Quoted from oldcarz:As some of you may know from personal or email experience, my collection is biased toward machines that are heavily restored and most of my 1960's-70s games fall into that category. I do have a strong interest in the wood rails and have been fortunate to find many that are essentially untouched and as original as one gets. This is to say that there are new coils, or rubbers, fuses, etc. to make them functional, but leaving the playfield, art glass, plastics and cabinet original.
Much love on the forum to the Gottlieb machines (most of my collection) and Williams (Official Baseball and Jig Saw), but I recently acquired two rare and original Gencos. The '57 Show Boat plays great, and has a 5 paint color cabinet - somewhat of a "wow" statement at that time. Yes, lots of wear, but original. My commentary is geared toward the 1952 Springtime, which just underwent some shopping and cleaning. A really cool game that plays 100%, has reverse flippers, and a ball elevator in the backglass to provide animation: a bagatelle which scores points similarly to the Genco skill games.
To me, I like these antiques so much, I dedicated a little alcove in the basement just for the Gencos. True, you don't see much of the cabinets this way, but a 63 year old survivor has all the je nais se quoi, as is, and doesn't beg to be painted.
Enclosing a little video of the play: » Vimeo video
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Yes. I like that Genco painted their cabinets to match the theme of the game. The 1951 Hits and Runs that I repaired had some really nice cabinet art. I can see that Springtime is just as hard to keep a ball in play. 
