Every dog has his day, mine was yesterday. Saw an ad yesterday for a Surf Champ on Craigslist. emailed the seller within twenty minutes, was off work shortly after that and said I would be there straight away with cash in hand and wouldnt even haggle. Got it for $150 and couldnt be more thrilled. I have never played the four player version to my knowledge, but have played Surfer at the PACIFIC pinball museum a ton and its in my top five.
Not asking for technical advice YET, only because the head is in my gameroom/workspace and the cabinet in the garage until I get someone to help me haul it downstairs. But heres a rundown. It turned on, a one player game would start, but the score would not reset, although you could add to the score already there. You could not add aditional players. It flipped and chimed.
Heres some pics of the head and playfield.
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