AMI Model F Juke

[Pat Pixley]

        Looks a lot like a sand blasting cabinet to me

   I've got to agree with Glen on that one  .
Sorry Greg  but it does.

[Kilroy]

Greg,
I talked to  the guy in Laredo about hte C, i suggest passing.  He wants a $1000, which is actually a pretty okay price, but it took a lot to get him to admit it's a Ricky Ricardo  box.  It came form either mexico or South america,  and because parts  weren't easily available,  they are  jury tigged, and very creative, but very bad jury rigging.

[GreginNM]

Great to know, thanks!  I hadn't heard about the Mexico/Central America Jukes, so I'll keep that in mind when I look at ones down here on the border.

I still have to mull this one over...I'm with most of you on the looks.  The AMIs don't have the curb appeal that the others have, and any jukebox I get has to get past The Boss, so...we'll see.  Don't know if she'll let me bring a sand blasting cabinet in the house!     Too bad on that C, I do like the looks of them!

Greg

[Kilroy]

Find some 45's of her favorite songs, then  slip the juke in the house to play them for her,  My buddy did that , and by golly it worked. 

[GreginNM]

Great idea!     That just might work...I've used a similar technique for soda machines.  "See honey, isn't this cool having this?!"  Maybe a 45 of "our song" playing when she comes home, and she would be hooked!

I do like the look of the AMI D that Creighton posted up in Spokane a bit ago...that one looks more like a jukebox and less like a sand blasting cabinet.  Will have to keep my eyes open!  There is an AMI B around here for $700 as well.

[Marvin]

What is the differnece between a south of the border juke and a north america one?

[BrianB]

Waiting until you find just the right juke for you is always a good thing.

I have the profound problem of loving to tinker with things just to see how they work. So....It sometimes leads me to pick-up "cheap deals" because they are there.

I found my first jukebox, a Seeburg 147 "Trashcan", that way. I had a blast messing with it and ended up trading it up for a Seeburg "B". It wasn't a very expensive lesson, just a longer, drawn out one!

A south of the border box....They don't have the availability of repair parts down south that we do here. During the heyday's (50's-late 60's) there were probably parts distributors but that soon dried up and obsolescence became a problem henceforth all of the modifications a rigging done by operators and private owners to keep them up and running.

This might mean the original amp is gone in favor of a solid state one or the turntable mechanism has been modified. You name, it was probably done.

[davethebirdman]

I think Wurlitzer also francised out their operations to a Mexican company... If I remember rightly the inside of the South American 1900 was slightly different in colour than the US one... They were also termite ridden ... Defo worth staying clear of.

I like the AMI but probably wouldn't go for it as a first box... Lots of sense has been written... Hang Grieg one will turn up and with your ability to pick up most anywhere it won't be that long and it will be better than what you have on offer at the moment...

Even if you go for a slightly later model like a Wurlitzer 2300 and above or even A Rockola Princess/Capri it will be more pleasing on the eye than the AMI...

Dave

[Kilroy]

Like a soda machine, wait for the one you want, and pass the word you are looking.   And we're here to answer questions

[GreginNM]

All good advice!  Now to figure out what exactly I want...

I'm getting some more info on and AMI Model C from a guy that is supposed to be in pretty decent shape.  That one has a cool, earlier look to it.  If it has the good sound of an AMI, might not be a bad candidate.  What's a good price on one of these?  Looks like there are several AMI E/F jukes coming out of the woodwork at $200-$300 price range.  Any comparison?

Thanks!