Electric Speedway / Hey Presto wooden box game

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Re: Hey Presto wooden box game / machine

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I bet it is!
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coppinpr wrote:All I know about BGL of London is they produced the only known electric wooden boxed game based on speedway (I only know this because I'm a fan of speedway and its history). As far as I can remember this game was made about 1936 (could well be wrong on that).
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The Electric Speedway is a coin gambling game in the roulette mode.
By coincidence I finally managed to find an excuse to pop into Junktion Antiques near Boston, Lincs yesterday, just before the snow hit us and they have one of these. This is hardly surprising given the huge array of the unusual objects at Jack's place... It was good to have a natter, although I did not buy anything.
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How much was it?
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Didn't look at the price ticket, most of which were either not there or faded, but looking at the site, looks like their one was a lower quality item not in a wooden box: http://www.junktionantiques.co.uk/galle ... edway-Game

There were a few slots machines there that are not on their website, like a Bryans Walden Goliath crane.
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electric speedway

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Has anyone seen this before??
I picked it up from a car boot sale for £12. Bargain I think.
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oh right didnt see that one coming :dammit:
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I do have this game. As the museum has closed (2012 our last year) this Hey Presto ! is just about to go on ebay.

Never seen one for sale before. I will add pictures when loaded.
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This is my game .. complete with old pennies
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Is there a for sale / wanted section on here for such things?
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There's the Market.
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I did think of putting it on "the market" but I didn't have a clue what price to ask ... so I started it off at a low price on ebay.
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Re: Electric Speedway / Hey Presto wooden box game

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Cool piece, the Hey Presto added to my wants category:)
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