My new soda machine addition!

[johnieG]

nice...

[MoonDawg]

         Well Jeff, I'm glad you're happy with it and I'm grateful Forward Air didn't damage it!   If I had the money I would have been the new owner.

         You are only missing 1 part for the coin mech. that's the slug rejector and I'm sure Tom has one.

         Here is a little history on it!

         The guy I picked this machine up from said his Father got it from the Thrifty drug store here in town about 40 years ago and only used it to keep his beer cold. Then about 6 years ago the old man decided to move and didn't want to haul it with him. He held a garage sale and priced this machine at $300.00 but no one would buy it, so the day before his move he called his son and asked if he wanted it for free!    
(How did I miss that)?

        It was only recently the son did some research and realized the value of what he had inherited.
        I heard from Jeff Walters that of the 200 of these made, only 36 have been documented to still exist. I guess this makes #37.     Congradulations Jeff!

      

[David D]

Congratulations nice find.

[SIGNGUY]

Great story on Members helping members again
Also great story on the machine..
Jeff, yes the missing parts will not be hard to locate at all.. and after closer inspection,  I see it's a little rougher than the first picture, still not bad? and maybe you'd consider just doing a refurb on it before a total restore.. basically tear it down, and do all the inside stuff, check out the rust and if it's not through, maybe just treat that area and try to clean up the outside and see how it looks? I 've done this before on machines, and it basically keeps it original , just cleaned up..

looks great and I hope you got a fair deal on it,, eitehr way, great addition.. so do you have all the 81's now?

[cokemachinesandmore]

John he still needs to buy my original 7up

[scoccermom]

Glen,

Great story.  Better yet, you went out of your way to help another person.  I'll bet there'll be a sparkling RC81 in heaven for you.

[vintage-air]

Since I'm going to be touching up this machine's cabinet, has anyone found a close match for the RC yellow? My preferred line of paint is Dupont but I can shoot any brand. I tried doing a seach to see if this has been covered before but couldn't find anything. I can always take it to my paint supplier and they can scan the color to produce a close match. Then it's just a matter of tinting it one way or another. Thanks!

[Funtronics]

They did a scan for me a while back and the paint code I used was PPG #82284. I have another one being painted now and that is the code that I am using. Hope this helps you out.