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

[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!!!