I have tried to collect a group of pinballs that will impress the person who know little of pinabll and the hard core pinball collector. Years ago because of space; my wife and I agreed to an eight pin limit. At the present time I own sixteen pins. I married a good womain. For the pinball clueless I offer up fun games. Pins are supose to be fun to play. For the Serious pinhead I have collector quality, fun to play pins. Two of the pins are a combination of three pins using the best parts to create one very nice pin. My Paragon, Pinbot, Shadow, and World Cup Soccer are in excellent shape. I do let people see and play my pins with proper notice and timing. Some of the EM pins have coil and/or slope modifications to make them more fun to play, some are set at factory settings some are set so a person can shake them mercilessly without fear of a tilt.
World Cup Soccer, KISS, Target Alpha ...
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Pinballs go with a pool table, wide screen TV, fireplace, and cocktail Mr. & Mrs. Pacman game...or at least that is what I have. I am very lucky to have a wife that has allowed me to have ten pinballs in a eight game limit household.
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I purchased a 1938 Bally Squadron Pinball, restored it cosmetically, installed an updated power supply and gave it to the Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs California. My Father and his wife Elizabeth live in Rancho Mirage, California. For the last three years, when my family visits thiers; one of our stops is the air museum, located right next to the Palm Springs Airport. The museum has two wings, or buildings complete with actual flying WWII aircraft and other period pieces. One building is for the Pacific theater of war and one for the Europeon theater of war. Last year one of the volunteers said the museum would be building a third wing and it would resemble an officers club. That third wing would be like the other two buildings housing not only the airplanes but also other relevant items as well. I wrote the museum that I would be willing to find and make suitable a period pinball for the officers club wing. The museum replied they would accept my offer with conditions which I was able to satisfy. I started on a search Feburary of 2005. I purchased a Genco Victory but when it was shipped to me it was totally unrestorable. The next purchase was a Bally Squadron found on Ebay. It was perfect for the project. I took bunches of pictures; the few below summerize what I did to the pinball and where the pin ended up. Click on the thumbnail picture and get a full resolution version.
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There are lots of ways to learn about pins, keeping them playable, buying and selling, etc. My "DAILEY" source of all of the above, and much much more is a internet news group. Offically known as rec.games.pinball, can be found in google under groups or set on your browser
Shruken Backbox, Gilligan's Island WPC Board, Magazine Article for the RGP Group
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Purchased in the summer of 2003 for $100.00. Broken playfield glass, playfield was very dirty, GI lights only, nothing else. Backglass very nice, cabinet a strong 3. Main reason for restoring was to gain my first experience preping a playfield for Bill Davis, shipping it, putting it back together again after Bill performed his magic and getting it to work.
Cabinet B4 & After, Playfield B4 & After
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I took two complete Paragon pins and one undimpled NOS playfield and combined the best parts of both pins into one with the new playfield. I drilled 367 holes, (including wood screw pilot holes) to complete the transfer. Here are a few of the steps I used. Click on any thumbnail picture for hi resolution version
1) Take pictures and Make Reference Tablets, 2) Temp Playfield and Pop Bumpers, 3) Remove everything on bottom of playfield ...
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My game room needed a table about the size of a playfield, that is really how the idea came up. From a dollar viewpoint project made little sense but it was fun. Playfield from a 62 Gottlieb Liberty Belle, saw it advertised by Joe Puddu from Texas, Joe took extra time to pack properly and ship. A co-worker made the table from solid Oak, I cleaned & rerubbered the playfield, rewired the lights, pop bumpers and made playcards to finish the playfield insert. Plastic sliders on the bottom of the legs so the table moves easily. Glass and playfiedl drop down in table frame. Items left are correctly reposition pop bumper rings, fabricate a shooter end, and complete the electrical connections to light. I might even place a ball somewhere.
Playfield B4 & after, Other Pictures, Making the Table ...
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Apple II pictures
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