I have a group of friends that I camp with every summer. I pretty much only see these people once a year during the camping trip. For that reason it was strange that I received and email from one of them in the middle of winter. They had a friend who was looking to get rid of a Pinball machine taking up space in the garage. She attached some very blurry photos that I could just make out a woodrail. Of course I was willing to help "get rid" of thbe machine for them. It turned out to be a 1950 gottlieb bank a ball with a decent playfield, backglass and horribly misshapen plastics. I've been very slowly cleaning it up and working on it. The oldest machine I have owned up to this point is a 1978 Bally supersonic so the EM hardware is a little intimidating but one of these days i get this old girl up and working...someday ill bring it to EXPO in Chicago.