Wms Travel Time

[Mr Pinbologist]

Hi guys, here are a few pics of the next in my repair/resto que for other people, Wms Travel Time. This one belongs to Cam (big dog) who brought this one down quite a few months ago now, so its time i got a start on it now that im almost done with the Wildfyre PF. So with Cams permission i'll be documenting the work done here, restoring the PF.

[faza]

Nice one apart from where the flippers have rubbed and the mylar lifting the playfield looks to be in excellent condition.
Looking forward to another great restore

[Mr Pinbologist]

My first task was to get the game up and running which has been done, rebuilding all of the steppers and score reels etc. Cam has also supplied me with a lot of new parts to go onto the PF as it gets done. The original instructions from him were to just get the game going, and i suggested that i do the PF resto since i'll have it pulled apart replacing bumper parts/ flippers etc, which Cam agreed to. it'll get the touch up/remylar treatment same as i just completed on QuickDraw.

While getting the game going it was necessary to repair a broken switch actuating arm which i found in the bottom of the cabinet, the 2nd pic shows how i chose to repair this lever... not real pretty i know, but it is functional!

The game is about 90% working now.. enough for me to start the PF restore.

[Mr Pinbologist]

And a few pics of the playfield. Notice in the 3rd pic the holes drilled into the top of the PF just above the top middle rollover lane.. the things people do 

First thing to do will obviously be remove everything, and then remove that mylar, hopefully without damaging too much of the paintwork, which i'll be starting on soon... Stay tuned!!

[Strangeways]

A cool Williams title - I really like the flipper placement and the kicker in the centre. Looks to be a solid base for a resto.

[faza]

Any thoughts as to why they drilled holes in the playfield   

[Retropin]

travel Time was the first machine i ever owned.. got it from a guy in a pub for FREE over 25 years ago. Mine was the SEGASA version ( on IPDB) and i eventually sold it on a year ago. It was in beautiful condition and i found it hard to let go..
Sold it with a spare set of plastics.

Will be watching this thread

[Mr Pinbologist]

Any thoughts as to why they drilled holes in the playfield  

id say because they were a DICKHEAD and a  

whoever did that needed their arse kicked

That will not be an easy fix, the wood has been raised where the screw had gone in.

[Caveoftreasures]

What year model is this machine. ?

The nice pastel colours of this era were definately pleasing to the eye. Looking forward to seeing it finished. Backglass ? ?

[Mr Pinbologist]

What year model is this machine. ?

The nice pastel colours of this era were definately pleasing to the eye. Looking forward to seeing it finished. Backglass ? ?

1973 vintage. Cam, (the games owner) has the backglass

http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?name=travel+time&gtype=EM&mfgid=413&qh=checked&searchtype=advanced

[Retropin]

What year model is this machine. ?

The nice pastel colours of this era were definately pleasing to the eye. Looking forward to seeing it finished. Backglass ? ?

Is not pastel mate.. the pink and orange are fluoro colour... is a very bright PF.
There are differences in the artwork though in the Segasa and Williams versions, both in backglass and plastics....... the blue in Segasa version is much richer, but i think its the yellow thats weaker.
Interestingly the Segasa who it was licensed to had more detail in the art on the plastics than the original Williams version. Segasa also did not have the strange looking eye lashes on the girl in the BG

[shansta]

Looks very nice - out of interest, will the cab get repainted?

AND - Using a Stern Galaxy as a workbench? Blasphemy!   

[Mr Pinbologist]

Looks very nice - out of interest, will the cab get repainted?

AND - Using a Stern Galaxy as a workbench? Blasphemy!   

no just the PF will be done at this stage, i've not been asked to do the cab repaint.

Speaking if which.. the Galaxy is waiting for a Cab repaint, it too is a job for someone else and not one of my own (unfortunately)
I'll do a resto thread on that one too when i start on it

[Strangeways]

Looks very nice - out of interest, will the cab get repainted?

AND - Using a Stern Galaxy as a workbench? Blasphemy!   

no just the PF will be done at this stage, i've not been asked to do the cab repaint.

Speaking if which.. the Galaxy is waiting for a Cab repaint, it too is a job for someone else and not one of my own (unfortunately)
I'll do a resto thread on that one too when i start on it

Galaxy repaint is interesting. The paint that was used for both Galaxy and Meteor I restored was more of a latex type paint - Very thick and durable. I tried to repaint the head surround on the Galaxy and I found it difficult, due to the fact that the wood was different from the rest of the body.

[shansta]

no just the PF will be done at this stage, i've not been asked to do the cab repaint.

Considering what you do to PF's and BG's - the cab would be childs play!