Coin Slot

Coin Slot Magazine - #052 - 1979 - June [International Arcade Museum]
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We would like to apologize to our readers for the delay in the mailing of the May 1979 issue. It was much
more of an undertaking than we imagined with over 10,000 copies mailed.
Beginning with the next issue I would again like to stress that our deadline for articles and advertising will
be on the 10th of the month.
This will help us get the Coin Slot in the mail on or around the 25th of the
month.
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your questions.
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Associates.
For information on the Auction contact us at (303) 279-3343 or W and W Associates at (714)
731-7919.
JGeffers to ffie Cdifor
Mr. Bueschel,
Can you tell me what year this pin ball machine
originated?
The coin
mechanism on the side is
missing which activates the five marbles.
There
is no glass top for it and I cannot figure how the
balls are shot on to the play field.
of mahogany wood.
you can give me.
It's made out
Would appreciate any help
I'm sending you a picture of
it which is enclosed.
like a coffin — a squared "arch" at the top-and
had the same
bottom.
number of holes and slots at the
You put the penny in, and it dropped
10 balls down for shooting.
special
small
Then you used a
pool cue, and shot through a long
rectangular hole in the glass over the long passage
way at the right.
The balls came down, and scor
ing by counting the numbers in the holes plus the
pockets at the bottom.
Thank you,
Al Gutowski
P.S.
Please let me know if any parts are available
The game was made around 1929-1930, or be
fore the spring-loaded shooter was the rage.
Your machine has the same cue stick shooter
as you can see from the ramp at the right.
Dear Al:
The
problem was that poor shooters missed and broke
the glass, so these games were off the market al
Nice pinball game, but for the life of me I don't
most as fast as they got on.
know what it is.
I don't know who made your machines, and I
I
can offer some clues.
The only game I've
certainly can't imagine where parts might be, but
om
m.c maybe some of The Coin Slot readers can help.
:
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Mfg. Co. or something like
that—I
remember
Suggestion:
look inside of the machine to see
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a the machine
oa I .a traded
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the makers name n
because
if
you
can
find
a
makers name.
w
Dow // years
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to another collector
ago.
The
fact
you're
: w
in Michigan suggests
Regards:
http the same maker.
ever seen
like it was one call KOW TOW made
in Saginaw, Michigan, by a firm called Southport
Anyway, KOW TOW had a cabinet that looked
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