Updated Pics of my two new restored 7up machines! Square 81 and Sure Vend S-47

[Ginger Prince]

neat neat neat machines,

is there a brand timeline to the logos,colourway and straplines?

eg the earlier roundtop 81 has green lines around the front logo
and looks to be offwhite, versus the later squaretop transition
machine, just logo and bright white

also the surevend has one of i am sure many straplines embossed
or decaled on the front, it would be interesting to know how others
were, [ like freshen up? etc], & what period they were manufactured

any pix of the insides available too or in particular before and after
shots

great job on the machines and your collection in total

regards

GP [England]
 

[Jim]

Hey Brian,

They look Gr-8!
That's an awful lot of "white"...
You might have to start mixing things up a bit...

[Seven181]

Yes it is Jim! I like to get as close to original as possible. BUT, I am going to have my 7up Quikold standard done in Green! I am going to do the next few machines in 7up green!

Brian

[coke_and_stuff]

Machines look great Brain, Ive been keeping an eye out for you on a 7up 88

Joey

[zadd]

Quick question . How is the raised 7up area done  ? Is it a decal cleared over or is each color hand taped off and painted . I'm doing a I deal 7up slider and almost to that point. Any help would be great this is my first 7up restore. Thanks

[Seven181]

Joey, Thanks for looking for that 88 for me! I am also looking for the 149!!

Zadd, the square red part is sprayed. The actual 7UP and bubbles are hand painted on all my machines and not sprayed. It is very hard to spray the 7UP and bubbles. I would suggest just spraying the square logo and then hand paint the 7UP and bubbles. Hope this helps!

Brian

[David D]

Brian,  The machines look excellent, it's nice to see something other than the standard Coke for a change.

[Eric]

gREEN qUIKOLD!?!? yOU'RE KILL'N ME! Hmmmm.... ok... we'll see how it turns out...
Acutally I think I'm going to do my junior a off white (but not too much) and a
dark orange (a almost red)... I've seen Coke machine done with a soft white
(aged/antique white I guess) and I like that look.... looks old. But we'll see....
Can't wait to see how it turn out....

[MoonDawg]

Quick question . How is the raised 7up area done  ?

      Brian probably spent a lot of time finding a guy who could paint that logo so nice!

      I did a 7up slider one time and it seems like it took me forever but here's how I did it!

      1: Paint the machine all white.

      2: Mask off the machine, 7up letters and bubbles, which are easy they are de-bossed.

      3: Spray the orange color and allow to cure.

      4: Leaving the old masking in place...mask off orange in a way to spray the black shadow.

            As far as the green accent lines, as Ginger asked........some machines had them others didn't. Maybe Brian can shed a little more light on that subject.

       Brian, that is a real nice original round top 81, but those new machines make me think you are going to be swayed into restoring it too   

[Seven181]

Hey Glen! As of now, not going to restore the original 81. As far as the green stripe. Hand painted by a guy I know. Really awesome job. What he does is make a cardboard form or pattern and paints within it. He is awesome. You can do it the way you did your slider though and it will turn out great.

Brian