As the Consul Capri has been put on the back burner 'till I find out what's happening with the emissions limits, I decided to drag this out of the shed.
It's a Williams Lucky Strike, one of 1800 made in 1965.
It's what is known as an electromechanical machine that works with switches, relays & stepper units, no circuit boards or microchips here.
It did work, but having been in storage for 10 years, will need a complete refurb.
At some point in it's life, it's been treated to a new paint job. Hopefully, I'll be able to clean it off & keep the original paint, tried on the back box & it seemed to come off OK.
Started to rebuild the back box, a couple of score reels needed some touching up.
The mech board needed some work, had to clean & adjust all the switches, remove an isolation transformer that the machine had aquired at some time, & replace the 50+ year ols 2 core mains cable with a new 3 core & earth the transformer.
It's a Williams Lucky Strike, one of 1800 made in 1965.
It's what is known as an electromechanical machine that works with switches, relays & stepper units, no circuit boards or microchips here.
It did work, but having been in storage for 10 years, will need a complete refurb.
At some point in it's life, it's been treated to a new paint job. Hopefully, I'll be able to clean it off & keep the original paint, tried on the back box & it seemed to come off OK.
Started to rebuild the back box, a couple of score reels needed some touching up.
The mech board needed some work, had to clean & adjust all the switches, remove an isolation transformer that the machine had aquired at some time, & replace the 50+ year ols 2 core mains cable with a new 3 core & earth the transformer.
. Great project, I love pinball, it's about the only electronic game that has ever interested me. Pinball, Williams in particular, has a big following worldwide and these machines are worth good money when sympathetically restored. I'd love to see the trend of decades reversed and these machines finding their way back into pubs & games arcades!
