Hello Oldboy.
I read about your love of Gottliebs, espescially the Mario Andretti Pinball.  

About 2 years ago, I was lucky enough to see a 1 x owner, home use only, Mario Andretti Gottlieb Pinball up here in QLD.
The machine was in storage at the Pinball Warehouse, owned by Kenny Priest from the Logan area. From memory, the machine was sold to a collector in the USA, unless u were the lucky one to get it.

The game had only 200 games on it, and it was absolutely pristine. It sold for something like $2500 and it was probably the best example of a Mario Andretti still left on the planet. Kenny Priest had the machine in storage for about 6 years, and apparently, the European wholesaler had sold it still in its delivery box. I did see the machine wrapped n packed in its original sales box and away it went. Maybe you were the lucky buyer ! It was mint. Not many around either.

Another member on here, Leon(V8racefan) also collects car styled pins and has a few great car titles as well.)  Welcome to the forum.

Whare are u located. Feel free to post a photo of your Mario Andretti. Rare machine.