Anyone like vintage games? Or cars, for that matter? If you’re an old time gamer there’s no doubt you would recognize the curious machines standing upright behind my uber-cool car. Joe and I were in a big pinball machine warehouse in Oklahoma back in April. The warehouse is owned by another pinball game collector who probably had no time to rebuild the old games and decided to sell them to Joe for a fair price.
He rented a colossal U-Haul truck which carried more or less 30 whole machines back to Texas. The funny part is although I’ve never been in a road trip riding a truck as big as the one we drove, I actually liked that big ol’ U-Haul. You’re high up there while everyone else is driving a smaller (and much lighter) car than yours. You feel like the king of the road.
I gotta admit though that the truck doesn’t smell as good as our Corvette or any personal car. And wait till we get into a little trouble on our way home from Vegas. This time, we’re gonna ride the real macho man of the road: the tow truck!
June 27, 2008 at 7:00 am
Wow! I can’t imagine seeing and packing that many pinball machines. It’s been a long time since I have played pinball. Enjoy!