Another New Table - Meet the Williams Argosy ElectroMechanical Pinball

After playing with the United Brazil Bingo Pin ( link ) I decided that I wanted to try an EM pin.

EM = ElectroMechanical,meaning the pinball machine was made before electronics became available and so it was all done with pure mechanics. Wheels and gears to keep track of targets, scores, balls, money, etc.

Its an interesting mechanical problem and toying with one seemed like it would be a lot of fun. So I kept a lookout for one. This last weekend one popped up. It was an estate sale and there wasn't a lot of info but it was definitely a EM pin so we thought we would go down and take a look.

It turned out to be an Williams Argosy and it was in great looking shape! the backglass was perfect

Argosy Pinball Backglass

and the playfield showed almost no signs of wear. It turned on, lights came on, made noise, the wheels clanked but it would not play.

Since it didn't work. We negotiated a price and I think both parties came out happy.

They got some money and I got a pin that looks to be in good shape, hopefully it is something easily fixable!