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That game will take a lot of work. I noticed the new backglass only have 5 windows for score, unlike the 6 in the game.

I wonder if the Extra NOS BG (5 digit) is actually the original that was shipped with the game,
and the italian operator had the 6 digit BG made and installed when they modified the scoring
like many italian operators did routinely.

you can see in the picture of the inside of the head, that there is 4 active reels but the cage has been move right. this would agree that it has been modded to have the first two numbers are dead zeros.

have bought 4 of those italian aab games over the years, including tiger. all games except for tiger had the extra zero added, just an added dummy zero.

tiger isn't a bad game to play..though it's not one of those games that keeps you wanting to come back to.

it's a cool game to own if you're into rare games but as others have said it will take a heap of work to bring back to life.

Tiger went for $350. Did it go to anyone here?

Playfield layout is the same as Orbit/Outer Space. Don't know about the rule set though.

I was offered that "Tiger" a while back by Kevin of Classic Pinball. I just thought it was too much of a project for me at this point. I hope whoever got it makes it nice and posts photos.
And, I did notice the six digit modification which is just one more thing that has to be undone. Heavy work to get that one looking good again.

I think it is now somebody else's nightmare. Mine arrives on Friday.

Your what arrives on Friday?

Put it this way, it ain't my mother in law.

I hope the person who got it sees it as a challenge rather than a nightmare.

i was going to snag it. i would of liked to make it look new but i have so many projects that i need to do i decided to address my backlog.
as far as price it went for about what i thought it would. it is a basket case. it needs almost everything.
hope whoever got it keeps us posted

Just look at this nasty Flipper Pool, what is he thinking?

ebay.com link: 1965 Gottlieb Flipper Pool Pinball Machine

man I would not let that guy touch any of my machines, what a hack

GLWTS

That Flipper Pool is beautiful.

Very nice work, Ken!

Want me to come over and work through some EM's with ya?

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/nics-american-pinball-tour-aka-im-coming-to-fix-your-games

This looks nice!
ebay.com link: Williams 1962 King Pin Pinball Machine

The King Pin is nice.

half ass specking job, surprising because specking is simple to get right

This look's like EM-pinman's game. Nice looking game.

Yes I wondered Alex whether that was Kens' machine. Lovely resto Ken.

i will have him stay after school and clap the erasers

That King Pin really does look familiar.

I had a chance to buy it

Over the years, several friends have inquired about my 1963 Southland Engineering Speedway arcade, which features 2 slot cars on a figure 8 track, in a pinball cabinet. It's a game which is scarcely found in working condition and which rarely appears for sale. Here's the flyer for the game:

I note that one is currently listed for sale on eBay, with the auction ending on March 1st. Here's the listing:

ebay.com link: Speedway Southland Slot Car Racing ARCADE 1 32 Jaguar Corvette slotcar RARE

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A Southland Speedway fetched $10,800 ($9K + 20% buyer's premium) at the 5/2/15 Liveauctioneers.com (Morphy's auction).

As for the game's fun factor, it's fun. You're right about its popularity at parties and also about its integration into a larger gameroom.

Its predecessor, Time Trials, had a somewhat similar design. However, Time Trials lacked an essential control panel, which allowed for adjusting car speeds. Consequently, Southland redesigned the game, called it SPEEDWAY, added a control panel, and gave the game a more attractive backglass and a better ruleset. Here are some photos of the Speedway in my collection. My kids love it. Having grown up during the slot car craze of the seventies, it's a natural game for my line-up.

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This is the one I used to play at the Family Fun Center across from the Van Nuys Airport back in the 70's.

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Here's a nice condition 2 Player Gottlieb Swing Along in New Jersey, starting bid $300:

ebay.com link: Swing Along 1963 Gottlieb Pinball Machine

Arcade manufacturers commonly “borrowed” successful designs from one another. The American Indy game represents an attempt to recreate Southland Engineering’s Speedway.

Unfortunately for American Indy, the effort was an abysmal failure. Merely racing against the clock cannot duplicate the excitement of racing against another car.

Southland’s Speedway allows the player, in single-player mode, to race against another car. The first to reach 20 laps wins. In the 2-player mode, Speedway is especially fun because 2 players race head-to-head and a slightly imperfect turn of the steering wheel can allow a player to overtake the competing car. Often, the lead changes several times throughout the race, creating much excitement. While lead changes also occur in single-player mode on Speedway, it’s simply more fun when 2 players are lightheartedly taunting
each other and laughing along the way.

Below are videoclips of each game. See if you can remain awake during the American Indy gameplay demonstration.

ebay.com link: 1964 Gottlieb North Star Hard to Find Classic Wedgehead Nice

He gives this game a 7 rating? I think it's an 8+ at least. A little pricey though.

yes that is a nice game, cab is nice, pf has no kickout hole wear and glass looks good too
the only minus is the coin door and plate has been hammer toned. over all a really nice example but IMO i will not sell at that price even being that nice. i think it would be better priced at 1800-2200
but then again i am not the price police so what do i know

Tough to sell games lately. Lots of choices out there. It would maybe go at $1400 to the right buyer, but that's just my guess.

that is true. i priced it higher thinking that to the right buyer a nice original like this doesn't come up to often
but 1200-1500 would be the most i would do myself

but i am CHEAP!

In today's market, you're not far off even for a game that nice. It seems like only the very desireable titles are getting big bucks these days. "North Star" is quite desireable, but they seem to come up fairly regularly. Most of the Gottlieb wedgeheads are pretty easy to come by with few exceptions.

Depends where you live.

There was a long dry period for North Star by me and then a couple came up for sale in the same year. Held tightly by a lot of collectors.

I wanna know where all the Ballys are from the 60's... sheesh. Rare as hen's teeth compared to the wedgies.

Just picked this up

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Lite-a-Card in Texas. $10 starting bid - No reserve

ebay.com link: 1960 Gottlieb Lite A Card Model 165 ALL ORIGINAL UNRESTORED

I've posted about that exact breed of machines a few times here. The lack of examples still existing of all those games became very apparent to me while researching Star-Jet. Same low production numbers, but less collector desirability so not many are left at all, probably even less of each than the <30 Star-Jets still documented. Quite sad.

Most of them have 0 linked Pinside threads, most have 1 which was the old Gene Cunningham sale thread. Meanwhile most Gottlieb/Williams games of that time have at least 5 if not like 10-20+.