Overdue for another (and final) update (sorry, it’s been busy with 3 young ones leading up to Christmas).
Focus now shifted to the business end of the game – the coin door. The game was received with the door all polished, but I suspect it was meant to have a grain finish to it. Nevertheless, the door itself was left untouched.
Here is the coin door before any work.
What did need some cleaning were the cupped bolt heads and the coin door trim, which had years of rust on them (especially the bolt heads). All the trim was removed and cleaned, and I found a quick way to clean the bolt heads was to put them in a drill, and rotate them slowly whilst pushing the cupped head of the bolt into a pad of scotchbrite with Brasso. The before and after images tell the story.
Door trim bolts before cleaning.
Door trim bolt after cleaning.
More before and after images.
Another “rust attracter” is the coin reject button. Again, more before and after images.
Final touches were some “new” coin drop window inserts, and a Bally sticker for the coin door (I wasn’t sure if the sticker was correct for this era, but I did it anyway).
A few other areas – shooter rod was cleaned, and the flipper buttons looked like they had seen much better days (cigarette burns?).
New flipper button between the old ones.
FINAL IMAGESWell, here it is. The cabinet could have been resprayed, but for me it was good enough to leave as-is. Not bad for a game made in 1974. Not a great player, but not a bad one either. Sure brings back the memories of the mid-70’s!
