Sorry, this isn’t about music from The Cars, it’s about the elusive AMF Magic Triangle (aka The AMF Pindicator). After years of looking for one of these, I finally stumbled upon a bowling discussion forum and figured I’d post a message asking if anyone out there had one of these triangles. Sure enough, a great guy named Jim from Kansas wrote back saying he had some lying around. He sent pictures (that’s his restored one in the picture) and provided tips on how to strip off the old paint and restore them.

Well, my triangle finally arrived today! Woohoo! Thanks to another bit of magic, the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, I was able to clean up the plastic backing that holds all of the light bulbs – for something that is over 50 years old, it almost looks new! My next task is to strip the paint off the metal grill and re-paint it. Then it’s off to re-wire the triangle, make all the lights work, and hang it up in the game room. I have a picture of what my triangle looks like (minus the white backing).

I’m not sure what’s stranger… the fact that I have a magic triangle or the fact that there are other people out there who have done the same thing I want to do!

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