Bally Supersonic Project Close to Done

I am getting close to finishing this, the coin door on the Kiss is going on this one. I have 2 backglasses, they are not bad not great either. I am looking for the small plastic piece, lower left. I don't think I ever had it...The legs were painted with hammer metal paint and look great. The inside of the cabinet is fairly clean. I still have to get a couple of displays and adjust the switches. That should take another weekend. I really like this vintage of Bally machines, they are classic, fun to work on and fun to play.

Bally Supersonic Project Cabinet Restore

I took 2 heads and one cabinet and put them together to make one game. I had alot of trouble with the yellow. First time around I wasted 20.00 on spray paint that did not cover well. Next I got some mixed up a Walmart and rolled it on. I then MADE THE STENCILS BY HAND by tracing them out with a sharpie pen on plastic desktop transparency material from Staples. I then CUT THEM OUT BY HAND with an exacto knife, laid them down on the yellow and sprayed them with red and blue. I took photos of the front and simply masked off the areas. I use small nuts and bolts to hold the edges in place and spray in the appropriate direction and angle. I have one set of stencils so I do them flat, one side at a time. After I was done I cleared it with Semi Gloss so it shines evenly. It really turned out great. I used this same method on the Alien Poker I did.

Bally Supersonic Project Playfield After

These are the playfield after pics. All new bulbs, rebuilt playfield, polished chrome, new rubbers, hours and hours of work....but fun.

Bally Supersonic Project Playfield BEFORE

This follows the other Supersonic post under Projects section.

I have been working on this one for a couple of years. Still need a couple of displays, clean up the coin door and some fine tuning. Power supply module and board rebuilt. It was in rough shape but I enjoyed working on it. I restored the playfield out of 2 and used the Marco decals. It has about 10 coats of varathane-maybe a bit too much because alot of varathane makes it difficult to work on the star rollovers. I had to clean them with an exacto knife when I was done. Note the before pics. Essentially I had to swap ALL of the wiring from one playfield to the next. Virtually all of the pins on the harness were replaced. Alot of them were bad on this machine. See photos.

Pinball parts for sale Bally Wiliams Gottlieb

I have listed various small surplus parts for sale on ebay, just cleaning up.
Screws, rubber posts, bulbs.

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Alien Poker Pinball Stencils

I have listed my Alien Poker stencils on Ebay.

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Bally Supersonic and Kiss Backglass

We went to visit my sister and brother in law in Phoenix in April before they moved back to Calgary. I packaged up a KISS backglass that Brad got for me down there and my Mom brought it back up. I plan on selling the one I have now because the AZ backglass is nicer.
I also brought back my Supersonic playfield decals. Got these at Marco. I am going to restore this playfield with these decals. I know, alot of work for a Supersonic. I think that anyone else would have took it to the dump but I am going to paint the cabinet as well. Once I get myself organized I am going to take the Kiss and Supersonic into the garage to paint them. I will be making the stencils for the Supersonic cabinet from scratch, they are pretty simple. I need to find a couple of displays for it and then I will have everything. I ordered some IC's for the MPU to fix the display problem as well.

Set up the Pro Football

Today I set my Pro-Football. I have the wiring diagram. I want to figure out the small issues it has and sell it.

SOLD Pinbot #2 For Sale $1100

This Pinbot is for sale. It is complete. Has some peeling on the right side of the cabinet. I fixed the topper and flipped it around. Also repaired the visor door. The playfield is in excellent shape with full mylar so it is not worn. Spiral ramp is black and not broken. The blue plastic piece on the left is not broken. The backglass is actually a glass and not a translite. It is working fine and complete. I don't know when I will be able to take this one on, I have to pick my battles and I decided that this one will go.

Pinbot project #1 For Sale $1100 *SOLD!*

I decided to sell Pinbot #1.
Obviously these are desired and collectible....
This one works pretty good but could use still use some work.
I have too much to do....!
See the other post on this machine in "Pinballs for Sale" for more info.
October 16, 2008: Sold the Pinbot #1...

1973 Gottlieb Pro-Football EM $600 obo

I got this one on the weekend from a fellow collector/hobbyist...I like the sports themed machines, has 3 chimes (my favorite) and a bell. This one has some reset issues. Needs some fairly minor cosmetic work. Right flipper button kicks the ball out. Will go well in the rec room of some Rider fan this fall when they win the Grey Cup again! (or maybe an Esky fan, just because they like football... :)
Pics to come.

August 29, 2008: Fixed issues with relays and switches, game works good. Need to check switches on playfield and usual cosmetic work. Touched up white on cabinet and head. Waxed cabinet. Should be done this weekend.

August 30, 2008: Stripped playfield, minor touchups. Ordered new rubber kit. Replaced all head bulbs. Have new stickers for the flippers as well.
September 20, 2008: Parts are on their way.

October 5, 2008: Replaced al rubbers. Installed new flpper stickers. Installed new flipper buttons. Adjusted switches. For sale! If I don't sell it, I'm putting it downstairs.

Big Buck Hunter-Sold

I don't like to stray from pinballs much anymore, but there are only a few that I think are worthwhile. This is a kit in a Sega cabinet. It works, but the monitor needs work. It is dark and has no blue. It has the coin mechs as well.

Wierd sound problem with the Alien Poker

Noticed awhile ago that I had an issue where an audio piece/voice would play when the lower right flipper (power) switch was actuated. Today I decided to take a quick peek at it....I suspected that it was creating havoc with the power to the sound board. I looked at the flipper coil and saw that I forgot to solder one side of the diode when I was working on the flippers.....oops. Works now....!

1976 Gottlieb Abra Ca Dabra $900-SOLD

Sold in April, 2008 to an antique collector. This was a very nice pin in excellent condition and it worked great. I really liked this machine. It was verry clean. I had to adjust the ball advance, fix up some plastics, replace the bulbs and rubbers. It was waxed as well. It has 3 chime bars. Unfortunately, I have no choice but to keep moving them otherwise this would be considered an addiction rather than a hobby......I really like the Gottlieb single player 3 chime bar EM's.

1980 Bally Frontier $650-SOLD

This was the second pinball I bought. I got it at an auction sale. It was well used and needed a ton of work. The backglass was perfect, the cabinet had a few bruises and the playfield had the usual wear for a Bally of this vintage. This machine was made in low numbers.

Bally Fireball Home Edition $650 SOLD

This was the first pinball I bought. It was in very good shape.

Mr and Mrs. Pac Man $1200-SOLD

Sold to another collector last year, this is old news. I still wanted to add it to the machines I have had and passed on.
I bought this one in Edmonton not working as usual. It had alot of small electronic issues. The cabinet was "perfect", the backglass was perfect and there was a bit of wear up top, common for this game. Pretty good game, I liked the targets on it

Bally Harlem Globetrotters-SOLD

Going to a good home.
I fixed a cold solder joint on the bulb socket for one of the bumpers tonight and cleaned it up.
This game is challenging. The whole time I had it, I never did knock down all of those targets on the upper right. The double flipper on the left is a challenge as well. A sign of a good pinball is one that keeps you from getting bored too soon! I wanted to add a double switch for the credit, game start but I didn't have all the parts. I set the credit max to 40.

MONTE CARLO CABINET DETAILS

Thanks to Glenn for asking about this, I forgot about it and would like to add it to the details!

This cabinet had issues like something had spashed onto it and caused the wood to swell in places. What I did was shaved the "swell" down with a razor blade and touch it up with Tremclad Black. Someone also tried to spray black paint over the sides, then tried to wipe the overspay off and swiped the blue a bit on one side. This is probably the worst part of the cabinet.

The left side has the swiped paint issue. The right side has some black touched up spots as well.

Once I cleaned and waxed the entire cabinet, it made the issues less noticeable. I also touched up the wear around the flipper buttons and the start button to make it blend in better.

Also, I repainted the head by recreating the stencils and matching the blue paint to the cabinet. It is covered with satin clear varathane to reduce the gloss slightly and protect it. It turned out pretty good.

The flash on the camera is not very flattering. The machine looks good in person.

Gottlieb Monte Carlo Sold

See previous posts on this machine for details on work performed.

This one has 2 ramps, 3 ball multi-ball, targets, 3 bumpers, cool sounds, scrolling high scores with initials and a roulette wheel in the playfield!

This game pretty fast and shiny....