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Ford Fairlane:
Hi Everyone!!

Ok im starting a thread on my gulfstream that i picked up a week or 2 ago. This is my first pin ever so obviously very excited about it. Anyway a bit of background, I joined AA a while back because i was an arcade nut. Slowly but surely my interest in pins came back in a big way so i started asking questions on pins. Through people like Tony, i rediscovered my love for the Em's. Sure they make look simpler and dont have all the bells and whistles of the new stuff (they do have chimes though :lol) but they are all unique with rules and lots of stuff to go for. The wife and kids (not to mention myself) cant get off the thing!!! too much fun! Anyway enough of the spiel, here are the shots i took when i first brought it home!

Lower Playfield:

Upper Playfield:

Side:

Front:


Started on the cabinet as the black paint was upsetting me. I saw near the legs that paint had flecked away so i knew there was artwork under there somewhere!! So a bit of "Goof Off" and lots of scratching around, i've started peeling the crap off and here is a progress pic



This is gonna take a long time but im up for it. This pin is gonna get the treatment so i will be asking lots of questions from those of you in the know. The one thing i am terrified of at the moment is the playfield. 1 day i want to rip this sucker out so i can restore it properly. I will obviously need some words around that when the time comes.

List of issues/stuff i wanna tackle

1. Coin mech doesnt work
2. Wanna set it up for free play
3. obviously the cabinet restore
4. Missing a couple of plastics (rollover button and left hand lane guide cover)
5. Other stuff i will list as i tackle

Will keep the posts coming as i slowly progress!!

illawarra_steelers:
Nice one Rob,

Thanks for taking the time to post on your restoration. So what have you done for the past week? :lol Looks like very little  %$%

All the issues you mention are very repairable - just take on one at a time.

Will have the rollover button you need in the next few days, as soon as I have it will send.

Cheers

Tony

Strangeways:

Rob - Really pleased you took this project "on". There's really nothing you have there that cannot be addressed by the collective skills and experience of the pinheads here.

The playfield looks very nice for the machine's age, and there's some flaking on the backglass that needs to be arrested. The body can be repaired (if required) and resprayed to original specs.

You will require patience with your restore, but like they say, "Rome was not built in one day" !

Keeps the updates coming.

Ford Fairlane:
hahaha still scratching away at the cabinet but i've got to admit, ive been playing it more than restoring it. Too much fun especially once i learned the rules..

I've just gotta learn to take 1 thing at a time because i even started with the Novus on the playfield. Thanks for looking for the rollover button, my wife was going nuts with the ball always getting stuck in the hole and tilting the machine to get it out. She fixed it with a plastic knobby thing that comes off the end of a water bottle  :lol not cool

The pinballist formally known as Dean Morgan:
Good Stuff, will watch with intrest your progress.

It will be awesome to see it re-painted.  I hate it when people paint over the old cabinet artwork.  I sold a Roller Disco a few years back, went to do a repair recently and the owner had sprayed it black !!!

Love the fact that you will give this machine a new lease of life.

The playfield looks interesting, looks like a fun game.

Dean

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