Buckley criss cross
Buckley criss cross
Just had a look on Elephant House and seen a very nice looking Buckley criss cross coming up. Looking back on previous auction results its come up before but in a different colour.
Can't find much info about them, anyone own the same or similar any info would be nice.
Thanks
Can't find much info about them, anyone own the same or similar any info would be nice.
Thanks
Re: Buckley criss cross
Do a search on this site and you will find a number of threads on Buckley, another American manufacturer, similar to Mills machines, in fact I suspect they copied the design.
You're right about this machine, as it sold in February auction for £480 and was bright blue, apparently nicely restored and now it is a darker blue. Ha ha, people are funny... what is that all about machines changing hands and colour from one person to the next, especially given the effort. Think I preferred the pale blue
Also another machine that was previously sold in June is a Club Chief Jennings. Wonder what is wrong with it? Also an Allwin Extrawin that has been in about 5 auctions and sold last time, back in again
You're right about this machine, as it sold in February auction for £480 and was bright blue, apparently nicely restored and now it is a darker blue. Ha ha, people are funny... what is that all about machines changing hands and colour from one person to the next, especially given the effort. Think I preferred the pale blue
Also another machine that was previously sold in June is a Club Chief Jennings. Wonder what is wrong with it? Also an Allwin Extrawin that has been in about 5 auctions and sold last time, back in again
Re: Buckley criss cross
Yeah done a good search on here found a few pictures, only thing I noticed that it doesn't say Buckley on the front case and other ones on here do is that a issue, or did they make some with and without Buckley on the front case.
Re: Buckley criss cross
Buckley started out as a revamper taking old Mills machines and adding their own touches to them, eventually they started to make their own parts
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Re: Buckley criss cross
I have a soft spot for Buckleys - I have three. Having Mills parts would be normal, as most were built that way, but the more desirable ones have Buckley parts, especially the mech, which resembles a Mills but is clearly different and easy to spot. The most notable feature are the dampers (sometimes 1, sometimes 2, I think) that are part of the mechanism, high on the front. Operators liked these simply because you could swap parts with Mills. Back doors are the same for a start. I strongly suspect the upper front casting is a replacement from a Mills machine, as originals always have 'Buckley' on the casting, as far as I know. They rarely have jackpots (at least showing).
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