Coin Slot

Coin Slot Magazine - #066 - 1980 - August [International Arcade Museum]
Letters to the Editor continued
There was an outfit in Benton Harbor, Michigan around
1929-1931 called the Engel Manufacturing Company. They
made a machine called the IMP that was sold by them but
manufactured by Pace. If Pace made their small Bell machine,
why couldn't they have made an "IMP/ POT*front for them at
Dear Coin Slot,
I have a small trade stimulator (The PURITAN BELL). I
believe it is a Mills. It is missing the front door—small back
door—and the award card holder. The base plate is also broken
and I would like to replace that also.
Would you please let me know who I could contact for these
replacements.
Thank you,
Dick MacDavitt
the same time. So our guess is that is is an Engelfront, made by
Pace.
Incidentally, afew years later Engel sold out the IMP machine
to the Benton Harbor Novelty Company, and Pace kept making
the machines.
Sincerely,
Editor
Dear Coin Slot,
You're the experts. So help me. 1 just picked up this machine
in the St. Louis area. It looks like a Mills, and has a Mills Liberty
Bell MLB mechanism. But it doesn't have owls. It has an "N" on
top and on the front. I can't find the serial number but it may be
under some paint. So what is this thing?
Dear Dick,
Thank you,
Parts missing from a Mills PURITAN BELL. That'll be
Tom Kolbrener
tough. Here's hoping readers can come through.
Incidentally, this machine and all of the other PURITAN
models made by Mills, Puritan, Caille and Jennings will be
covered in detail in Coin Slot Guide No. 73, coming up.
As far as parts for your Mills BLACK CHERRY are
concerned, they're all shown and listed in Coin Slot Guide No. 1.
More than likely you need springs, and Coin Slot advertiser
Bernie Berten, 9420 South Trumbull Avenue, Evergreen Park,
IL 60642 has them keyed to the part numbers in the Coin Slot
Guide.
Here's hoping you get lucky with the PURITAN BELLparts.
Sincerely,
Editor
Dear Coin Slot,
My name is Dale Reeves and I have been collecting Slot and
related items for 18 months.
My desire is the Coin Head (original or re-cast) for a Watling
Dewey upright. I also need the payout mechanism. If you could
be of help I would appreciate it.
Thank you,
Dale Reeves
Dear Dale,
You're looking for a toughie, andfor some reason there are
Dear Tom,
What a way to build up your confidence. You come to the
experts and the only answer you get is . . .
That UN" machine is the damndest thing we've ever seen. It's a
Mills machinefor sure. It's the 1920,1921 or 1922 OPERATOR
BELL as covered in Coin Slot Guide No. 24, but at that point it
goes off on it's own. The Mills patterns are unmistakable, and
the "broken scroll"pattern at the lower left of the top above the
"round glass" window suggests that Mills even made these top
and front castings. But for who? You stumped us.
Congratulations. Maybe our readers can help. HELP!
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O WL/JUDGE 5-way coin heads than any other component of
the oldfloor machines. It seems like more Watlings got hit in the
"Jeez . . . We don't know!"
© The International Arcade Museum
more people looking for Watling Dewey 6-way and Watling
head (with a sledge, back in the old days) than any other kind of
machine.
Printing your name and address in The Coin Slot might help.
Someone just might have one. Then there's the hope that the two
or three people that have recast and re-made these coin heads—
and a number of people have done that successfully—might
have extras for sale.
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Editor
AUGUST, 1980
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