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Title: Picked up a new pin last weekend Post by: Shipwreck on May 11, 2015, 04:10:48 pm Picked up a 1976 Gottlieb Ship Ahoy from a yard sale. The owner informed me that restored, the game would fetch a $4000.00 price tag. How could I resist such a valuable game? He turned it on and it clicked repeatedly and would not stop. He told me that some pinball guru from South Carolina would be in town and could repair the game. He sold me the game for $275 and took it home. I got it home and looked it over for a bit and figured out that that ball counter was the mech that was constantly actuating. The number of balls selection was 5 and 3 balls. The 5 ball position had build up on it, so I cleaned it and turn on the game and it went to 5 balls and stopped. So the game plays fine now. Some of the lights are not coming on so I need to dive in some more and get those running.
(https://scontent-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/11220085_983675674977400_7950790647432316040_n.jpg?oh=1c9adcf7b1250904e1ee4ecdd8fd284a&oe=55CC1DE0) Title: Re: Picked up a new pin last weekend Post by: yocke on May 11, 2015, 06:44:48 pm Sweet EM game! Good price!
Title: Re: Picked up a new pin last weekend Post by: BloodyCactus on May 12, 2015, 08:01:24 am lol 4k. even minty fresh straight from the factory youd be lucky to get 400$.
its not a bad em, enjoy it while you have it! classic art style gottlieb backglass. Title: Re: Picked up a new pin last weekend Post by: Mr_Rampage on May 16, 2015, 12:05:16 am yea 4k is obviously a lie, however that does seem to be a remarkably well preserved EM. Then again i didn't look super hard.
Congrats on the pick up. :) |