Vendorlator 33

[Creighton]

This one is not far away. How hard is the the door to find? I'll snag it if anybody needs parts. Unless it goes nuts :-)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws....39&rd=1

Creighton

[firemun]

Anyone know if the drum out of it will fit in a 27A, I know the 27s had the refrigeration in the middle of the drum.

I could sure use the drum and the top section off of the door.  If I can find out about the drum...I am interested in parts.
jeff

[sodaworks]

Yes, the drums are the same.

[Eric]

Wasn't there someone that repro'd that drum?
I remember someone in the Club Soda Mag. did?
I'll try and dig them out and see.......

Eric

[vendobaldtops]

I believe Carlos Coates from Ohio reproduced those 33 drums but have not seen him advertise them in the last few years.  Nor have I seen any aluminum repops on eBay either...

[Creighton]

What needs to be done here folks?
It's at $80. I really don't have $100 laying around for a machine that can't really tell if the parts are usable.

On the flip side if it vends/cycles the drum and compressor fires up can't justify parting it out just because the door has gone to join various shelves and V-44 coin doors in the land of Missing.

What does the book say for fair value? If somebody wants to grab it I'll put it on Forward air (or whatever) from San Jose for cost. I may still bid, my ebay id is cjsmith2 so lets not spend more than necessary. Thoughts and action items welcome.
Creighton

[davethebirdman]

Eric

could you plse supply me with details of the Soda Club Mag. I'd like to subscribe from the UK. No mags this side of the water covering this sort of subject.

Cheers

Dave

Dave,
I don't think it is available anymore. I too found out about it after it was done. I even search eBay for issues of it and have never seen any. '>

[vendobaldtops]

I gave it my best shot...I figured that I could sell the VMC 33 drum and coin mech and put that extra money iback in the ol' soda fund but I was only going to go up to 200.00...Steve's comment held me back too...do I really need another machine, especially another parts machine?  I need some self-control!

Well, Ol' Carlos Coates won this auction as well. Anyway, interesting story behind Club Soda and its owner, probably for another thread...I used to subscriber, it was kind of a cool magazine with only about 20 pages.  There was an issue around 2000 regarding a book they were putting out.  I left the country around that time but thank goodness I didn't send a pre-payment for their Soda Machine Book...it was never available from what I heard.

Remember that alien baby that came out of that dude's belly in Schwarzeneggar's Total Recall?  That's the name of the guy who ran Club Soda.  WHat every happened to him?

[vendobaldtops]

I heard he was in some serious doo doo with possible mail fraud...Zoinks!

[Eric]

As far as I remember nothing happened to him... Just got in over his head in that book
deal. I have a friend who pre-paid and lost the $45 or what ever it was for the book.
It was a shame it... He just shut it down with no warning. It was a great mag lots of
great info on machines and companies... Great stories.... When it first came out they did
a member of the month, a show and tell type thing.... pretty cool. Also had
want ads and for sale ads.
But I like this site much better....
It's great reading the stories and finds each day and seeing how you guys help each other and will literally be willing to drive here or there for each other......
There was a group called the “Magnificent Seven”, a group of seven guys who had great collections and well known in the magazine.... They were great guys and had great road trip stories and worked hard wheeling and dealing in the Hobby to build these collections.
I wish if they visit this site if they'd post some images of their collection and some “Find” stories for you new guys.....
But I also must say there are more than just seven guys here that are Magnificent in
helping out the new guys in this field of collecting.
I hit this site several times a day to see what you guys find and know.
Thanks for all the stories and helpful bits of info......

Eric

[sodaworks]

Club Soda's editor was Dan Kwate. I heard he was in Seattle with 40k of "our" book money. I was really shocked that he would do such a thing because he really seemed like a nice guy. Terry

[Bireleys1]

Here is the cover of the premier issue of the clubs magazine when it originally was called the soda pop press and then later became club soda.
The original editor was Brian Stevens and later the magazine/club was handed over to Dan Kwate.
I had joined the club at the very begining of it when they where first promoting it at the Chicagoland show in November of 1995. On the front cover is a picture of my daughter holding a cherry smash dispenser that we had picked up at the show for $65.00.
The club/magazine was great and I always  looked forword to getting the next issue because there where many stories about the shows and peoples collections.Too bad it had ended the way it did.
I always wonder if any of these people(The Magnificent 7) that had these great collections still have them or if they are even in this hobby Anymore. Does any one know?




Dave

Thanks for the info, I missed out on that whole thing, so it's nice to see a cover. Cool that your daughter is on the cover.

[Eric]

Jay B. still collects... talked with him a few weeks back... I was looking for some parts.
Now he had a collection! Another M7... Bob King the mag did a feature on him I remember
another nice collection.
Don't know of any of them stop in here. Would love to see what they have now.

I have all my copies of the mag Including that one with your daughter Bireleys1
They had a lot of great info...
But stick around here.... This place is better.... News stories/finds everyday
and you don't have to wait a month for the next issue.

Eric

[Jim]

aaahh, the good ole days... '>

[Eric]

By the way ....Do you still have that dispenser?.... After getting that issue
It made be a believer... I went to the next Chicago show for the first time.

Eric

[racerx45]

As for M7 members stopping by here I only know one of them Jay and have asked if he stops by he said he dose but not very often. I asked him about other M7 members and he is still in touch with a few of them but doesn’t think they stop by here. As for Jay’s collection he still has a very nice Soda Machine collection and his fountain dispenser collection makes mine look small.

[Bireleys1]

Quote (Eric @ April 15 2005,8:33)

By the way ....Do you still have that dispenser?.... After getting that issue It made be a believer... I went to the next Chicago show for the first time. Eric

Yes, I still have the cherry smash dispenser along with a couple other dispensers that I got good deals on at the show years back. I really haven't sold anything since I started collecting but as you guys know its really hard to let this stuff go once your hooked even though there is soda machines everywhere thinking that someday in your spare time you will restore them. But its getting to the point that I might have to thin out my collection a little because its hard to move around in my garage so I can finish restoring my car that I have been wanting to do the last 20 years.
So I might have to let a couple soda machines go some day '>.


Dave