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Offline ralph67

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Gottlieb 'Pyramid'
« on: June 15, 2016, 03:51:08 AM »
Hi all , out of African 'Pyramid' 
This game stinks bad , and not in a nice EM way

 I think something was living in it , A lot of the internal metalwork is stained etc.
This will be a long resto , so bear with me ,

Game had a great Backglass and one of my wish list old Gottliebs,

I have managed to rebuild the headbox steppers score reels etc in the meantime ,while i was at it , i removed the heavy backglass and found
the backglass was taped behind another sheet of glass ,
 Must of been for protection. anyway it was filthy between them .

I had to gently cut the old masking tape and ease them apart .
Some pics of BG , Before and after will amaze you!
pic 1and 2 show the 2 sheets taped together still ,

 



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Re: Gottlieb 'Pyramid'
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2016, 03:54:50 AM »
Before and After  :D
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Re: Gottlieb 'Pyramid'
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2016, 04:01:13 AM »
First pic of the faded looking filthy dirty BG  %.% second shot of the finished glass ,
Still need to seal the glass ,
But i'm really happy with how bright it came up , colours look really nice still ...
More to follow Soon

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Re: Gottlieb 'Pyramid'
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2016, 09:56:59 AM »
Awesome title. Rare and fun to play. Backglass condition must have been a real surprise. @@*
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Re: Gottlieb 'Pyramid'
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2016, 10:24:24 AM »
This is why we do it. That satisfying, SURPRISE when you have a win. Looking forward to more pics el Duderino  ^^^
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Re: Gottlieb 'Pyramid'
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2016, 02:16:31 PM »
Nice
Pyramid is a great machine, with very cool art

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Re: Gottlieb 'Pyramid'
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2016, 08:40:21 PM »
looks like the nicotine stain on the backglass protected the artwork from UV fading ().

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Re: Gottlieb 'Pyramid'
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2016, 11:46:19 AM »
What a fantastic pick up! I have a fascination with these "cross-over" (EM-SS) Gottlieb games.
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Re: Gottlieb 'Pyramid'
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2016, 05:59:49 PM »
Noice