Dreamy
Williams, 1950
King of Diamonds
Gottlieb, 1967
Merry-Go-Round
Gottlieb, 1960
Mini Cycle
Gottlieb, 1970
Nip-It
Bally, 1973
Suspense
Williams, 1969
Target Pool
Gottlieb, 1969
Tom Tom
Williams, 1963We have a "parts wanted" thread but maybe a focused thread would help matching heads to lower cabinets..
We see a Bally Nip-it needs a head
i have the following heads available:
-GTB Target Pool
-GTB King of Diamonds
-GTB Mini Cycle
And there is a (rough) Kings and Queens head on ebay.
Quoted from pinwiztom:How about starting a thread just for missing back doors?
Go4it!
I could use a back door for a Bally "Mad World". These were on many multi-player Ballys of the era, but are hard to find if you need one.
Quoted from fastford02:Need a complete head for a 1951 Chicago Coin King Pin.
Hey dude, what's up?
Quoted from jrpinball:Hey dude, what's up?
Same old thing here JR. Lots of work and little play. Going to be missing Pintastic this year. 
Quoted from fastford02:Same old thing here JR. Lots of work and little play. Going to be missing Pintastic this year.
Ah! Always great to see you and your dad. See you at York then.
Quoted from jrpinball:I could use a back door for a Bally "Mad World". These were on many multi-player Ballys of the era, but are hard to find if you need one.
i need a back door for a capersville....
I approve of this thread. Even with no personal need for it currently, this is going to be satisfying to see matches made.
I have a decent Hurdy Gurdy lower cab. that needs a head,
and I have a 1971 Gottlieb Extra Inning Head..
Quoted from jeffc:I approve of this thread. Even with no personal need for it currently, this is going to be satisfying to see matches made.
Yea, goal is one match making per month! A lot of us have parted out games because the pf is toast. there should be lots of heads available. I have 3-4 empty wedgehead heads as well.
How does shipping work on these? I gotta believe it is expensive.
Anyway, I have a few wedgeheads available.
Slick Chick
Flying Carpet
Subway
Funland?
Rack A Ball - painted silver
World Beauties
Regarding doors - Dimensions would be helpful. I have some doors that I have no idea what they are for.
Quoted from newmantjn:How does shipping work on these? I gotta believe it is expensive.
Anyway, I have a few wedgeheads available.
Slick Chick
Flying Carpet
Subway
Funland?
Rack A Ball - painted silver
World Beauties
Regarding doors - Dimensions would be helpful. I have some doors that I have no idea what they are for.
Please send a photo and price on the Rack-A-Ball head. Thanks!
Quoted from Mopar:I have a decent Hurdy Gurdy lower cab. that needs a head,
and I have a 1971 Gottlieb Extra Inning Head..
PM sent.
Quoted from newmantjn:How does shipping work on these? I gotta believe it is expensive.
Anyway, I have a few wedgeheads available.
Slick Chick
Flying Carpet
Subway
Funland?
Rack A Ball - painted silver
World Beauties
Regarding doors - Dimensions would be helpful. I have some doors that I have no idea what they are for.
How's the "Subway" head? We obviously know what happened to the body!
Quoted from newmantjn:Regarding doors - Dimensions would be helpful. I have some doors that I have no idea what they are for.
i need a door for a capersville... opening size is 28-1/4 by 24-3/4
Quoted from DennisDodel:Please send a photo and price on the Rack-A-Ball head.
You do realize that this is in Michigan? The head is in storage and I can swing by and get a picture, but it is a little rough and was painted silver. Assuming it is $10 + shipping is this something you would want to pursue? My thought is that once you get the $30 or so shipping bill, it isn't worth it? But if you are truly interested, I'll swing by and snap a picture. Might be next week though.
Quoted from newmantjn:Stripped now.
So it's not as in this photo? Backglass was sold, or was it trashed?
Quoted from newmantjn:You do realize that this is in Michigan? The head is in storage and I can swing by and get a picture, but it is a little rough and was painted silver. Assuming it is $10 + shipping is this something you would want to pursue? My thought is that once you get the $30 or so shipping bill, it isn't worth it? But if you are truly interested, I'll swing by and snap a picture. Might be next week though.
Yes. As long as it is mostly mechanically complete. Please take photos. Thanks!
Quoted from boilerman:i need a door for a capersville... opening size is 28-1/4 by 24-3/4
Does it fit into a narrow metal channel at the bottom?
The one I need for "Mad World" is that type. You have to hook the narrow lower lip of the door into the channel, then swing it upward to close it. These seem nearly impossible to find.
Quoted from jrpinball:Does it fit into a narrow metal channel at the bottom?
The one I need for "Mad World" is that type. You have to hook the narrow lower lip of the door into the channel, then swing it upward to close it. These seem nearly impossible to find.
mine is missing the channel also. i don't recall that type on the other capersville i had. is it a kind of a locking mechanism ?
Quoted from DennisDodel:Yes. As long as it is mostly mechanically complete. Please take photos. Thanks!
Ahhhhh.. Now I see. Unfortunately, with the exception of Funland, World Beauties and Flying Carpet, the heads are empty.
So, that might be something we need to point out going forward.
Quoted from jrpinball:So it's not as in this photo? Backglass was sold, or was it trashed?
BG sold.
Quoted from newmantjn:Ahhhhh.. Now I see. Unfortunately, with the exception of Funland, World Beauties and Flying Carpet, the heads are empty.
So, that might be something we need to point out going forward.
Shoot! Oh well, the search continues.
Quoted from newmantjn:Ahhhhh.. Now I see. Unfortunately, with the exception of Funland, World Beauties and Flying Carpet, the heads are empty.
So, that might be something we need to point out going forward.
That's why I said COMPLETE head in my first one...I thought that was kinda the OP's intention too - matching up complete games. Seems to me empty head and back door needs/haves should be posted in the general parts seeking thread...
Quoted from Stoomer:That's why I said COMPLETE head in my first one...I thought that was kinda the OP's intention too -
I don't really know the OPs intention, since he didn't post it. Luckily, I wasn't responding to your post for a COMPLETE head with an offer for an empty one, or THAT would have been not what you wanted.
Quoted from jrpinball:Does it fit into a narrow metal channel at the bottom?
The one I need for "Mad World" is that type. You have to hook the narrow lower lip of the door into the channel, then swing it upward to close it. These seem nearly impossible to find.
With my Mad World I cheated. I removed the channel and used a Two Player Gottlieb Door. (Slightly bent the top of the door to work.) Our local Pinfixer, Chris K. had some NOS available.
https://www.pinballpirate.com/parts-for-sale
It's not perfect, but it seems to fit my needs.
Quoted from boilerman:mine is missing the channel also. i don't recall that type on the other capersville i had. is it a kind of a locking mechanism ?
It seems to deter prying the door from the bottom edge.
Quoted from DennisDodel:Shoot! Oh well, the search continues.
I just traded away a reasonably good "Rack a Ball" head, sans backglass, back door and animation balls. It was also painted over in a scheme similar to "Sing Along".
This just came up on Chicago Craigslist. 1964 Williams Grand Slam head for $100 obo. A nice deal if you happen to have a lower cab.
Quoted from AlexF:This just came up on Chicago Craigslist. 1964 Williams Grand Slam head for $100 obo. A nice deal if you happen to have a lower cab.
chicago.craigslist.org link
Close! But that reminds me...
I Need a head for a 1953 WLMS De Luxe Baseball - it's a funny one...just a bubbled running man unit basically:
https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=3045
Was going to build one someday maybe...but finding one would be obviously better.
Quoted from fastford02:Need a complete head for a 1951 Chicago Coin King Pin.
Never seen that game before Chad...that's awesome! Although asking for a head for that is a TALL order!! ;O)
Quoted from Stoomer:Never seen that game before Chad...that's awesome! Although asking for a head for that is a TALL order!! ;O)
https://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1373&picno=56044
That's the King Pin that I found in a warehouse out in the middle of a cornfield in Southern Illinois about ten years ago. The warehouse was on the verge of collapsing and the walls were being held up by chains from the outside. There were many dozens of games there but most were waterlogged and beyond saving. The King Pin was one of the few games that had survived this mess.
I paid dearly for the King Pin only because it is so rare and unusual. I re-furbished it and had planned to keep it, but Rob saw it in the background of a photo I had taken of another game that I was selling on e-bay. He offered me an astronomical amount for the game and I had to let it go.
Rob has tried to sell the game a few times with no luck. I am not sure if he still has the game but if anyone is interested in it might be worth contacting Rob.
Quoted from DennisDodel:Rob has tried to sell the game a few times with no luck. I am not sure if he still has the game but if anyone is interested in it might be worth contacting Rob.
Well, "fastford02" isn't Rob.
Quoted from jrpinball:Well, "fastford02" isn't Rob.
I don't get it. What am I missing? 
Quoted from DennisDodel:I don't get it. What am I missing?
The guy looking for the '51 CC "King Pin" head is "fastford02".
I thought you said Rob had this very game, and might still have it.
I'll ask "fastford02" if he got his from Rob. How many of these can still be around?
You're saying Rob has a complete one, then? If so I misunderstood what you meant about this "headless" one is the
same one you rescued from the warehouse in Illinois.
Quoted from ejacques:and a head for a Gottlieb Jet Spin. (I've got the backglass and guts, the head was waterlogged though).
That's a really big one!
Bigger in size than most? I've heard there's only a few late gottlieb EMs that had that size head. I'm just hoping to avoid having to try my hand at woodworking.
Quoted from jrpinball:That's a really big one!
Quoted from ejacques:I'll chime in....looking for a complete head for Williams Gay 90s (back glasses too) and a head for a Gottlieb Jet Spin. (I've got the backglass and guts, the head was waterlogged though).
FWIW, there's an entire Gay 90s for sale on CL here in San Antonio for $500. Maybe you could work a deal for the whole machine.
Quoted from ejacques:Bigger in size than most? I've heard there's only a few late gottlieb EMs that had that size head. I'm just hoping to avoid having to try my hand at woodworking.
Yeah, it's huge! I think the only other one that large is "Jungle Queen", but there might be one or two more.
Quoted from jrpinball:You're saying Rob has a complete one, then? If so I misunderstood what you meant about this "headless" one is the
same one you rescued from the warehouse in Illinois.
Yes. I sold the complete one to Rob Berk who also has photos of the game on the IPDB. So counting the one the late Russ Jensen took photos of shown on the data base, only two different games are shown there.
Quoted from pinhead52:We see a Bally Nip-it needs a head
I'm the one looking for the Nip-It head. I managed to source a full prodject game to make 1 single machine but that still leaves me w a body and no head so I'm still looking. Thanks op for making this thread.
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