chewy's first pinball... 1964 williams san francisco

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here she is. I think she's quite the beauty and probably collectable? at least here in the SF bay area. check out the china man (I really wonder if chinese people here ever dressed like that).

drove from sac'to to morro bay, back to salinas, then to berkeley, with parents driving back to sac'to

the guy that sold it thought it was rusty, but I think it looks pretty standard greasy and dusty, myself. small bits of mold under the glass.

we did take the legs off. the upper part did not fold, and I didn't want to take it off b/c there is a mechanically linked arrow that points to the different colors that you try to shoot for on the playfield, for bonus points.

first questions:

how does the top glass unlock? LT said there's a latch or something behind the coin area? then you can lift the playfield and prop it up?

how do I drill out the lock in the upper part? can I take a small saw and cut off the tongue to the lock, or better to drill out the cylinder?

I know that I have hours of research ahead of me, but to start off, what are favorite pinball repair sites? is there a friendly forum like pachitalk that I could join? (I really doubt there's any forum with people as nice as here )

I am guessing this thing works AC all the way? full 110 v?

a whole 'nother adventure in restoration... can hardly wait, but frankie is first...