Working game in nice shape? Why even consider parting it out? If it's not your cup of tea, and belive me I've had a few like that myself, simply sell it.

I can't understand what would possibly possess you to part this out. Nice looking game from that era. Do you really need a guide? Put it in the market and take offers.

Third option: keep it and play it. It looks good, what exactly needs a restore on it?

get it in the hands of someone who appreciates it....

Save that pinball!!

Where are you located? Maybe someone local to you will make an offer. Looks go be in decent shape overall...

If you don't want to work on it, someone else will. That's actually in pretty nice condition. It would be a tragedy if that were parted out. Remember--fewer and fewer of these games exist.

Too many people part games out because they think it would be to hard for anyone to fix (just because they couldn't figure out what to do without spending more than 5 minutes on it) or that they would make more $$ in parts. Usually anything is fixable, and the amount of time you would spend taking everything apart and trying to make arrangements with buyers takes an insane amount of time.

So, either fix it yourself, or put it up for sale as a project and give someone else a chance to enjoy it.

I've repaired games in far worse condition.

I wouldn't part it out. You could just play it and enjoy it and pass it on to someone else. No need to spend a lot of money on it, it looks pretty good as is to me.

looks good to me, I laugh when someone asks the same question with a game worn to the wood rotted with mouse piss a poo all over it.

Looks like it's in excellent condition to me.

I really gotta give the people who bring those types of games back to life. It's certainly for the love of the game and preservation of history, and perhaps the difficulty of the overall challenge that motivates it, not profit.

The more I become obsessed with pinball and how purely "Americana" it is, and how rich it's history is, I don't think I'd ever have the heart to ever EVER part out a game. Heck, if you dig around these here forums, you'll find people taking gutted parts machines and going out of their way to completely rebuilt them.

Hell, I'd sell a game at a good hearty loss if I knew that I was sending it off to a good home where it'd be taken care of and well appreciated.

Slap on a few coats of wax, and call it a day. That's a nice looking game. Anyone who appreciates EMs would be happy to have that.

You know when to restore a pinball when it's a title that you desire, a playfield layout that's a lot of fun, a theme that you like, or a game you are nostalgic for. I am always happy to see dedicated pinball enthusiasts bringing these old games back to life. If you want to restore this game so that you and your family and friends can have many happy hours playing, all the best

If you are looking to restore a game strictly as a money-making endeavor, I would recommend - get out of the hobby now!

I actually owned one of these. The first EM I ever worked on. It took me an entire summer to get it working again. It is actually a pretty fun game to play. Especially given the simplistic layout. Mine was in way worse shape then your table btw. As others have said sell it or enjoy it. These things are getting more difficult to find these days especially in this kind of shape. Good luck.

I cried a little at the mention of it.

Unless you're already skilled in painting and color matching and have a very steady hand, I would encourage you to *not* do any touch-ups. I've seen many playfields ruined because of amateur attempts at painting worn areas. And those poor touch ups are impossible to remove. Worn areas are ok--they're not going to hurt anything. Do not make a playfield your first attempt at painting.

The best thing you can do is just vacuum using micro attachments, clean the playfield's surface (don't use water-based products--use naphtha), protect it with wax (although some EM folks will debate the use of wax because of possible changes in gameplay), and use a brand new ball. Nothing chews up a playfield faster than a scratched up and/or rusty/pitted ball and grit on the playfield.

This x1000. That looks in good shape as it is. I have a em in my living room with a worse playfield and it doesnt matter. It plays good. Id just sell it if you dont want it.

save this pinball!!!!

Looks like a fun game..... I like the idea of the pool table on the playfield. And if you miss one of the pockets, it's straight into the pops as punishment. The art looks great also.

Skywalker from Melb just picked one up in the "what machines did you bring home" thread.Can not believe the poster in this tread was asking if his machine should be parted out.

Solid n Stripes would look cool in a room with a pub pool table.

Guessing there wouldn't be too many here.

Wonder if it holds the balls each time you sink one, or does it kick them back?

I bought a 1963 Skill Pool that had a busted flaky cabinet and hardly any paint on the backglass at an auction for $75 with the intent of parting it out because i have several Williams games from this era and parts are hard to come by.

But I decided to at least try to get it playable before I did. It was almost plug and play and I really liked the gameplay so i decided to save it. Found a good cabinet and backglass and now it will live again.

When the flipper moves, it needs to open that switch (EOS) next to it to break the high current circuit of the coil.It looks like it wasn't adjusted correctly causing the coil meltdown that you see before you.

Now that coil is melted and needs to be replace and a new EOS switch and a new fuse.

Don't part it out. Keep it!! If you are not happy someone will be.

Every game that is parted out is one less pinball to play!!

You have not talked much about the Skill Pool game I have one I am trying to restore Mine is in fair shape im missing a bell and would like to replace the coin door...
Are you going to try and restore your's ?

It started out as this for $75-
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I liked the gameplay so much I sourced another cabinet and backglass and put the best of all into one. It is now finished as far as I'm concerned and is set up for play. It is now in my garage waiting for me to get home.

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