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| This is a Skill Pool pin made by
Williams, 1963. It's a reverse wedgehead, a design
parallel to Gottlieb's wedgehead of the 60's. Williams'
reverse wedgheads are less common than Gottlieb's
wedgeheads. I've only seen one of these for sale before,
and that was a collector that had this pin for a few
years. The remaining ones that still exist are in the
hands of collectors and many of them are outside the US.
I'm sure there are ones in better cosmetic shape than
this one, but it's probably not for sale. And yes, the
metal head backdoor is included, with a brand new lock. I
have also replaced the lock on the coin door. This game is plug and play with the following exceptions. The "1" reel on the far right doesn't score and the small bell that goes along with it is also dead. It doesn't get stuck, it just doesn't move. Doesn't affect the other reels or the reset. You will see in the pictures below and the next pages, I have replaced the missing large bell fixture with a brand new bell fixture, complete with bell, coil, and bracket, which sounds really great by the way. When you break 1,000 a "1" lights up on beside the 100 point score reel. I have cleaned all the score reels and the credit reel. All bulbs were recently replaced. All light windows under the playfield were cleaned with qtips and windex. I totally stripped everything off the playfield, even the upper playfield bars which hold the playfield in place under the head and waxed the playfield several times. All metal and plastic parts were cleaned and polished. The original playfield rail screws were badly rusted so I have replaced them with brand new ones. The leg levelers are also brand new. The rusted ones were drilled out and thrown away. I replaced the trashed rollover buttons with brand new ones. This is a great game for kids. I am more interested in 70's electromechanical pins and could use the money, so that's why I am selling, knowing I will probably never see one of these again. Schematics are included. Manuals didn't exist in 1961 for these games. No on/off switch for a game this old. Just start the game with the start button and cut the game off by hitting the bottom of the cabinet. |
 As you can see, the cabinet, legs, and coin door were repainted at one time or another. The coin door works, you can either start a game by pusing the start button on the left, or tapping the coin switch inside the door. Rust is visible on the coin door. Could be sanded down. |
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The #2 ball shows noticeable flaking. I replaced all the #44 bulbs with #47's, which don't burn so hot and therefore reduce chances of further flaking. |
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| The playfield. Notice the nice new rollover buttons and the sparkling screws. The entire playfield was recently rerubbered. | |
