hey WHALES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[weeze]

looks just like this cept its original. i updated with a new alltek board so it now holds 60 different games. coin mechs removed so its set up on free play.
 i painted the corner moldings on the cabinet along with the coin door and moldings. probably shouldve put one coat of krylon 'triple thick" over the paint on the door. coin slot was tumbled for 24 hours in a rock polisher with walnut shells and shines like new. the clips that hold the top glass were painted and then sealed with krylon and look great. original ms. pacman "bezel" and original ms. pacman control panels that are in really really nice original shape. had a 'security bar" that goes across the door thats been remopved but left 2 holes in the cabinet. i put a carriage bolt in each one and looks like the bolts heads are natural. one side of the cabinet had a couple of smashed areas about the size of a 50 cent piece. i filled with wood putty and dyed them brown to match the sides and youd have to get down on your hands and knees to ever find them.
 new control panels that hold larger buttons can be purchased if need be. the "fire" or action button is very smal so if you were playing say space invaders or galaga, any of the "button masher" type games i think you would want a larger third button. for all joy stick games its fine however. these days you can get all kinds of different control panels with button/joystick combos to suit anyones needs and these parts are not expensive.
 top glass is the original and is smoked. it does have some scratchs but not a problem unless game is placed in a location where either a window or a lamp bounce tha light . new glasses are available in the exact size anywhere abnd run appoziamently 68$.

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[babywhales]

Are you looking at restoring such a machine?

[weeze]

shoot man i just told you what i did to the one i have!
you want me to take some pictures of your new ms pac and post them?

[weeze]

ok my pictures stink but here goes
ok the "files are too large. if you really need to see pictures email me but believe me it looks just like the one in the first post.

[babywhales]

I just saw the narritive not sure who I missed it.  Very impressive?  What does a unit like run these days?

[weeze]

merry christmas!
ill get back here and list the games that are in it. i think my next door neighbor might be driving his van to michagan. if so ill have him take it u[p there and youll have to go retrieve it. if I ship it its gonna cost at least 300$ and thats just not gonna happen.

[weeze]

heres whats in it:
ms pacman, galaga, frogger, donkey kong, donkey kong junior, donkey kong 3, galaxian, dig dug, crush roller, mr.do, space invaders, pacman,galaga 3, gyruss, tank battalion, 1942, ladybug, burger time, mappy, centipede, millipede, jr pacman, pengo, phoenix, time pilot, super cobra, hustler, space panic, super breakout, new rally x (i play that one a lot}, arkanoid, qix, juno frist, xevious, mr. do's castle, moon cresta, pinball action, scramble, super pacman, bomb jack, shao lin's road, king and ballon, 1943, van van car, pacman plus, dig dug 2, amidar, zaxxom, pooyan, pleiads, gun smoke, the end, 1943 kai, congo bongo, jumping jack

[babywhales]

merry christmas!
ill get back here and list the games that are in it. i think my next door neighbor might be driving his van to michagan. if so ill have him take it u[p there and youll have to go retrieve it. if I ship it its gonna cost at least 300$ and thats just not gonna happen.

Holy carp, man!!!  You're nuts and far too kind. 
No no no,....you can't do that that is too much. I pay or we trade?  you pick.  I'll send a package back with the man in the van?

Thank you

Depending maybe Ill just drive south bring the kids to Disney???  How far are you from there? 

[weeze]

well IF you are coming down to disney i can drive up its like 2 hours and something depending.
 now IF you think you want to pick this up you  need to decide if itll fit in your truck. the dimensions are 32: long 22" wide and 29 1/2 high. it has some weight to it but can be moved fairly easily by 2 people.
i will install a new lock so the brats cant get into it. good thing about this is its far more kid proof then a pinball machine.
 this is a chritmas present for the arnold clan so shut up about money , you are being rude.
 besides i have never sold a machine i restored because its not about the money and anything i put my work into isnt for sale. one of these days ill actually be able to post some pictures of the 1964 North Star pin i did thats better then the day it came out of the gottleib factory. but of course all my pictures ae "too big" to post here.
so when do you think youll be going to disney? 

[babywhales]

Well than, thank you very much.  That is too kind, I really do not know what to say. I guess I better start hanging some deer in a hurry and get that mutt of yours something to chew on. 

I didn't have any plans to head to Disney at the moment I will see if I could swing it.  I'll Have to head out for my grandmothers 90th in August so that is the first trip on the 2012 agenda, aside from that I would have to see if the Eli is interested in going for a 22 hour jaunt down south.  If the guy is heading to Michigan let me know and we can go that route.

Ill will still head south though as i will commission a pinball machine and will come pick it up.

Thank you very much
Chris


 

[weeze]

ok so heres the options:
1. my neighbor. I will see him in the next couple of days and ask him when hes driving up to mich again. if hes taking the van youll have to go get it but so what?
2. north american van lines. believe it or not they have a division just for amusement machines. cost would be 3 to 5 hundred. rediculous.
3. drake said hes coming to vist but i think hes talking about definately driving his car but we will see.
4. your trip to disney. be dumb to drive all this distance just to pick up a amchine but if you are planning on driving to florida then that would work.
 so i will talk with the neighbor soon and let you know. theres also another neighbor who goes to ohio . for the price of the smallest covered uhaul or if he takes his ford explorer that would help but its only to ohio. how would you feel about driving all the way to ohio?
 pm me your home phone number.
 

[weeze]

heres my schedule of restorations.
ive just started on a 1973 willaims "upper deck". this is the shpae of a pin but a little larger. has the ball thats pitched out of the middle of the playfield and then a bat unit you hit the ball up and it registers singles, outs , homeruns that sort of thing. i have had the base paint made but havent got the 2 different greens worked out yet. hoping that krylon makes a "pea green" and blueish green for the cabionet. also waiting on the stencil material before i actually sand the cabinet and head. this ones really kool, you hit the ball and in the head little guys run around the bases.
 then i have to do a restoration on a early 70s gottlieb "300" pinball thats got a absolutely xxxxed cabinet. that one is for my pool guy who just did a whole new pump and motor for my pool.
 then ive got a 75 bally "old chicago" that is a great machine. ive owned a couple of these before. matter of fact youll get a kick outta this, youve heard of 'edelbrock" the chevy /ford competition parts company? well i got vic edelbrocks old chicago pinball machine repaired in los angeles. my little claim to fame in the pinball hobby.
 so basically, i have enough work thatll take me at least 3 months out. and thats if i dont get any worse physically. its really hard to do some of this stuff with my bogus problems.
 hows that?
you know id really like to put some pictures up here of one of my retorations but they are too big. if i email them to you can you reconfigure them so they fit ?

[babywhales]

Very familiar with all three, very nice.  That should keep you busy.  i would love to see those.  And of course I will resize any pictures you send.  Ill be in a tree till 5,so later this evening?  Haven't seen a thing so far but shots going off somewhere close.

[weeze]

that would be great.
let me see if i can get some fotos together here and ill email them to you.

[weeze]

talked to my nieghbor, hes driving up to michagan but in his car not his van so we are back to square one. we need to figger a way of moving one cocktail arcade from southwest florida to somewhere in wisconsin so give it some thought.
 we could ask DASHER for advice but apparently hes not talking to us anymore. we must have said something he didnt like so hes taking his marbles and going home.
 "SHANE, er,,,,DASHER>>>COME BACK!>>>>>>>>DASHER!
oh im watching the republican debate tonight and they arent republicans and they arent debateing and ron paul makes more sense then all of them and im beginning to think we are all doomed and its all Lenn's fault.