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Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations
United States
Registrace 20. 09. 2006
Restoring Pinball Machines to Look and Play Like New Condition
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Stern World Poker Tour HUO LE Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 31Před 23 hodinami
NORTHBOROUGH, MA: Over 30 hours of restoration work went into this Home Use Only 2006 Stern World Poker Tour for our client in a suburb west of Boston, MA. We essentailly made this WPT into a WPT LE ! We did all our usual touches with this restoration including premium perfect play silicone rubber all around, warm led lighting for the general illumination circuit as well as color correct LED li...
Stern World Poker Tour tech tip (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 12Před 2 hodinami
While restoring this HUO WPT for our client looking for a really nice one for us to modify out to be a WPT LE, we came upon a factory error in rubber placement. We modified the positioning to better accommodate the pop bumper rod and ring action
Williams INDIANA JONES HUO Refurbished / For Sale
zhlédnutí 175Před dnem
SHERBORN, MA to WELLS MAINE: Sourced from a Boston suburb client, this HUO example of the Williams Classic Indianna Jones pinball machine was completely refurbished in 2021 by Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations for our friend and client in Wells, Maine. 2800 plays on it since refurbishment. Well loved and kept clean by it's new owners who are looking to sell this to fund a house project. Over 70 h...
Stern Godzilla Premium upgraded by Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations
zhlédnutí 531Před 21 dnem
This is a brand new Stern Godzilla Premium that we added art blades and a functional Stern topper too as well as new clear silicone rubber rings and colored silicone post rubber and flipper rubber. tightened up the factory flipper slop as well. www.pinballdoctor.com
Stern NUGENT Pinball Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 385Před měsícem
1978 Stern Nugent designed by Mike Kubin (Also known for Stern Seawitch and Gameplan Andromeda). We started out with a very sweet example of this hard to find game an made it that much better with 40 hours of restoration work put in. We rebuilt the flippers , pop bumpers and electronics as well as adding tasteful LEDs where needed. We upgraded the pop bumpers to take the later more preferable s...
Williams Black Knight Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 578Před 3 měsíci
MEDFIELD, MA: Over 40 hours of restoration work went into this EARLY production Black Knight MUSEUM QUALITY restoration for this client in a suburb of Boston. As part of the restoration process, we deep cleaned the playfield surface as well as all the underside playfield switches for reliable game play, we rebuilt all 4 flippers, the pop bumper assembly, kicker assemblies, buffed all the playfi...
Bram Stoker's DRACULA Refurbishment Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 173Před 3 měsíci
Freshly refurbished 1993 Bram Stocker's Dracula. Over 30 hours of restortion work was performed on this game. Many issues were plaguing this copy of the game from repair attempts in it's past as well as broken parts, rubber and the game just needing a lot of love to bring it back to play like new condition. Reworked the driver board: new 5v reg, 5 v cap C5 and 12v cap J122 repinned and MPU work...
Williams GRAND PRIX Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 804Před 5 měsíci
45 hours of restoration work went into bringing this wonderful EM from Williams back to playing in better than new condition. Replaced all rubber with premium silicone grade rubber and replaced plastic set with brand new set. Cleaned and rebuilt the steppers in head and and replaced a broken plastic arm for credit unit and small slugs for credit unit and player unit than were throughly worn out...
Spirit of 76 Gottlieb *FOR SALE* Fully Restored! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 819Před 6 měsíci
FOR SALE! You can own this gorgeous fully restored Spirit of 76 that has over 40 hours of restoration work done on it. We went into this Gordon Morrison Ed Krynski masterpiece of 70's pinball nirvana. All the stepper units as well as all 20 score reel units have been serviced. Rebuilt the flippers and pop bumpers and chime box. Buffed all the playfield metal and rear playfield glass channel met...
World Cup Soccer '94 HUO Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 278Před 6 měsíci
Concord, MA to Hyannis, MA: Originally sourced from a collector west of Boston. We have lovingly restored this beautiful John Popadiuk classic game from the mid 90's for a client residing on Cape Cod. This Popaduik title is just as much fun as his other steller games Theater of Magic and Circus Voltaire! Over 50 hours of restoration work went into this WCS94. The game already had a flawless cab...
Bally CENTAUR Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations SIGNATURE SERIES Restoration Completed!
zhlédnutí 1,4KPřed 7 měsíci
Bally CENTAUR Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations SIGNATURE SERIES Restoration completed! You will be hard pressed to find a nicer looking / playing / sounding CENTAUR! This one goes to 11! =) Over 100 hours of over the top restoration work went into this Dr. Dave Signature Series restoration. Some of the highlights: HD anti-reflective playfield glass, New SS siderails, flipper buttons, SD board, L...
Bally NIGHT RIDER Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 682Před 9 měsíci
Welcome to the best Night Rider you have ever played! =) Over $2,500 in restoration parts and OVER 70 HRS of restoration work went into this Classic Bally pinball machine from 1977. An iconic game as it was the first EM/SS crossover game for Bally. Check out our Classic Pinball Podcast on this title/restoration here: podbay.fm/p/the-classic-pinball-podcast/e/1698748167 Restoration details: Comp...
Joker Poker repair completed (older partial restoration)
zhlédnutí 164Před 9 měsíci
This is a older video of a repaired and partially restored Joker Poker I did many years ago for a customer on a tight budget and before I started using teh Pascal PI-X4 board instead of the original problematic Gottlieb boards. Back then I rebuilt the MPU and driver board as well as lots of fixes under the playfield including wiring and rebuilding of flipper assemblies. Replaced plastics with d...
Mata Hari with CPR playfield installed (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 253Před 9 měsíci
A customer brought us this game that they received from a pinball hobbyist who performed a playfield swap and a cabinet re-stencil as well replaced all the circuit boards in the game with repros. However after all this work, the game just didn't play well. It looked great, it just didn't play well. This was due to old rubber being on the game, nothing rebuilt under the playfield such as pops, s...
Rolling Stones (Build 8/23) Dr Dave's Pinball Restorations
zhlédnutí 568Před 11 měsíci
Rolling Stones (Build 8/23) Dr Dave's Pinball Restorations
Gorgar Pinball Restoration #8 Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
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Gorgar Pinball Restoration #8 Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
Gottlieb Close Encounters Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 623Před rokem
Gottlieb Close Encounters Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
Captn Fantastic Restoration Completed April 2023! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 311Před rokem
Captn Fantastic Restoration Completed April 2023! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
Bally MATA HARI *For Sale* (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 659Před rokem
Bally MATA HARI *For Sale* (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
Who Dunnit Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 650Před rokem
Who Dunnit Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
Williams WORLD CUP Restoration Complete (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 262Před rokem
Williams WORLD CUP Restoration Complete (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
Bally Six Million Dollar Man Plays like NEW! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 2,4KPřed rokem
Bally Six Million Dollar Man Plays like NEW! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
Rush LE enhanced edition ( Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations )
zhlédnutí 1,8KPřed rokem
Rush LE enhanced edition ( Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations )
4 Square Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 983Před rokem
4 Square Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
RV jack with custom cradle to lift your pinball cabinet
zhlédnutí 195Před rokem
RV jack with custom cradle to lift your pinball cabinet
Phoenix Restoration Complete! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 354Před rokem
Phoenix Restoration Complete! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
Bally El Toro Mini-Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 450Před rokem
Bally El Toro Mini-Restoration Completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
Captain Fantastic mini resto completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
zhlédnutí 477Před rokem
Captain Fantastic mini resto completed! (Dr. Dave's Pinball Restorations)
Gorgar Restoration Completed! Dr Dave's Pinball Restorations
zhlédnutí 328Před rokem
Gorgar Restoration Completed! Dr Dave's Pinball Restorations
Great work! This is on my list to get someday. Which, if any, are your keepers?
Thankyou! We have around 50 keepers in our personal collection and then a bunch of doubles and triples of those. I'm a Classic Stern and Bally guy at heart so those late 70's and early 80's pins are my home. EBD, Quicksilver, Star Gazer, F2K, Harlem Globetrotters, Flash Gordon, Fathom to name just a few.
How do you buff the legs if they have rust in them and all the derusting agents just return it to steel ?
Evaporust just gets rid of the rust and keeps the chrome as long as they aren't basket case rusty.
I wonder what kind of processor they have inside?
Motorola 6800. The same one the first Apple computer used. Built to last!
@@pinballdoctor The Apple 1 used the 6502. It was much cheaper than the 6800. The 6502 was created by 6800 engineers who left Motorola and started their own company. The processor was designed to be cheap and fast. The company almost went out of business until Commodore bought them.
“That pin belongs in a museum!!!”
Why thankyou my friend. My sentiments exactly! =)
This game knocked me out of a tournament yesterday. The sound wasn't working/was turned off - now I know why lol
Regret selling my Ltd Edn of this game although this version looks better
Nice machen. Mine is in the same condition + I own a custom made mini virtual Centaur.. czcams.com/users/shortsPEntScxaPyA?si=vz55r3lH7WkFv-Fm
1983, TENIA, 8 AÑOS,MI.PAPÀ PASO POR MI AL COLEGIO Y ME LLEVO A JUGAR, FUÉ SU PEOR ERROR, ME HICE ADICTO.... A ESTE PINBALL!!!
This is the dream. Bought this machine for $125 from an M.C. clubhouse, still had $18 in the till. Has been sitting in storage for over a decade. I don't even know what I dont know as far as getting where it needs to be.
Nice upgrades 🙂
Dr. Dave, the future spa pinball machine I bought from you and was shipped. Here is still working great keep posting renovations.
Hey! Great to hear from you Kyle! So glad the Future Spa is still holding up well after all these years. I think that was at least 10 years ago?
@@pinballdoctor yes right
Did you ever sell it ... I want one so badly!!!!
I did sell it but thinking of buying it back to refurb and sell again. Interested? email me: dave@pinballdoctor.com
Does Ted Nugent own one of these ?
He did own several back in the day when Stern made this game. Ted gifted a bunch to his friends and family.
@@pinballdoctor It would be really cool to see a picture of him with the pinball machine.
I have this machine and mine is #1243. I had a new playfield installed. I plan on installing modern electronic boards for safety. The backglass has slight lifting at the bottom edge ... but other than that, it's in pristine condition. A great classic machine ! I forgot to mention, Bally only made 1300 machines of this 3rd. and final run of this game.
One of Bally's very best efforts!
very nice as usual!
Thankyou Brian! It and Dolly are headed to their new homes sometime in July. Nugent headed to Idaho, Dolly headed to Marhas Vinyard. =)
who the man? Dave is the Man
Well thankyou sir. =)
Great work! I'm currently working on a Grand Prix as well, and was wondering if I could PM you regarding a repair to the drops?
Thankyou sir! Yes you can email me. =) They were very hard to locate reproductions and special care is needed with installing as they are a bit more rigid than the originals and can break upon installation if not careful. dave@pinballdoctor.com
Thanks for spamming my email And calling me an idiot. You’re the idiot responding to spam mailing lists by mailing ehe people on them. Grow up!
Wow! gorgeous! I’m the proud owner of SN #460436! It has system 6 Power board and the rest is 7, all original…I’m currently doing some updates and fixing a few things (an endless task) what did you use to buff the ramps? Those are jumping off the screen at me…wow!
Gorgeous restoration.
How easy are Atari pins to maintain when compared to other companies' pins? I heard that Atari ones were not very well engineered and were prone to breakdowns.
Centaur is the best pinball of al ages
Another winner buddy
This was my favorite pinball machine in 1979 and is probably still my all-time favorite. Your restoration is amazing! I used to play this in a bar where I'd go dancing and the machine was fairly worn at that time. Yours lets me know what it was like when it was brand new. Also enjoyed watching you play a few games on it, relived my past vicariously through you.
Beautiful Williams. Old machines have soul...👍
Thankyou! And they sure do. =)
My favorite of all time!
It is a timeless classic. Bally's best. =)
I’m a big-time hockey fan, but I never cared for this game… And a big fan of Bobby
It's a decent Classic Bally. I'd play a restored one like this all day over any modern pin.
My favorite game as a kid. Played a lot of Flash and Gorgar and then this thing came out and blew everybody away.
Indeed! It was a 2 level playfield game changer from Williams that the other guys (Stern and Bally) had to copy in their own style with Stern Lightning and Bally Vector.
I want that. There were certain pool and bowling themed games from Gottlieb that seemed to be made specifically for the billiards-area of the bowling alley. I played just about every machine ever made having grown up near the Jersey shore in the 60s and 70s. Before solid state the pinball selections for EM were 40s to the 70s. Warehouse after warehouse of machines. Amazing how many pinball designs there actually are in the world. For me, EM is more interesting and imaginative. Robotic art that presents a puzzle to the end user. Don’t tell me that the old clunkers won’t punish you beyond the tilt if you bump and nudge in all the wrong places. These machines have personalities.
Amen to that. Glad you overstand these wondefull kinetic pieces of art.
Also, I appreciate your skills as a player and whoever is doing the camera work. So often the camera is focused on the reels spinning or some girls breasts or a close-up of someplace on the board and you miss all the action. This is a great game I used to play it as a kid. When I was 12 years old, I knew gottlieb were the games to play.
Thankyou! That would be my wife Maureen. She is my camera woman. =) Really fun early 70's Gottlieb made even better when you upgrade the flipper buttons to the later 70's style so you don't tear off your fingernails while playing. =)
I tried the whole zoomer pinball thing but George bullied me 😆
Ha!
I forgot I like Rush 🤔
I used to like them more before I got this game. No more music pins for me. =)
@@pinballdoctor RIP Blue Oyster Cult when my Godzilla arrives. At least only one song will be run into the ground. Will be my first machine.
Sr. I have a 6:54 1979 Superman Atari machine just like your video shows I need a few light bulbs small light bulbs what size are they and where can I buy them. Thanks
These are #44 lightbulbs available from The Pinball Resource or Pinball Life. You can also get them on Amazon as well as other retailers.
calling Paragon art "dated" 😤
Yeah, that news narrator was going the politcally correct route. Wonder if he would do the same in an art museum?
En mi época de secundaria, años 90... Cuando encendía el especial de los costados y con el bloqueo arriba... Gané 10 diez juegos... Había un truco... saludos desde Chile, Latinoamérica
Hmmm. Interesting to hear what your trick was to rack up those 10 credits?
really disheartening to hear this went to an ungrateful jerk
Best to not let the jerks in life get you down. They are their own worst enemy.
It looks absolutely mint 😀👏 The customer will be thrilled.
Thanks Dave! Just got a text from them and they are exaclty that! =)
What can you say, your work is exceptional buddy.
Thanks again Don. It's my passion. =)
Beautiful restoration. Williams has so many classics which included this great title. Love the late 70s and 80s pinballs.
Thankyou Don. Yes the 70's and 80's pins had a special vibe to them and were fun and challenging to win free games
Very nice 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautiful work.
Thankyou Bill! Definately put the time and parts into this one! =)
I aslo have this game... Worth alot $3000
It's actually worth more than that if in Museum quality condition.
I love this game so much. All time favorite. Gorgeous condition
Thankyou! It's a true Bally Classic!
@@pinballdoctor I was like 13 years old when I first was introduced to it. It always stuck in my head, the u-turn and then the cracking noise it made for free games.
Beautiful.
Thankyou! =)
Absolutely fantastic. Looks great
Thankyou!
Great looking Gottlieb EM pinball. Excellent.
Thankyou! This one was nice to begin with which is pretty rare to find. Brought it to the next level to make it what it is here. =)
Such a great game
Looks phenomenal. Great job again
Thankyou! This was a customer's game we restored. I liked playtesting it so much that it brought back memories of playing this title in a Ice cream shop back in the late 70's my friend Paul and I would hang out at. Excellent Ice Cream and 70's pins like Evel Kneivel and 6 Million Man. I found one for myself, actually ...it found me. A cutsomer called me and said he had one he wanted to sell. Nice shape but not working but I can take care of that. =) Picked up a new playfield for it too! Once I get caught up with customer restorations, I'll be doing one of these for me. It will be over the top like the Centaur I just restored. www.pinballdoctor.com
That’s awesome. Can’t wait to see the progress.
Superb restoration. Just stunning
Thankyou for the kudos! It is some of my best work that took a ton of time to get it to where it looks and plays now.
Masterpiece buddy. This was a classic my cousin and I played all the time at the bowling alley. I’m looking to find a vintage pinball machine and will definitely reach out when obtained.
Thankyou. =) I have lots of similair titles in the restoration queue that are available on my website: www.pinballdoctor.com. You can message me about one of those there that I could restore up for you or you can send me one you find and we can restore it to play like new condition. Where are you located?