Post by juke46 on Jan 2, 2020 12:05:50 GMT
Wurlitzer 750-E - Anna always wanted a W-750. In our much "younger days" we used our vacations to roam around the Country looking for "junk". Junk was anything old that we liked, could restore, resell or whatever. Jukeboxes were always the real goal. This one was found in Louisiana and was obviously a worn out reject that had seen severe service in Mexico. I believe we paid $400 for it. Most of it was there except, of course, the coin gear. Mexico's coins do not work in American coin gear so it had been replaced by a strange way of getting credit. I forget how it worked but it involved a small micro-switch with a long wire lever for maximum leverage and a ramp the coins would roll down or something like that. As the coin rolled down the ramp it would (sometimes) close the micro-switch and add one credit.
Amazingly the original plastics were all intact and crack free. They required a lot of cleaning and polishing.
There were a number of machines coming home to the USA from Mexico at the time. Coin gear parts were at a premium, if they could be located, since the returning machines lacked coin gear. I did find the coin gear at a cost of more than I paid for the machine. The mechanism, not shown in the only picture I took, was in an unbelievable state of disrepair. It was amazing that it worked at all. This machine was the electrical selector model (that's why the E after the 750). The 750-M used a mechanical selection system. Some of the coils for selections were badly burned.
We have replaced veneer on a few simple machines like a Rock-Ola 1422 etc. Not skilled enough to do this poor old Wurlitzer from Mexico. That was costly but came out nicely. Fortunately a friend was a retired Wurlitzer guy and rebuilt the mechanism. The other stuff such as cabinet wiring was old and bad. The sound system was OK needing the usual and a re-cone of the speaker. Consider carefully, machines returned from Mexico. (After restoration pic below the ugly picture) Juke46 - Peoria, AZ
Amazingly the original plastics were all intact and crack free. They required a lot of cleaning and polishing.
There were a number of machines coming home to the USA from Mexico at the time. Coin gear parts were at a premium, if they could be located, since the returning machines lacked coin gear. I did find the coin gear at a cost of more than I paid for the machine. The mechanism, not shown in the only picture I took, was in an unbelievable state of disrepair. It was amazing that it worked at all. This machine was the electrical selector model (that's why the E after the 750). The 750-M used a mechanical selection system. Some of the coils for selections were badly burned.
We have replaced veneer on a few simple machines like a Rock-Ola 1422 etc. Not skilled enough to do this poor old Wurlitzer from Mexico. That was costly but came out nicely. Fortunately a friend was a retired Wurlitzer guy and rebuilt the mechanism. The other stuff such as cabinet wiring was old and bad. The sound system was OK needing the usual and a re-cone of the speaker. Consider carefully, machines returned from Mexico. (After restoration pic below the ugly picture) Juke46 - Peoria, AZ
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