Help with purchase

[MCarter]

Joe,

Matt from Bloomington. I know where you can find all different types of soda in this great state. I have a friend that might sell you a complete 96 or 72 locally. But you might have to repaint it or do some little work to it. I restored one for a friend of mine last summer. I got pictures if you want to see.

Matt

[butchershop joe]

Thanks for the posts guys...I'm a rookie remember...does a mechanical coin box mean that the price is fixed versus electronic variable?  So that would kill a VMC 81 for me if I wanted it to vend and current prices right?  Can a mechanical box be set to give them out for free?  I could put a piggy bank next to the machine and do an honor system thing if it free vends..

Matt...if I bought Josh's 96 (if he didn't sell it already) would you be able to restore it some?  Yes, I would like to see pictures..post them

[MCarter]

Jim,

I would be glad to help you in any way possible. But restoring things can be inexpensive till you start doing the little things then that when it adds up. I will send  you some pictures later today.

[butchershop joe]

I'm thinking repaint to original specs, red body with white top and white door...new Coke signage...any any major mechanical (if any)...that's it...it has to look cosmetically very good to go into my store

Joe,
So glad that you found us here.
Very cool that you want an old vintage machine in your shop.
All of us here eat, sleep and breathe these old machines. I'ts a HUGE addiction that our other family members just don't understand. Too bad that they are missing out on the joy we feel.
Anyway, I just wanted to chime in here and say that they don't get any more nicer, genuine and honest than Josh, so if you can buy a machine from him, you can rest assured that he'll treat you right and be in your corner.
You may even be able to pay him to do some restoring on it.

Anyway good luck and stick around here.
'>

[butchershop joe]

Markito,

Thanks for the kind words...these machines are very, very cool...I came into it thinking about profit for my business, not from selling the pops as much as how a truely unique machine demands to be seen, frankly I'm started to get turned on by a design other than Coke for it's uniqueness and appeal...I can't pull them away from the grocery stores by changing their habits, they will always need to go there, I can't have it all...instead, I have to offer higher quality and an experience...a destination...the vendor machine helps achieve that along with my other paint, decoration, etc...I want kids bugging their Mom's and Dad's to see when they are going to the Butcher Shop next so they can get one of those cool ice cold soda's from the fancy refridgerator! '>   So you see...a restored or very clean machine is just a must...this is a drawing card for me...very important...but not $5400 important like Carl's beautiful machines...if I can get something a few thousand less my kids get to each for a few months...

Not opposed to letting Josh help in any way he can, sounds like a good guy...a bit vocal though, if he's selling something on ebay he shouldn't tell you guys what he paid for it in one of his posts!  '>   Looks like his return on it is pretty good though and I don't mind someone making money...have to support his habit now that I'm a bit addicted...if it gets much higher though I might be better off just waiting until chicago, but I want something by Nov. 15...we shall see

[Eric]

I still think a 110 or Its brother (6 case verticle?) would be more in a price range you need and will hold more product..... Plus they're good looking machines... a husky-er 81 '>

Eric

[MoonDawg]

Well Joe, you have tested the waters. You know what a restored machine sells for,and what an unrestored machine sells for, and how much it costs for a full restoration. Nobody is going to haul a restored machine to Chicago and sell too cheap.
        The old saying is you get what you pay for  

[butchershop joe]

MoonDawg,

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Nobody is going to haul a restored machine to Chicago and sell too cheap.

That is unless they don't want to haul it back or need room for a new machine they bought at the show! '>

[MCarter]

Here is the last C-96 i did for my buddy