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Title: Ideal 35 Dr Pepper Post by: GreginNM on November 19, 2009, 02:46:56 pm Here's the newest member of my "family"...it's a nice Dr Pepper Ideal 35 with porcelain sign. It came out of a family market in a small town near here. The guy I got it from pulled it from the building before it was torn down, and he remembers getting sodas at the market when he was a kid for 5 cents. I asked if it was from this machine, and he said the machine was there, but it was 10 cents, so he went to the other one. This guy was in his 50s or 60s. Just missing cap catcher, coin box cover and rejector, and that's it (and it had these up until a couple months ago when they were stolen off of it while sitting on his porch!). Side door looks like it was pried open a few times. The machine cools well and vends. Coin box plate is dated Oct 1954. It could use a new paint job, as the old is flaking off a bit on front, but not really any rust. A good buy I think for $150! :biggrin:
Title: Re: Ideal 35 Dr Pepper Post by: davethebirdman on November 19, 2009, 03:00:19 pm Fantastic.... Would love something like that... Well done my man.. Title: Re: Ideal 35 Dr Pepper Post by: coke_and_stuff on November 19, 2009, 04:49:44 pm Great buy, I would have bought it! The last rack I sold brought $150.00 you did well.
Joey Title: Re: Ideal 35 Dr Pepper Post by: Kilroy on November 19, 2009, 05:42:16 pm Awesome, find. And knowing some of the history behind it will make the resotration 9 assuming that's the plan) all the more special.
Congrats to you Greg! Title: Re: Ideal 35 Dr Pepper Post by: Crazzy Canuck on November 19, 2009, 06:00:44 pm Great score there Greg!!! Years ago in Chicago, I had 3 guys who used to bring down 35's for me and I bought them all day. Just love them things. Congrats! They look killer when restored!!!
Title: Re: Ideal 35 Dr Pepper Post by: GreginNM on November 20, 2009, 05:10:03 pm Thanks, guys! Yes, restoration is the plan...already looking at our sponsors for all the goodies to make it right again!
I'll keep an eye out for you, Dave! I'm still trying to get stationed out there...or at least find someone moving there that I can slip a machine or two into their household shipment! Title: Re: Ideal 35 Dr Pepper Post by: David D on November 20, 2009, 09:39:11 pm Nice purchase, these are great since they take up such a small footprint.
Title: Re: Ideal 35 Dr Pepper Post by: GreginNM on November 21, 2009, 08:48:37 pm Here's a clearer picture!
Title: Re: Ideal 35 Dr Pepper Post by: RC kid on November 22, 2009, 03:19:34 pm It isn't just the machines that interest me, it is the stories that accompany them that makes these machines such an interesting conversation piece.
I have machines that I purchased for $25.00 to $75.00 dollars from the establishments they were used in and the knowledge of knowing the people who used the machine daily and the lifestyles and stories they related of a time long gone that makes these machines so important to me. No reproduction could have the same effect. Great find. Great story. Title: Re: Ideal 35 Dr Pepper Post by: Seven181 on November 24, 2009, 10:36:36 am Awesome machine Greg! Good job! You are finding what you want and at a great price!
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