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Author Topic: What's a PRO-35 worth? Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 10-19-2005 03:13 PM                        OK... after you stop laughing, I do have a reason for this... I'm looking for a range... low to high for just the PRO-35... no sound head or base. Installed around 1978. Condition would be best described as poor to fair, at best. Past operation would have been in a chain house, running 16 to 23 shows per week with minimal maintenance. If you were buying out a booth with this stuff, what would the head be worth? If you resold it as-is, what would you resell it for? Thanks guys. Hope I provided a little amusement for your day! Jack [ 10-21-2005, 12:22 PM: Message edited by: Jack Ondracek ]  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-19-2005 06:03 PM                     We bought 9 complete Pro35's with modle 7 sound VIP bases superlumex lamphouses potts platters mono amp and automation 1k rectifiers for 700.00 CA a booth and they were in mixed condition the head is probably worth 200.00 if it is in need of work  |  IP: Logged Dan Lyons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 698 From: Seal Beach, CA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 10-19-2005 06:03 PM                     Nothing, stay away. In "poor" shape, you'd end up spending a lot of time and money to get that thing back in working order. If you're looking for a good one with all new bearings, oil seals, and framing coupler I've still got a recently rebuilt one available.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-19-2005 06:52 PM                     quote: Jack Ondracek running 16 to 23 shows per day Jack, Based on running a 2 hour movie thats 32 to 46 hours A DAY.... you'd have top pay me 700 CA to haul that one away... can't be much useful thats left...... The pisser is that a Pro(?) 35 doesn't even make a decent display machine! Mark  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-19-2005 07:22 PM                       I would agree with Gordon. $200 USD tops.. about like a Brenkert.  |  IP: Logged Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 10-19-2005 11:22 PM                     Out of 11 theatres we owned and operated, there was ONE Pro-35. Without a doubt it was the biggest piece of shit I have ever run across. Stay far away!  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-20-2005 12:42 AM                     ...make great doorstops!  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 10-21-2005 12:24 PM                        Sorry... I meant "per week" on that show count... not per day. Typo on my part. I get the point though. Thanks! Jack  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 10-21-2005 08:41 PM                        A good canoe anchor...except not quite heavy enough! Louis  |  IP: Logged Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 10-22-2005 02:45 PM                     HI Folks: Who made the "Pro-35"? When I first saw the post I thought of the Christie P-35 from the late 70's. Same projector?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-22-2005 02:58 PM                     Ballantyne  |  IP: Logged Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 10-23-2005 11:17 AM                     Hi Gordon; Others: Thanks for the info. I figured it out not long after posting. The State Theatre 3 in Eureka, CA had the Ballantyne projectors in all three auds. I was told that they were always breaking down and didn't have a steady picture. Mike Croaro  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-23-2005 12:39 PM                     The ones I service get looked after and don't give any trouble and give a very steady image  |  IP: Logged Mike Babb Master Film Handler Posts: 250 From: Norwich UK Registered: Jul 2002 posted 10-23-2005 12:47 PM                        They aren't my preference but I think they are just fine when maintained. We have about 6 of them in the area. As long as the parts supply continues they are a viable option. Having said that, I wouldn't pay anything for a poorly maintained used Pro35 projector, but might take it off their hands for parts. Also I'd have a hard time selling it to anyone in that condition, unless they really knew what they were buying and why.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-23-2005 04:12 PM                       To be fair, there's a lot about them that are really solid and not too bad. But the intermittent bobbin, along with that football field between the aperture and the rear of the enclosure, are its Achille's heel.  |  IP: Logged

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