Here's my rarest game, I'm not even certain what the exact production year is since I don't have any paperwork on it. It's a horseshoe shuffle game called "Hoss-Shoes" made by Global Industries out of Cheyenne Wyoming. I'm not sure what, if any, other games they made. The game is fun, simple to play but very difficult, It has a simple push button scoring mechanism that lights up on the backglass (much like a shuffleboard scoreboard). I got it from a guy who grew up with the game in his house (his dad was an operator), and given the low plays on it (1,700 on the counter) I'm sure it was a home use only game. The pingate barrier that was supposed to pop up between games to avoid free play was never installed on the machine.

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That's a beauty Alex! My only non-em game is a "newer" skeeball machine that I will eventually replace with an older mechanical or em skeeball machine. You've got some great games in that collection!

Where do you keep finding so many great games?

Here are my two contact bowlers:
1) 1960 MBA (set up at 28' but have the extensions to make it 40' if I ever have the space)
2) 1969 Bally Super Bowler (21')
Both great games!

Here is a link to a video of my MBA:

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Why I oughta!!!

Here's a link to a recent video I did of the '69 Super Bally Bowler...

A length of a bowler is the total length of the game (not just the lane section length), so a 16' bowler is the entire length from the front of the game to the back of the cabinet. United 16' bowlers break down into 3 sections (cabinet, pindeck section, and front lane section where the coin box is located). There are some Chicago Coin games with 2-pc cabinets, so those would break down into 4 pieces.

Lane sections are typically connected by long threaded rods and bolts and also wood blocks (underneath the center sections of the lanes). The pindeck section sits on a wood "shelf" that is built onto the lower bottom face of the cabinet and then gets secured to the cabinet by bolts.

Wiring harness runs from the cabinet to the coin box under the ball return section and connects/plugs together where the lane sections join together.

Correct, longest section should be over 7 ft, but less than 8 ft.

If any Ten Strike owners wouldn’t mind, I’d appreciate some photos of the armature coil area under the playfield. My game has a brass coil sleeve but no stop, so it moves. Thanks for any pics.

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Oldgoat - really appreciate the pics. Thank you!