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« on: October 23, 2009, 09:07:53 am »

Just thought I would share with everyone what I found last night! I know it's not much but it was free! I got a call from a friend yesterday about a man that was cleaning out a building and had an "old" coke machine that he was going to haul off. All I thought was "old coke machine" and hurried down town to get it. It was kind of disappointing when I found it, but at the same time kind of exciting to get it for free. I will probably strip it down and throw the rest away. I has a really good coin mech, cooling system and the inside is virtually rust free. If anyone needs anything from it, just let me know!
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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2009, 09:29:00 am »

Why not paint it red and get rid of the brown. You can polish that turd into something nice.

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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2009, 09:35:30 am »

I agree with joey, especially if it works, and the innards are rust free. Not everyone wants, or can afford a roundtop machine
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2009, 09:52:18 am »

I agree - repaint or simply clean up and get it working properly, then sell it or donate it to a tax deductible place and get a write-off for $300 or so.
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2009, 09:53:15 am »

Sure!  Peel off the woodgrain contact paper and paint the rest red or white.  It's too good a machine to scrap out, and those are pretty popular with the non-collector general public, as well as the collectors that might not have a few thousand to spend on a machine.  You could easily make a few dollars (or more) on that one if you just make it look nice.  Heck, you could probably just give it a bath, make sure the lights and all work, and sell it as is for a couple hundred!
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2009, 10:32:55 am »

I'd say keep it and restore it as well, you got nothing into it.. put some nice paint, on it, some decals, maybe make or get a new (older) sign for the front and you'd have a nice little machine to sell or keep..
see example found on the web... I think Curtiss has used this machine to make some killer fantasy machines too... options are endless..
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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2009, 10:51:46 am »

Looks like a can vendor ( if I view the rack correctly)
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2009, 12:12:21 pm »


I've just listed my V63 on Ebay and now I'm looking at the picture above and thinking I must hold onto it...

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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2009, 01:57:08 pm »

Thats a great find... I wouldn't part that out. Is there a model # on it? I thought it was a USS-64, but the stack looks a bit different.
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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2009, 05:37:12 pm »

Disappointed? No way! Those are nice machines! So it's brown, it doesn't have to stay that way. Mine use to have woodgrain (see my profile pic)
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