Brunswick bar box
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Brunswick barbox
Back around 1969-1970, I went to recover a couple of bar tables outside of anchorage, Alaska.
They had Brunswick on them - so I assumed they were Brunswick.
Most memorable thing about them - they used metal tack strip (like used to lay carpet) to put the cloth on the bed.
Real tough on the fingers.
only ones I ever saw. Glen(real king cobra) should be able to expand.
Mark griffin
Back around 1969-1970, I went to recover a couple of bar tables outside of anchorage, Alaska.
They had Brunswick on them - so I assumed they were Brunswick.
Most memorable thing about them - they used metal tack strip (like used to lay carpet) to put the cloth on the bed.
Real tough on the fingers.
only ones I ever saw. Glen(real king cobra) should be able to expand.
Mark griffin
It says brunswick and has large "B" on the metal pockets.
Brunswick actually produced 3 different bar box tables, first was in the early 60's, second was early 70's, the last was in the 80's, called the Gold Crown 2000. All the ones I worked on were 8fts, up in Washington state. Brunswick's last attempt in the bar table industry was in buying the Valley Company, in which they later sold.
Glen
This is what the Gold Crown 2000 looked like. It originally came with a cue ball the same size as the object balls (2 1/4") and had 2 blue dots on it for cue ball recolonization so it could separate the cue ball from the object balls, which in 6 months of use, didn't work any more, and couldn't get any information from Brunswick to fix it. So, the back up cue ball separator designed for separating the over-sized 2 3/8"ths cue ball was used. This was Brunswick's third attempt at building coin-operated pool tables, which like the first 2 attempts...failed, from lack of support. Most that played on them either loved, or hated the huge pockets. They came with Brunswick Super-speed cushions as well, and a 7/8"ths thick one piece slate in the 8ft models, 3/4" in the 7fts. The cast aluminum legs where heavy as hell, and the steel threaded rod used to mount the leg levelers always stripped out the aluminum threads in the cast leg. There were a lot of other problems with these tables as well...but that's history
RKC- I think you failed to read the ad you posted...it clearly says that it is the 'finest in the billiards industry'. 
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I've seen these coin ops in a few pool halls.
Is this the table you have?
http://www.americansupersports.com/METRO.html
edit: I dont see a "B" on the pockets so its probably not it
Is this the table you have?
http://www.americansupersports.com/METRO.html
edit: I dont see a "B" on the pockets so its probably not it
That's built by Valley, Brunswick just owned the company at the time of production.
Brunswick no longer owns the Valley Company, therefore they no longer build any coin-operated pool tables:thumbup:
RKC- I think you failed to read the ad you posted...it clearly says that it is the 'finest in the billiards industry'.
But...if you blow up the SMALL fine print you'll see it reads..."finest on the day of PURCHASE only"....LOL
When I get home, I will post some pictures. I don't have anything with me that shows enough of the table to make a difference.
No, mine looks more like the gold crown 2000. The coin slot area looks a little different.
