The Aussie Pinball Arcade
Aussie Pinball Forums => General Discussion => General Pinball Discussion => Topic started by: robm on December 12, 2012, 10:17:02 PM
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Guys, i posted this on another forum a few weeks back, so the Xmas project thread reminded me to throw it up here....enjoy
Well, an adventure may have started, or come to an abrupt end, depending on whether old mate is willing to do a deal....anyway lets start at the start.
So i got a contact that there is a stash of a number of machines in a shed, rang the dude that owned them ( he doesn't live there, but 100s of km away and is renting the place out) who told me that they are all collectors items and worth a fair bit.
Anyway, went for a lap today to inspect them. Now these aren't on the mainland, but on an island so transport is going to be a killer.
So we borrowed a mate's Moke (no brakes) to drive to the shed from the Ferry terminal, and half way there it runs out of fuel.....
So we turned it around and rolled down the hill and pulled up at a bus stop. Luckily, the next bus was only 3 mins away, so we jumped on it and got dropped off at the shed.
The bloke renting the place was a good fella and took us around the back to a shed that is open on one end and this is what we were greeted by:
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The stench was pretty good with plenty of possum pee and all sorts of other native and 'natural' type smells. So straight away i gave away any thought of going through each machine as they just would be too much work to pull out.
1st step was to move the 1st one (Party Zone) so i could find out the other titles. So the first challenge was moving party zone when it didn't actually have a base!!!! Anyway, we got it down, pulled the backglass off and opened the (water damaged) backbox to find this....
(http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/rjmilla/MaggiePinball008.jpg)
Absolutely scared the crap out of me seeing a possum INSIDE the backbox - we tried to prod him out with a pole and he proceeded to take a filthy liquid dump inside the backbox...... Also, batteries have not been removed in any, so acid damage will be present on all CPU boards - and the few i looked at were pretty nasty.
(http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/rjmilla/MaggiePinball009.jpg)
So i clambered over the top of getaway (base of its cabinet is completely bowed and about to fall out). So the full list of machines is
Party Zone
Getaway
Creature
Dracula
Addams
Twilight
Terminator
Fishtales
Twilight
Dr Who
Unknown - could only see the top of the backbox
Lethal Enforcers arcade machine
The 2nd twilight and Lethal Enforcers are in another shed that is full to the brim with junk. The pic below of the TZ is all i could see, and i had to lean in about 1m over a pile of junk to get that pic!!
(http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/rjmilla/MaggiePinball027.jpg)
As you can see, the creature cabinet is rooted, as is Dracula and all are in really poor condition with all bases requiring replacing and all have absorbed moisture in the back of the backbox. Most cabinets have varying degrees of delamination, so a LOT of hours needed in stripping, bogging and redecalling where they are available.
All legs are completely brown with rust
Most lockdown bars, siderails have a combination of rust, possum crap and a black oily substance over them.
(http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/rjmilla/MaggiePinball021.jpg)
I would have to assume at least 1/2 the displays don't work
All CPUs will need serious acid work (maybe replacement in many cases)
Assume driver boards will need work
The translites seem OK on the couple i looked at, as well as the playfields were filthy but did not have large obvious wear. All will obviously need to be completely stripped and shopped. On some that i could see there were a couple of bits floating around not attached on the top of the playfield.
(http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/rjmilla/MaggiePinball004.jpg)
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Some of my big fears are:
Getting rid of the stench
Rebuilding all/most of the cabinets
Could possums have chewed wiring??????
Pretty sure there will be other natives and/or reptiles in some machines
So the big question is what do you guys reckon they are worth?
Transport from the island to the mainland may cripple it, but i'll do some investigating there
At the moment i'm starting to think max $200 per machine - yes there are a couple of decent ones in there, but by the time you start replacing bits it adds up really quick eg:
Legs
Lockdown Bar
Side Rails
DMD Display
Flipper kits, balls , rubbers
LEDs
Replace cab base
Strip cabinet, redecall where they can be obtained
coin door
CPU board
Other board work
Misc mechanisms/plastics/other parts prob at least an extra $150-$200/machine
The stuff above could easily add up to 1000-1200 plus transformer missing on some, plus the huge amount of time to do the cabinets, for a machine that is worth $2000-$2500
Without the cabinet work they are going to be pretty ugly and significantly less value, and thats assuming the wiring harnesses are intact and i can get rid of the smell
Some are past it (eg Party Zone with no base at all)
So to cap the adventure off, the guy renting the place took us for a drive in his prime mover with a jerry can to top the Moke up, and of course we nearly ran the battery flat starting it again, but just got it going on its final crank....So fun times were had, but whether old mate realizes these are not worth $2000 each or not remains to be seen. Be interested in other peoples ideas of value - keeping in mind this bloke has no way of moving them himself as far as i know since he lives 100s of k's away, and on the mainland.
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So, the adventure did continue.....
After old mate came back with an offer of $6k, i decided not to go down the path of the previously suggested email (as funny as it would have been) and take the polite route.
I pointed out that none of the pins were worth over $5k, unless i went all out with a TZ or Addams, and even then it would be top $$$ and you would have to put almost that into them. I also pointed out some local recent sales showing as well as my Monster Bash restoration to show that i was actually capable and interested in the hobby. A day later he came back to me with a much reduced price, although a bit higher than my initial offer. He also wanted one machine left there which was Dracula. This is definitely not a way to make a quick buck, but i reckon i should recoup my costs over time, plus get a machine or two and/or a heap of spares out of it. The other big motivating factors were:
1. If/when i get one the machines going that many would consider past it, it will be simply a feeling of satisfaction of bringing one back from the dead!
2. I have long service leave starting this week until mid Jan, so have some time on my hands
3. I'm always up for a challenge
So, i contacted a bloke down the road who had bought a fishtales off me a few years back as he had a 4.6m trailer and he was more than happy to loan it to me (for a few repairs to a jukebox he has).
So grabbed a mate (stalker on this forum) and we headed off to Maggie Island on the Barge 1st thing in the morning. The first unnerving bit was pulling off the barge where the guy reckoned we wouldn't get back as the tides were dropping and with the car/trailer being pretty low, we wouldn't get back on. We did not want to be stuck over there for 10 hours as we had a gluttonous traditional Thanksgiving feast to attend at some friends place (which was mighty fine i must add!).
Anyway, we cruised around to the place and simply hooked in. Got a couple of the front machines out onto the lawn to properly reveal the others
(http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/rjmilla/P1020514.jpg)
It was a fair effort with only two of us to get the top ones off, particularly the TZ at the back of the shed, which had no base and was wedged back against the wall. With lots of effort (and sweat, it was about 85% humidity) we finally got it off. You will also notice to the right of the TZ and Dr Who is the unknown on top (Getaway), but also a Black Rose which we didn't see last visit!
(http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/rjmilla/P1020516.jpg)
We managed to remove one possum from Party Zone, as well as another crawled/bolted out of Getaway as we lifted it. That was not an enjoyable experience.
So then we had to attack the other storage room with the 2nd TZ in it. This is the doorway, and there was junk piled pretty much to the roof - and of course the TZ was right at the far back corner.
(http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/rjmilla/P1020517.jpg)
So again we just hooked in and pulled all the crap out and this is what we found
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A 2nd Dr Who under the TZ that was impossible to see the previous week!
Both this TZ and Dr Who are in pretty good condition (note - this is a very relative term!!!!) - cabs are pretty soild, as are bases. Boards are all good with no acid damage, and from peering through the glass, the playfields are filthy but cant see any obvious wear and insert issues.
So then we loaded them all (12) onto the trailer - had about 10mm overhang of the backbox - it was the perfect size! We tarped the load up to stop any dodgy bases flying off in the trip home and headed back to the barge. All up it took just under 3 hours to move a heap of junk and load them onto the trailer.
(http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/rjmilla/P1020519.jpg)
Getting back onto the barge was not a problem, so that was a big relief........until we tried to get off. The car would not get out of park (auto), tried pushing hard on the brake, park brake on/off, rocking the car all to no avail. Anyway, the barge attendants started to get toey and started to organise a tilt tray to move me off, but they would have to send me back to the island and back again as there were other vehicles needing transport over. I could just see the $$$s adding up in a real hurry - another $360 trip for the barge, $500 for tilt tray etc etc. Anyway, my mate very quickly googled 'maxima stuck in park' and all i needed to do was push in the shift lock button (very obvious now!) and get it out - apprently this is for tow truck guys to override a stuck gearbox. So cruised off with a big sigh of relief as i thought the deal might have got a whole lot more expensive. Afterwards, another mate deduced the problem without even looking at it - a short in the trailer caused the brake light fuse to blow, so the car didn't think the brake pedal was on, so wouldn't let it out of park! new fuse, and all fixed.
So we got the load home safely, and started to unpack. the dog was pretty excited as she could smell a possum somewhere...
(http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/rjmilla/P1020521.jpg)
Sure enough, wedged inside one of the backboxes was another festy little critter
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We got them all unloaded and scattered throughout the shed, and i have the fans cranking to try and get some airflow happening
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Haven't taken any glass off yet, but 1st glance is that Addams, TZ and Dr Who are OK with faded but straight enough cabs. Peering inside the coin doors, the playfields from the bottom also look OK with all of the internals still there bar a few transformers/speakers in those machines with bases missing. All translites bar one TZ are intact.
So, it was a day of great fun, with a few panic moments thrown in to liven things up.
At the moment, not really sure where i'm going to start = whether try to work on the Addams or TZ, or open them all up and give a good vacuum, scrub and airing. Fun times ahead!
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Thanks for all the comments - glad you guys appreciate it and hopefully it encourages others to keep their eyes and ears open all the time to save some more machines.
So i had a day putting them all on legs and having a quick run over most of them.
Negatives:
Missing a few transformers
About 8 cabinet bases need replacing
About 6 cabinets need replacing
A few boards and DMD's missing, but not too many
Creature ramps have all completely melted, must have been in the sun
A few translites missing
They stink
So i decided to get into them - remembering this is what they all looked like....
(http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz299/rjmilla/IMG_2756.jpg)
So imagine my surprise when i took the translites off and saw this on a few of them
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Some of the boards look fantastic - many have acid damage on the CPU, but some don't, and all the rest of the boards look to be very clean.
So pulled the glass off - this was a big effort on most as years of possum crap and other substances had 'glued' the glass in the siderails - had to drill all the locks out as well
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The playfields are filthy but in VERY VERY good condition - Dr Who has no wear or insert outlining at all, Addams has minor wear on a couple of mansion inserts, both the TZs are pretty much spot on as well.
I am absolutely stoked with this, as well as the fact that all playfield components seem to be intact and ramp flaps seem to be the worst for rust. A couple of the machines are worse with rust on the habitrails and other parts, but most have minimal surface rust on the internal metal bits. Can't see any signs of moisture on the playfields or warping either.
So i reckon i've done pretty well - but also have a lot of work ahead. In order to get some of them functioning, it will require a new or donor cabinet - if anyone has plans for cabinets, please let me know!!
I'll do resto threads where i can, but i did tinker with Addams today and after a lot of testing, repairing boards and checking got it to fire up and start a game with no obvious errors, so pretty happy there!
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First one back alive now
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Just needs a new set of legs i am waiting on. Works 100% at the moment and an having great fun playing it. Might have a bit of time playing before i tackle the next project (will will be a lot more work probably...)
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Great story and pics. Wow what a project, great to see these saved, don't look like they would have been around in a few years if you hadn't came along. Keep us posted, very interested to see your progress
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Love reading this post.
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Fascinating stuff, I would love a barn find (sans possums though!!)
Bowls of bicarb inside the machines will do wonders to remove the last of the stench after the clean up. I had one Euro import with that odd stench that comes with them. Added a bowl of bicarb, next time I opened the game I saw it there (had forgotten about it) but it smelled nice in there!!
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That was a GREAT read!! Thanks for sharing ^^^
Man i would LOVE to find a shed full of games like that.. must've been like an early xmas present for you.. even with the crap you had to deal with,, possum shit n piss and all :D
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RobM,.......Mate, ONE OF THE BEST EVER THREADS/POSTS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON AUSSIE PINBALL EVER !
CONGRATULATIONS X 1 MILLION.
The only thing I am confused about is did u end up with 12 machines total, and was the final cost 5 grand...is that what the end result was ? !@# !@#
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RobM,.......Mate, ONE OF THE BEST EVER THREADS/POSTS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON AUSSIE PINBALL EVER !
CONGRATULATIONS X 1 MILLION.
The only thing I am confused about is did u end up with 12 machines total, and was the final cost 5 grand...is that what the end result was ? !@# !@#
Cost of purchase was under $5k - many people thought they were past it and close to worthless, but with TAF going now, i only need to sell one or two machines to cover the cost plus some repairs. That said, most of the other machines require serious cash dropped in them, plus many many hours as well as fairly significant board work/wiring in many cases - some have no cab base or transformer and cables just hanging there.
If anyone has plans drawn up for CNC cutting of cabinets i would be most grateful, or a source that can do them cheap as i will prob need at least 6 new cabs.
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If anyone has plans drawn up for CNC cutting of cabinets i would be most grateful, or a source that can do them cheap as i will prob need at least 6 new cabs.
These are being done now, should be available in the new year.
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Great story Rob . ^^^ Be interesting to hear how many hours and $$ you end up putting into these.
Good to hear you should be able to cover your initial investment too
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RobM,.......Mate, ONE OF THE BEST EVER THREADS/POSTS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON AUSSIE PINBALL EVER !
CONGRATULATIONS X 1 MILLION.
The only thing I am confused about is did u end up with 12 machines total, and was the final cost 5 grand...is that what the end result was ? !@# !@#
Cost of purchase was under $5k - many people thought they were past it and close to worthless, but with TAF going now, i only need to sell one or two machines to cover the cost plus some repairs. That said, most of the other machines require serious cash dropped in them, plus many many hours as well as fairly significant board work/wiring in many cases - some have no cab base or transformer and cables just hanging there.
If anyone has plans drawn up for CNC cutting of cabinets i would be most grateful, or a source that can do them cheap as i will prob need at least 6 new cabs.
I know up here in QLD, I once took a pinball cabinet to a kitchen manufacturing company and said can u guys make me a identical wooden cabinet....and if u dont want to screw n glue it together, just pull my example cabinet apart, copy each wooden piece and keep the dimensions n sizes etc in memory for next time....they make anything and everything and have 20 types of wood...kitchen places are the absolute best places to get a cabinet made/copied for not too much money....
try a kitchen place to get 6 x cabinets made and u can put the flatpack pieces together yourself to save on labour.....normal woodworking/cabinet maker places want far too much labour and charge too much for the wood...kitchen places are high volume cutting/high volume wood stockists, and are accustomed to doing weird n wonderful jobs very quickly for tight deadlines....hope it helps.
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Great thread - I've enjoyed reading every word and looking at every picture. If you sold the Addams, you would have already broken even. I'm glad you are looking at replacing cabinets etc. Most would part these out and try to make $$ that way. So I'm stoked you have them, and that they will be restored.
I look forward to the restoration threads and if you need anything - Just ask !
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What a great read. Thanks for posting.
Sound's almost like treasure hunting. My dad lives on a property with acerage and an old farmhouse. It has a number of sheds dotted around the house and adjoining paddocks filled to the brim with stuff the landlord keeps. The problem is it's all rubbish. He's an old school hoarder!
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It is indeed very fortunate that these machines were recovered by Rob. Anyone else might have given up and parted them out and we would have lost another dozen classic machines.
Rob has the skills and dedication to restore these machines to fully working 'prizes' that anyone will be proud to have in their home.
Well done Rob.
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This has to be the best barn find of 2012!!!. Congrats on the pinball rescue, (what an awesome adventure) looking forward to the resto's of these pins, well done! $#$
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Wow, awesome find and such a great read. The pictures are the icing on the cake. Can't believe the possums made homes out of the neglected pinball machines. Reminds me of something out of I Am Legend...humans disappear and the animals set up house in our pinball machines.
Great score with some of those machines as well!
Cheers!
Adam.
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Best story ever!!
This is the sort of stuff you hear about from the States, didn't think I would ever hear one from the good old land of Australia. Come to think of it, this is the stuff pinball legends are made of!
Great work and wishing you many hours of fun as you restore that lot!
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Cool story thanks for sharing, great find, look forward to the restoration threads *%*
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Must be the post of the year. Its amazing to think someone would try and store such valuable machines in those conditions. Well done. $#$
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Rob I just love your story I have seen the movie warehouse raid and this is the Aussie raid complete with possums :lol
I think that you and your mate have done really well
I once bought a Black Pyramid for 100.00 it had been left out in the rain and the previous owner reversed out his shed in a ute with the pin in the back and forgot to lift the roller door ripping the head off ^.^
After shopping the game its working really well. Its great to see more games being saved
.When we where getting a new kitchen they made a new back box for 100.00 BARGAIN I Guess that you could get some quotes from kitchen makers
Great story and luv the pics $#$ Howzat
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Thanks for a great read, and the pics ^^^
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Great read and pictures. Good luck with the projects!!
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Jealous but know the work ahead would be way overwhelming for me. Good luck and look forward to seeing them come alive
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I am pretty new to the pinball scene but this story sounds amazing. Does remind me of storage wars. Be great to see these machines back to life.
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I got a FH, TAF, Teed Off and DE Simpsons in similar condition years back. They all were saved, turned out nice, but not perfect. I'm not sure I'd do it again!
Glad to see you saved them though :)
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the ending of all these restorations is going to be exactly like the scene from Pulp Fiction
where they clean all the blood and skull from the back of the car
where Jimmie says to Winston Wolfe
"I can't believe this is the same car"
replace car with pinball machine :P
just inspirational
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Well, its 3.5 years since this story started, and if you recall back when i picked them up, the owner (who was not living anywhere near Magnetic Island, where i got the other machines from) had requested i leave one machine behind for him to fix up one day. I had never met the guy, just talked on the phone and via email. Anyway, it was our neighbour's 50th Birthday this weekend, and the do was over on Magnetic Island, so we decided to head over with the kids and make a weekend of it. Headed over with the car on the barge on Friday arvo, and got ourselves settled.
We were staying about 500m away from the house where the original stash was scored, and i thought the owner had said he would return home soon after i got the main lot of machines (so 3 or so years ago now). So i dropped in on Saturday morning, and knocked on the door - a guy came out, and I introduced myself, and sure enough it was the owner. I sat down and had quite a yarn with him, talking about some of the machines of his i had restored, as well as getting some stories from him about operating during the heyday. He said he bought most of the (12 or so) machines 2nd hand for $1500 to max $3000 - then sited them, and gave a cut for the site, as well as another guy to service and collect the money. He said he would consistently get $5500- $6000 per month for the 12 machines.
Anyway, i asked if the last machine was still there, and as i thought, it was. So we wandered out to the back shed, and had a look- this pic was taken after i folded the headbox up and rubbed some dust from the glass.
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I remembered that the cab was shagged on this one, but had a feeling the translite was missing, so was quite surprised to see it intact (and in reasonable condition!). There was no proper key to open the coin door, however i undid the torx screws on the backbox with an old pair of vice grips, and found some leaking batteries...but no apparent damage to the board- it looked like the leak was contained to the batteries themselves!!! The rest of the board looked quite tidy as well.
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So i offered him a price, he was happy as he acknowledged he wouldn't get around to getting it going, so i backed the car up and loaded it in!!
Absolutely love the Kia Carnival for this sort of stuff, as well as a very understanding wife! This shot is from this morning all packed up ready to head home
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While it is filthy, it seemed to have less possum exudate than most of the other machines, so it didn't stink the car out which was nice!
So got the machine home, and out of the car and into the shed - basically the cab is falling apart every time i touch it
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Got the drill out and drilled the lock, the lockdown lever was seized, so poured a heap of WD40 in there and wriggled for ages and it eventually came. Interesting two part lockdown bar - the top part was held on with two screws
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Was VERY happy to see this when the glass was removed
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Everything intact, quite good playfield, and not too dirty compared to some of the others earlier in this thread.
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Underneath is pretty festy....
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So had a quick look over, removed the sound board - the machine has been unused for over 10 years, and the tantalum capacitors dry up and explode - so i will replaced these before powering the sound board up.
Threw caution to the wind, and plugged it in and fired it up....
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WWWWWOOOOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOOO
Pretty much a working machine - boots fine, all lever switches and coils work, most lights work, mist motor works. I couldn't start a game, as a couple of optos aren't working, and it thinks a ball is stuck in a popper and continually tries to eject.
So with a comp coming up, and a TZ restore on the go, its unlikely i will do too much with this in the near future, however will start a thread when i do decide to do something.
Happy days, and always keep your eyes out in a back shed - even if possums lurk within!!!!
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Great story Rob. Can't believe the game fired up ^^^
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Awesome. You keep winning :D
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AWESOME Rob!!! This is the story that just keeps giving. Well done again mate.
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Great story Rob, nice ^^^
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Some pinball karma at work there. Great find and I'm sure it will be another magical restoration. I think your should change your name to Dr Pinball Frankenstein, and you are bringing machines literally back from the dead !