This was a new fun project for me. The machine was not working and probably hadn't been working for many years when I purchased it. I cleaned all of the parts and made the necessary adjustments and fixes to bring the machine back to life. I understand the rules of bowling, but I'm not really sure about the other games offered on this machine. I like spares as the machine will set up random selections of pins for you to try to knock down and score a "spare". Flash seems interesting. There are lights that go back and forth under the pins and I believe the object is to time the puck correctly to score the most points. Strikes is a game that has you try for a strike with each throw. Bonus is a game where you get extra points for a strike or spare (in the hundreds). It is a solid machine with oak trim and a
Formica playing surface. Sprinkle a little powder to make the surface faster and have fun!
Here the pins still standing will be lit.
The strike zones are alleys that will give you a strike. The puck needs to go over a sequence of rollover switches to knock all of the pins down. The puck then bounces off a rubber pad at the back and returns to you. The furthest line of rollovers is the indicator that you have made a shot.
There is some small damage to the playing surface. I looks like someone tried to remove some tape.
It has a pretty classy appearance with the blue paint and oak trim. I believe the pin cover may have been repainted.
These are the score reels. Each one was frozen so I had to remove each and clean them to ensure proper scoring.
Each of the stepper units was cleaned. All of the switches were adjusted to allow proper connection.
The back door closes to keep everything clean and safe.
The pin cover lifts to allow for adjustment. When a rollover is depressed, it sends a signal to the relays here to unlock a pin which causes the springs to pull the pin up. After the frame, a motor pushes each pin down and they latch on the relays.
The front glass unlatches inside the cabinet to lower and allow access to the light bulbs here.
The glass is in very nice shape with no flaking or damage.
The coin box is attached, but not locked. A lock can be installed in the bottom hole. I wired in a freeplay switch to the right side of this lower box.
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.
