1940's matuya is up and running
well, the packages made it from the east coast, no damage, and I just cleaned the first one up.
the rusty top tray is the problem area on this one. I was worried about sanding off all the rust and making the metal too thin. for now, I steel wooled and wiped it down well. I am considering painting over with the oxidizing paint to seal and rust proof it.
there were several areas where the sheet metal was squashed, so I gently straightened these out. one chute was binding on a return arm.
jackpot output utilizes a seesaw at the top. this drains onto a second lever and pours through the "15" showing though the front.
unlike previous machines I have seen, this one does not store the balls in the half round chutes around the 15, but they pour through with each jackpot. only when I get a jam do they stay in the window.
there is a jackpot regulator seesaw in the lower left, just like our newer vintages, complete with rusty ball to tip.
the cell is in amazingly good shape. it's like a heavy vinyl sheet that has a few bubbled areas, but nothing that shows. only a small crack in the lower left. I lightly used 409 dampened cloth to clean.
the cast aluminum tray polished up nicely, the shooter works, and the tray empty chute has a spring loaded switch, like later models.
the glass actually slid through a slot in the top once I loosened the screws on the front. I suppose they had a angled cut glass, since the upper tray is higher on the left than the right. it works fine with the window open at the bottom, but I will probably slip a piece of wood or tinted plastic in the gap.
only thing left is to lightly sand the wood and oil it.
it's amazing that this 60 year old pachinko is in such good shape.
will post a quick video when youtube's working for me (getting error messages today after tried upload).
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