I finally got the coin mechanism yesterday and it works great. I set it for $1.25. Not going to make anything at that price but at least I get to use the old bottles. The Mexican Coke cost me 87 cents per bottle, Mexican Pepsi $1 per bottle, Mexican Sprite $1.09 a bottle, orange and grape crush at 41 cents a bottle and IBC root beer at about the same. I want to add Mexican 7-up, Dad's root beer and Sundrop and Squirt.
Some people walk right by the machine and don't give it a second look- others think it pretty cool and and wonder where I get the pop in those old bottles

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Oh yeah- I already have my second machine-
http://soda-machines.com/content/view/657/14/ I got it for $75 and it still has the original soda labels in the slots. It ran when I got it but the evap fan would not run so it would ice right up and shut down. I dissasembled it and cleaned everything and rewired some wires with poor insulation- now all I have to do is find a new fan motor and put it back together.