1951 · Williams
Hayburners / Jalopy
Night sky with white stars, green flame-like treeline, yellow sky panel, racing arena grandstand with purple roof and bunting, brown dirt race track, green turf strip and pale wooden stable fence.
- Year
- 1951
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
2 games under this title
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Hayburners 1951 -
Jalopy 1951
Made by
- Design
- Harry Williams
- Design
- Sam Stern
- Art
- George Molentin
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Hayburners
- red
- yellow
- blue
- green
Fingerprint: HAYBURNERS title in red-orange arched letters on yellow sky, six cartoon horse heads in numbered stall doors each a different colour with name plates, grandstand with blue spectators and bunting, START sign, painted racehorses galloping, red-and-white-blue bunting, weathered pale-wood fence, race-day frieze, flat cartoon style.
The most memorable element is the row of six cartoon horse heads in wooden stall doors, each a different flat colour (green, yellow, red, blue, pink, white) with a printed name plate such as UNCLE MILLIE, 2 LOLA BELL, 3 WHIZ KID, 4 LOUIE II, 5 and 6 FRUSTRATION, flanked by YOUR HOSS and WINNAH arrow signs. Above them runs an illustrated race-day frieze with a long covered grandstand of tiny blue spectators, bunting, a START sign and painted racehorses on a brown dirt track. The title HAYBURNERS arches across the middle in enormous red-orange capitals on a yellow sky, with 1-9 in a red banner and 10 / 20 in horseshoe windows above. The lower wooden fence is heavily worn with peeling paint, scuffs and scratches.
Setting
- Night sky with white stars
- Green flame-like treeline
- Yellow sky panel
- Racing arena grandstand with purple roof and bunting
- Brown dirt race track
- Green turf strip
- Pale wooden stable fence
Symbols
- White diamond lozenges between the score numbers
- White horseshoe outlines around the 10 and 20 windows
- White four-pointed stars in the blue sky
- Red-white-and-blue bunting swags
- Stars on the stall number plates
- Maroon and yellow arrow signs
Lettering
- Large arched red-orange block capitals with yellow highlight and heavy black outline for the title; white cursive signature script for the maker word; blue outlined numerals in a banner; small condensed sans-serif caps on name plates and arrow signs
Themes
- Horse racing
- Grandstand
- Thoroughbred
- Stakes race
Title on it
- Hayburners
Text on it
- Williams
- HAYBURNERS
- MILLIONS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 20
- START
- YOUR HOSS
- WINNAH
- UNCLE MILLIE
- LOLA BELL
- WHIZ KID
- LOUIE II
- FRUSTRATION
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Green horse head with a small green cap, in stall door 1 |
| Animal | Yellow horse head with a yellow ear bonnet, in stall door 2 |
| Animal | Red horse head wearing a pale blue-and-white cap, in stall door 3 |
| Animal | Blue horse head with a small dark cap, in stall door 4 |
| Animal | Pink/lavender horse head with a green cap, in stall door 5 |
| Animal | White horse head with a yellow star above it and a red bridle, in stall door 6 |
| Animal | Two overlapping painted racehorses galloping left-to-right at the left of the track frieze, one pale blue/white |
| Animal | Yellow racehorse with a rider in pink galloping mid-panel |
| Animal | Red racehorse with a rider at the right of the track, plus a green racehorse beside it |
| Other | Row of tiny blue-and-white silhouetted spectators filling the covered grandstand |
Race-horse backglass in a flat cartoon style. The top third is a red-orange banner carrying large outlined digits 1 to 9 marching left to right, flanked by white diamond lozenges, with MILLIONS in blue block capitals at the far right. Two horseshoe-shaped score windows sit over a band of green flames, the left reading 10 and the right 20 in blue on white. Below, a yellow sky panel carries a white cursive maker word at the left, and the title HAYBURNERS spans nearly the full width in arched red-orange capitals with heavy black outline. A central frieze shows a brown dirt track, a long covered grandstand of tiny blue-and-white spectators under a purple roof, red-white-and-blue bunting and a red START sign at the right. Five painted racehorses gallop across it. The bottom third is a weathered pale-wood fence with six numbered stall doors, each showing a differently coloured cartoon horse head above a printed name plate. Maroon YOUR HOSS and yellow WINNAH arrow signs point inward from both edges, with a green turf strip above the stalls.
Backglass Jalopy
- red
- green
- blue
- brown
Fingerprint: "JALOPY" chunky red capitals on green-and-white chequered flag, motor race cartoon with grandstand, six numbered driver portrait cards at bottom, multi-tiered score band.
A green-and-white chequered-flag background behind enormous red block-capital lettering, with a whole cartoon motor race painted across the lower half rather than a single central illustration. The bottom strip is a novelty feature: six numbered finishing-position cards, 1 through 6, each containing its own small portrait of a driver. A triple-tiered score band runs across the top in blue, yellow-green and dark red, counting up to 4 MILLION.
Setting
- Green and white chequered racing pennant pattern behind the title
- Brown dirt racing track with a pack of cars
- Long grandstand with green and white striped roof and tiered seating
- Wooden cabinet rails at the top and right edges
Symbols
- Green and white chequered flag pattern
- Six numbered result cards 1 to 6
- Red arrow banners
- Tiered grandstand
- Flagpoles
- Number panel styled like playing cards
Lettering
- Very large heavy red sans-serif block capitals with white and black drop shadow for the title; tall narrow white capitals on black for the vertical side panels; condensed white and orange numerals on blue and yellow-green bands above.
Themes
- Motor racing
- Dirt track
- Car racing
- Score reels
- Finish positions
Title on it
- Jalopy
Text on it
- JALOPY
- WORLD
- RECO
- 10,000
- 20,000
- 30,000
- 40,000
- 50,000
- 60,000
- 70,000
- 80,000
- 90,000
- 1 MILLION
- 2 MILLION
- 3 MILLION
- 4 MILLION
- PLACE
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- 6th
- 7th
- REPLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Driver portrait on card 1 - man in a flat cap, head and shoulders, facing forward |
| Other | Driver portrait on card 2 - small head-and-shoulders portrait, pale cap, hard to resolve |
| Other | Driver portrait on card 3 - small head-and-shoulders portrait, dark hair |
| Other | Driver portrait on card 4 - man with a dark peaked cap and moustache, head and shoulders |
| Woman | Driver portrait on card 5 - blonde woman with long hair, smiling, head and shoulders |
| Woman | Driver portrait on card 6 - brunette woman with dark shoulder-length hair, red and white clothing |
| Vehicle | Pack of small racing cars, saloon and open-wheel types in red, blue, white, yellow and black, drawn side by side on the track |
A wide, landscape-format backglass photographed inside its cabinet, with varnished wooden rails visible along the top and right edges. The upper third is a score-value band: a blue strip of large white-outlined numerals counting 10,000 through 90,000, a narrower yellow-green strip beneath it carrying further higher values, then a dark red band reading 1 MILLION, 2 MILLION, 3 MILLION, 4 MILLION in bold white capitals. Black vertical side panels flank the band, the left carrying tall white letters reading WORLD and the right carrying RECO running vertically. The centre is dominated by the title JALOPY in very large chunky red capitals with a white and black drop shadow, set on a green-and-white checkered racing-pennant background like a chequered flag. The lower half is a cartoon illustration of a motor race: a pack of small open-wheel and saloon cars on a brown dirt track, a long green and white grandstand roof and tiered seating behind, and small upright flagpoles. Along the very bottom is a row of six numbered result cards, each with a hand-painted driver portrait. Red arrow banners on each side of that row say PLACE with the finishing positions listed, and REPLAY appears in a small red box at the lower right.