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**Reel Slots** Gaming Machines => Bally Electromechanical => Topic started by: tuna on June 04, 2020, 04:58:40 PM
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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..."
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