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Author Topic: American Restoration restores a Stoner Theater Model  (Read 15032 times)
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« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2011, 10:52:53 pm »

 Here's a cool ad from Billboards magazine from 1948 for Stoner candy machines  (they got allot of ther cool ad's in there as well and the are scalable, it's almost like looking at microfilm at a library ... for those of us remember doing that before the internet  Oo


http://books.google.com/books?id=jPUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=univendor+theatre+models&source=bl&ots=iVV44oduRH&sig=I73Q1m2nCoWHHGijnJXrDtVTKRQ&hl=en&ei=n-vRTfWCCuf00gHIk43LCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=univendor%20theatre%20models&f=true
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1973 Cavalier USS-96
1976 Atari Night Driver
1979 Space Invaders Deluxe
1980 Centipede Cabaret (60in1)
1984 Williams Laser Cue Pinball
1993 IGT Wild Cherry Slot
1996 Police Trainer
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« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2011, 03:13:36 pm »

Thanks for the kind words everyone, I do try and help everyone out with there stoners. OK.....I'm working on a Stoner Jr wood grain but you will think it was hand carved out of wood when finished. This will be the very best Stoner I have ever restored and I have pulled out all the stops on this one. You guys will not beleave this machine when it's done. So nice I will be doing one for me! This is for a very special friend. I'll keep everyone posted.

Curtis, Memory Lane Restorations....www.retrovending.com
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« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2011, 09:28:07 pm »

Can't wait to see it Curtis!

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« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2011, 02:09:47 pm »

When can we see it? I can't wait. I have never owned a stoner but always wanted one. I've had hundreds of machines but never a stoner.
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« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2011, 12:24:09 pm »

Not to beat a dead horse; but, I happened to be working on my laptop last night with the TV on for background noise and I saw bits a pieces of a few episodes of American Restoration.  They happened to show the one with the Stoner Theater again and after seeing it again, that machine just did not look right.  I just took a look at my Theater and figured out how he fabricated that light for this project.  He cut the light box off of a National 7 pull cigarette machine and drilled holes in it for the "button" lights on top.  And he did not add the correct number of lights.  The end caps on the Stoner fixture are smooth--if you look at the light Rick's machine you will see the unmistakable art deco lines of the old National cigarette machine.  Additionally the "Fresh Candy" window should actually be two windows.  Don't get me wrong, I think the guy does some nice work but he should have disclosed the fabrication of the light on this restoration as the machine is now a Rick's One-off Stoner Theater.

Anyway, it was one of those Columbo moments, "There's just one more thing thats bothering me . . . "

Okay, "Hi, my name is Tim and I am an SMC-aholic!"

Take a look at the photos!

 drinking Tim drinking

PS--I also hate the fact that he chopped up a National 7 Pull to do it!  That is a great looking cigarette in it's own right!
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« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2011, 01:42:16 pm »

Nice catch!
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« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2011, 02:13:26 pm »

The more I know about Rick the less I like.
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« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2011, 06:13:14 pm »

 my only ?is it the same machine looks differant
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« Reply #18 on: July 27, 2011, 07:33:39 pm »

Also, watch that episode again, and my question is when the guy first dropped  off  the Stoner what made Rick think it was a theater model?  It wasn't painted in wood grain and  to me it looked like a 180. Maybe I missed something?
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1954 Stoner Senior
1964 United Orbit shuffle bowler   
1973 Cavalier USS-96
1976 Atari Night Driver
1979 Space Invaders Deluxe
1980 Centipede Cabaret (60in1)
1984 Williams Laser Cue Pinball
1993 IGT Wild Cherry Slot
1996 Police Trainer
2016 Visual Pinball Machine
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« Reply #19 on: July 27, 2011, 09:27:16 pm »

 I seen other things he done from pawn stars take a rusty beat up vendo 39 comes out as a vendo 81 .. For 1500
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