Hi All,
I inherited this pure mechanical Ballyhoo recently, it’s in need of some restoration. What’s interesting is that while it says Ballyhoo on the playfield, it isn’t the Ballyhoo that Bally made in the 30’s. It’s something else, possibly a home made machine from that time period. They key differences are the nail positions, and the playfield was never painted. Does anyone know what this might be?
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I had the same thought!

Will share more pics soon. There is a shooter rod and ball return in the front. No coin mech.

I looked closely for additional markings but didn’t find anything.
There’s no access to the interior of the game, other than the ball return hole.

It seems strange that the score holes are blocked, so I’m wondering if the front knob was designed to turn and lift up/drop down a wood board inside. You would shoot 3-5 balls, and then when you were done you turn the knob and all the balls drop down and return to you.
For now, it seems as though all the holes are blocked from underneath (except for the 200 hole) and turning the knob doesn’t move anything. The ball return must be there for a reason though.

Below are more pics in no particular order: front of game, front of game with ball return removed, top of game with apron removed, and 200 hole which is not blocked for some reason.
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