Dr Pepper USS-8-64K

[boss]

Cosmetically... it's done.  It's currently wired to free vend (thanks Tom) but I'm hoping to get a working coin mech soon.

Thanks to everyone for their help.  This site has been a tremendous resource.

[boss]

oops... I forgot to mention that the first picture is the from the day I brought it home.  It was a craigslist barn find.

[Slider-Bob]

Looks great now!

[tkaz]

Is the Dr Pepper light up insert original?  I haven't seen one of those before

[davestar]

Looks great.  I wish my USS-64 had the light up sign, what I nice feature.

 Are you only filling it with Dr. Pepper?  The labels look all the same.

[boss]

Is the Dr Pepper light up insert original?  I haven't seen one of those before

I believe it is original.  A few things make me think so.  First, when I found it like this it had been sitting in a barn untouched for 20 years.  Second, when I gutted it I noticed that on the inside back panel (behind the insulation) someone had written in grease pencil "USS-64 Dr P"... almost like it was "tagged" at the factory that way for branding.  Of course, that's all circumstantial evidence.  It did have an original Dr Pepper decal on the ID tag side, too.

And davestar... I will stock it with other stuff but I just liked the look of all the Dr Pepper tags.

[SodaShopNick]

Looks really great.  Did those machines come with a light inside the vend door or did you add that?   

[boss]

it came with a light there. 

Here's a picture of the inside of the machine.  The writing is faint, but I think you can read it.

[tkaz]

Is the 'Dr Pepper' light above the coin bezel always on?  I'm curious since on the Coke versions with the 'Have a Coke' light they would only come on after the machine is ready to vend. 

[boss]

Ha!  You caught me.  I hit the free vend button before I took the pictures just because I liked the way it looked lit up.