WTB, black knight

[Strangeways]

What's a ball park cost to restore that pin to former glory 

I get these questions all the time from impulse buyers that think they scored a bargain 

Repro Playfield (if you can still source) - $900 + Shipping to Australia $200 = $1100
Labor charge to swap over playfield - $1200 ish for a SYS6 or SYS7 game = $1200
NOS Backglass - $400 + Shipping $250 = $650
Plastics set, New legs, flipper kits and other parts - $500 ish
Restoration time excluding playfield - 30 hours @ $55 ph
Boards refurbished - unknown until on test bench.

Project machines are sold by all dealers because they are cost prohibitive to restore and they don't have the skills or time to restore these games. It is a good business decision to sell as projects. Start them at $1 and hopefully the bidding will be fair and honest.

This game would be lucky to be worth $500 tops. For a $1000, there's no way it can be restored to make a profit. So I assume it went to an owner that has this title as a "Holy Grail", and money is no object.

A standard Black Knight value would be $2200.
A Restored BK could fetch up to $3500 ish

[skywalker]

thanks Champ 

I'm going back to  now,

[skywalker]

Found one, thanks all, 




 

[Crashramp]

Great pick up, more pics please.   .  The front of the cabinet looks in nice nick.

[skywalker]

will more pics up, not the best Qty pics 

[skywalker]

these are the best pics i have,









 

[Crashramp]

Terrific game and yours looks great! I'm jealous.   

[PinPal]

Nice find,, well done.
Makes my Black Knight look sad :-/

[v8racefan]

Nice pin, congrats 

[skywalker]

slightly tempted in buying a project   i knew it was going to blow out $$   as per Strangeways ball park $$ break down + probably would have needed more $$ for Cabinet work Etc etc,  

[4_amusement_only]

Great looking example there

[Retropin]

Looks like a respray to me.. was it sold as such?

[Strangeways]

Looks like a respray to me.. was it sold as such?

+1

Nice machine. You should be very pleased with the condition. the internals of the front door, cash box and the boards look very nice !

[skywalker]

Looks like a respray to me.. was it sold as such?

Bought it sight unseen, not 100% on those details, did notice the serial # on the front, means jack anyway, repaint who knows, as long as it's done ok 

+1

Nice machine. You should be very pleased with the condition. the internals of the front door, cash box and the boards look very nice !

so far so good wait & see

[skywalker]

well draggin this old thread up, its been a long journey since july 2013 finally its here to be picked up, have had a lot of issues along the way, It crossed my mind to dump the pin there & count my losses pretty much over it, buying OS site unseen is a nerve racking experience, imported a few cars before & never been 100% with the description stated but lucky enoff to be reasonable cars, for me this is my grail pin & hoping it turns out ok, will post up some pics TMO wait & see