Vehicles for Moving Pinball Machines
Often on the rec.games.pinball newsgroup, there are discussions over which vehicles will or will not hold a pinball machine. Below is a listing of vehicles, as well as specifics regarding said vehicles.
2009 Mitsubishi Outlander - Has been used to move Williams Black Knight, Gottlieb 300, Williams Pin*Bot, Williams Flash, Gottlieb World Fair; will likely not hold a game with a non-standard plunger, such as a Terminator 2, Shadow, or Guns & Roses
2000 Grand Cherokee Limited - Can easily fit two wedgies, or one wedgie and one multi player EM game. Typically one wedgie head goes on the passenger seat. The larger of the two heads goes immediately behind the passenger seat. Two 2x4 platforms need to be constructed and used to raise the games above the wheel wells.
2003 Honda CR-V - Can fit one pinball machine easily; fold down back seat and using cardboard to slide game at angle into the car; coin door should be facing toward the front of the vehicle.
2009 Honda Pilot - Can easily fit one pinball machine or possibly two; back two rows of seating need to be folded down; will also fit two standard width games if the heads are removable; has also been used to move one older game with the head removed and one game with the head still on (both standard width games: The Simpsons Pinball Party and Eight Ball).
Chevy Tahoe; year not specified - Will fit all standard and wide body pinball machines with back seat folded down
Nissan Pathfinder; year not specified - Will fit any standard or wide body with the two back rows of seats folded down
PT Cruiser; year not specified - Will fit with rear seats removed
Volkswagen Jetta SportWagon; year not specified - Will hold machine; "a bit too tight for a fold-down newer game though"
Ford Focus wagon; year not specified - Will hold WPC machine + dolly
Honda Fit; year not specified - Will hold games of unspecified vintage
2003 - 2006 Scion Xb - Will fit any pin
2008+ Scion Xb - Will fit any pin
Toyota Matrix - Will fit machines with head removed; includes WPC89, System 11, Bally SS, and Bally wide body (specifically Paragon); load body shooter first, then slide in head next to it; place moving blanket between them and a ratchet strap over top
1985 Chevy Chevette - fit a Bally Playboy. Back seat folded down - loaded body through hatch, legs next to it, head on passenger seat (have to use right hand to hold head and shift-lol). FYI - yes I got the hatch closed!
2004+ Honda Odyssey - Two EMs with heads off fit in the back with the middle seats still in and heads behind the front seats (but it's tight). For pins with heads folded, only one fits.
2000 Subaru Forester - Back seats folded down - fits WPC, early 80's Bally, modern Stern, Williams Joust. Late 80's Bally, Safecracker, Banzai Run has to put in on their side.