This could get addictive...
Hello Pachitalk!
So I was walking through the Mission district in San Francisco and stopped at a yard sale (which in this city occurs on the sidewalk). Among the vintage instruments, clothes, other cool things was this pinball thingy that looks like it could have been designed in the 50's, with lots of chrome but also with some plastic parts. It had a wood cabinet, and the metalwork was decent and not pitted.
"$100" said the guy with a heavy Spanish accent wearing a cowboy hat and boots.
"Does it work?"
The dude said "d'know" and shrugged his shoulders.
I'm mechanical by nature, but I've never seen one of these things before, so what the hell did I know. A cursory look at the back didn't show any obvious problems. I anticipated that it wouldn't work. I told him that I would back later.
A couple hours later, it was still there. He took $70 so he wouldn't have to move it back into storage.
After doing some research, it looks like I have me a 1975 Nishijin Shiroi Kamome Super Deluxe, Model B, with the M-11 Phoenix Butterfly play field.
i can't wait to get some balls to try this out. I've been looking at any available videos on troubleshooting its operation. I already see a problem though; there appears to be a piece of plastic broken off in the vicinity of the ball flipper mechanism in the back. Also a broken thin metal rod in the same location. I could really use a high quality photo of that area of a working machine to compare against. Like I said, I still don't have any balls to test with yet, so I don't know if this damage makes it unplayable or not. Once I get it in working condition, I will do a complete tear down and cleaning. Maybe replace the graphic on the playing field.
This is already addictive, and I have yet to play it...
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