Brunswick pool table identification required

gazman100

gazman100

Brunswick Gold Crowns - Qld Australia
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Hi all,
I purchased this Brunswick pool table yesterday, pulled it apart and got it it unloaded at my place.
Please find the pic's below at it's pick up location.
It has never been in a pool hall and was owned by an old guy for over 40 years.
It was then purchased as you see it from another guy who owned it for over 10 years until I picked it up yesterday.
This this is a bit of a find.
However I don't believe it's a Gold Crown as some things don't add up.
I have searched high and low for info on this table however I've come up blank, so I would appreciate your thoughts as to what model of Brunswick this is.
I've included some info above the images below.
By the way the table is absolutely gorgeous and is in extremely good condition.

The Brunswick as I picked it up at it's location.
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Dated 1964 under all of the corner castings.
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Rails are near mint.
There are no score counters at the end rail
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The frame is extremely well built however it's not a Gold Crown frame.
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The rails are a Gold Crown 1.
Figure 8 in perfect condition, no lifting or tear outs.
T bracket for the casting bolt.
GC1 rail trim.
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Slate is in near mint condition.
Solid 1 inch timber backing nothing warped.
Love the warning sticker all though it should have been bigger. Lol.
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Skirts have a metal bracket instead of the GC1 alloy swing brackets.
Notice the clips at the bottom. I believe these are to hold a plastic skirt however none came with the table. I asked the owner about them as well and he didn't know about it.

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So there you have it.
When you first look at it it's a GC 1
It has slight differences to a Gold Crown when you tear it apart.
Can anyone ID this table.
Thanks in advance
 
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My "Made in Canada" Anniversary has a similar frame. It looks like this type of frame was used in Canadian table as well as the traditional frame we all know.

Here is a link to the tread

Anniversary project

Guys I start this thread to keep track of the progress of my coming table refurb project and also for asking a ton of questions down the road. If you have seen some of my previous thread, you know that used to own a Anniversary 10ft snooker...
forums.azbilliards.com

Martin
 

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Possibly, my Anniversary is identified as such on the name plate but Gold Crown was probably different.

I dont know exactly when Brunswick stopped building tables in Canada. I'm guessing somewhere in the 70's. I own a Gold Crown cue rack that seems to be built around 1970 in Canada.
 

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Interesting reading, thank you.

BTW, I did not realised that the OP is in Australia, even more intriguing .
 
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martin35 said:
Interesting reading, thank you.

BTW, I did not realised that the OP is in Australia, even more intriguing .
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Yes,
These tables are very difficult to fine here.
Even harder to find one which has always been privately owned😁
 
Interesting for sure. Do the aprons bolt to the other side of the Figure 8's? I like the clips on the bottom of the aprons for the plastic skits. Those would make them much easier to navigate vs being screwed in.
 
Yes the aprons bolt to the figure 8.
I'm going to change them out to the regular skirt blocks as used in the later gold crowns.
 
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I dont know exactly when Brunswick stopped building tables in Canada.
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Brunswick of Canada closed in 1971. This article is from the August 4, 1971 Montreal Gazette.

I have not searched the AZB forum on this matter but I seem to remember a long time ago this matter of early Canadian Gold Crowns having a different frame, and perhaps some other details, did come up. I could be wrong, but I do seem to remember some discussion about something like this before.

By the way, I don't know anything about tables really. I have had this ad for ten years in my Brunswick of Canada folder with my cue research because I have Brunswick of Canada cues.

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Another detail that make me think this is a Canadian table is the use of Robertson head screws (square drive)


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Robertson screws are great. Use them all the time. Used for deck screws , framing screws and all kinds of other things. Just went through about 3000 of them strapping a roof.
 
martin35 said:
This is definitely a Canadian thing and not that common in the US, especially at that time. Are they a common thing in Australia ?

A little history here :

en.wikipedia.org

Robertson screw - Wikipedia

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The phillips head screws is common in Australia.
The Robertson screws are kind of unique here.
So I've come to the conclusion that this GC1 was made in Canada hence why it is slightly different to the other GC's I've worked on .😀😀😀
 
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