WILLIAMS PITSTOP RESTORE

[ddstoys]

Here is one i restored ages ago and was my first and only cabinet respray to date.  This pinball was kept outside under a small carport and had been butchered more times than i could count. Most coil stops were held in with tex screws and the flippers had been moved 3 times and when i say moved i mean a new hole drilled all the mechs moved and longer screws used that came through the playfield.  Talk about quality work.

[ddstoys]

This should have gone to the tip but the owner wanted it for under his carport still who was i to say no so i started by getting it up and running. After removing the 10 years worth of dirt leaves and other nasties inside the cabinet i straightened about a million contacts that had been bent out of shape tightened up every stack and moving part Rebuilt all the steppers.  Replaced a few stuffed coils and we had life again.
 
 So i stripped it down for the rebuild look at the stepper this is the crap i had to deal with. How do you break that??

[ddstoys]

Wasn't in to bad shape considering the years of abuse see the damage near the flippers thats the new screws for the moved flippers the screws were visible throught the playfield by a millimeter or two.  You can also see the previous two holes from flipper rebuilds. They had even reshaped the plastics to suit there butchering

[ddstoys]

Then with a polish the guy wanted it done cheap so i didnt spend months on this tidy up

[ddstoys]

Then i got all the globe sockets working again (I hate that job) But its rewarding when there all working

[ddstoys]

I forgot to mention the New on off switch quality job the photo tells the story but the funny thing is the original one was still wired up and working they spliced this into the power cord so i guess they didnt know there was a switch underneath lol

[ddstoys]

All done now for the cabinet respray

[ddstoys]

Well the cabinet was UGLY resprayed in horrible colors ad peeling something terrible.   I trawled the internet for pics of this machine and the only ones i could find were on the Flyer and a couple of other reallyy small pics. These are the size i got them off the net so this is what i had to work with

[ddstoys]

Then came lots of sanding, repairing, priming, base coat and then the fun part the artwork. I have an overhead projector so i made up a dodgy drwing of what i wanted then projected it onto the cabinet then masked around that design sadly i didnt take photos of this as it worked well.

[ddstoys]

and the front

[markc]

job well done and this one didnt even come from ME 

[ddstoys]

All up i think it turned out well considering what i had to work with. Here is a finished photo and the one i got my design from what do you think?   And i think i may have ripped myself off with this one i only charged him $250 that included the new globes, rubbers, Ball, Coils, sandpaper, paint, and labor.  Oh well it was a good learning experience

[ddstoys]

This one was before id met you so sadly no mention for Mark c
       hows this
FOR ALL YOUR PINBALL NEED CONTACT MARK C
 

[MartyJ]

Wow.

That is a very very good job.  For $250.00 I do think that was a little cheap.

I cannot believe someone moved the flippers, actually drilled holes and moved them.  Surely an OP would  not have done this... 

[millsy]

Great work, keep those picts.coming,interesting how you use the overhead projector -these restore info's are a wealth of knowledge.
Kev