My latest find!

[BrianB]

On Wednesday of this week I went to an estate auction at our local National Guard armory. My wife let me know about it and showed me the classified ad and pointed out that near the bottom there was a few Coca-Cola items and one of them happened to be a Glasco 50!

I was a bit skeptical and wasn't going to go. The weather here got cold & snowy enough to cancel school so I decided to stay home with my daughter. After "discussing it" with her we made the decision to go to the auction. We had to wait about 3 hours until they got back to the machine in question. They started the bidding at $450 and nobody bit so they progressively lowered it to $100 and another guy bid on it. To make a long story short, we ended up getting it for $275!

The only things that are really wrong with it are; Coin mech is missing, lid backstops are missing and, some yahoo decided that they would rather have a walk-in freezer type latch handle system instead of the plug-lock and hex wrench. It also has a reproduction steel/fiberglass cap catcher.

The body is really straight and it appears that there is no rust. The inside liner is clean with no evidence of rust or corrosin. The slider rack is still there which is a bonus.

Here's a few pictures!

[MCarter]

Nice pick up !

[ZMonet]

Nice machine.  It shouldn't be too hard to get the parts you need.  Were you able to test if it cools?

[collecture]

Nice!
One of these days I'm going to have to get a slider!

[halehouse]

That looks pretty nice and no shipping.  Great thing to do on a day off of school.  I don't know if my son would sit for 3 hours waiting for it...well he might for a price.   '>   Does it cool ? Looks really clean too.

[coke_and_stuff]

Looks great, awesome buy, I like it.

Joey

[BryanH]

Brian - nice deal... gotta like when a plan (or lack of a plan) comes together that way.

Btw:  Looks like you're missing the flapper part of the rack.

[Eric]

Nice score!

[MoonDawg]

Remove the slider rack, it's worth almost what you paid for the machine. Then add a countertop to overhang and host 4 stools. The easy-open latch on the side lets you cool lots of food and beverage.
      These converted sliders have been offered at $2500 on e-bay

[MCarter]

You were the one i was bidding against?

[sodaworks]

(MoonDawg @ Feb. 09 2007,12:51)

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Remove the slider rack, it's worth almost what you paid for the machine. Then add a countertop to overhang and host 4 stools. The easy-open latch on the side lets you cool lots of food and beverage.
      These converted sliders have been offered at $2500 on e-bay

If done correctly these look great!

[aspbear1]

Great find.  It was worth getting out on a cold snowy night.  I think these sliders are great looking.

[David D]

Nice find, I also have a Glasco 50 they are nice machines.  Looks like you got a great deal especially if it cools.

[Jim]

Very Nice find!

Did I hear Matt(MCarter) say he was present at this auction also...?

[davethebirdman]

This is the sort of thing I think Glen was talking about.

This one was on for £2500 (double it)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270084427511

[MoonDawg]

Thanks Dave.  That would be a neat little set-up for a dorm room.

[davethebirdman]

If only I had a spare $5000 lying around.

[collecture]

QUOTE

These converted sliders have been offered at $2500 on e-bay.

Did they sell for that? I'd like to see some completed auction prices

QUOTE

If only I had a spare $5000 lying around.

You'd be better off buying a slider without mech and rack and making it yourself.
I'd be surprised if he got that much for it.
How much do you think he has into it? $1000-$1500?

[davethebirdman]

Hi Tom

The seller of the one in the UK has listed it a couple of times and has not, as far as I know had any offers on it.

He is one of the big Jukebox Dealers and has very good contacts in The US. He ships by the container load. I know because I just happened to be at his shop one day when a load came in.

I actually saw the machine at a Jukebox show last year. Its nice but not £2500 nice. I would imagine that it has come to the UK restored via one of his contacts.

(He has sold a Cavalier 72 recently. Not sure how much for. It did have a start price of £2000 and a BIN of £3000 but was withdrawn prior to the end of the auction. He had it up at the show for £4,500 I think)

I can't imagine it would be that expensive to create one from scratch. Perhaps someone here has done it and could give an insight. Personally if I was ever lucky enough to come across a slider this side of the water, unless it was completely gone I'd do my best to breathe life back into the old girl.

Dave

[BrianB]

Yes, it does cool! It's currently sitting out in the garage. I did an "optest" on it last night and was very happily surprised to see that the it worked correctly.

It does however look like the thermostat has been removed. The same hole that the refrigerant line running from the compressor to the evaporator/cooling coils is running through also has a two pronged plug hanging out of it. I assume that went to the thermostat.

Would somebody that has a Glasco 50 mind snapping some pics of the thermostat control and the actual thermostat coil to aid me? I'd really appreciate it.

Matt -
Did you have somebody there bidding for you?

[MCarter]

Yep !! Harrison

[MoonDawg]

That 2-pronged plug is more likely from the small fanmotor
mounted inside the lower compartment of all Glasco 50's

[BrianB]

Glen -

By lower compartment do you mean the compressor deck compartment? If so, the condensor fan is there. Did Glasco put an air circulating fan inside the pre-cool/vending area?

Matt -

I didn't see Harrison!

[MoonDawg]

(BrianB @ Feb. 11 2007,10:49)

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Did Glasco put an air circulating fan inside the pre-cool/vending area?

Yes, and it turned off each time the lid was opened.
See the push-button switch inside that is controlled by
lifting or closing the lid?

[David D]

Brian,

Here's a picture of the thermostat.  Glen is right about the plug it's running to the switch and fan, the fan is located directly behind the pre-cool area, you cannot see the fan unless you remove the precool shelf from the machine.

Thanks,
David

[BrianB]

Glen -

Thanks for the info, I'm definitely missing the t-stat. It looks like all I have left inside the main compartment is the female plug end for the fan.

David -

Thanks for the picture. Would you mind snapping a couple of the interior?

I'll take a few more detailed pic's to better illustrate what I'm working with. If you can't tell, I have zero experience with sliders of any kind. Usually these things are pretty intuative, just a stand up cooler in different package. This one seems to have me a little stumped!

[David D]

Brian,

Here are a couple pictures of the inside.  The first picture is the precool shelf, the 2nd includes the fan.  The fan is behind the precool area.

Thanks-
David

[BrianB]

David -

Thanks for the pictures! Those help out a lot. I guess I'm missing that interior "wall" that would hold the circulating fan.

I'm assuming the t-stat probe is just shoved up inside the hole that the compressor lines go through and that it's a contact style t-stat vs. a non-contact. Please let me know what you can. Thanks!

[David D]

Brian,

That's correct the thermostat runs into the metal tubing, at the end of the thermostat it's wound in a coil about 1 inch long.

I've never removed the tub so I'm not sure where the tube is running, I'm assuming it's running next to one of the refrigeration lines.

Thanks-
David

[BrianB]

David -
Thanks for the info! Here are a few additional pictures of the pre-cool/vending compartment and the compressor compartment just to let you see what I've been left with. I think the metal tube for the t-stat capillary tube has been removed.

[David D]

Brian,

Not sure how much value the fan adds, I don't think the Ideal machines include a fan and they probably have the same compressor setup.  If you need any additional help let me know, if you wanted to fabricate the fan mount you could probably do this easily, there's not much to it.

At least you have the rack, get a  coin mech and you'll be set.

Thanks,
David

[BrianB]

If I don't need the fan I probably wont bother with it. I'm still toying with the idea that Glen mentioned about turning it into a soda bar/mini-lunch counter.

I am however still kinda curious where the two pronged connector hooks up to. Is that the original lead that went to the fan?

If I am missing the metal tube that holds the capillary tube for the t-stat, can I still just "shove" it up into the hole with no worries?

Does your 50 have the same mound of insualting compound covering the fan lead, capillary tube and refrigerant line?

Some pictures of this area on your machine would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[SIGNGUY]

Brian, that two prong lead would have originally had a female end that would have been wired into the junction box where all your electrical hooks up. it most likely was cut off or rotted off? but not necessary if your not going to hook one up. Mine has the original fan, and it does help to circulate the cold air around the bottles similiar to the fan in a regular upright machine. I've run mine with the fan on and off, and i've found the bottles get colder a litte faster with the fan on, simply because it's circulating cold air around them faster than just chilling the non moving air. (we call it the WINDCHILL FACTOR) up here in the North Woods!  
As far as the GLOB of gunk it's just some putty/insulation used to block that hole and help keep things in place. You could probably discard and just use insulation or plumbers putty there to do the same thing.
Nice machine!

[MoonDawg]

If you remove that wad of putty you will most likely find that
tube for the thermostat.  It is soldered to the inside of the liner
so the cap tube is making direct metal to metal contact for acurate
temperature reading.
        I have had a tube break loose before and became useless.
Instead of pulling the tub I drilled a small hole through the machine
and strung the capillary tube through and attatched it to the inside.

[BrianB]

Glen -

Thanks for the info. I'll take a look at that when I get home tonight.

Signguy - Whereabouts in the North Woods do you live? I have family that lives in Eagle River, WI.

[audiobeer]

Restoring the fan is more for function than anything. I always liked this model for it's usefulness over the Ideal as it seemed to cool so much better with the fan. They are a pain to rework but it's really not that hard.

[SIGNGUY]

Eagle River is about 2 hours NE of me, I'm on the WI/MN Border side in Rice Lake.  let me know if your ever up this way though.

[David D]

Brian,

Here's an auction for the precool shelf for a ideal machine, it looks identical to the one I have in my Glasco machine.

nullEbay 270092193882  

Thanks-David

[BrianB]

David,

Thanks for the heads up, I appreciate it.