Super kool to see classic's getting the attention they deserve - Tony cant wait to see the finished product. Way to go Maaaaaaaaaaaate.

Well it had been about 6 months since my last 'pinball hit' and after buying 12 pins last year was really hanging for a fix.

So while speaking with my good mate Michael Shalhoub last week was asking about the new games he will have for sale soon and he mentioned he still had the Gottlieb Thoro-Bred from 1965 for sale. I had seen this game around 12 months ago and it really grabbed my attention. The game needs a heap of work as can be seen in the attachments.

Not sure what it was about this game that screamed at me to save it.

This will be a 12 month project and this is where we sit today. Picked up the pin this morning and have set it up in my gamesroom next to Happy Clown (man, what a name for a pinball  ).

The cabinet has been painted - not in the usual white house paint but has some cool original horse art on it. The original design will be pretty easy to reproduce and I will start stripping the cab tomorrow afternoon. The respray of the cab will be first job. After the success of the Apollo respray I'm pumped for this.

The backglass was better that I had originally thought. The reds and browns have issues and have taken better pix and will post early next week. The right lower corner has some issues...but I need to think this backglass is 43 years old. She will come up OK and is the least of my problems right now.

The playfield came already stripped of nearly all parts. All parts supplied in a box except for the flipper shafts - no issue and easily replaced. All playfield plastics in excellent condition. The pop bumper caps have seen better days but they would of been replaced anyway. The playfield will be shipped to Gav after Expo and he will be able to work his magic here. Mechanically the game inside is perfect, even both bell assemblies are present. There is one burnt flipper coil but the entire flipper units will be pulled out and replaced with rebuild kits. There is one score reel missing but that can also be replaced.

So I'm not kidding myself - this is a major piece of work but will be worth it in the end. This game also rates a 8.0 on the IPDB which really surprised me.

I'm heading out now to start on her