EM arcade game call Chicago Coin All American shuffle. Before and after pics below.
Category: Restorations
Once in a while we do a bowler glass restoration. Here’s one for the Bally Monarch.
A Gottlieb Sure Shot glass came into the shop for restoration. Check out the before and after pics.
We like to do gun game glasses too on occasion. So here’s one, before and after, for the CCM Super Circus gun game.
Wow check out the work done on this Williams Suspense pinball backglass, before and after pics…
Someone sent in a Williams Wild Card glass for restoration. Below are the before and after pictures.
Some requests to restore this glass, Zaccaria Devil Rider pinball, have come in. So we scanned it and have made it available. Check out the before and after pictures below.
Another Zaccaria title, this time Zac Clown for restoration. Below are the before and after pictures.
We received a bunch of Zaccaria glasses for restoration recently. This Zaccaria Magic Castle glass obviously had a problem, a big crack diagonally across the glass. We made a new glass (using tempered glass). Below are the before/after pictures.
Received in the mail an original Gottlieb Top Score glass for restoration. Below are the before and after pictures.
I have no idea why we took this glass in for restoration, but here it is, an Evan horsey game Saddle and Turf backglass restoration. Essentially this is a slot machine. Before and after pics below. Note there are upper and lower glasses for this game, and we restored both of them.
Rockola made several different scoring units for shuffle board games just after WW2. We already did one version, but here’s another. Before and after pics below.
These come along every once in a while for restoration, I’m not sure why we do them, just too many models with slightly different backglasses. But we did the CCM 10th Frame shuffle alley, before and after pics below.
Personally I never much cared for this game, but the backglass is fabulous. This is the 1970s home model of Bally Captain Fantastic. Check out the before and after pics below.
Mailman is not liking us lately, another comes in the mail. This time a Gottlieb Super Circus backglass for restoration.
Again another in the mail, a Williams Lucky Seven (solid state) backglass for restoration. Before and after pics below.
Again another that came in the mail, a 1953 Williams Deluxe Baseball pitch and bat glass for restoration. Check out the before and after pics below.
Received in the mail a Bally Rockmaker backglass for restoration. It came out great!
Received an inner glass for Gottlieb Volcano backglass into the shop, and worked on getting it restored. Below are the before and after pictures. Note we also restored the outer glass too, using direct print. Those before/after pictures are below too. Inner glass before: Inner glass after: Outer glass before: Outer glass after:
We get a lot of requests to do pitch and bat baseball game backglass restorations. The Williams Grand Slam baseball pitch and bat came to the shop for work. Below are the before and after pictures.
Here’s an interesting departure from the usual pinball score glass work we do. The Taito Ice Cold Beer arcade game glass was sent in for restoration. Below are the before/after pictures.
We had a request to restore the Gottlieb “300” score glass. Problem was, the original was in really bad condition. But a local collector had the game so we borrowed his to get a good scan, so the restoration was much easier. Below are the before and after pictures.
Received a CCM Superstar EM backglass for restoration. It wasn’t in bad shape, so the work was pretty straight forward for this glass. Check out the before/after pictures below.
Received a Gottlieb Alien Star system80 backglass for restoration. This glass didn’t need a lot of work, aside from faded colors. Check out the before/after pictures below.
The Gottlieb system1 game Dragon backglass was sent to us for restoration. Check out the before and after pictures.
Here’s the restoration for a Gottlieb Astro backglass, with before and after pictures.
Received a Gottlieb Star Trek backglass in the mail for restoration. Check out the before and after pictures below.
Restored a 1970s Midway Haunted House (gun game) backglass for someone. This came out quite well, check out the before and after pictures.
Got a request to do the Italian add-a-ball version for Gottlieb Sky Dive. (The American version is Gottlieb Sky Jump.)
We received a Chicago Coin Bowling League backglass for restoration. It was a pretty big mess, not just in paint loss, but also the glass was broken in several pieces. But Steve was able to recover the artwork and restore it to like new condition. Check out the before/after pics below.
We had a request to restore a Gottlieb Crosstown backglass. The owner’s glass was poor, missing much of the artwork. But we were able to borrow a good condition Crosstown glass and use that to restore the poor condition model. Below are the before and after pictures.
We were sent a modified translight for the 1994 Williams Flintstones and asked to sharpen it up, and to put it on glass. Note this is custom artwork with no “williams” logo (so WMS can’t say anything about it.) It is somewhat comical artwork, if you look closely. Anyway we put it on glass and […]
This original backglass for the Gottlieb Scuba was a real mess. We were able to bring it back to life though with a nice restoration. Check out the before and after pics below.
This Gottlieb Wild Wild West backglass wasn’t in nice shape, but we were able to make it nice again with some work. Check out the before and after pics below.
Received a pretty nice Gottlieb Aquarius backglass in the mail for restoration. Didn’t need a lot of work, came out really nice. Check out before/after pics below.
The Chicago Coin Hee Haw backglass came into the shop for restoration. Check out the before and after pictures.
The Chicago Coin Twin Skeet Shoot backglass came in for restoration. Check out the before and after pics.
Every once in a while Steve will take on a non-pinball related score glass for restoration. In this case it was a Rockola shuffle board scoring glass. Check out the before and after pictures.
The Williams Post Time backglass came to the shop for restoration. Before and after pictures below.
A Gottlieb Sinbad backglass just came to the shop for restoration. Check out the before and after pictures.
A Williams Little Chief backglass came to the shop for restoration. Steve did a wonderful job, check out the before and after pictures.
We did this glass some time ago, but forgot to blog it on the site. So here’s the pictures of the restored glass in both English and German versions. Unfortunately we don’t have a “before” picture, sorry.
The 1960s Chicago Coin Yankee baseball pitch and bat backglass came into the shop for restoration. The original was pretty faded. The restored version is much brighter. Check out the before and after pictures.
Here’s a pretty rare glass that we restored. The Gottlieb “New York” pinball is basically Pinoneer made for the New York market (with some subtle rule changes.) Glass came to the shop for restoration. Check out the before and after pictures below.
We have gotten a lot of requests to restore the Williams Flash pinball backglass lately. Well it’s finally happened. Check out the before and after pics below.
The 1960s Gottlieb Happy Clown came to the shop for restoration. Check out the before and after pictures below.
We have been getting requests to restore the wedgehead Gottlieb Top Card backglass. We were finally able to get a good scan of a decent original glass, so this restoration is now available. Check out the before and after pictures below.
This four player Gottlieb Oklahoma pinball backglass came into the shop for restoration. Man was this original glass a freakin mess! Steve worked incredibly hard to make this into a good, clean restoration. Came out really well, it was a lot of work. Check out the before and after pictures below.
The wedgehead Gottlieb King Pin pinball backglass came into the shop for restoration. Luckily the original glass wasn’t in terrible condition so this restoration went pretty quick. Check out the before and after pics below.
Boy this glass was nasty bad! Was able to really turn this glass into something and make the game come a live. Check out the before/after pics.
Was able to do the outside glass for the Zaccaria Time Machine. Check out the before and after pics below.
This Williams Laser Cue glass came into the shop, and at first it didn’t look that bad. But flipping it over, we noticed all the ink at the bottom of the glass was ready to just let go and fall off! Luckily we got the glass scanned before it imploded. Though the before picture below […]
A lot of people have asked about restoring this glass. Finally one came into the shop in decent condition to scan and restore. Below are the before and after pictures.
Someone came to the shop with a bag full of “little diamonds”, meaning that they broke their score glass on the Williams No Good Gofers. So we can’t really show you a “before” picture. But we did find an original to scan and clean up for this gentlemen!
We just got a Williams Star Pool glass in for restoration. Boy the colors were pretty faded! Check out the before and after pics.
Into the shop walked a 1960s Bally EM “Gator” glass for restoration. This original glass was in pretty poor condition, so it was due for some work. Check out the before and after pictures below!
WOW is all I can say when I saw the work Steve did on this glass. Steve must really like this game, as the amount of missing artwork that needed to be fixed was great. Check out the before and after pictures of the Bally Hootenanny backglass.
In to the shop walked a Williams Time Warp score glass for restoration. Though not in terrible condition, it did have the typical spider webbing that these glasses like to get with time. So we scanned it and cleaned it up, making for a very nice Time Warp restoration. Check out the before and after […]
The 1960s Bally EM pinballs are some of our favorites here at BGresto. So when a Bally Cross Country glass showed up for restoration, we gladly took it on. Check out the before and after pictures below.
The 1963 Midway Champ pinball is a really cool game with animated backbox cars that go around a race track. So when the score glass came into the shop for restoration, it was a welcome project. Below are the before and after pictures of the glass.
Wow this glass took *forever* to finish. The original came to the shop is less than spectacular condition. After scanning the Photoshop touch up and repair work just took a really long time (way longer than most glasses.) But it’s done now. Check out the before and after pictures.
Another popular pinball game that often has a very bad score glass. The Gottlieb Surf Champ glass came into the shop for restoration. Below are the before and after pictures.
The Gottlieb Shipmates score glass is often seen in poor condition. So when someone asked to have theirs restored, we jumped at the chance to do the work. Below are the before and after pictures.
In to the shop walked a Gottlieb Strange World backglass for restoration. Though the original wasn’t in terrible shape, it did need some work to make it really nice. Below are the before and after pictures.
We don’t do a lot of bowler or shuffle alley score glass restorations, but every once in a while someone convinces us that we should do it. Here’s a United Leader Shuffle Alley before and after restoration we did for a customer.
The classic 1940s International Mutoscope Atomic Bomber game was a mainstay in most arcades through the 1950s. We did not get the glass itself for restoration, but instead were provided the scan files. From that we created an excellent reproduction of the original glass. Below are the front and back side pictures of the glass […]
The classic Stern Split Second glass came into the shop with bad delamination of the flesh tones. We cleaned that up and restored the glass to like new. Check out the before and after pictures below.
The Scientific Batting Practice is a classic EM arcade game from an era long gone. This machine was used for decades in many old time arcades. So when an original glass came in for restoration, we had to take it on (though the original glass was pretty trashed.) Check out the before and after pics […]
Received a Bally Freedom (EM) glass for restoration. Also received a “prototype” version of the glass. The only difference seems to be the “1976 1776” moniker on the glass. But anyway, below are the before and after pictures of the restoration. A slightly different variation of the glass…
In to the shop came a Gottlieb Rollercoaster glass for restoration. Though not incredibly damaged, it had some peeling and a lot of fading. The owner wanted a nice glass for his game, so we restored it. Check out the before/after pics below.
We received this oritinal Gottlieb Lite-a-Card score glass in terrible condition. Note only lots of peeling, but the glass itself was broken in many places. We were able to get a good scan and then cleaned up the artwork, and restored the glass. Check out the before/after pics below.
This Williams Fiesta score glass came into the shop in pretty bad condition, with lots of ink peeling. After a scan and some graphics work, the repair of this glass came out great. Check out the before and after pictures below.
The 1963 Gottlieb Sweet Hearts, the last gobble hole wedge head game. Boy did this glass need restoration! Oh my, check out the before and after pictures. Not much can be added in words to what the pictures show!
This 1960s two player Gottlieb Preview score glass was an absolute mess. Major peeling everywhere, but there was enough left for a decent scan. Yea it was some work, but the restored glass came out great! Check out the before and after pictures.
A guy walked into the shop with a 1970s Bally Boomerang pinball glass. It wasn’t really in bad condition, with just some minimal fading and scratches. But he wanted it restored, so we took on the project. Below are the before and after pictures.
Into the shop walked a Bally Sea Ray for restoration. The original Searay was scanned in, cleaned up, and the glass repaired making it new. Wow check out the before and after pics below – the original glass was extremely faded, and peeling badly.
Though Gameplan games aren’t exactly the most popular, when one came into the shop for restoration, we were happy to restore it. The original was highly faded, with the reds being very diminished. Check out the before and after pictures below.
Into the shop walked a Gottlieb woodrail backglass called “Silver” for restoration. Below is the before and after pictures for this restoration. It came out quite nice! As you can see the original glass had quite a bit of damage from age and light bulb heat.
The 1950s Williams backglasses are often in pretty bad shape. Time is the enemy, and this game’s glass was no exception. The 1953 Williams Palisades had some great artwork, but in this case, it was largely peeled away. So a restoration was in order. Below are the before and after pictures.
Originally the 1986 Williams Grand Lizard was designed as a system9 game in 1985, artwork by Paul Faris. But ultimately the game was not released until the system11 era. The original artwork had to be changed to compensate for system11 alpha-numeric score displays (they were in a different physical position than the original numeric display […]
The Gottlieb Pinball Pool game has a slightly mirrored glass, but Steve managed to colorize this minor mirroring into a really attractive restoration. The before and after pictures below tell the story best. He did a great job on this one!
We bought a Bally Hang Glider, and the glass was not in good condition. All the red areas of the kite were letting loose, and basically transparent. This glass really needed to be restored, which we did. Check out the before and after pictures below.
Got a Williams Fast Ball pitch and bat score glass in the mail for restoration. Though not in terrible condition, you could tell when back lit, it wasn’t a very good glass. So restored it to like new condition. Check out the before and after pictures below.
In to the shop walks a Williams Jungle Lord backglass for restoration. We never seen a really nice example of this glass, they all seem to have issues. This one wasn’t too bad, but the ink artwork was delaminating. So we fixed her up and restored this glass. The mirroring on the glass had to […]
In to the shop walked a 1986 Williams Grand Lizard pinball score glass for restoration. The original was peeling at the bottom along the edges of the score window cutouts, and had a large crinkle of ink through the middle of the glass. It was definitely ready for a restore, so we took on the […]
Pinstar was a company that Gary Stern started after the (original) Stern pinball went out of business in 1985, and before the start of Dataeast in 1987. Their one and only game was Gamatron, essentially a narrow body version of Stern Flight 2000. The game was sold by Gary Stern and Steve Kirk (Pinstar) as […]
The Williams baseball games from the 1960s have been coming to the shop for restoration! At least so it seems. Many are in pretty bad shape too. Check out the before and after pictures below. Bring baseball games back to life for all to enjoy!
The Williams pitch and bat games often seem to need glass restoration. We are slowly getting a pretty good inventory of these glass restorations on file, so new requests go much quicker. Anyway here’s the 1967 Williams Base Hit glass restoration we just did. (Sorry no before picture.)
We’ve been working on and collecting pinball machines for a really long time, and I can’t ever remember seeing a 1978 Williams World Cup with a good backglass! I think these came from the factory pre-worn and flaking. So when we got a request to restore this glass, we were all for it. Below are […]
This glass came to the shop in pretty poor condition, and ready for a restoration. Steve did an outstanding job, check out the before and after pictures!
Someone sent Steve a Williams Highways backglass for restoration. Colors were a bit faded, and there was definite peeling on the solid colors. But a good candidate for restoration. Check out the before and after pictures.
We got a glass in the mail for a Gottieb Showboat wedge head. The glass was peeling pretty badly (especially around the “show boat” marquee), so it definitely needed restoration. Steve worked his magic, and it came out nicely. Check out the before and after pictures.
Williams Blackout pinball backglass came into the shop for restoration. Below is the result from the Black Out restoration. Note the original backglass is mirrored. If we have your original backglass, we can wash off all the original (peeling) ink, and re-use the original glass with new ink (saving the mirroring.) If we don’t have […]
Here’s one we’d never thought we would do, a video game front glass. This is the glass that surrounds the 19″ vertical monitor on the 1980 Atari Centipede game. Someone came into the shop with one of these glasses, and it was peeling badly. Scanned it in and touched it up in Photoshop. The results […]
We’ve done the Bally Rogo pinball glass restoration before, but here’s a new twist on it. A guy contacted us with a custom modification for his Rogo glass. He wanted the young lady in the glass “enhanced.” Who are we to say no to this? So check out the pictures below, before and after. ‘Normal’ […]
In to the shop walked a terrible condition Bally Bus Stop pinball score glass from the 1960s. A fairly rare game, but it was just begging for restoration work. Check out the pictures below and what Steve did with this one, before and after.
The Williams Star Light is a fairly rare game, so we were happy to help with the restoration of this glass. It wasn’t in terrible shape, but starting to delaminate. Scanned in and restored to like new condition.
We love pitch and bat games here at BGresto. So when a 1958 Bally Heavy Hitter glass walked into the shop for restoration, we were thrilled to do it. Check out the ‘before’ picture… boy did this glass need restoration! The outcome was quite good, we are very happy with the results.
We’ve worked on this glass before, but didn’t document it here. So here’s the output from that work. Note some minor changes were made to the girl to enhance her “girlie-ness” in the second version. We also did a third version which is even more revealing…
Another glass that we probably should have not taken on, as this customer’s game is the only one known to exist! But hey, sometimes you have to do glasses for “important” games, just because you can. Also this customer has probably had us restoration 50 other glasses, so we kind of owed him. Anyway the […]