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johnieG
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« on: July 20, 2007, 10:52:21 am » |
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So I was sub-contracted to restore a Vendo V23/spintop for a local gameroom customer who sold the machine to Coca-Cola of Detroit , Coke is going to be presenting the machine to some other corporate big-wig who is retiring soon, I never had so much trouble locating parts for such a simple little machine!
It seems that the inside bottle holder/ honeycomb drum and the coin mech assy. are hard items to come by, but thanks to some local SMC board contacts we managed to locate the elusive parts just in time!
( thanks to Randy & Ron!) here are some quick pics of the machine before it headed out the door to the sign-painters for lettering.
the only question I have is the coinmech came without a 10-cent slug rejector, so which model fit's this puppy? I was told that it's the same as a Jacobs 26, but it looks to be about the same dimentions as a Glasco rejector, the Ideal rejector is too short & puts the accepted dime out of the wrong (right-hand side) of the mech..anybody know?
PS be warned! that removal & reinstallation of the bottle drum is a real pain in the A$$ as the refrigeration lines are physically attached to the inside drum with aluminum brackets that are spot-welded to the skin of the drum ( a whole lot of drilling them out!)
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Spoon-feeding Newbies since 2001...  Yeah..220,221 whatever it takes. Remember, all it needs is a shot of Freon! The Vendo V-83 is the '59 Edsel of the coke machine world. ;p Spray painting does NOT restore a compressor 11 is louder than 10... "Hope" is good, but it's not an action plan. |
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johnieG
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2007, 10:53:25 am » |
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more pics
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Spoon-feeding Newbies since 2001... Yeah..220,221 whatever it takes. Remember, all it needs is a shot of Freon! The Vendo V-83 is the '59 Edsel of the coke machine world. ;p Spray painting does NOT restore a compressor 11 is louder than 10... "Hope" is good, but it's not an action plan. |
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davethebirdman
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« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2007, 02:44:06 pm » |
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Nice machine.... Nice Job...
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SIGNGUY
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« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2007, 02:58:08 pm » |
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Nice looking Restoration... but let me get this straight... Coke is presenting a Machine to a retiring Big WIg Exec ad they chose a Vendo 23 '>?? Comon..... Couldn't they fork out the few extra dollars for a nice 81?
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davethebirdman
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« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2007, 03:04:24 pm » |
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You know. I really like those 23's. I had the chance to buy one once. Had sat in a barn in UK for 20yrs and probably in a barn in the US for 20 yrs before that. The seller wanted $2000 so I said "no thanks".
I need a break... Something has gotta show up soon. Plse..
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MoonDawg
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« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2007, 03:57:23 pm » |
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(SIGNGUY @ Jul. 20 2007,12:58)
QUOTE Nice looking Restoration... but let me get this straight... Coke is presenting a Machine to a retiring Big WIg Exec ad they chose a Vendo 23 '>?? Comon..... Couldn't they fork out the few extra dollars for a nice 81? |
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Kilroy
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« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2007, 04:55:43 pm » |
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(SIGNGUY @ Jul. 20 2007,3:58)
QUOTE Nice looking Restoration... but let me get this straight... Coke is presenting a Machine to a retiring Big WIg Exec ad they chose a Vendo 23 '>?? Comon..... Couldn't they fork out the few extra dollars for a nice 81?  |
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Ltransam
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« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2007, 06:01:36 pm » |
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Hello, JohnieG
Heres A Couple of picture of the Coin Mech in the top of a V-23 Lid I have . It's also a Cent 10 Mech . I hope this Helps
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Eric
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« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2007, 09:25:19 pm » |
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Ha! If this guy thought up NEW COKE doubt he'd be retiring..
Maybe that's how long he's been with the company 23 years?.....
23's aint bad I had a couple and hauled a couple (scary story there...
one of them FLEW out the back of my truck onto the
highway I was sick! But a couple years later Randy from Ozark had restored to new Now that was a restoration! WOW....
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MoonDawg
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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2007, 11:39:57 am » |
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(johnieG @ Jul. 20 2007,8:52)
QUOTE I was told that it's the same as a Jacobs 26, but it looks to be about the same dimentions as a Glasco rejector, Yes, the Jacobs is the same as the Glasco which is
also the same as the V-39 and small door 81 and 110 and VMC 27 and 33 and 72 and Selectivends & more.
What Leonard has is really a 5 cent mech, it's the same body as the others but lacking the 10 cent sorting mechanism on the back.
I have a 5 cent stainless steel Canadian rejector that should work if you need one. |
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