Wow, never seen a regular household incandescent light bulb in a backbox before. I hope the previous owner didn't actually run the game with that on. I can't imagine what that kind of radiated heat would do to the electronics.
boustrophedonic wrote:Wow, never seen a regular household incandescent light bulb in a backbox before. I hope the previous owner didn't actually run the game with that on. I can't imagine what that kind of radiated heat would do to the electronics.
The 6803 games all had regular light fixtures in them. Not sure about this particular gottlieb though.
The good news, is that the cosmetics look pretty nice on this.
Current Collection
Demolition Man, Genie, Pennant Fever, Sinbad, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Fish Tales, Wheel of Fortune
I put a high CRI LED in its place... Brighter, runs cooler, and looks nicer.
Our pinball table breeding stock:
Star Trek: The Next Generation, Scared Stiff, Black Hole, Roy Clark, Monster Bash Remake, Future Spa, Big Deal, Top Score, Baywatch, Rick and Morty, TMNT, Sinbad, Guns N Roses
This doesn't look bad at all. So many games have hacks and other issues nothing seems to surprise me anymore. Looks like the bottom cabinet grounding mods are done.
If I didn't have a bunch of projects, I'd be all over this - I love a challenge and this era of Gottlieb game is really fun. I think there's a nice alternate translite available too if this one doesn't do it for you (and I would guess it doesn't because no one seems to like it). The originals are always faded too.
I love that Gottlieb sent an employee to the hardware store to buy all the porcelain light sockets they had in stock during manufacturing!