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« on: August 03, 2009, 03:35:22 pm »
Just saved another Vendo 81, and preserved it for hopefully another 50 years!. This one is for a customer order in Colorado. It is an 81D that when found, had the Coke embossing, Mudded over and  a metal plate to make the front smooth so they could put this Pepsi Sticker on it.. Luckily the embossing was not damaged in any way.. Also had the coin door patched and mudded to set it up for electric, Converted it all back for mechanical operation. See the before and after photo.., yes same machine,,,, Thanks for looking!
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« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2009, 03:53:16 pm »
very nice restoration  john
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« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2009, 06:26:04 pm »
Sweet!
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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2009, 07:19:42 pm »
Nice John...Let's see some more!
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« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2009, 07:47:38 pm »
Nice job!!

Any inside pics??
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« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2009, 08:00:06 pm »
       Great save John!

       Maybe this is what really started the war between Coke vs. Pepsi ?  tounge
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« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2009, 07:03:25 am »
Excellent restoration, John. good to see another machine preserved!
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« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2009, 07:30:18 am »
Beautiful job!

Why would you do all that work to make it a Pepsi machine in the first place?
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« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2009, 07:48:39 am »
Hey there John.
Glad to see that you saved this machine. I knew that it would look great back as a Coke machine. I just didn't have the time to do it. It looks like you did a excellent job on it. Glad that you have a buyer for it also.
Thanks for sharing the photos. It is always great to see before and after pictures.
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« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2009, 09:29:22 am »
Quote from: collecture on August 03, 2009, 07:19:42 pm
Nice John...Let's see some more!
Thanks Guys, Full detailed pictures of the resto process are on my website at www.popmachineshop.com click on restoration/ortega to view all photos from start to finish..
Quote from: rugrunner on August 04, 2009, 07:30:18 am
Beautiful job!

Why would you do all that work to make it a Pepsi machine in the first place?
I didn't , it was found this way... but yeah,, not sure why someone would go through that work to do so.. oh well.. glad they didn't just bash it in..
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