1964 · Chicago Coin
Mustang
Pale sky-blue painted background, midwestern country road with white-and-red post-and-rail fence, yellow grass verge, green trees and hedgerows, red barn and distant church steeple and rolls of blue sky above the horizon.
- Year
- 1964
- Maker
- Chicago Coin
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Made by
- Design
- Al Schlappa
- Design
- Jerry Koci
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- sky blue
- red
- yellow
- cream
Fingerprint: MUSTANG across top in massive italic red shadow-lettering, roulette wheel numbered 1-6 right-side, circus-tent striped scoring pavilions for dual competitors, blonde woman holding blank sheet center-bottom, quartet of colorful racers on country road, roadside spectators and checkered racing motifs, airbrush flat-cartoon technique, cream-border frame on pale-blue landscape
A large red-and-white numbered roulette-style wheel on the right-hand side, marked 1 to 6 around a pale blue hub. Two separate three-reel score windows each shaded by a red-and-white striped circus-tent awning, labelled 1st PLAYER and 2nd PLAYER. A blonde woman in a red-and-white striped top holding up a blank white sheet in the bottom centre-right, beside a group of four men in bright suits. A farm-road scene crowded with eight brightly coloured 1950s saloons and cabs driving between a white-and-red fence and yellow grass. The huge italic red script title MUSTANG with a heavy black drop shadow at the top right.
Setting
- Pale sky-blue painted background
- Midwestern country road with white-and-red post-and-rail fence
- Yellow grass verge
- Green trees and hedgerows
- Red barn and distant church steeple
- Rolls of blue sky above the horizon
Symbols
- Red-and-white striped awnings over each score reel bank
- Red circles labelled 1 and 2 for the two players
- Black-and-white checkered racing flags
- Numbered spinner wheel 1-6
- White post-and-rail fence
- Rolled landscapes forming the horizon bands
Lettering
- Mixed: red script with black drop shadow for mustang, red script for the chicago coin's logo, yellow sans-serif block capitals for 2 player, white sans-serif capitals on red panels for 1st player / 2nd player, red capitals in a white box for ball in play, and black numerals on the white reel windows
Themes
- Car racing
- Stock car
- American road trip
- Countryside fair
- 1 or 2 player duel
- Racing car roulette wheel
Title on it
- Mustang
Text on it
- Chicago Coin's
- 2 PLAYER -
- MUSTANG
- 1 or 2
- CAN PLAY
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- BALL IN PLAY
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 0
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Bottom centre-right, blonde bobbed hair with a small bow, red-and-white horizontally striped top, holding up a blank white sheet of paper in both hands, looking left, fair skin |
| Child | Bottom left, blond boy in a red coat with yellow buttons, holding a black-and-white checkered racing flag, fair skin |
| Man | Bottom far left, partially cropped, wearing a red hood or cap and holding a red-and-white checkered racing flag |
| Man | Group of four standing at bottom right behind the blonde woman, in colourful suits - one in a red jacket, one in a mustard/yellow jacket, one in a blue jacket with a bow tie, dark hair, all facing left |
| Vehicle | Eight 1950s-style cars in a staggered line up the country road - red convertible nearest, then yellow, blue, green, black and white sedans, plus smaller cars in the distance |
| Other | Large red-and-white numbered wheel on the right, digits 1 to 6 around a pale blue centre hub, mounted on a post |
Flat illustrated backglass printed inside a cream/off-white border on a pale sky-blue background. Across the top: red-and-yellow script logo Chicago Coin's at upper left, yellow block capitals 2 PLAYER - in the centre, and a large slanted red script word MUSTANG with a black shadow at upper right. Two red-and-white striped awnings sit beneath, each labelled with a circle: 1 PLAYER on the left over a red panel reading 1st PLAYER, and 2 PLAYER on the right over 2nd PLAYER. Under each awning is a bank of three mechanical score reels in white windows. Between them, red-and-yellow text reads 1 or 2 CAN PLAY. Middle left: a white rectangular window reading BALL IN PLAY in red. The centre shows a Midwestern farm road in summer, with a white-and-red post-and-rail fence, yellow grass, green trees, a red barn and a distant church, and eight brightly coloured 1950s cars (red convertible, yellow, blue, green, black, white) driving along the road. Lower right: a large red-and-white numbered wheel marked 1 2 3 4 5 6 around a blue hub. Along the bottom: a blonde woman in a red-and-white striped top holding a white paper, a red-hooded figure and a blond boy in a red coat holding a checkered racing flag, and a group of four men in colourful suits. Style is flat comic-book airbrush with heavy black outlines.