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I have just gotten into a new project that my son gave me as a Christmas Gift this past December..It is a Jennings Grandslam with baseball gear..i.e. bats, gloves, catchers masks, etc with a corresponding award card. The paper label inside the back door confirms these symbols and states that the color of the machine is red....It has been repainted once and the original Jennings decals are still visable under the top coat...It is a shiny bright red...but looking at the quality of the castings I have to wonder if the original red was a gloss or more of a matt finish as the castings are quite crude and several manufacturing defects are going to stand out pretty good with a shiny finish....Also this one has a thick cast aluminum base but there are not indentations for black lines in it, just a nice smooth cupped transition from one stage to another as it progresses up the base....The base on this one is different, though very similar to any other one on Daves site....The old thing works great and dispenses a very small token on certain reel alignments as it should.....What is the general concensious as to correct color and finish style, and what color Jennings decals would be correct???....I will be limited to spray cans as that's all I have available...Thankyou for you knowledge and input......Bob Reno in Fort Payne Alabama

the paint should be gloss, fire engine red.
the casting will be smooth underneath.
the only jennings decal i am aware of is the same one used on their slot machines.
here is a source for the decal.
thunderfive is the son of bernie berten, who is the guy to go for for springs, and, other supplies.
he is honest, and his products are excellent.
you will not be disappointed dealing with him.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JENNINGS-ANTIQU ... 2c83da88e0

Bob:
A bit of Jennings history:
There are two models of the Jennings machine in question.
1) The "Club Vender" came on the low base, and is usually always 1c play.
The most common color, is red wrinkle, but there are other colors as well.
TuTone green wrinkle, Black wrinkle, Tan wrinkle, & others. The symbols
are always Cigarette, but there are at least four different reel strip layouts
that I know of, and they have to correspond with the payout code wheels.
Why they had so many different sets on a machine like this, is a mystery.
It is usually listed on the sticker, inside the back door, as to which reel
strip set was used.
2) The "Grandstand" came on the high base, and is usually always 5c play.
The most common color, is always smooth red. I have seen other colors,
but the only way to be sure of an original case color, is if you have the
sticker inside the back door, that says what color it was. These models
had either Cigarette or BaseBall symbols. I am not sure how many Cig.
reel strip combinations they used on this model, but I think they only
had one layout for the BaseBall symbols.
Most of the serial numbers that I have logged for these Jennings models,
do not have the case color, or reel strip set no., as many times, the mfr.
sticker is torn or missing, and many times faded-out, because the printing
is in red. Then again, if you don't have a back door, you have nothing.

I would like to increase, and update my files, for these two models, if any
of you can send your sticker info., it would be much appreciated. Even if I
already have your serial number, I may not have the rest of the data.

Also Bob: There are two different Jennings decals. The one that Midcoast
sent the link to, for Dave Berten, shows the yellow background. The correct
decal for the above machines, uses the Gold background. So ask if he has
those as well.
If your "Grandstand" has rough castings, it would behoove you to bondo or
glaze the rough areas before painting.
Bill
Bill

Thankyou you both for your time and helpful information...In the text of my first posting I mistakenly call the machine a Grandslam while it is in fact a Grandstand...OOps

Here is some additional info for your records...Im glad someone is taking their time to compile these.

From back door sticker..At top of sticker stamped with a rubber stamp is says, in all same size capital letters....

BASEBALL
REEL COMB #5
Red...this is written in fountain pen by hand

No 7637

SMALL MACHINES
Type GRANDSTAND.....Another rubber stamp

NOTE.... A paragraph about parts and necessity to mention serial number

Inspected by EK GH

OD Jennings and address


The big back door contains a small back door which is useless because the large oddly shaped coin box wont fit through it...The machine is 5 Cent operation....Several of the cabinet casting have the number 1819 stamped neatly into them, not cast in, and are about 1/2 inch in height...Very neatly done...If I can provide anything else just let me know, and if anyone has anything to add that would be great too....Thanks Bob

Bob:
Thanks for all the great info. It's a big help.
On top of this, I have now learned something else. With your machine having Reel Comb. #5 for the BaseBall strips, tells me
that there are at least four other combinations for these as well. So, they didn't just do it for the Cigarette strips. Why they
had to have so many combinations of reel strips for a little machine like this, remains a mystery. Even slot machines didn't
have that many different sets.
Bill

I certainly don't know why there were so many reel strip combos...But I do have a thought...Since the art was paper and glued onto the metal wheels, maybe the machines were ordered with a certain percent payout depending on which reel set was specified....Its the only thing that makes any since...I guess the corresponding metal reels that accommodate the pay fingers would have to match exactly the visable reels and maybe changing by the operators after production was just too much work and involvement....I guess some of this stuff will just never be 100% know for sure....Thanks again Bob