Vendo stylestar

[petey64]

Yeah all you have to do is announce that you would like to bid on a certain machine and these folks here will step aside.....and of course welcome, it sounds like that is your first machine but not the last.

[Ridewithme38]

sorry i didn't know about this site when i bought it....i should....hopefully....have it working at least 90% by next week....it's hard to find any information on this specific model so any tips on finding parts like the wood grain replacement or even just a 75 cent sticker would be awesome!

[petey64]

try these folks i have had good luck with them.

parts and such

[Ridewithme38]

No luck on that site...See where i wrote 75 cents? i'm kind of looking for a sticker for that and of course the new woodgrain

[bubba]

Congrats on the machine.. I didn't really need it anyway.. I would have ripped it up for parts.

[Ridewithme38]

Hi bubba sorry about taking this machine from you...i've always wanted a soda machine and this one was VERY reasonably priced....i was wondering since you were going to by this machine if you knew anything about it? This is either a really rare machine..or just a very unwanted machine....for some reason i can't find ANY information on it anywhere online...i don't even know what year it was made...and i'm just guessing that its a stylestar machine because of the sign on the front...

The only thing i know for sure about the machine is its a V165-5...Please if any of you veterans can help a new guy out with identifying this machine i wouls greatly apreciate it

[halehouse]

Well, you have identified it as a Vendo 165-5. Did you look at the one under the soda machines index on this site?  It gives some basic info.  You are right in that the sign is a stylestar design.

[dr galaga]

Quote (Ridewithme38 @ July 25 2006,1:50)

This is either a really rare machine..or just a very unwanted machine....

I would vote for more of the second.  Most of the people here are more in to the round-top machines and the slant-shelf machines (the kind where you open the door on the side and pull out your drink).  Machines like yours will probably start to become more popular in a few years since they are cheaper than the earlier machines.
Here's the info from the machine section here:

[collecture]

I am pretty sure Fun-Tronics (a SMC sponser - check the banners at the top) carries the woodgrain.

[bubba]

Quote (Ridewithme38 @ July 25 2006,1:50)

Hi bubba sorry about taking this machine from you...i've always wanted a soda machine and this one was VERY reasonably priced....i was wondering since you were going to by this machine if you knew anything about it? This is either a really rare machine..or just a very unwanted machine....for some reason i can't find ANY information on it anywhere online...i don't even know what year it was made...and i'm just guessing that its a stylestar machine because of the sign on the front... The only thing i know for sure about the machine is its a V165-5...Please if any of you veterans can help a new guy out with identifying this machine i wouls greatly apreciate it

Don't be sorry, I wasn't planning on keeping that machine in one piece anyway '>... If I really wanted it, I would have gotten it a month ago. I don't know anything about it other than I was going to use the compressor in one machine I have that may need one, and possibly save a few pieces. The rest would have ended up on ebay or in the trash... I would have been curious to see what makes it work though.. interesting setup inside..