Hi PM yes still tuned in and thanks for the update ... good to see a member of the Hawtins family posting ... my Ditchburn research has been held back with this blooming global flu bug that is going round :) ... so hoping to contact and meet up with some of these people when its all over, one thing ...

Topic moved & merged - Site Admin. Hi Guys I'm not sure if this is good or not or will interest someone... whilst browsing through the Ebay Jukebox section I came across this auction... seems strange it's under jukeboxes but it caught my eye as it's a mech that I believe is not very common .. a Bel...

Just to throw a spanner in the works Tossing a coin on to the ground (hence why it's usually caught in the hand) is not 1:1. There is a possibility that it could land on the edge of the coin and sit on its side. So what's the microscopic probability of that happening.... 1 in a million, I guess... b...

Hi Guys Great article and photos in the Yarmouth Mercury ... I sent the link Pennymachines posted to Freddy Bailey in the USA and he came back with some info that was totally unexpected ... Firstly his late father organised the trade association making the protest at the time called The Seaside Oper...

Billboard is an amazing source of information ... I found the article by Thomas Kosh over a year ago whilst researching for my website www.dithburn.co.uk ... I don't know if you noticed, but Billboard got the page numbering all wrong at the bottom of the first article, so you need to search the pape...

And a new Arcade Club opening in Blackpool next year .... it's slightly later era than what we are used to here, but it is something that has my respect as they do what we do in restore original machines, repair and preserve them and allow others to play them. Here is the news from Mr Palmer.... All...

Some amazing photos there ... and some stories to be told about running arcades in those days ... Here is a photo that was sent to me by Freddy Bailey for my website www.ditchburn.co.uk it shows his fathers arcade in 1955 which was situated at the top of Mundesley Cliffs in North Norfolk, the arcade...

hi plupke123

The Place for all the information you require regarding restoring and parts for old Fruitmachines and lots more can be found here ...
https://www.fruitemu.co.uk/ib/index.php?/index

Hope this Helps
Dicky

Excuse my Investigative behaviour .... But is the one posted by Paul and the one posted by PM from EH action exactly the same machine but with a bit of timber added on top? It seems to me that the wood grains and markings are exactly the same. :D PM.jpg paul.jpg Evenin' All, Detective Inspector Dick...

Hopefully that will help a little bit... Unfortunately the Starlet did not have a variator motor so that is not shown.

All the best ... dicky