War Eagle on ebay looks too clean
Posted:
Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:25 pmby susansez2luv@yahoo.com
Ebay 250787135889 looks like a very professional restoration to be so clean. The only two faults I can see are the payout card and it looks to have different wood on each side. What's your opinion? Can they fake the serial number on top?
Mills War Eagle
Posted:
Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:07 pmby watlingboy
Appears to be an original machine to me but far from a professional restoration. Wood cabinet looks correct, orange color stain isn't correct. The castings have been nickel plated and should be only polished. Bad replacement award card and reel strips. Look at the left hand side of the top casting, you can see the dents where people opened up rolls of dimes by hitting them on the casting. Yes, you can restamp castings with new numbers but no one seems to go to that trouble for a War Eagle. Bottom line, original machine but average or marginal restoration.
Watlingboy