A project or 3 I have been working on

[Marvin]

They are all in a state of disrepair right now.  But look at the pics and you can see where all my spare time has been going.  The blue ones need small stuff and good detail jobs.  The yellow needs a few pieces to be ready to assemble.

[collecture]

Looks Nice Marvin!
Keep the pics coming!

[loman4ec]

Thats not an Rc 81 is it? I want more pics. What about before pics? 

[Marvin]

Thanks guys,

The white top Pepsi and the RC are not mine.  A friend of a friend recommended me to this guy to help restore them.  I stripped them down and he took them to get paint / bodywork.

Then the story gets good.  The original guy painting them had a fire at his house and the machines got burned up.  He had to carry them to another paint guy and he was able to salvage 1 cabinet and both doors.   I took them apart in late 02 or early 03.  It has drug out a long time.  I started putting his Pepsi machine together first and the first night I worked on it I DROPPED IT and smashed the top rear corner and cracked the paint by the hinges.  I was able to get my painter to fix it pretty quickly so it was not to long.

In the mean time, just around Christmas last year I got a steal on a Pepsi 81 and just got it back 2 weeks ago from my painter.  I have been focusing most of my time on my machine right now.

Marvin

[davethebirdman]

Blimey - That's a story....

Your middle name's not lucky is it??

You're a very aptient man waiting as long as you have..

They look great now..

Dave

[G.Pope]

Hey Marvin,
Paint on machines look great. Can I ask how you painted the inner cabinet and shelves?
Were they powder coated or painted?

Mans got 3 machines and still cant get a cold pop!  LOL

Thanks
Pope

[Marvin]

The solid blue machine (mine) has all internals powdercoated. with the exception of the vend cams in the bottle stack.  I hammertoned them.  The other Pepsi has the stuff powdercoated, but since I was not "in charge" of this step they look just OK.  He powdercoated the bottle stack with most of it assembled and it was frozen up.  I spent 2 hours getting it to work and it still sticks sometimes.

The RC had the liner powdercoated, but I was not happy with it.  So I scuffed up the coating and hammertoned it.  I think it looks really good.  I just could not put together such a unique machine with internals that did not match the machines reputation. 

If I really wanted a cold one I could use either Pepsi machine they are working correctly. 


Marvin

[coke_and_stuff]

As I type in Arizona Marvin, They look outstanding.

Joey

[SIGNGUY]

Great looking machines... Great workspace as well.. wish I had that much room just for my machines... Post more pictures as you get more done!

[Marvin]

Great looking machines... Great workspace as well.. wish I had that much room just for my machines... Post more pictures as you get more done!

I wish that was just my "soda workspace" that is the half of my 2 car garage that usaully has my truck in it.  I have been trying to get the machines together so I can reclaim my space.  My truck is a 2001 Ford Lightning with 15000 miles.  I have it under a cover at my parents house in a semi enclosed garage. 

I will be sure to post more pics.  I have a guy coming Tuesday to letter the machines.  I am still waiting on some chrome but I think I should have them ready to display by the end of the week.

Marvin