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Mills high top Back door

PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:16 pm
by sam2002
Hello
Can someone tell me if the high top ever came with a smooth flat back door ? as opposed to having the rectangular inset .
Thanks
Sam

Re: Mills high top Back door

PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:06 pm
by Midcoast Vintage
NEVER.
Flat back door means reprro.

Re: Mills high top Back door

PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:46 pm
by sam2002
Here is a link to some pics . I am thinking the back door is a repop , one of the locks is aftermarket and there is no cash box other than that the machine looks legit to my untrained eye .

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id= ... 1qWGpBb28#

Re: Mills high top Back door

PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:23 pm
by Midcoast Vintage
hmmmm.... with that embossed area around the lock, that possibly may be a buckley back door.
the buckley doors were heavy flat iron, but it has been so long since i had a buckley, that i don't remember the lock area.
i will also say, i have never seen a repro door with any kind of embossing / stamping such as the mills doors, or such as the embossing / stamoing around the lock area as shown on your door.

Re: Mills high top Back door

PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:33 pm
by sam2002
Midcoast Vintage wrote:hmmmm.... with that embossed area around the lock, that possibly may be a buckley back door.
the buckley doors were heavy flat iron, but it has been so long since i had a buckley, that i don't remember the lock area.
i will also say, i have never seen a repro door with any kind of embossing / stamping such as the mills doors, or such as the embossing / stamoing around the lock area as shown on your door.



ahh well the plot thickens !

Thanks for the help with this . Not my machine but I may do some possible shell trading to get it

Re: Mills high top Back door

PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 10:35 pm
by watlingboy
Jack Brink of Metal Form Products made a lot of those flat doors with the embossed lock area. I still have 1 or 2.

Watlingboy