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Quoted from cfh:Here's my pinball-ish skee ball machine, the 1947 P&S machine "Tom Tom":
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Awesome Clay! Is that an original glass?! (or BGresto?) We love this stuff, keep it comin'!!
3 months later
Quoted from AlexF:I picked up game for a friend a few weeks ago and discovered this little guy sitting near buy. I had to take it home with me. It's the basketball version of the JF Frantz kicker catcher game. Ed from vintageville hooked me up with a backglass and a couple other little things it needed. It's kind of fun for a purely mechanical counter game.
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What's up with the pin-up girl behind it?! 
3 weeks later
Quoted from kovalski3:Picked this up over the weekend. It was restored by Bill Heatherly.
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so you can win replays and has a match feature? No wonder he loves it!
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Quoted from kovalski3:Here are some pics of my collection.
Old pic of the fortune teller? Don't see the trim around fortune opening.
6 months later
Quoted from PM_Jeremy:I'm surprised it's not sold yet. $850 for a project ball bowler appears to be a fair value.
The seller is very open about what the game needs. The biggest issue, would seem to be some broken formica on the front section of the lane that would be hard to replace since everything they're also has silk screened graphics excetera. Kind of a bummer.
Quoted from meSz:Unfortunately not in this case! I checked a few flyers for this style of game to no avail!
I would guess 5 to 600 lb judging by the size of the head and the number of sections.
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1 month later
Quoted from oldcarz:Hi Jeff,
Yep, it was Mike's resto on your beautiful Army Navy that I was referencing as the "award winning" example. Followed the restoration on the Pinside and FB threads, plus I talk on the phone.
Recently posted a Stoner Candy machine that I got from Mike. Picture shows my dog waiting for his treat in the far right lane. Previous work of his included a Cannon Fire (sold), Major League Baseball (sold) and Lucky Strike stimulator.
Joel
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I see somebody's interested in you pulling the far right lever! 
6 months later
Quoted from homegameroom:My 1958 Bally Super Bowler summer project is finally completed (well, almost completed. There's always something that needs a little work, and I still haven't done the legs, and there might be a bulb socket or 2 that still needs to be replaced, but it works perfectly). It was not working when i got it and the backglass was not great. Steve at BGResto did the backglass (it arrived back to me yesterday and looks amazing). Spare pins and even balls are still available (well, I bought 3" black trackballs to replace the original balls - they are perfect in size and weight!)
The pics show the backglass before and after and the whole machine. The cabinet is in good physical condition structure-wise; I think I'll leave the paint as-is. I love bowlers and don't have the space for a traditional ball bowler, so I think this one is a keeper![quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
Those turret bowling games are great fun. I restored a deluxe All Star bowler last year. Did bgresto redo that glass? Overall, looks great!
3 weeks later
Quoted from plgg3:Here is something the young people would not even know how to use. They were everywhere back in the day. Nothing like the 3 different tones of the coins falling .There would be an operator on the other end of the line. A very different time.[quoted image]
That looks like an older model from maybe the late forties or early fifties not that I'm an expert. Would be cool to have it hooked up to a landline if one still has one!
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Quoted from Mopar:Earlier in the month I brought in the United Playtime. I knew it was going to be more
than just a go through because the center section came from another machine, and some
wiring had to be redone and physically things didn't butt up together properly, and also the
pin deck was a mess. I didn't totally restore it, but enough so everything lines up and matches
decently..
One thing I can say is the mechanics in the head were in nice shape and 100% gone through
and it now plays 100%
Now I just need to decide if I should to let this one go, or the 1957 ABC Bally Tournament..
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Looks like you got it aligned pretty nicely! Good thing it was clean, that's a lot of score reels to go thru (and steppers too I'm sure! ) Wish I had room for one of these beasts, not sure my back could take moving one either! Sweet looking game.
1 week later
Quoted from Jappie:Dusted off the ole Basketball Champ today!
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You're gonna have to dust off the ol' cat hair too!
3 weeks later
Bowling game you say? Well here is a rare one. Just finishing this up from a very rough condition. Full restoration for a high end client, so not for sale. One nagging issue is a somewhat weak Bowling arm. Have checked out every possible switch, and jumped past fuses and reostat to no avail. Anyone have experience with these? Very large 110 volt coil swings his arm. Converting to DC is in the trial stages....
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1. The arm speed improved when the manikin rotating rod slop at the lower point where it leaves the brass leg was removed. Post removing the slop the 5/16” rod now swivels smoothly and is tight to the brass leg housing.
2. As you know the rotating rod is connected to manikin shoulder located gears that rotate the arm to fire. The position of the gear cogs need to be correct with the arm against its leg stop and the rotating rod lower linkage cam being in the correct position (maximizing the plunger travel distance entering the solenoid). Also well greased.
3. The cam activates a EOS switch that needs to close I guess when the linkage has reached near the maximum acceleration but that would be trial error.
4. Lastly the plunger linkage or pin should not bind in the sleeve. Duh….
Regards Steve J
Thank you. All good points. I believe it is in the optimal position for maximum power, but I will check again. Are you suggesting the coil plunger should be greased in the coil sleeve? Or the rotating parts.....currently, no grease on the plunger. It is a brass sleeve (replacement from PBR).....
Quoted from SteveinTexas:No never greased. Just needs to move easily. The only grease is in the manikin at the gears and the plain bearings there.
I can’t think of anything else if all the parts are original.
Adjusted the plunger stroke and gained *some* power. These games are finicky that's for sure. I had to machine a new connecting link as the old one was worn into egg shape on both pivots. One pivet post was worn halfway thru, so substituted a bolt. Plays better now. Actually got a few strikes. High score still only 161. Well below the 190 needed for a replay.
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I would think the logic on Darts (and Penny Pitch)would be almost exactly like Ringer. Does it function differently? Layout of the lights just bullseye instead of sand pit/horseshoe post. (?) So trouble shooting should be able to use Ringer schematics.....aren't they basically rethemed?
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1 week later
Quoted from clodpole:That came out beautiful - nice job!
A neighbor kid when I was young, built a hotrod in his bedroom. When it was complete he disassembled it and reassemebled it in the driveway. You gotta' work where you can work, right?
I had to laugh at that. No, my carport doubles as a covered work space when needed. Mostly for painting, but in this case just to test it before packing and transport. Luckily, it fired up first try. There's *so* many relays, steppers,etc in the head! As for the gray rails etc. An ode to the original that was a light gray semi transparent stain similar to the circles on the sides.
6 months later
72 days between posts is too long! Here's my contribution to preserving a bit of bowler history. Just completed the restoration on this Bowlette. A long, but satisfying journey!
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New playfield, backglass (Shay), and decals from Jon Allison certainly made it possible!
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