Picked this up Friday. Drove 3-1/2 hours to Cleveland suburb to get it (from another Pinsider). Took me 3 days to get it working. Had all kinds of issues, undisclosed. Pretty disappointing to drive that far to get something not as described. Got it home and fixed all the sloppy work the previous owner had done to it. But it's working now and looks ok. Going to attempt some touch up on the backglass while I look for a better one. Happy to have a Teacher's Pet. My mother (retired) and daughter are teachers!

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Got me a woodie. First one. Was in a barn.

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Well heck, you know those old Gottlieb's didn't have a switch for idiots, so someone added one.

Speaking of the spa....what is this guy doing?

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I had a close encounter today (of the third kind).

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I totally agree with RWH. The place or person you purchased from is someone I would never want to do business with. I suggest you protect your fellow Pinsider's from getting screwed in the future and post the company/person's name who lied to you.

Good going! I see you have your priorities right.... bought a pin before you even finished your house!

Well, didn't bring it home today....more like 2 weeks ago. Scored a 1970 Aquarius that someone had painted blue, yellow, and green. Sloppy paint job at that. So here are the before and after pics....it's back to factory paint design! Now the reassembly fun begins!

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Scored a rare one today. 500 produced. 4 hours round trip.

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Looks like it has a blown flux capacitor.

OH.....MY......GOD! What did I buy today for $100? The project has already begun!
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Spanish Eyes they are! I think someone dropped some acid then went to work with the (black light) paints and topped it all off with THICK glossy varnish. The mess was REALLY thick. Runs all over. The flipper buttons stuck in their housings. I was going to take a picture but wanted to forget instead things like the plunger barrel spring. It was so coated with the varnish it didn't move. I had to hammer it loose from the rod. As you could see, they didn't remove the legs or anything before painting. Besides all that, the game had been in storage supposedly 10 years. I did get it working before stripping things down. The backless and playfield are fair. It'll be a nice player. I needed a project!

Already have a Future Spa. Now I have a "para" wide bodies, because this is "gon" from its previous owner.

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So you conjured up some courage to take the ride and presto, you scored!

Did you get a hand truck to go with that?

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Think of the possibilities....

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I'm Dancing (dolls) with excitement! Even got a woody. Scored another project.

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Wish I had room for one of them bowlers in my place. That's a beauty!

Congrats on finding a SURFSIDE...great game! Picked one up myself a few years ago and did a restore. Had to repaint my cabinet also as it had been painted all black! Restored pic attached. Get yours all working and tuned up; it's one of the best in my opinion!

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Wish my wife was that happy when I bring home a pin.

Brought it home yesterday. 6 hours on the road. It had been sitting in a garage for more than 12 years, untouched. Collected a shitload of dust and dirt. How does all that dirt get under the glass, onto the playfield, and into the closed cabinet?

Game almost boots. Needs some work. Backglass is perfect! Looks like mylar was installed over a dirty playfield. A few small spots of missing paint. Should clean up nicely.

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"Is this the party to whom I am speaking?"

I think I have an extra nickel mech if you're interested.

I've learned to always bring a drill and bits for drilling out locks when I'm going to pick up a pin.

Who would spend 60K for a wife?

My passenger was Evel.

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Here's more on the Evel Knievel I picked up yesterday. The playfield is good, will only need a few minor touchups. The backglass is perfect. The cabinet is kinda ugly, flaking paint on the front and one side, but I really don't want to paint it. Just gonna play it.

Before I went to look at it the seller (the son was selling for his father) said it didn't work. No lights or anything. No corrosion on any of the boards, but it had been sitting for many years and I didn't want to power it on without doing some basic work (caps on the SDB, etc.). So I disconnected the headbox, removed the legs, and stood the cabinet on end. Getting ready to load into my vehicle the seller (owner's son) says "Hey, what's this?" pointing the switch on the bottom of the cabinet. I say "that's the on-off switch". You should have seen the look on his face. He says "why didn't dad tell me about that? Maybe it worked after all."

Already started stripping it apart for cleaning. Put the MPU on the bench and powered it up. Gets 7 flashes! Made my day.

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Crack kills. OMG, does pinball?

Just wondering if your airbags deployed when you rolled the car on its side?

Picked this up a few days ago while the wife is out of town. I wonder what she's gonna say when she comes home and sees it in the bedroom?!

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Future Spa is already in the garage (man cave)! I would have put Playboy there but I'm outta room. No more room now in the bedroom. Thinking about the dining room, then the living room, then the kitchen. Guess I'll need to wait for wife to head of town again to expand into the other rooms.

Groovy Baby....

Bagged me a Big Game!

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The wildlife around here have started wandering into our neighborhoods like never before. I suppose it's the pandemic. So this Big Game (it's a tiger) reared its beautiful head only 10 minutes away from my house. I could resist bagging something that close to home. It was DOA but I plan to resuscitate it in the coming daze.

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Drove 9 hours today round trip and ended up with normal body temperature (37 degrees centigrade).

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Is he in the International Space Station with those machines? Looks like no gravity.

Dang it...wish you were closer. I'd like your leftover Capt Fantastic.

I do remember one of your Flip Flops...reusable stencils you made, all that. Great memories!! And thanks for the good deals on pins you sold me!

But yeah, downsizing and Californy living is nice for us. Retirement community, golf, tennis, swimming all that. I do miss the game rooms I had in Ohio. Here you get about 1/2 the home for 5 times the money, so don't have as many pins here, but I'm having fun with the projects I do find and fix up.

Maybe you need to make a cross country trip with a trailer like @ibuypinballs, bring me some projects, and load up on your return to Ohio.

I would have thought they were identical.

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I agree....leave it alone. Makes for a good conversation piece. Like the Mata Hari dagger!

I ain't ne'er seen a DMD in your coral....unless that stands for Dilapidated Mechanical Display. Do I know you?

You should! I’ve never seen a Six Sticks! DMD’s or not, I know you have a beautiful collection of EM’s.

You gotta love the cigarette burns!

Wanted one of these for a long time. Finally got one! Back box and cabinet wiring is pristine!! Hard to believe it's 54 years old.

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Just unloaded this AbraCadabra. Been on my wishlist for a few years. Previous owner had for 30 years, the last 20 years was wrapped in a blanket in storage warehouse. The cabinet, playfield, and backglass are pristine! Absolutely beautiful!

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