Goldcrown 1?
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Parts and pieces get swapped around so The top of the table and even the Badge, Ball Return Area and Ashtrays cannot be a straight ID... Crawl up under the table look and look for date stamping and look at the rail anchor design.... The rail anchors on the 1 and 2 were superior to the ones used on the 3.... The 1 was kind of a figure 8 looking anchor in the rail... the 2 was a round disc and the 3 was a floating POS inside the rail...... Will see if I can find pics......
Actually lets hope RKC or Cuesmith chime in here.... I know levelers on the legs didn't show up until the 2 but those can be swapped as well.... Sideskirts were real wood on the 1-2 but not the 3.... GC1 Badge was Acrylic and GC2 was metal..... 50 years allows for lots of parts to be swapped.......
GCI and II would have had plastic aprons also.
The screw holes will be felt on the backside of the skirts.
The screw holes will be felt on the backside of the skirts.
GC I id
Gold Crown I's and II's both had metal badges. Early I's had acrylic ones for only a couple of years,then went to metal because they held up better.Probably the best way to determine is by the rail bolt receptacles. As mentioned before,the I's mostly had the figure 8 steel plates, and the II's had a floating nut plate inside the rail. The III's have the POS screwed in receptacle that pulls out with just a little too much force. With this table though,the ashtrays were not available with the I's,only the II's if I'm not mistaken. Either way,the I's and II's are pretty equally fantastic tables,great find!!
Gold Crown I's and II's both had metal badges. Early I's had acrylic ones for only a couple of years,then went to metal because they held up better.Probably the best way to determine is by the rail bolt receptacles. As mentioned before,the I's mostly had the figure 8 steel plates, and the II's had a floating nut plate inside the rail. The III's have the POS screwed in receptacle that pulls out with just a little too much force. With this table though,the ashtrays were not available with the I's,only the II's if I'm not mistaken. Either way,the I's and II's are pretty equally fantastic tables,great find!!
GCI's had non adjustable feet.
Brunstone, not real slate.
Aprons w/ Skirts.
The attching strip that holds the long side skirts were about 36" long on the I's and shorter on the II's.
Brunstone, not real slate.
Aprons w/ Skirts.
The attching strip that holds the long side skirts were about 36" long on the I's and shorter on the II's.
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Enjoy your table.
The ashtrays bring back a good memory. The Cue & Cushion in the Roosevelt Mall (Phila) in the 60/70's had white GC's with the ashtrays. Had cigarettes burning at each end.
I think the GC's were the only table with an ashtray?
The ashtrays bring back a good memory. The Cue & Cushion in the Roosevelt Mall (Phila) in the 60/70's had white GC's with the ashtrays. Had cigarettes burning at each end.
I think the GC's were the only table with an ashtray?
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It's a GC2, and for everyone elses info...GC2's through GC5's rails all use the floating nut plates
there was no round disks used in any GC's, yes the GC1's used a flat fig 8 plate.
The only thing about the GC3's that failed was the pocket casting mounting inserts in the ends of the rails...but that only failed because of table mechanic's...not the design...sorry. No table is fool proof when it comes to a table mechanic working on it that don't know what he's doing
Glen
PS. Many of the changes seen in the GC2's were available in the GC1's first, except the rail floating nut plates...and the ashtrays in the corner pocket castings....they were only available on a GC2
Glen
there was no round disks used in any GC's, yes the GC1's used a flat fig 8 plate. The only thing about the GC3's that failed was the pocket casting mounting inserts in the ends of the rails...but that only failed because of table mechanic's...not the design...sorry. No table is fool proof when it comes to a table mechanic working on it that don't know what he's doing
Glen
PS. Many of the changes seen in the GC2's were available in the GC1's first, except the rail floating nut plates...and the ashtrays in the corner pocket castings....they were only available on a GC2
Glen
Brunstone?
I thought it was bluestone.
GCI's had non adjustable feet.
Brunstone, not real slate.
Aprons w/ Skirts.
The attching strip that holds the long side skirts were about 36" long on the I's and shorter on the II's.
Here's my GCII -
I thought it was bluestone.
Glen if you had to pick a gold cown model which do you consider to be the best? (I love gold crowns....and have an option to buy either a 1 2 or 3 locally)