Finished DU Grenier 5 cent "CANDY MAN" candy bar machine!!

[SLIDER]

Some before and after of this machine.  The mechanicals were rusted worst then the case.    Took awhile to figure out how all the little rusted parts and springs were supposed to work  The button selection mechanism was unbelievably complex by itself    I am happy with the way it turned out and works perfectly now.  I like to "Refurbish" my toys so they are presentable, working, and FUN. Its not perfect, as I have neither the time, patience, budget or the expertise as MANY of you on this site do. (Some of the machines I see on here are incredible!!!)  With all the u selects surfacing I have not seen many like this one before. It was actually a gift from the wife for my 50th last year!

[davethebirdman]

That's lovely... i am desperate for one of these. You know when you hobby turns into an addiction when you are forever searching google for images etc. I remember seeing this on eBay a while back and was wondering whether you did anything with it.

Did you think about having a stand fabricated???

[Jacko1070]

That is a beautiful machine....and I like the colors you used a lot, really makes the chrome pop.  Nice work!!

[Slider-Bob]

That looks great! Nice job!

[Swachtelncc]

Great work, nice that your wife got it for you

[HowDueYouDue]

Very nice. Congrats

[ZiaDan]

Nice Job! Looks Great!

[mygoose101]

Really sharp, nice work.

[tkaz]

Very nice, that is a really good looking machine

[georgescustompaint]

Great looking machine. Those are hard to find !

[kbareit]

WOW!!!    That came out really nice.

[mznb1u]

Nice work!

  Tim

[Jared]

beautiful machine

[Fire708]

Very cool machine and really nice job on bringing it back.

[Funtronics]

You did a great job Bob. Always great to see the before and after pictures. 

[Larry]

I love those machines.  I have one that I am going to do one year.  I'm not sure what year.  They had two similar bases.  One of the bottoms went 90 degrees straight down and the other one went on a angle and the 90 degrees down.  I have the straight 90.  I wish I had the other one, but at least I have a stand.  I have a thing for stands.

The machine turned out nice.  Did you paint the inside or plate it?  Was the "Candy" top piece chromed?


Here's a picture of an ad, a angled base, and a straight base.  I'm going to paint mine like that two toned blue one in the last picture.

[davethebirdman]

i think I prefer the straight stand.. I'd take any stand..

[sc1101]

Good choice in colors. Looking good. 

[SLIDER]

Larry,

I painted the inside of the machine, and all of the shelving units, there are twelve of them. The CANDY script was in really nice condition when I received it. So I really just polished it and it came out really good! Now the actual mechanism sides of the shelving units have a sliding piece to them and must slide free in order for the machine to work properly. I did nothing to them except sand blast, replace all the springs and basically left them alone. If I had painted the sliding mechs the paint would have gummed them up and the machine would never vend properly. So if some was doing a 100 point resto I would plate these for sure. Like I stated in a previous post the button mechanicals are the hardest thing to restore on these. It really is a jigsaw puzzle, once you figure that out the rest is pretty easy. Patience on these are an absolute. Hundreds of tiny screws, nuts and about 5 different size springs which number in the hundreds also. But well worth the work when finished as it really is a nice looking machine you just done see everyday.  GOOD LUCK with yours!!!  Someday I hope top find a base for mine!!!