Coin Slot Magazine - #090 - 1982 - August [International Arcade Museum]
ETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor,
given to me if I would buy the load instead ofjust part As you
The enclosed story from the L. A. Times may be of interest to
can see, they all barely fit into my van. As the main part of the
you and my fellow readers of The Coin Slot regarding the find I
load was in such great condition, I was openly not willing to have
made, with the assistance of a very nice elderly lady. The
any of them damaged by these "so called" parts. But I finally
machines mentioned are:
gave in and took the parts off their hands. With the sellers
Machine Name
Cabinet S.N.
Mech. S.N.
IOC GOLDEN FALLS
531,724
541,452
IOC GOLDEN FALLS
521,888
551,715
25C GOLDEN FALLS
530,763
IOC BLACK CHERRY
532,093
IOC BLACK CHERRY
303,711
55O,795JV
552,169
303,711
5C BLACK CHERRY
545,423
25C BLACK CHERRY
501,052
25C Buckley CRISS CROSS
505,836
25C Mills EXTRABELL
and, if they would, I just might take any other "parts" that went
along with them.
For 5 years now I've been buying "nice" machines from
various people from here to Maine, but always ended up with
machines that could be considered as left overs or the remains of
a find. Not one ever measured up to any of my "parts" machines.
—
For two days I drove to see these machines and more than once I
558,937
had visions of cabinets and mechanisms full of rust with reels and
handles just barely moving. The night I arrived, I spent "7"
"Aitkins Front"
5C Mills HIGHTOP BLACK GOLD
547,640
10C Mills HIGHTOP BLACK GOLD
545,411
25C Mills HIGHTOP BLACK GOLD
550,950
25C Mills HIGHTOP JEWEL BELL
538,680
5C Mills HIGHTOP BLACK BEAUTY
574,328
5C Jennings STANDARD CHIEF
171,083
5C Jennings BLACKHAWK,
promise to find me more, complete and perfect running machines
163,540
162,650
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hours picking the above apart, trying to at least find some rust or
missing parts. Anything that would give me some leverage as a
bartering wedge. The old gal watched ever so often with her son,
offering coffee and cake when I needed a rest To my disgruntle-
ment, I could find nothing to use to help me drive down their
"firm" price . . . less if I were to mention the pounds of silver
coins, buffalo, liberty and such. Heavens! After the deaJ was
made the next morning and I was loaded and on my way home, I
10C Jennings STANDARD CHIEF
170,799
5C Jennings TIC TAC TOE
175,884
found myself laughing out loud to the dismay of some motorists
25C Jennings STANDARD CHIEF
169,880
passing me by. The tires of my van looked more like pears
25C Jennings CLUB CHIEF,
155,841
partially crushed on the bottom. When I finally arrived home, I
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All of the above were mechanically perfect other than some
jackpots being wired shut, with paint and cabinets in almost-new
condition. The mechanisms looked as if they hadjust come out of
was the next day greeted by newspaper and T.V. reporters
thanks to my wife, Judy.
Continued on page 8
shipping crates. Jeweler's rouge was still evident on most
springs. The machines were sold (to the astonishment of L.A.
Times readers and television station newswatchers) to collec
tors, most of whom were happy to pay in advance seeing the
actual machines from only photographs. By the way, the
EXTRABELL, Buckley CRISS CROSS, 25C STANDARD
CHIEF, (1) 10C GOLDEN FALLS, and (1) 10C BLACK
CHERRY all had their mechanisms still in crates and boxes and
were considered to be incomplete or "just" parts. They were
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