1969 Williams Paddock Pinball machine. I recently picked up a non working Paddock. The cabinet had been painted by a previous owner. There is a vinyl Paddock sign attached to the blue painted sides. The color does match the game and the theme, but is not original. This game had very minimal wear to the playfield. The backglass had some flaking around the jockey. I removed one lightbulb right by his head to reduce the appearanc of the flaking. The machine was cleaned, new rubber installed, a coil in the ones reel replaced, and the contacts were cleaned and adjusted so the machine is now in full working order. This is a fun machine to play.
Before and After pictures.
Dirty Machine before cleaning. I removed almost all of the playfield posts and coverings.
After cleaning, I added a layer of wax to shine and protect the surface.
Flaking in the back glass. When the bulb behind his head is removed, the flaking is not as noticable when playing.
Clean, reassembled, and fully working machine.
Repainted by a previous owner and vinyl lettering added.
Cleaned and adjusted relays, transformer and motor.
The flipper mechanisms were cleaned and partially rebuilt.
The coil on the ones reel (closest in the picture) had a burned coil. I believe the mechanism was dirty and not functioning properly. The coil burned, so the previous owner just cut the wires. This caused many other problems as other relays wanted input from the mechanism. All of the stepper units were disassembled and cleaned. There is a bell attached to the top "Advance" stepper unit and one chime in the lower left. I'm not sure if the plywood casing is original or not, but it works well, so I left it along.
Great Playing Machine.
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