One gottlieb "Preview" will die so that others may live.

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One gottlieb "Preview" will die so that others may live.

I picked up a 1962 Gottlieb "Preview" yesterday for a donor for a virtual pinball cabinet. It was in the shed for years. The playfield glass was broken, but otherwise, the machine is complete. I'm told the machine played before it was stored, but you know how that story goes.

I'm trying to find the best strategy for finding a home for the parts I won't be using: The populated playfield, the populated backglass board and the wired electical board on the bottom of the machine (with all the components and the tilt board).

As you can probably tell, I'm not fluent in pinballeeze, but I would like to maximize the value to the pinball community at large. What is the best strategy? To disassemble and sell the components individually, or just sell 3 large wired components individually, or just sell the entire transplant in one lot?

I don't know how universal any of these parts are and would appreciate any insights or opinions.

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That backglass is a total loss. Frankly I would just put it in the trash, sad as that may be.

Gottlieb parts are fairly interchangeable with other Gottlieb machines from the same era. Score reels can be salvaged, stepper motors, coils, chime box assembly, etc....

Parting out all the stuff inside the cabinet body such as relays and what not individually may be a bit over-complicated due to all the wiring involved. May be best to try and sell the enitre assembly in the cabinet as one piece with the wire harness, then if someone wants to scavenge it for a different game let them do all the hard work. You won't maximize your money by doing it that way, but you'll save yourself a TON of labor and probably help someone who can genuinely use the parts versus just putting them on a shelf.
 
That backglass is a total loss. Frankly I would just put it in the trash, sad as that may be.

Gottlieb parts are fairly interchangeable with other Gottlieb machines from the same era. Score reels can be salvaged, stepper motors, coils, chime box assembly, etc....

Parting out all the stuff inside the cabinet body such as relays and what not individually may be a bit over-complicated due to all the wiring involved. May be best to try and sell the enitre assembly in the cabinet as one piece with the wire harness, then if someone wants to scavenge it for a different game let them do all the hard work. You won't maximize your money by doing it that way, but you'll save yourself a TON of labor and probably help someone who can genuinely use the parts versus just putting them on a shelf.

Couldn't have said it better....that advise is your best bet.
 
Thanks for the tips. Maximizing my money is not the primary concern. I'd like to know that these parts can bring life to machines that would otherwise be broken. I'm probably going to try to peddle off the three major assemblies and let whoever gets them decide how best to utilize them.
 
Offer up all of the guts as one lot for $50.00 to $100.00 (depending on how long you want to wait). The backglass is worthless unfortunately. But I'd recommend taking it out of the cabinet and take pictures of it that way. Crazy pinheads will chastise you for breaking it up instead of fixing it. Put it on Mr. Pinball as parts for sale. Big EM following on that free classified.
 
Hi I know its a long shot but do you still have the play field for preview

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