Well, my new (used) Canada Dry VMC 110 is still hiding
in the back of my Dodge Magnum. Need to move a few things around in the garage and tuck it in the corner for a bit. The sellers were in their 70's and they have an auto parts/salvage yard outside of Cheboygan, MI. Apparently, back in the day, the main building used to be a small grocery store and gas station. The machine was placed in the store near the front door back in the 50's and stayed there until it was moved out to the barn a few years back.
The body appears to be very solid with no beltline rust problems. One dent at the top of the front door above the lock but nothing that can't be bumped out. The kick plate is also bent up pretty good but those are available repop. It appears that the coin-mech is still in it but they did not have the key for the coin mech door and it is locked. All the shelves are there and complete cooling system although I almost drove away without the shelves because they were not in the machine--that would have been a costly mistake!
Got a good deal on it so now I have to decide whether to part out or restore. I prefer the 6 case to the vending 110 but they are both nice machines. If I restore, I may do a Dr. Pepper similar to the one in the web-site banner although the Canada Dry would be neat and a little bit different. Does anyone know where I could get the Canada Dry Decals if I went that route?
I will post some pics when I get it unloaded.
Tim