VMC Vendo 44 Photos - Pepsi - 7up - RC And Fantasy 39 - Orange Crush - Nesbitts

[mygoose101]

There was a post discussing a Pepsi 44 on e-bay. When my buddy had his collection he had 3 fantasy 44's. 2 were VMC's and 1 was a Vendo.  Wanted to share the photo as I thought they looked pretty cool. I included the links, just click on them to view the photos.

He also had a couple of fantasy 39's done, Orange Crush and Nesbitts.

Needless to say all 5 machines were fantasy but were embossed. Not sure where embossing came from, I would have to assume some type of chest or picnic coolers.
 

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[ld26]

those are definitely cool, I think an orange crush embossed 33 would be killer

[ld26]

I hope that nesbitts embossing didn't come off a quikold jr or standard, what do you think Eric?  looks like it could have...

[BONOVOX]

I love the way the 44's look as a Pepsi and RC..... I would have to put the RC as the best looking fantasy.  It just looks so right!

Another View....

[Eric]

  Yeah as cool as these look and are... I hate to think a Quikold had to be put down...
hopefully it was too far gone to restore.

[Eric]

Also looks to be maybe a Squirt 39 in the background... there was a nice fantasy Squirt 39 at Chicago a couple years back... looked great
 I just love all the colors of the machines here... not overdone... these do look nice and if you're a RC or Nesbitt's fan there isn't much out there
.. though I like original stuff, I think a RT 56 all done in blue with Pepsi 33 embossing would be awesome... Its neat to see what can be done with
the talents of a welder, a good autobody man and some paint...  Guess these are the lowered, tubbed, streamlined custom hotrods of the soda world.
It just becomes a different story when down the road these can be passed off as rare, original prototypes or barn finds.

[Eric]

And... I wonder what the embossing “Orange Crush” came off of.. that “g” in orange is different than anything I've ever seen embossed,

[Fire708]

Fantasy or not, those are beautiful. That blue looks really good on a 44.

[sc1101]

The 44's do look nice all lined up in different colors. I only wish they came originally that way.

[MoonDawg]

I think an orange crush embossed 33 would be killer

        Not embossed, but here is a  33 Ray did for him.

        Also some generic repro picnic coolers that were uniquely embossed.
 

[Jared]

awesome collection does he still have it

[mygoose101]

Collection was sold about 3 years ago.

[sodaworks]

Was that Mike's collection on the central coast?

[mygoose101]

Yes.