A few weeks ago I got my first EM pin from a fellow collector here in Indianapolis -- a 1976 Gottlieb 'Royal Flush'. I'm honestly not very familiar with EMs, the only other 2 pins I've owned have both been mid-eighties solid state pins, and man, the interior mechanics of this thing are pretty bewildering to me! But the good news is, the previous owner was a bit of a Wiz with EMs and it is currently working 100%. The bad news is, the machine has a lot of cosmetic issues: very dirty, some playfield wear especially around the inset lights, lots of cabinet wear and yellowing, flaky backglass, and rusty legs and shooter. So there is a lot to do before playtime!
I currently have the legs and backbox removed to make the game a little easier to work on, but here are some pictures of the machine as it began:
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Here's a picture of the left side... the art is pretty nice, but the paint is very yellowed, it should be a bright ivory white:
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A pic of the lights on the lower playfield, you can see the wear on the paint around each of them:
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Another shot of some of the wear on the playfield:
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I currently have the legs and backbox removed to make the game a little easier to work on, but here are some pictures of the machine as it began:
Here's a picture of the left side... the art is pretty nice, but the paint is very yellowed, it should be a bright ivory white:
A pic of the lights on the lower playfield, you can see the wear on the paint around each of them:
Another shot of some of the wear on the playfield: