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#2651 1 year ago
Quoted from atpcfiaim:

Joker Poker with new (used) door skin, lock, and pricing inserts

Very nice! Is that an original cab, or redone?

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#2652 1 year ago

Here’s my Bally Safari I’m working on. Some people might like my restoration choices, others may not.

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#2653 1 year ago

Good choices on Safari

#2654 1 year ago
Quoted from PM_Jeremy:

Good choices on Safari

Thanks! I know some purists don’t like powdercoating, but I think the colors mesh well.

Here’s the full restoration thread if anybody wanted to check it out.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/a-little-monkey-business-a-bally-safari-resto

#2655 1 year ago
Quoted from Colsond3:

Here’s my Bally Safari I’m working on. Some people might like my restoration choices, others may not.
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I get it. I have completely restored basically worthless games, Spin Wheel (two of them) Merry-Go-Round, Mayfair, Ship-Mates. None are particularly collectible but I liked the art or gameplay or something about them to justify putting much more time effort and money into them than I could possibly ever hope to recoup when I sell.

#2656 1 year ago
Quoted from John_in_NC:

I get it. I have completely restored basically worthless games, Spin Wheel (two of them) Merry-Go-Round, Mayfair, Ship-Mates. None are particularly collectible

Right there with you. Now that my skills are a little better, I’d like to go back and redo some things on my Vampire. Maybe even redo and clear the cab.

I wish the playfield in Safari was better. If anybody has a lead on a good, or an NOS one, or a nice backglass, let me know.

#2657 1 year ago
Quoted from Colsond3:

Right there with you. Now that my skills are a little better, I’d like to go back and redo some things on my Vampire. Maybe even redo and clear the cab.
I wish the playfield in Safari was better. If anybody has a lead on a good, or an NOS one, or a nice backglass, let me know.

Wow! Look at you go! That playfield looks pretty decent to me. Maybe a bit more shooter lane wear than would like, but most paint seems intact.

#2658 1 year ago
Quoted from stashyboy:

Wow! Look at you go! That playfield looks pretty decent to me. Maybe a bit more shooter lane wear than would like, but most paint seems intact.

Yeah, it’s OK. Some minor planking, and I was able to do some good touchups but there were a few others done by previous owner that I couldn’t undo. For that reason, I didn’t want to clear it.

#2659 1 year ago
Quoted from Colsond3:

Yeah, it’s OK. Some minor planking, and I was able to do some good touchups but there were a few others done by previous owner that I couldn’t undo. For that reason, I didn’t want to clear it.

Did you try ME with 90 proof rubbing alcohol?

#2660 1 year ago
Quoted from Colsond3:

Very nice! Is that an original cab, or redone?

The Joker Poker cabinet was restored by the previous owner. The worst part of the game was the coin door. Easy, but time consuming to switch the door skin.

#2661 1 year ago
Quoted from Colsond3:

Here’s my Bally Safari I’m working on. Some people might like my restoration choices, others may not.
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Nice restoration on Safari. Those colors work well especially on the bottom board. With the orange it will be easier to see the gap on the contacts. It’s a cool machine now!

#2662 1 year ago

1977 Bally Mata Hari
This machine apparently started life in an amusement park in Ohio based on some tokens found in the bottom of the game. The coin door was pretty beat up. I bought a door skin a while back and installed it today. Although the cabinet needs a respray, the door has always been an eyesore.
I removed the door and trim. Old lock bar holes were filled with carriage bolts for now, and the trim was cleaned and buffed. 4 screws basically fasten the coin works to the door skin. Left everything loose until all the screws were in, and then tightened down. I think the result is worth the effort.

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#2663 1 year ago
Quoted from atpcfiaim:

1977 Bally Mata Hari
This machine apparently started life in an amusement park in Ohio based on some tokens found in the bottom of the game.
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Which park? Could you please show a picture of one of the tokens?

#2664 1 year ago
Quoted from Ace24:

Which park? Could you please show a picture of one of the tokens?

I was about to ask the same question. I'll put $5 on Americana.

Colson, Safari looks amazing! Love what you did!

#2665 1 year ago
Quoted from Ace24:

Which park? Could you please show a picture of one of the tokens?

Funway Entertainment Center, Batavia IL. Makes more sense than OH for a sample game.

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#2666 1 year ago
Quoted from atpcfiaim:

1977 Bally Mata Hari
This machine apparently started life in an amusement park in Ohio based on some tokens found in the bottom of the game. The coin door was pretty beat up. I bought a door skin a while back and installed it today. Although the cabinet needs a respray, the door has always been an eyesore.
I removed the door and trim. Old lock bar holes were filled with carriage bolts for now, and the trim was cleaned and buffed. 4 screws basically fasten the coin works to the door skin. Left everything loose until all the screws were in, and then tightened down. I think the result is worth the effort.
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Wow. A sample EM "Mata Hari".
What a find!

#2667 1 year ago
Quoted from jrpinball:

Wow. A sample EM "Mata Hari".
What a find!

Has anyone ever verified the number of Mata Hari EMs? Seems too prevalent for as rare as they are supposed to be. I have done a playfield swap on one and have seen at least a dozen for sale in the last 15 years or so.

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#2668 1 year ago
Quoted from John_in_NC:

I get it. I have completely restored basically worthless games, Spin Wheel (two of them) Merry-Go-Round, Mayfair, Ship-Mates. None are particularly collectible but I liked the art or gameplay or something about them to justify putting much more time effort and money into them than I could possibly ever hope to recoup when I sell.

That's why it's a hobby, not a business. As a member of the "I restored a worthless Merry Go Round" club, to me, regardless of collectability, they will never make these again and we should save as many of them as we can. I didn't get into this to make money. I do it because I love pinball and pinball history and that's what they are...a piece of history

#2669 1 year ago
Quoted from John_in_NC:

Has anyone ever verified the number of Mata Hari EMs? Seems too prevalent for as rare as they are supposed to be. I have done a playfield swap on one and have seen at least a dozen for sale in the last 15 years or so.

Supposedly 170 units produced of the EM version
Betting that at least 20-30 still exist maybe even up to 50.
I have got one of them, and have seen at least 5 or 6 other in the wild in person.
Along with various others up for sale over that last 30 yrs

#2670 1 year ago
Quoted from Colsond3:

Here’s my Bally Safari I’m working on. Some people might like my restoration choices, others may not.
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Well, it's not what I would have done but you saved the game and you like it so good on you.

The best touch is the orange dollies

#2671 1 year ago
Quoted from EMsInKC:

That's why it's a hobby, not a business. As a member of the "I restored a worthless ...

Much respect good sir..

#2672 1 year ago
Quoted from EMsInKC:

That's why it's a hobby, not a business. As a member of the "I restored a worthless Merry Go Round" club, to me, regardless of collectability, they will never make these again and we should save as many of them as we can. I didn't get into this to make money. I do it because I love pinball and pinball history and that's what they are...a piece of history

Worthless was harsh, perhaps a better choice of words would have been underappreciated?

#2673 1 year ago
Quoted from John_in_NC:

Worthless was harsh, perhaps a better choice of words would have been underappreciated?

LOL, sure. It's not the greatest game ever but it's different, I like different. I never had a game before with no outlanes, of course, those three gobble holes are sometimes worse than outlanes. Some of the things on it, like the rotating disc, the different side rails, and that completely monstrous lockdown bar setup, were attractive to me. I wish it had a special on the playfield but other than that, it's fine. I would believe that it's one of those that Wayne Neyens, in his interview with Pinball Magazine, would call "just a game." They had to have something to put out and that was the result. Not every game can be a masterpiece. Doesn't make them any less a part of the history of pinball, or not having some value. When you get it for free and the main investment was a new backglass, at some point it might make a nice cheap game for someone looking to add a pinball machine to their game room.

#2674 1 year ago
Quoted from jrpinball:

I played a nicely restored "Crescendo" at Pinfest. It's a really good player.

Agreed... not a terrible game.

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#2675 1 year ago

Just for the record here's my Merry Go Round. Getting new plastics made which will really improve it even more.

Not a great player but different and decent fun to play. The playfield is pretty nice to look at.

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#2676 1 year ago

I am beginning work on this 1946 Chicago Coin Goalee. It is complete but it will take some time to correct all of the previous repair attempts. Mostly they just look like things an operator did to keep the game working and making money until it finally gave up. Amazing how those kinds of repairs pile up over time.

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#2677 1 year ago

Surf Champ getting a slight face lift…
She’s fully running after KS relay clean and AX relay properly adjusted. We are Hosting the IFPA 17 Worlds Championship this next week so flipper rebuild will have to wait.

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#2678 1 year ago
Quoted from Gotemwill:

I am beginning work on this 1946 Chicago Coin Goalee. It is complete but it will take some time to correct all of the previous repair attempts.

That game looks awesome! Somebody had a backglass for that at PinFest that I wanted to buy, and I totally forgot about it.

#2679 1 year ago
Quoted from lazySUNBATHER:

Surf Champ getting a slight face lift…
She’s fully running after KS relay clean and AX relay properly adjusted. We are Hosting the IFPA 17 Worlds Championship this next week so flipper rebuild will have to wait.
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great article on fixing gottlieb spinners in terms of having them score properly which they typically don't do.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/surf-champ-slummin-spinner

#2680 1 year ago

1972 Bally Little Joe.
Previous owner(s) was kind enough to lube every coil plunger on the playfield. Key-rice’d what a feckin’ gummy mess. All original metal coil sleeves had to be punched out of the coils with a hammer.
Playfield looks okay, should clean up.

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#2681 1 year ago
Quoted from atpcfiaim:

1972 Bally Little Joe.
Previous owner(s) was kind enough to lube every coil plunger on the playfield. Key-rice’d what a feckin’ gummy mess. All original metal coil sleeves had to be punched out of the coils with a hammer.
Playfield looks okay, should clean up.
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Looks nice. I hope you had luck digging those metal sleeves out of the coils... doesn't always result in success for me, especially the early 70s WMS games.

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#2682 1 year ago

Ringer is done and really fun. I can understand why people like it so much. Plus you can hold an adult beverage while you play! (Repro backglass is coming)

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#2683 1 year ago
Quoted from Dono:

Looks nice. I hope you had luck digging those metal sleeves out of the coils... doesn't always result in success for me, especially the early 70s WMS games.

I think it was maybe easier to get them out because they were metal sleeves. I haven’t tested the coils to see if I broke anything but they looked good.

#2684 1 year ago
Quoted from stashyboy:

Ringer is done and really fun. I can understand why people like it so much. Plus you can hold an adult beverage while you play! (Repro backglass is coming)
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Very nicely done. Looks like new.

#2685 1 year ago
Quoted from stashyboy:

Ringer is done and really fun. I can understand why people like it so much.

Its cousin, Penny Pitch is fun also.

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#2686 1 year ago

Jumping Jack playfield swap, just finished moving everything over. Another Wade Krause masterpiece; does he do great work or what!!!

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#2687 1 year ago
Quoted from John_in_NC:

Has anyone ever verified the number of Mata Hari EMs? Seems too prevalent for as rare as they are supposed to be. I have done a playfield swap on one and have seen at least a dozen for sale in the last 15 years or so.

I was getting a list together at one time of all the games and serial numbers I could find when doing work for determining if all the games coming off the assembly line adorned smooth or pointed shooter rods. Every serial number I recorded verified that the production numbers in IPDB are almost certainly correct.

They do come up for sale quite a bit; I know of a collector that had 6 at one time many moons ago. I've got a restored one and one of my repair clients has one as well.

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#2688 1 year ago

I installed my bottom board.

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#2689 1 year ago
Quoted from Silverstreak02:

I installed my bottom board.
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That's so damn clean!

#2690 1 year ago
Quoted from Silverstreak02:

I installed my bottom board.

Quoted from jrpinball:

That's so damn clean!

Beyond clean. Very nice.

#2691 1 year ago
Quoted from Silverstreak02:

I installed my bottom board.
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Beautiful work indeed!

#2692 1 year ago
Quoted from Dono:

Jumping Jack playfield swap, just finished moving everything over. Another Wade Krause masterpiece; does he do great work or what!!!
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I like how you traced the ground braid on your old pf as a guide for the braid on the new pf.

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#2693 1 year ago

20220526_192558 (resized).jpg20220526_192558 (resized).jpgJust finished bringing a very beat Jungle Princess playfield back from the dead. Won't win best of show, but happy with the results. About 12 hours in it so far. If anyone has a lead on the right elephant plastic, I could use a decent replacement.

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#2694 1 year ago
Quoted from atpcfiaim:

I like how you traced the ground braid on your old pf as a guide for the braid on the new pf.

Thanks! It's saved my butt more than a few times... it's amazing that no matter how many photos I take I always get into trouble once or twice per playfield... having those traces only takes a few minutes but well worth it.

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#2695 1 year ago

1972 Bally Little Joe
Completely stripped playfield to make room for orbital buffer and polishing compound. Then waxed with the same machine with 2” pads. Plastics cleaned and standoffs polished. Installed new bumper bodies, skirts, and flipper bats. Screw heads tumbled or buffed. New pf glass installed in the Bally frame. I also removed the upper kick out assembly and tossed it in the tumbler. Looks like new but the associated switch was one of two that needed adjusting on the first start after restoration. Now plays 100%.

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#2696 1 year ago

Making progress

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#2697 1 year ago

I added this EM Score Keeper to my Quick Draw today. I think its a pretty neat idea.

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#2698 1 year ago

Shopping components as I reassemble on a Wade Krause Jumping Jack playfield. Checking the pop switches, former owner tried fixing a missing contact point by building up solder on the switch. Fixing this half-ass repair with the proper contact; having contact points on hand always a must-have in the tool box.

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#2699 1 year ago

Working on a Groovy. The mylar plates were so old that pieces of them were attached to the playfield. As if they had bonded with the clear coat. I have not seen that before.

Removing them is going to be a slow process. I was planning to mask and re-spray the pop bumper circles so it should even right out.

Alberto

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#2700 1 year ago
Quoted from Peruman:

The mylar plates were so old that pieces of them were attached to the playfield. As if they had bonded with the clear coat.

That blue one looks like someone tried to glue down the Mylar, probably because it had curled.

That would be a more practical explanation.

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