The ultimate strength tester

[coppinpr]

Coulpe of weeks ago BP and I added this chap (who Id never seen before) to our,very interesting, latest section (The strange and unusual) at www.penny-arcade.info and hey presto! one pops up for sale on Ebay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coin-operate ... Swi0xZ85GY

[badpenny]

I nearly bought one of these umpty years ago when I was running pubs.

It would have been great in the back bar. Sadly it wouldn't fire up but I got a chance to look inside it and it had numerous hefty great springs that should they have come adrift from their tethers would have most likely ripped your face off.

[ib1981]

Would love to see how it looks on the inside. Too bad its in a "not tested" condition, so more or less an unknown for me. What a shame.

[coppinpr]

Your first post ib1981- so welcome to the forum.

[badpenny]

From what I remember it was a concoction of steel wire around metal pulley wheels and as I said earlier tethered to gert great springs.
I might be quite wrong (I often am) but although parts were missing I got the impression there was a random gear selector involved rather like the derailleur on an old racing bike.
Thus giving different punters an ever changing resistance and encouraging competition.