Electric DERBY game from the 1950s - Let’s FIX it | 12 Days of FIXMAS Day 5

[@DistinctlyAverageRepairs]

Something a little older today… What do you think? Do you like seeing older items like this or do you prefer modern electrical tech?

[@furrymessiah]

Mate, do yourself a favor and buy a pair of wire strippers.

[@DistinctlyAverageRepairs]

@furrymessiah 😂 I actually own about three pairs of strippers but never have them to hand when I need them. Every time I use a pair of side cutters or my fingernail to strip wire, I think, ‘I wonder when someone will call me out for this?’ Well, today’s the day! 😆👍

[@furrymessiah]

@@DistinctlyAverageRepairs Ha, fair go. 👌😂

[@exidy-yt]

Honestly I like em both equally. We need to see where we came from before we can know where to go to. Keep up the great work! 👍

[@DistinctlyAverageRepairs]

Thank you - good to hear as I have a couple of older items in the pile to repair/restore at the moment. And I agree, it’s important to remember the journey…

[@CallousCoder]

I don't know what is the bigger dedication, fixing each of the projects are wrapping them for the intro :D I loathe wrapping presents! ;) Also did you notice how old batteries hardly ever leaked, and those new once start leaking within 2 years already? And I found the horses to be "tied up" in a rather peculiar way, reminded me off my first marriage ;)

[@DistinctlyAverageRepairs]

You are so right - I hate wrapping presents too but this seemed like a good idea when I started this project back in September! I was wrong 😆 I remember using these large old batteries as a child and I don’t recall them leaking. I guess they contain something different to the more modern C, D, AA etc cells? The horses were just bound to the board with sharp bits of twisted wire - this game really could have been made in someone’s shed!

[@Rocks_crash]

I'm pretty sure my uncle has this but it was pretty broken Glad to see what it actually looked

[@DistinctlyAverageRepairs]

Oh cool, I wondered if anyone would actually have had one of these games given how old it is.

[@exidy-yt]

A couple of seconds on that ancient battery might have been nice, I absolutely do NOT recognize it and wonder what its power was, when it was used and how popular it was. a minor personal thing to me, great video!

[@DistinctlyAverageRepairs]

Firstly, thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed the video. As for the battery, these were very common during the ‘70s when I grew up. One of their most popular uses was for bike lamps. They had two prongs on the top which could be bent to reach the contact points of the item in question. I would guess that they were popular between the late ‘50s and early 80’s but don’t quote me on that! You can still buy them, this serial number will bring them up on eBay etc: 3LR12. They are 4.5v. 👍

[@jeremytate4795]

Satisfactory

[@ProfessorYana]

Hey, didn't MyMateVince fix one of these a while back? Nice to see another brought back to working condition!

[@DistinctlyAverageRepairs]

He did indeed - in fact, you’ve just reminded me, I meant to put a ‘thank you’ in the description because it was Vince’s video which let me know what the missing copper part on the wheel looked like! I’ll update it now 👍 Edit: (Just checked description and I had remembered to thank him - there’s also a link to his video)