of these back to life! Please do post more pictures of the restoration process! Love these kinds of threads!

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#26 11 years ago
 
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HELLODEADCITY

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Quoted from SchertzPinball:

I make it a point to ask at least one person a day if they have or know someone that has an old pinball machine

I used to do the same - adding it in social conversations always turned up some interesting results

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#27 11 years ago
 
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JBK

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US Rivesville, WV

11y 47,150 942 29 12

Great find! The hunt is half the fun. I have learned over the years to take lots of pictures of the pins in their "found" state. The pictures of them setting in a pile of trash are priceless memories when the pin gets passed to it's next caretaker.

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#28 11 years ago
 
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Stevens

Inactive member

US Hope, MI

12y 21,400 110

Boy,You've got your work cut out for you on Spin a card. I've had 2 of them,fun game.I made the one I restored into a wedge head.

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