Ik moet trouwens mijn update beginnen met een reactie die ik heb gekregen van een zekere Theonlylilo, een Italiaan uit de buurt van Milaan:
Ik vond dat wel sjiek dat hij reageerde. Daarmee kan ik ook al wat meer de geschiedenis van deze kast reconstrueren: Williams fabriek >> een verdeler ergens in Frankrijk >> .?. >> Arcade Room Jesolo - Italië >> een oude Kroaat >> Theonlylilo uit Milaan >> de vorige eigenaar uit Nederland (naam vergeten...) >> ten slotte bij mij in GentGlad to see that my Time Fantasy has arrived to you!!! Yes, I'm the italian guy who sold few years ago this beautiful pinball to a belgian pinhead.
For what I see the pinball remained the same "hand by hand".
Just for your info, it was july 2015 when I saw an ads that shown this machine very close to me, approx 15 minutes by car A few hours after, I was negotiating with a Croatian old man that bought it in the '90s from an arcade room located in Jesolo (Venice).
At first sight it was terrible because the pin was located on a terrace on the fourth floor of its big house, completely exposed to the bad weather (here's way the cabinet is not good and the backglass is flaking). The boards were already missing because he told me that he had given them to a man for fixing.
So, once the price has been agreed, I brought it down alone from the terrace to my car terrible under the sun and the 30 degrees Celsius.
My project was simply similar to your... give a second chance to this Holy Grail. But honestly it would have requested so much time and money to be brought to life... no boards, no display. And it also remembered too much my ex-girlfriend! So i decided to sold it to the belgian collector which then gave it to you (I'm courious about the price ).
This is the last time that I saw the happy snails!!! Ready for the trip... but now I'm happy to see them in very good hands! Nice job man... you gave back life not only to the pinball machine, but also to a piece of me!!!
Indrukwekkend reisje toch voor zo'n oude kast