742a question

[tuna]

Early 742a has the number C=654 C cast into the bottom left side of the door, none of my other Bally EM's have this.  Its missing the tag, any chance this part of the serial number?

[slcjeeper]

Nope. Nothing to do with the serial#. That's the Bally part# for the lower door frame. Without the original serial# plate, it's impossible to know.

[wolftalk]

bally made 100's of versions of the 742a.


to narrow things down, there will be numbers on the slotted metal index disks on the reels - probably P-484-xxx, but could be P-584 or P-684 if you have a 25 or 22 stop game.


the payout counter printed circuit plate will have an M-645-xxx number


the reels strips will have an m-220-xxx number on them (or m-225-), but it's printed on the overlap and you can't see it without removing the top part of the strip.  Easier to write down the symbols in order on each strip - starting with the "top" symbol, then try and match it to reel strip documentation that I have some of.


if the glass isn't generic bally, that helps too.  So does the coin denomination.

[tuna]

It’s a white side Money Honey.  I was just trying to figure out when it was made in 1964.  Any chance you know when Bally changed from the White sides to plain cabinets?

[wolftalk]

whether the white sides was model specific or they just did it until they ran out of the formica sheets with the white area I don't think will ever be resolved. 

According to a Dan Mead article in jan/feb 1990 Loose Change, a couple Bally employees said the white sides were only on the 742 (110V machine), while in the same article the 742A-1F is listed as "Money-Honey White side with Jackpot Bell..."

[tuna]

Thank you Slcjeeper and Wolftalk!