Vendorlator VMC 340

[johnieG]

What types/kinds of metals are inside the 340?



Why???     strange question, but OK.....

the rotating rack assemble has lot & lots of galvanized steel baby!   as is the tank/linet & inner door, test with a magnet if in doubt.

the evap' coil is copper coils & probably has aluminum fins, the vending cog & gear box housing is most likely cast zinc or aluminum, or worst case pot-metal last one I helped Pat Pixley restore the bottle guide-chute was aluminum as well.

[FlaJunkie]

Just saw your response, thanks for the update.

I plan to start restoring the old beast this summer!   

[FlaJunkie]

So Summer is here; My plan is to take it apart and send the casing to a local body shop to repair. From there, to a nearby powder coater.

I plan to disassemble the bottle rack and refinish it.

I need to send the compressor somewhere close to restore it.

Any and all tips and hints will be welcomed!

Help me restore this gargantuan machine from the past!

[Jim]

Keep us posted with your progress as you move forward with this project ! ! !

[FlaJunkie]

My wife is going to spend a month in Michigan taking care of her first grandbaby. I can get started on this project right after I finish the second edition of my book, "Citizenship 1928." The first edition was a POS!

I'm going to start by disassembling the unit into four sections: The rack, the door, the coin mech, and the casing. Then I'll examine it and decide how far to restore each section.

More next week.

[FlaJunkie]

Well, hello, all.

Been a while, like two years. Ironically, I am just returning with my wife from a 45-day visit to Michigan. I not only finished the second edition of my book Citizenship 1928, but I put out a third (and final) edition.

I really want to restore the VMC 340. I have been looking for a replacement lock to no avail.

Does anyone at least have one from a 340 or 149 dated mid-fifties?

I'd like to be able to see what I am missing. I need the pieces identified by the red arrows.

[FlaJunkie]

Maybe it looks like this with the threaded end?

[johnieG]

A 340 lock is a round plug style functionally like a Glasco-50 or an Ideal 55, or even an early Choicevend, you remove the lock cylinder & use an Allen headed crank to unscrew the door lock-rod.

[FlaJunkie]

A 340 lock is a round plug style functionally like a Glasco-50, an Ideal 55, or even an early Choicevend. You remove the lock cylinder & use an Allen-headed crank to unscrew the door lock rod.

Is that part number 83 above? Do you have a picture of a real one?

[johnieG]

The lock cylinder is #84, #83 is the lock’s receiver body & #82 is a trim ring.  I don’t have a picture unfortunately, but I remember helping Pat from Custom soda works when he was restoring one for a customer a few years back... try contacting him via Facebook  or at customsodaworks.com.    He watches our Facebook group Classic soda machines also.