Finds of the week

[coke_and_stuff]

Heres my finds for this past week been a very very busy week drug all of this home in a 2 day period.

Original large Neon ESSO sign



Vendorlator Machine



a 1957 Cadillac 2door hardtop





A Very Very nice Cavalier chest





and a nice Kevinator 180 RC chest





Joey

[loman4ec]

Wow what did you do buy out an entire estate. I want stories on how you found all of this. Also post some more pics of the caddy. Inside and under the hood.

[Creighton]

Great finds! Nice Caddy looks like all the trim is there.
Creighton

[coke_and_stuff]

Nope no estate sales just pure luck! Heres the story I caught wind of a 1957 Cadillac from a friend he said it was sitting in the woods and has been there 20+ years. He gave me the owners number and just said to call as it is for sale and reasonable. I call the owner and he says I stuck it on ebay but your more than welcome to come by and take a look. So on a Tuesday evening I drive the 2 hrs to take a look by the time I get there its almost dark. We walk up into the woods and resting with about no joke 100 cars it sits, I do the usual walk around its covered in leaves acorns and as well full of them. I figured at the price even if its a parts car I cant lose. So I go home and go to work. The next morning the car ends I sit up and wait threw my bid in and stole it at just over $500.00. He also had the old ESSO sign and i bought it as well off ebay the following day for $300.00. I called him up told him i would be there over the weekend to pick it up he says no problem its yours. I asked if he had any old soda machines and thats where I got the Vendorlator from for $50.00.

Friday rolls around while at work I get about half a dozen phone calls from friends and family asking me if I had seen the ad for the two "upright" machines a coke and a RC. I call the owner he said they are both embossed and both upright. he said he has a few people coming to look at them at 10:00AM Sat morning he said anytime after 8:00AM would be fine with him so 8:00AM I was there and just my luck not uprights but chests he originally wanted $750.00 for the coke and $450.00 for the RC. I looked them over well and threw down my offer he refused and then called about an hr later to come and get em.

Im also working on getting a old gas pump, 6ft porcelain texaco sign with pole, a porcelain quaker state sign and a beat up porcelain coke sleigh sign.

The stuff is still out there you just gotta make it happen, The Cadillac is a awesome car its "sleeping" at my dads house about an hrs drive. the only thing its missing is the transmission othr than that a very complete and surprisingly solid car. One day she will roam the streets proud again.

Joey

[halehouse]

Cool finds.  Good luck on the chests.   '>
RC Chest

[sodaworks]

WOW Joey!!
 That Caddy is worth some serious cash. My buddy sold his custom Caddie 57 last year for some serious cash. I'll try to get a photo of it for you. Nice score on the ESSO as well!!!

[SIGNGUY]

Looks like Christmas came early for you this year!.. Great finds... Wow a 57 caddy for 500 bucks!! unbelievable!..
Great finds... What kind of Pump are you looking at!?

[Gumbo]

Did all that great stuff come out of AR or did you drag it out of MO?

[Yarochrehc]

That's a good way to round out 2006!

[Pat Pixley]

'>    What a great find Joey .   The Cadi is very
                     cool and looks real good , And Esso sign
                     WOW! that's all I can say  I would love to
                      find one. OH yeah the Machine's are great
                     also .
                      What a great find , you hit the mother load
                         My hat's off to you on this.


                                    Pat    '>