Brunswick Gold Crown information Needed
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I see some chip missing and other damage to the rail formica. If you can live with that and the wear on the metal trim..and everything else is solid then $700-1000. If you ultimately want a showpiece you will have $4000 minimum and a lot of chasing parts and vendors in it by the time you are done. Good color choice ...
If it in fact does have K66 rubber, I'm not sure I'd mess with it. Who knows what was done (incorrectly) to the rails to fit the K66. As mentioned above, the correct profile is K55. It could be the rails were done with Artemis Intercontinental No. 66 cushions which are a K55 profile and the owner is confusing that with K66 rubber. Either way, before I moved on it I'd want to know who did the rail work and what they did to it. Strong possibility you'd be buying a problem table.
Edit: I reread the OP. The seller claims Championship Tour Edition K66. I'd pass on it.
Edit: I reread the OP. The seller claims Championship Tour Edition K66. I'd pass on it.
Value depends on your location and how many similar tables are available. Where I live it would list for $2500 minimum
I wouldn't pay half that for a Gold Crown I fitted with K66 rubber.
I tend to agree! This scenario was very similar to what I went through a few years ago. I was told by the seller that the table was completely restored with K-55 Black Diamonds installed. Long story short, it played like crap, and come to find out it had K-66 Tournament Editions installed. It turned into a money pit to get it right, so yeah I would definitely steer clear of this GC I.
I had the same table, don't let people talk you out of a good deal. The Glod Crowns if well maintained are still a great practice/home table. If you can have someone who knows tables look it over, that would help and there are no $700 Gold Crowns in Texas and there are no cheap Diamond 9's in the world.
Clearly you don’t understand the damage that could have been done to the rails if an unqualified mechanic installed K66 cushions on the table in question. It’s a potential money pit.
I bought a Gold Crown III, years ago (maybe 10 years ago out of a pool room). It needed cloth and I had all the metal powdercoated. I think I was in it $1500 all in. When I was buying, I was looking closely at the rail rubbers because I didnt want to have to replace it, I honestly didnt know what that would entail, but I thought it would be a pain. If it did need rails replaced I was going to go to the next one. I ended up with an incredible table and I consider myself very lucky.
IMO, getting a GC is the smart move because they are great tables for the buck. If you want to spend $5K + for Diamond thats okay too. I prefer the way GC plays. I will tell you that pool rooms are moving away from them and moving towards the Diamonds. If they have been maintained are you are able to get one of those at under $1K, I dont see how you can go wrong.
I wish you the best.
Ken
IMO, getting a GC is the smart move because they are great tables for the buck. If you want to spend $5K + for Diamond thats okay too. I prefer the way GC plays. I will tell you that pool rooms are moving away from them and moving towards the Diamonds. If they have been maintained are you are able to get one of those at under $1K, I dont see how you can go wrong.
I wish you the best.
Ken
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A Gold Crown III is a different animal compared to a Gold Crown I as the subrail bevel on the III doesn't need to be adjusted to properly fit modern K55 rubber as the III's were fitted with the new Brunswick SuperSpeed cushions from the factory vs the I's which had the old Brunswick Monarch SuperSpeed cushions form the factory. The Monarchs were the same profile, just smaller than the modern SuperSpeeds. This is the reason subrail bevels need adjusting on Gold Crown I's. Having K66 rubber installed on any Gold Crown is a different ballgame altogether and could be a potential money pit to get it back to being right.