Puritan Gum Vender w/jakpot on ebay

[integ194]

Hi-I am interested to get any feedback on whether this machine is an original or not. I have not been able to provide a specific reference in Dick Bueschels' Guide to Vintage Trade Stimulators & Counter Games. The machine has clearly been repainted but to me the jakpot mechanism does not seem to sit properly on the machine body & there is an absence of any marquee. Thks for your help.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/201383861458 ... EBIDX%3AIT

Wayne

[SLOT DYNASTY]

This is another of the Vegas Butchers FAKE Creations. He had this on eBay awhile back.
This current seller, is one of two people, that seems to end up with a lot of the Butchers stuff.
How or why, I have no idea. But the prices are usually higher.
Even though more 'Plain-Jane' than most machines of this time period, this is a machine model
that you do not see very often. It has been polished, and repainted, but the worst part, is the
cut-down recast jackpot, that he has drilled holes to mount, where the award card was located.
This particular style jackpot only came on one Groetchen machine model.
The Butcher also has a similar machine on eBay right now, that he has tried to pedal before. It
has a childish over-painted, and incorrect blue finish, with a recast jackpot from a Buckley model,
that he also drilled new holes to mount, where the award card once was. I remember when the
Clown bought each of these machines, and they were both nice originals, and he had to go and
Bastardize both of them.

[integ194]

Thks so much Slot Dynasty. I really appreciate your highly informed & respected assessment. Rgds Wayne