Black Knight 1980 Williams Full 3-Stage Pinball Restoration
Cabinets are now in the paint booth, with base coat being applied.The paint stencil kit has arrived.Both upper and lower playfields have been stripped.The wiring harness on the larger (lower ) playfield has been cleaned and tightened up.The swap of that harness from original to new playfield has been completed.All solenoid assemblies have yet to be cleaned, and rebuilt.Board set upgrades are underway.All playfield metal is ...
Bram Stokers Dracula 1993 Williams Full 3-Stage Pinball Restoration
Full cabinet has been de-decaled and sanded down.All bondo repair work is complete. Both cabinet bodies have/are receiving paint & clear coat, then decals applied. (Well yea, it's not just that simple)Massive amount of playfield and cabinet hardware off to be sandblasted, and powder coated.All solenoid assemblies have been cleaned and rebuilt.Inside of cabinet was painted deep blood red.New decal set
Fish Tales 1992 Williams Full 3-Stage Pinball Restoration
Completed, and playing like a dream.Forgot how good this game really is!The following major parts are new (and tons of smaller ones too):Both playfields.Plastic set.Pop bodies, skirts, and caps.Playfield jewel posts.Criss cross ramp.Clear topper cover.Real tempered backglass, with mirrored highlights.Cabinet decals.Playfield tempered glass.Collector quality Fish Tales, playing & looking like it was just ...
Fish Tales 1992 Williams Full 3-Stage Pinball Restoration
Well the pin is coming back together nicely.Almost everything is new, except for the plasma dot matrix display.It's going to have to have some test plays put on it (worst part of the job) to make sure everything is holding
Black Knight 1980 Williams Full 3-Stage Pinball Restoration
This restoration project stalled through the winter months, but is now back into production.Both cabinet bodies have been sanded off, repairs made, and now ready for their turn in the paint booth.Watch for a update on the playfield teardown real
Bram Stokers Dracula 1993 Williams Full 3-Stage Pinball Restoration
Did one of these a few years back, just a monster of a job.You really need to keep you head in the game on this one.Playfield is so heavy the rails are made out of steel, not wood, only other title I know of like that is Popeye.This game has 22 solenoid assemblies, that is a huge number.Will be working with the original playfield, doing some mylar removal, repair, touchup, and clear coat.Cabinet will be stripped down repaired, and ...
Fish Tales 1992 Williams Full 3-Stage Pinball Restoration
Well both the head, and main cabinet bodies have been painted, and the new decal set trimmed to fit, then applied.Added the interior cabinet artwork.Have the new playfield underside fully repopulated, and triple checked.Top side is built out to testing mode, and will be built to completion once lamp, solenoid, and switch testing is verified.You will be able to see the forest green powder coating on the cabinet body now.This machine is up for ...
Eight Ball Deluxe 1981 Bally Full 3-Stage Pinball Restoration
This series of photos shows final underside buildout, then system testing, and top side buildout.Some photos showing the custom crating process included.All systems worked on initial (lamps, switches, solenoids) start-up.For long term reliability, at the last moment, I switched out the original MPU for a Alltek.After about 100 play tests, time to crate it up.Heading out to it's new home, way down
Eight Ball Deluxe 1981 Bally Full 3-Stage Pinball Restoration
The backbox is now painted, and clear coated.Have gone through the circuit boards , so they are now upgraded, and cleaned.The playfield swap is underway.All the solenoid assemblies have been rebuilt.Was planning on adding the newer blue pop bumper mounts, as stated in a previous post, but due to some minor size differences it could not be done, so the originals will be used.Working on the upper playfield build out, to test point.Have to add ...
Fish Tales 1992 Williams Full 3-Stage Pinball Restoration
Main progress on this project has been the playfield swap.There are a series of photos attached to this update which will outline the progress steps to follow if you choose to do a swap. The premarking of your new & old playfield for switch, lamp and mount placement, will assist you greatly on the harness transfer, do not skip this step.Tightening up the harness with extra zip ties, also makes it easier to reach into tight areas with a drill, or ...
