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« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2007, 10:15:19 pm » |
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A well planned day with a little luck thrown in to say the least ! ! !
Take a day to rest/relax and then it's time to get to work!
Glad things fell into place for you.
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« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2007, 10:19:55 pm » |
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Thanks for the comments guys it was tiring but fun! wish I had a buddy locally into the stuff like us to take the trip with me however.
to answer a few questions in the last few posts. 1) I did not pick up any hitchhiking Axe Murderers,,, so that is nice.. I'm not selling the Stoner Jr.. that one is going in the basement (someday)... 2) The CC Slider is complete with rack and Coin Mech and I have a guy looking at it this weekend for 650.
3) I havent' bought a nice Coke sign for quite some time now... I have quite a few nice ones in my collection and those are not in the garage, only downstairs. 4) The Car under the cover is my 59 Vette. Coca-Cola Red and White of course. 5) The Vendo 81a was listed on ebay for 1600 and no bids, I offered her $1000 after the auction and she jumped on it.. Probably could have gotten it for 800 she said to me with a grin on her face as I picked it up but the offer was set and she was holding my cash...  '>
Overall great trip, Now I have a TON of work to do.... and I'm sure more questions will pop up as I have never worked on a square top, so I'll be on the post 60's machine forum...
One question however is can a guy convert the non lightup front of a Vendorlator 56 into a lightup version? and also put glass in the door or is that a lot of work???
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« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2007, 06:38:10 am » |
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Wow! That was a very successful road trip! Looks like you have a pretty nice collection goin'.
Do you plan on restoring a majority of those machines?
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« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2007, 08:54:01 am » |
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TO answer the question, Yes I do PLAN on restoring them, but the reality of that is it will probably never happen to all of them. So I'll just pick on project at a time and work on it and as it goes I have people stopping over all the time and occasionally I'll sell on off as is (after clean up etc). I live off of a busy street with lots of traffic and occasionally I put a few machines and pumps out front of the house in the driveway and I'll get a few people stopping buy.. sold 2 items doing this already. I also post on the local Craigslist and that will move a couple too. I am just a temporary owner of most of them. I do plan on making a them machine out of one of the 56's.
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« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2007, 08:55:39 am » |
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nice square tops!. I want one of those glascos too
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« Reply #15 on: June 14, 2007, 09:22:18 am » |
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(SIGNGUY @ Jun. 13 2007,5:51)
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Most of these where failed ebay sales that I jumped on and made offers and Every one of my offers was accepted... and let's just say I wasn't too generous in my offers, but they all said yes...
They all say yes in the end.
I am battling with a seller of a 1979 uss-8-64 cavalier who thinks they have a RC 81. To quote the seller "$250 is a deal" I cringed when I went as high as 150.00 on my offer.
Got any pics of the vette? Do you know how much your hard top is worth? ( if its the original 59 top) if you don’t you will be surprised |
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« Reply #16 on: June 14, 2007, 10:29:16 am » |
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I've had the vette for 4 years now.. love it... taking it to a car cruise this weekend near me.
Yes the Hard top is original and I have seen them go for over 1500 or so.. havne't followed them too closely as I'm not selling it... Just need abetter place to store it , thinking of making a rack for it above the car.
Here is a photo of it
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« Reply #17 on: June 14, 2007, 10:33:11 am » |
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with the value of the top you should buy a rack made for the top. Your vette is beautiful, hold on to it they are quickly all becoming valued in the 6 digits
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« Reply #18 on: June 14, 2007, 10:44:09 am » |
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(SIGNGUY @ Jun. 13 2007,4:51)
QUOTE Got home and expecting my wife to freak out, and the only thing she says is "I can't believe you bought a Pepsi machine, not to mention 3 and they are square tops... What where you thinking.." didn't curse me out for taking up the rest of the garage.. Wow, you are a lucky man!
Nice finds!
It's not too hard to convert a non-light up sign. You should just have to find a light up sign and run the electricity from the electical block. You may even find the wiring already run. The mounting holes should alredy be there. |
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« Reply #19 on: June 14, 2007, 11:11:16 am » |
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OK, so now we know to make offers on unsuccessful Ebay items. I'm starting today. I will be willing to travel to most of the country since I have alot of time to take from work. Probably will be in alot of people's areas. Sounds like fun. Thanks!!
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