Picked this Abra up yesterday. Unbelievable condition. Don’t think this one has ever been on route. machine probably the nicest EM I have ever found. Picks of Playfields to follow. Head even has shipping block installed for backglass
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Craigslist find. Seller started out a couple weeks ago at 2500.00. I offered 500.00 cash sight unseen. Next week they came down to 1200 then 1000. Saturday shot them my offer again they countered with 800 I held my offer at 500 because I hadn’t seen the machine yet. They accepted and wanted it gone yesterday because they are moving. I went there with low expectations but was really surprised when I saw it. Handed over the cash and took it away. It was also set up and works 100%. Making room in the game room today for it. I asked where they got it and they said it’s been in the family since new. I haven’t even looked inside cabinet yet. Has the original Gottlieb envelope with it with original schematics. Very Lucky.
Quoted from Spanishsilver:Craigslist find. Seller started out a couple weeks ago at 2500.00. I offered 500.00 cash sight unseen. Next week they came down to 1200 then 1000. Saturday shot them my offer again they countered with 800 I held my offer at 500 because I hadn’t seen the machine yet. They accepted and wanted it gone yesterday because they are moving. I went there with low expectations but was really surprised when I saw it. Handed over the cash and took it away. It was also set up and works 100%. Making room in the game room today for it. I asked where they got it and they said it’s been in the family since new. I haven’t even looked inside cabinet yet. Has the original Gottlieb envelope with it with original schematics. Very Lucky.
Wow!
I saw the ad at $2500 and chuckled, because no EM to me is worth that (even if it's one of the more desirable titles). But for $500, what a find!!!
As a fellow Litchfield resident, congrats!
Better than the "Bowling Queen" you found a few years back? Yikes, though. Change out those blackened bulbs in the backbox. It's amazing that the backglass held up so well with them in there. Once they get black like that, they burn really hot.
Will do Vic. It’s not set up yet just making room. Cabinet didn’t even have a scratch until I put one there
Well I continue to get em's in for service. Some get repaired, & many get junked for parts. Spent 6 hours on this one, & it wasn't looking good. If I can't get them working for $100 - $200, I charge a flat $60 for having a look (usually 1-2 hours). So the owner decided to not to waste any more money ($60), & release the pin for parts salvage. This one had a seized lock bar, even with a hammer & drill for lock it took a lot of effort. This one came from P.E.I. & was likely operated for many years before finding a private home. Head went to a friend with fair glass, & reels are being removed to keep other Gottlieb pins going. Another local wants to make a coffee table, & still hasn't picked it up. So far over the last 23 years I must of junked 30+ em pins, & likely 50 electronic pins.
Quoted from greatwichjohn:Well I continue to get em's in for service. Some get repaired, & many get junked for parts. Spent 6 hours on this one, & it wasn't looking good. If I can't get them working for $100 - $200, I charge a flat $60 for having a look (usually 1-2 hours). So the owner decided to not to waste any more money ($60), & release the pin for parts salvage. This one had a seized lock bar, even with a hammer & drill for lock it took a lot of effort. This one came from P.E.I. & was likely operated for many years before finding a private home. Head went to a friend with fair glass, & reels are being removed to keep other Gottlieb pins going. Another local wants to make a coffee table, & still hasn't picked it up. So far over the last 23 years I must of junked 30+ em pins, & likely 50 electronic pins.
Shame to junk that pin, it was salvageable...
Quoted from greatwichjohn:Well I continue to get em's in for service. Some get repaired, & many get junked for parts. Spent 6 hours on this one, & it wasn't looking good. If I can't get them working for $100 - $200, I charge a flat $60 for having a look (usually 1-2 hours). So far over the last 23 years I must of junked 30+ em pins, & likely 50 electronic pins.
Should collect them and send them down to the states here via cargo container. With the price of some EM's here could still turn a profit and save them.
Quoted from pinwiztom:Is that someone's Social Security number on the back door??
Yes kind of odd. Only thing I can think of is like my parents did in the early 70s they put it in all possessions. That way if it were stolen they had an ID on it.
Quoted from pinwiztom:Is that someone's Social Security number on the back door??
Yes kind of odd. Only thing I can think of is like my parents did in the early 70s they put it in all possessions. That way if it were stolen they had an ID on it.
Quoted from greatwichjohn:Well I continue to get em's in for service. Some get repaired, & many get junked for parts. Spent 6 hours on this one, & it wasn't looking good. If I can't get them working for $100 - $200, I charge a flat $60 for having a look (usually 1-2 hours). So the owner decided to not to waste any more money ($60), & release the pin for parts salvage. This one had a seized lock bar, even with a hammer & drill for lock it took a lot of effort. This one came from P.E.I. & was likely operated for many years before finding a private home. Head went to a friend with fair glass, & reels are being removed to keep other Gottlieb pins going. Another local wants to make a coffee table, & still hasn't picked it up. So far over the last 23 years I must of junked 30+ em pins, & likely 50 electronic pins.
You junked THIS? WTF? That game would have been an easy restore. Plus, that's an in demand game.
Instead, it's another one lost, and worse, some jamoche wants to make a coffee table out of it.
I'll make a suggestion and get out before I say something that will bring the ban hammer on me. Next time you can't fix a game, offer it for sale on here. Someone would have jumped all over that.
Quoted from SirScott:If I knew where Halifax was, I'd come and get it.
Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
You have a lot of driving to go.
Quoted from pinwiztom:Is that someone's Social Security number on the back door??
027-36-1919 was issued in Massachusetts in 1963
Cardholder's estimated age is between 67 and 73
Quoted from EMsInKC:You junked THIS? WTF? That game would have been an easy restore. Plus, that's an in demand game.
Instead, it's another one lost, and worse, some jamoche wants to make a coffee table out of it.
I'll make a suggestion and get out before I say something that will bring the ban hammer on me. Next time you can't fix a game, offer it for sale on here. Someone would have jumped all over that.
i thought the same thing, i had to bite my tongue. i really can not see there being all that many em's in halifax. i was there in the mid 80's a few times and i don't recall one bar with a pin, and i was in almost every bar.
Quoted from greatwichjohn:Well I continue to get em's in for service. Some get repaired, & many get junked for parts. Spent 6 hours on this one, & it wasn't looking good. If I can't get them working for $100 - $200, I charge a flat $60 for having a look (usually 1-2 hours). So the owner decided to not to waste any more money ($60), & release the pin for parts salvage. This one had a seized lock bar, even with a hammer & drill for lock it took a lot of effort. This one came from P.E.I. & was likely operated for many years before finding a private home. Head went to a friend with fair glass, & reels are being removed to keep other Gottlieb pins going. Another local wants to make a coffee table, & still hasn't picked it up. So far over the last 23 years I must of junked 30+ em pins, & likely 50 electronic pins.
WTD: EM Tech in Nova Scotia
Quoted from Spanishsilver:I’ve been hijacked
Can we see some pics of your find not some one else's that they parted out thanks
Quoted from Spanishsilver:I’ve been hijacked
That's not a good thing for someone in your line of work to say!
Guys for all the crap on here I get, there are very few techs here. I have been fixing pins for over 20+ years, & our last life long tech passed away a few years ago. There are younger techs getting into the hobby now, & I share any repair info I know. We also lost a close friend who was a big em collector & could spend endless hours trying to repair anything he got. He received all the salvageable parts from the em's I junked over the years.
If someone is interested in this plug & play playfield shipped for $200 US. I will get a bike box.
I just added my comments to the op's nice find, & how this one looks with almost 3 times the play.
Here’s some pics of Abra set up. Just order a couple plastics. I’ll replace the lock. The previous owner made a free play switch. Coin mecbs look brand new and look like they were never used.
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Quoted from greatwichjohn:Guys for all the crap on here I get, there are very few techs here. I have been fixing pins for over 20+ years, & our last life long tech passed away a few years ago. There are younger techs getting into the hobby now, & I share any repair info I know. We also lost a close friend who was a big em collector & could spend endless hours trying to repair anything he got. He received all the salvageable parts from the em's I junked over the years.
If someone is interested in this plug & play playfield shipped for $200 US. I will get a bike box.
I just added my comments to the op's nice find, & how this one looks with almost 3 times the play.
I'm in Saskatoon in Canada and I am willing to buy pretty much any pinball game to restore. We get like 1 or 2 a year on kijiji and they are scooped up almost instantly. The games I have were in way worse condition than the one you posted and I never dreamed of parting them out.
I would have for sure bought this game from you and restored it. It looks like it would have been the easiest to restore out of the 3 games I've done so far this year...
Quoted from greatwichjohn:Guys for all the crap on here I get, there are very few techs here. I have been fixing pins for over 20+ years, & our last life long tech passed away a few years ago. There are younger techs getting into the hobby now, & I share any repair info I know. We also lost a close friend who was a big em collector & could spend endless hours trying to repair anything he got. He received all the salvageable parts from the em's I junked over the years.
If someone is interested in this plug & play playfield shipped for $200 US. I will get a bike box.
I just added my comments to the op's nice find, & how this one looks with almost 3 times the play.
Don't part games. if you can't fix it. sell it to someone that can. there not making these anymore.
Not to rain on your parade but that sure looks like a route game to me. Clearly a low play route game that appears to have been decently taken care of and not overly exposed to the elements or anything but a route game none the less.
The coin inserts and coin bezel would be the real tell.
I'm amazed at how well many operators took care of their games.
Nice find.
Quoted from MikeO:Not to rain on your parade but that sure looks like a route game to me. Clearly a low play route game that appears to have been decently taken care of and not overly exposed to the elements or anything but a route game none the less.
The coin inserts and coin bezel would be the real tell.
I'm amazed at how well many operators took care of their games.
Nice find.
i agree with mike, some operators took good care of there games. i have had a few lightly routed games over the years in pretty nice shape.
looked to be HUO game.
i had only one that had this, paint still in the serial number stamp. game in mint all the way around. is it HUO i'll never know but it is nice that is all that really matters to me.
Quoted from MikeO:Not to rain on your parade but that sure looks like a route game to me. Clearly a low play route game that appears to have been decently taken care of and not overly exposed to the elements or anything but a route game none the less.
The coin inserts and coin bezel would be the real tell.
I'm amazed at how well many operators took care of their games.
Nice find.
No Biggie. Here are some pics of the coin mechs and shutes. Just wish the dude with the junk Abra started his own thread instead of hijacking mine.
Quoted from boilerman:i agree with mike, some operators took good care of there games. i have had a few lightly routed games over the years in pretty nice shape.
looked to be HUO game.
i had only one that had this, paint still in the serial number stamp. game in mint all the way around. is it HUO i'll never know but it is nice that is all that really matters to me.
D....what game is that?
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