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just curious now that we have 1100 members. what does each of your centers have??
i have: center built in 1957..had 30's
1967 AMF-8270SS serial# 100475
Omega-Tek boards with expanders
West front end motors
GE back end motors
all wood lanes except 22' guardian
the Y sure-piks
Qubica Scoring
the "sit on the capping" bumpers
baby blue "triangle" masks
& a "coors light machine"-->>silver bullet
Built in 1963
16 70's...put in in 74
wood lanes for 3 more weeks
then Proo anvil lane
omega teks w/ expander
sure piks
omega foul units
accuscore +
phoenix s
Building built in 1947
Second floor, originally duckpin
8230's installed 1960
Omega-Teks, some with expanders
1/2 converted to Humpbacks-2000-2001
14 lanes-wood
2 split pairs
Synthetic decks-Summer 2000
MagicScore w/overheads
Above ground ball returns
Brunswick Hydraulics
Old Masking units-New in summer 2001
No bumpers, 3 piece gutters
Hand oiling!!!
Kinda primitive, Huh? I know there's worse!!!
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My center wasbuilt in 1967
82-70c five board + one board omega
2 century 100 lane machines
2 rotobuff strippers
all new pnuematic bumpers
all new amf s style lifts c90
new brunswick masks
OUR CENTER ORIGINALY OPEN IN 1959 W/12 LANES 8230S, MOVED IN 1973 TO PRESENT LOCATION. EXPANDED TO 16 LANES W/ 8 8230S AND 8 8270S. 1995, TOOK 8270S OUT, REPLACED WITH 8230S, WITH PBLS. 1998, INSTALLED ACCUSCORE PLUS. 2000, CONVERTED OTHER 8 MACHINES TO PBLS. USING OLD CENTURY 100 OILER. WOOD LANES, 1-12 NEW IN 1959, 13-16 NEW ABOUT 1963. POS BLOW-UP BUMPERS. OVERALL, GOOD PLACE TO WORK, GOOD TO HAVE EXPERIENCE ON 8270S AS WELL. STILL LIKE 30S BETTER!! :p
built ???
was 20 then 36 now 60 lanes
82-70's
Kickers + 1 humpy
ss chassis with Omega teks
1-24 westinghouse motors
25-60 nationals
powerlifts
Brunswick scoring
2 phoenix pad machines
built 63
10 wood lanes
8230s,6with ball doors,4 with pbls
century 300
accuscore+ with extra desk in w/shop
magic circle returns
plc controlled foul lights
capping bumpers
Si Senor, Derdago, Forte Lorez inaro.
Demainte Lorez, Demis Trux,
Foolacous Andens Andux.
Center 1:
Built in 1959
Originally 16 lanes, now 26
82/70 SS, MP Chassis, kickers
Going all new HPL's in july, DuraBowl bumpers all across
C-90 masks
Spectrum ball lifts
AccuScore II/Advantage
Mod V seating in Settee
Streamlane 21 seating on concourse
Silver Bullet Mag & Kustodian
Center 2:
Built in 1968 originally 24 lanes, now 32
Guardian all the way
82/70 SS OmegaTek conversions, PBL's
12 lanes DuraBowl bumpers
Phoenix - S
AccuScore II/AccuDesk
EARLY C-90 masks
C-90 seating on Mod rails
Center 3:
Built Before Dirt
Originally 8 lanes, then 16, then 24 (actually 3 buildings w/walls knocked out)
Aincent wood
Mod V Magic Triangles
Rebuilt 82/70 A's/5-board chassis/kickers
Mod V SurePiks, seating
Streamlane 21 Score Projectors
Century PC conditioner, VLS+ stripper, lino duster
Blow-up bumpers
Center 4:
Built 1979
32 lanes
Japanese A-2's
Wood apps, HPL lanes
8 lanes AMF pull-out bumpers
AccuScore+/Advantage/TouchBowl
B 2000 ball lifts
Executive series seating
Nice blue knit shirts
Hot Dog Meal Deal only $1.99
On verge of Chapter 11
Manager? What manager?
Built in '89
32 lanes
82-70 MP's w/PBL's
Murrey Pathfinders (HPL's in 1 week [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img] )
Accuscore Plus (Boss Scoring in 6 weeks)
16 lanes Durabowl (16 more in 1 week)
Spectrum Returns
Heddon Seating
All Westinghouse motors
Kegel Sanction AC (new last June)
Built in 1957
24 82-30s
8 kickers
16 ball doors
AMF HPL overlays with new gutters
Brunswick Power Lifts
Brunswick Foul Lights
Horizon Masking Units
Brunswick AS80s converted to 90s
Creative Tech solid state chassis
Creative Tech counters
Amflite II Pins
Lane Walker and Silver Bullet
Well...geeeez......
30 82-30’s
Presently changing out Heddon power lifts to used rebuilt (by myself truly) “B” lifts
Pro-Lane
Wood approaches (I argued a lot to keep them!)
New “B” masks
“B” scoring
Laser and black lights out the ying yang!!!!
Kegell pad machine w/tank heater
ZOT converted ball cleaner
My shop is in the basement and a mess!!
Laziest manager on the entire East coast!
Now don’t you feel bad for me????
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Built in 19??
56 82-70's
21 pbls
7 kickers left to be converted
AMF HPL lanes
Solid state chassis with omega-tek bds.
56 lanes of mendes scoring
national motors
48lanes AMF infrared foul units
8 lanes 82 120's
phoenix-s
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