Super neat find! An old electro-motor arcade game!

Hi all! Got a hit on my Craigslist wanted ad for arcade games tonight. From a profit perspective and even from a recycling perspective it's not an extraordinary find but from a coolness angle it's beyond great. It's a 1969, Chicago Coin Speedway game in its original cabinet. It about 75% works. There are some sound issues with it not registering collisions and one motor appears about gassed. It has a few dings and scratches and could use a proper refurbishing but is in surprisingly good condition. It's almost all electro-motor so no circuit boards worth scrapping (there is one, small, low-grade sound board) and but for a good amount of wire and a few pounds of motors it processes as nothing more than tin. So scrap value is maybe $25 all told. Guy was thinking to donate it to the Pinball Hall of Fame here in town. Probably gonna do that myself. Maybe can swing it so I'm a preferred contact for their e-waste and other scrap. Thinking long term that would be a pretty great client, likely better than the couple few hundred dollars I could sell it for right now. In any case it's a cool find. Here's some pics.

sweet find wish I could find something that cool

Originally Posted by crbaker41

sweet find wish I could find something that cool

What's that old saying, something about luck being a combination of preparation and opportunity? I reached out to the universe with a Craigslist ad and it answered this time. With my negligible advertising budget it's about the best I can do at the moment. Give it a try, maybe you'll get lucky in this or some other way.

That right there is a piece of history. Donating it to a museum sounds like and amazing idea. Nice find

Dropped it at the Pinball Hall Of Fame today. In addition to becoming their scrap guy, also secured a moving gig when they head to their new location because I've got a liftgate on my truck useful for large, fragile electronics and unlimited free pinball play (spent like an hour playing today lol). This turned out pretty good!