Coin Slot

Coin Slot Magazine - #084 - 1982 - February [International Arcade Museum]
Letters to the
EDITOR
Dear Editor,
Your November issue proves without a doubt that The Coin
Slot is the best publication of its kind in print
Your contributing authors, particularly Bill Whelan and book
reviewer Dave Evans are great and Marc Harrison's restoration
and repair column has really provided some great insight on
machines Fve worked on.
Do you have any advice where I can find a new film, parts,
manual or any information on a small counter model made by
Simpson? It was a manufacturing company in Los Angeles,
California that made girlie peep shows.
Thanks for any help you can offer on the peep show and keep
up the great work.
Sincerely,
Randy Williams
Dear Randy,
Thanksfor the great plugfor The Coin Slot, and thanksfor
the serials (which we've taken out of the letter and passed to
Dick Bueschelfor the Serial Number Update).
We're proud too to have Bill Whelan and Dave Evans
writing for our magazine. They have much to contribute to
collectors and to our common knowledge. And thanks for
giving us some playback on the Marc Harrison articles.
And now a big question, and we'd like you — or any readers
for that matter— to tell us. Where are we missing the boat?
What areas need better coverage, and what areas should we
add?
Asfor thepartsfor the Simpson PEEP SHO W, the best bet is
with our readers. Can anybody out there help Randy? Ifyou
can, contact Randy Williams, c/ollE. 26th Street, Tulsa, OK
will operate the machine perfectly but the payout is not accurate
due to the extra thickness of the coins.
I'm enclosing an envelope with my return address on it to
facilitate your reply. I would like to know also the estimated
price of this machine.
Thanking you in advance for any advice you can provide, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Gus Schoppman
Dear Gus,
Now that's what we call a perfect machine description, plus a
usablephoto. What you've got is the late model ofthe Jennings
AUTOMATIC COUNTER VENDER withflatglassanda big
bullseye that has been converted to a jackpot Bell with the
addition ofthe Pace "Butterfly"jackpotfront It could also be
the late Jennings OPERATOR BELL model too, but that thin-
token revision suggests the side vender model with the vender
removed to make it straight Bell play. This machine and its
mechanism is completely described and illustrated in Coin Slot
Guide No. 41 which is — luckyforyou and otherJennings Bell
collectors — at the printer and will be out very soon, ifit's not
already out as ofthis printing. It's called Coin Slot Guide No.
41 Jennings OPERATOR BELL/AUTOMATIC COUNTER
74114.
VENDER It also reproduces that'Jan. 17, 1922 patent
Sincerely,
marked on your machine.
The Editor
Dear Editor,
Enclosed is a picture of a machine that I have just acquired,
and I hope you can fill me in on some information regarding
same.
It's the Pace "Butterfly" front that makes this machine so
interesting, because it's one of the most beautiful revamp
jackpotfronts ever made. It'll be completely described in Coin
Slot Guide No. 70 coming up, but that's a bit down the line.
As for value, based on the prices for a converted Jennings
with a Pacefront (but not the "Butterfly") as shown in the new
Volume 3 "An Illustrated Price Guide to the 100 Most
Collectible Slot Machines" we'd say it ranges around$1,600 to
$1,800 in the condition shown in your photo.
The machine is a Jennings and has the Jennings logo on the top
casting. I can find no serial numbers on the mechanism or wood
case. On the goose neck just below the 25$ denomination is the
following, Pafd \l 11/22. This machine, I suppose, has a
revamped front mechanism with jackpot The reason I come to
this conclusion is the fact that just under the jackpot is engraved
"Pace Mfg. Co., Chicago, 111.
Dear Editor,
notice to this effect is pasted to the inside of the case. Quarters
After reading your September, 1981 issue, I see by your
replys to letters that "An Illustrated Price Gui is now available. Please send me a copy as well as a copy of
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Sincerely,
Editor
February 1982
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