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Coin Slot Magazine - #080 - 1981 - October [International Arcade Museum]
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and properly connect the bell into the system. The present base is
home made and does a good job, but might I also ask if there were
any individual bases made for this type of casino machine?
Hoping that you can help me, and thanking you, I remain,
Sincerely,
Edward Willner
Dear Edward:
You've got a nice machine, and a problem.
We'll start with the machine identification.
That serial
number of N-41,029 seems wrong. It's obviously a Pace
machine — even the name PALACE PACE backs that up. But
it has a post-World War 2 format, escalator and gooseneck. If
you check the Bell machine serial numbers in "An Illustrated
Price Guide to the 100 Most Collectible Slot Machines,
Volume 3" you'll see that serial 41,029 would place your
machine in the middle of the Pace ALL STAR COMET
production for 1936. The machine is too modern for that
What ifwe assume that thefirst digit in the serial is a 6 rather
than a 4, an easy confusion with die stamping, the serial
number listing in volume 3 puts it in the middle ofthefirstpost-
World War2 production ofthe Pace DELUXE COMET. That
seems about right
But the DELUXE COMET wasn't electric, nor did it have
the "candle" at the top, or "gearshift" pull handle, much less
the painted graphics for the Palace Casino in Reno. All that
stuff is typical 1960s.
What seems to have happened here is that a Pace DEL UXE
COMET of1945 was very extensively revamped in the middle
1960s or so (or after the electromechanical Bally MONEY
HONEY burst on the scene in 1964 and made every slot in
Nevada obsolete overnight) by a local Reno revamper— there
are dozens ofthem out there, and in thel 960s they were all busy
trying to make older slots look modern like the Ballys — who
went his own way with the redesign.
Therefore, there's just no way ofcoming up with a manual or
wiring diagram for the PALACE PACE as the work was
probably done by the seat ofthe pants. Unless you can find the
revamper with the original — and that's a long shot — wiring
diagram that was used, you're left with your own devices.
Maybe the W is a clue to the revamper, because it isn't Pace.
Incidentally, before this Pace became a "Whatzit Pace" it
was covered by the basic Pace manual reproduced with parts
lists, photos and the like in Coin Slot Guide No. 4for the Pace
DELUXE.
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Sincerely,
Editor
P.S. Dear Editor:
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It was a pleasure to receive your letter. You have spurred my
interest even more. Let me explain: On Father's Day (June 21,
1981) my family gave me a book " Slot Machines On Parade" by
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And now to the interesting part. After reading your letter and
the book, and having renewed interest, it was back to checking
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the machine for more or better serial numbers. Here is what was
found: The book on page 99 states that PACE bowed out in
1951 and the machine went on under the highly original names of
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was a good one. Also mentioned — that they were used in
Harold's Club and Harrah's Club. Was this in Reno?
1937 through 1948
Hardbound
Robert N. Geddes and illustrated by Daniel R. Mead. It is really
a terrific book. They indicate as you did that the PACE machine
ACE and SPACE. Rechecking my machine brought out that
there are the following on some parts of the machine SPACE
MFG. CO. 001182. Does this mean something? Note: On the
same part is a number that corresponds with the part as listed in
the Parts List and Service Manual that I obtained from Coin Slot
for the PACE COMET machines. Is it possible that I have a
"SPACE PACE"? Can the SPACE MFG. CO. 001182
identification be traced?
Sincerely,
Edward Willner
October 1981
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