Mills 4 reel Bell-O-Matic

[fredslilja]

Hi guys!

Today I bought this machine. I have come across almost no information about this 4 reeler. I have found "MLB" on some of the parts on the mec. Any info is appreciated. Share your knowledge.

[fredslilja]

Some more photos.

[badpenny]

And very nice it is too.
Cruise liner or casino do you think?

Is the case highly polished or chrome plated? It looks very shiny.

[fredslilja]

It is chrome plated. Last night I put some wax on it, just to see if the chrome could look a little better. Unfortunately the chrome is in a quite bad shape (the picture in the front lies a bit). I am thinking about a paint job on the front, but I will not do that without more information about it. Maybe these machines were only produced in chrome?

Clear red came to my mind about the color

[special when lit]

That is very nice. Much rarer than a Jennings too, I think you should definitely leave the chrome.

[raj]

WOW, nice find, it reminds me of a similar one I bought for £600 ( and sold ) some years ago. This was stunning in chrome, I would try and find someone who could do it justice with a rechrome. These would have been very high end machines, possibly demo's or featured near the front of a casino to pull in the punters and rarely come to market...

[pennymachines]

Yep, you really need to preserve or restore that chrome...

[coppinpr]

Depending on what you paid for the machine of course, it would almost certainly be worth having it re-chromed if it's that bad. It's quite a rare find.

[fredslilja]

Thanks for the compliments guys

I know that the right thing to do would be to preserve the chrome, but you have to dig deep in your pocket to rechrome as you all know. As I wrote, the chrome is pretty bad. Does someone know if a machine like this was originally painted in some color too?

It has the year "1959" stamped on the bottom plate. Am I right if I believe it is a Mills mec. with the stamped "MLB" in several parts? When did Sega take over?

[coppinpr]

1959 would still be Mills I think. Sega did buy a lot of parts and use them up before making SG stamped parts, but I'd say this was a tail-end Mills