New to the Pachinka world. Can you help me identify my new machine
Hello All. This is my first post.
Can anyone help me identify what I have, and where to find replacement parts?
I stumbled across this GINZA Pachinko machine at a thrift store last week and instantly fell in love. I of course had NO IDEA what it was, if it worked, or anything at all. It just spoke to me, and I have an affinity for delightful vintage mechanical things.
After maybe 10 hours of internet reading, I leaned this is called a pachinko machine (YAY!), and that this particular one appears to have some sort of "B- style" action in the back. Because it has a tulip it appears to be post-1960, and because it is a single shot it appears to be pre-1970. I might be totally wrong, but I am actually pretty proud of my getting that far.
I learned these use 11mm or 7/16" steel balls and ordered a 50 pack form Amazon. When they arrived, I realized I had spent an hour just plinking balls through it. Pretty cool stuff.
My machine is also clearly broken. It appears a part of the mechanism that delivers the reward is smashed out, along with the back's upper ball tray... I would really like to see if there is some way to purchase repair parts. I am pretty mechanical, restoring vintage race motorcycles, and a bit of amature watch repair.. I think I have the mechanism/action mostly figured out, and probably could fix it if I had access to the missing bits. Either way this thing is utterly delightful, and I am so happy to have found a treasure!
Thank you for your input!
Aside from the obvious multiple GINZA markings, I can't find any other identifiers. On the bottom right there is a red window immediately above the hole to insert balls. This red piece reads, "KOKUSAI."
A detail of the front, centerpiece
The back has a Japanese symbol in the yellow/orange plastic that I did not manage to capture in this photo.
Detail of the damaged back.
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