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Mustang / IPD No. 1645 / May, 1977 / 2 Players

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Manufacturer:

D. Gottlieb & Company, a Columbia Pictures Industries Company (1977-1983)
[Trade Name: Gottlieb]

Date Of Manufacture:

May, 1977

Model Number:

397

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

2,327 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Theme:

American West - Western

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Star rollovers (3), Kicker lanes (2), Kick-out holes (2), 3-bank drop targets (1). End-of-ball bonus. No slingshots. 3 or 5 ball play.

Maximum displayed point score is 99,990 points per player.

Sound: 3 chimes, knocker

Design by:

Ed Krynski

Art by:

Gordon Morison

Notes:

The 4-player version of this game is Gottlieb's 1977 'Bronco'.

We previously showed a date for this game of April 1977. The new date is per Gottlieb documentation.

Gottlieb Domestic & Export Sales Sheets for Mustang: 2225 total
Domestic Sales: 1453
Export Sales: 772

The above total does not include 102 Sample games produced in 1976 per handwritten documentation identified by Wayne Neyens as coming from Bob Malvasio, a draftsman for Gottlieb whose initials RHM can be found on schematics.

Photos in:

Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R
Pinball Perspectives External Link

, page 83
Pinball Snapshots External Link

, pages 16, 142-145
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981 External Link

, page 111
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 219

Documentation:

5 MB

PDF

Installation Procedures and Game Operation Instructions (Manual) (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

989 KB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous) (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

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