22 Jun 2010 @ 10:10 PM 
 

Classic 1977 Bally Mata Hari Pinball Machine

 

Classic 1977 Bally MATA HARI Pinball Machine

Condition, 1 owner since 1981. You know those tales you. Hear of classic cars with low mileage owned by little old ladies that only drive. The car to the grocery store and to church on sunday? The is the same, true story only with a pinball machine. Scan of original receipt from 1981. The history on this mata.

Location by a couple back in 1981 from the bally’s aladdins castle arcade in. The game gave years of enjoyment to their family until the mid. 80’s when the wife’s husband passed away and as she told me the pinball quit. Kicking out of the ball.

That being said the game sat dormant in her, non-smoking house for over the past two decades, untouched and un-played. Goes to show for it’s outstanding, well preserved condition in her ownership for. Hari, it needed some fine tuning and refurbishment as it had been sitting. I have went through this machine from top to bottom. Doing all kinds of bullet-proofing, cleaning and restoration to make this game. Hari pinball machine shows well & needs absolutely nothing except a. Nice empty corner in your game room.

You will be amazed looking at this games. Condition that it is 33 years old as mata hari’s nice as this, are hard to come. Thorough description of what has been done this machine, it’s condition and over. 2 megs of high resolution.

Detailed pictures showing just about every angle of this machine. Of the many things done to this machine throughout restoration.

Outstanding condition with a few minor scuffs and scratches you’d come to. Expect for a used pinball machine. Original colors are nice, bright and. & plastics cleaned and polished. Shooter inner and outer springs installed!

Leg levelers and leg bolts! All external metal buffed and.

Polished, new bally foil decal installed on coindoor! Mpu board upgraded with remote off board aa battery holder. Pop bumper rod & rings, skirts, bodies and caps! All four pop bumper caps are. Pop bumper rebuilt with new pop bumper bodies, skirts and upgraded with. #555 lamp sockets (more dependable than original bayonet sockets). Includes original coinbox, both coin mechs 2 x.

25⢠locks and keys for coindoor and backbox and. Original documentation (owners manual, schematics & bally pinball repair manual). I hate to use the word. Mint, but this backglass is just about as perfect as you could ask for a be.

Look at the pictures and judge for yourself. This mata hari backglass is the lesser common version with. The writing on the dagger.

Truth be told about a backglasses. Condition by seeing the back of it.

Look at this glass, no rub marks from the. No nicotine discoloration, no lifting, bubbling, spider webbing of any kind.

All 5 displays are original and working great. I have re-flowed the solder at all the header pins. Insert board is still nice and bright white with no discoloration. There are a couple of small scuffs and scratches on it, but all around. Cabinet on this game is very nice but does have a few scuffs and scratches as expected with an older, used commercial. Besides the scratches shown above, the colors are nice and vivid. And not faded from the sun. Legs still in great shape.

Brand new chrome leg levelers and leg bolts. Brand new shooter springs installed.

New bally coindoor foil decal. Inside of door is original, unhacked and includes both. 25⢠coin mechanisms and original coinbox with lid.

Inside of cabinet is very. Look at the underside of the lockbar and channel.

Er foam strip in perfect condition! No smoking or drinking allowed in the aladdin’s castle arcade. Thus these pieces still shine like the day they came out of the factory. Original plastics in great shape, no breaks, chips or cracks. All new pop bumper caps installed! Besides some slight insert edge wear one small wear spot on the playfield wear the saucer hole.

Ejects the ball onto the playfield. This could easily be touched up, but i was best to leave the playfield original without touchup. Look at the original lustre this playfield.

See how the drop targets are reflecting in the black? Both center pop bumpers rebuilt. With new pop bumper bodies, skirts, wafers and. Very clean underside and free of hack job. Mpu board upgraded with off the. Board remote aa battery holder to retain high score and settings. Connectors rebuilt on power supply. Rectifier board and connector pins reflowed with solder on the back of the. Residents in the state of texas. Van lines - door to door $350+/- (insured).

I’ve used navl many times for. Transporting coin operated equipment across the country without any problems.

Navl will pick the pinball machine up from my house, pack it carefully and. Deliver it cod to your location within the continental usa. Called to pick the machine up from my residence. For a quote, call michelle. I’ve personally used navl several times for jukeboxes, pinball machines.


And video games without any problems. This game sight unseen, i have described it to the best of my knowledge. User’s with negative, hidden or no feedback.

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