Welcome to Florida Pinball Shark restoration and repair services. I have been restoring pinball machines since 1999. Make your game look and play like new! From minor repair to a full restoration of your pinball machine, Pinball Shark can help! See the Services page for more information.
1979 Gottlieb Genie Refurb
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Ah..another beautiful Genie to polish up. Here’s what was done to this magnificent machine. Playfield stripped, cleaned and high speed polished. All new plastic posts and lane guides. All new pop bumper bodies, caps, skirts, and lamp sockets. All new … Continue reading
Restored 1985 Williams Sorcerer FOR SALE *SOLD*
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Up for sale, out of my private collection, is a 1985 Williams Sorcerer. This is one of the nicest ones you’ll ever find. It was restored in 2014. Here are the details of the restoration. Cabinet repainted inside and out … Continue reading
1991 Gottlieb Class of 1812 Refurb
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Here’s a great game with a great theme. Someone at Gottlieb (probably Ray Tanzer or Joe Kaminkow, listed as the designers) thought that lets have a game with a lot of famous monsters all having a class reunion. Dracula, the … Continue reading
1978 Stern Nugent Restoration FOR SALE
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Gonzo, Stranglehold, Free For All, Cat Scratch Fever, only a few of rockin’ and jammin’ songs from Ted Nugent. All featured on the playfield of Stern’s Nugent pinball machine from 1978. It had a production run of 2,873. The game’s … Continue reading
1974 Gottlieb Sky Jump Playfield Swap
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Here we have playfield swap #5 of Wade Krause playfields. Previous ones being Gottlieb’s Sing Along, Atlantis, and two Bally Wizard!’s. This one turned out just as spectacular as the last ones. Playfield swaps include all new top side parts; … Continue reading
1976 Bally Night Rider EM Refurb
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About a week ago, this 1976 Bally Night Rider was dropped off in need of some TLC. It was very dirty, a little rusty, and wouldn’t start a game. I have worked on many EM’s in the past and was … Continue reading
1994 Data East Guns N’ Roses Repair
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Guns N’ Roses was brought in recently, fixed, and picked up the same day. It had some minor issues. The right sling shot was chattering, there were a few bulbs not working, and I found quite a few loose screws … Continue reading
1990 Funhouse Playfield Swap
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Funhouse is a special game. One of the last of the alpha numeric display games for Williams, Funhouse has that genius combination of theme, toys, music and game play that all come together for one of the best games in … Continue reading
1981 Bally Fireball II Repair
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You don’t see too many Fireball II’s. There were only 2300 made and I wonder how many are still left in the world. This one came in for typical service, but I did find some rather interesting hacks that needed … Continue reading
1978 Bally Star Trek Repair
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Star Trek came back for a few repairs over the weekend. I worked on this game four years ago and made a little post about it back then. It had a problems that developed recently. Such as the top saucer … Continue reading