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Title: Neat pepsi crate Post by: scalebowler on May 18, 2010, 10:57:46 pm My grandpa gave me this a little while back and I thought I would share it with you guys. My great grandparents used to own a grocery store and this must have been left over from the store. My grandpa had it sitting in the basement and said I could have it. The neat thing about this is that there is something written on it and it is signed by my great grandpa. I can't make out what it says but I can read his name. Here are some pictures.
(http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t357/ScaleBowler/DSCF1074.jpg) (http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t357/ScaleBowler/DSCF1075.jpg) (http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t357/ScaleBowler/DSCF1076.jpg) Title: Re: Neat pepsi crate Post by: rayg on May 19, 2010, 06:55:26 am Nice crate looks well built ..I think it's really cool to know the history of an object, to me that adds allot to it's value especially when that history includes family.
I know this might upset the purest out there but, I think it would look nice refinished and maybe used as a magazine rack etc... that way you can enjoy it and it will be a rememberice of your grandpa.... beats it sitting in a basement.... Ray Title: Re: Neat pepsi crate Post by: Kilroy on May 19, 2010, 08:39:39 am I have a Vernor's crate I am using for that same purpose, it works great as a magazine rack.
I'd try to clean it, but not sure how to go about resotring, or even ifyou'd want to restore it. The crates were built to take some pundings, i think the aged and weather look only adds to the character . Title: Re: Neat pepsi crate Post by: Pat Pixley on May 19, 2010, 09:00:47 pm I have at least 30 crates three are the taller ones ,one is a Orange Crush the other is a High Klas and the one I use as a book/ Magazine rack is a Pepsi Cola crate I have 7Up, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Canada Dry ,Vernor's ,Royal crown , Nehi, and a few others It is nice to leave them unrestored .
Title: Re: Neat pepsi crate Post by: Eric on May 19, 2010, 09:28:29 pm Nice... just give it a good cleaning... nice little piece of family history...
Title: Re: Neat pepsi crate Post by: rayg on May 19, 2010, 09:50:13 pm What no Atlas pop cases ? LOL . I wish I keep the ones I had.... but that's like allot of things I got rid of because at the time I didn't know what I had... The one that hurts the most was a 1962 AMI Continental jukebox "they were so cool" (http://chud.com/articles/content_images/117/1962AMIjukebox.jpg ) I got for fixing a neighbors car But a younger dumber me traded it for a old dirt bike that last all about a two weeks ..I'm sure that jukebox is still around somewhere.
Ray Title: Re: Neat pepsi crate Post by: Kilroy on May 20, 2010, 05:29:56 am If you find the Conti, let me know, I have a customer wanting one.
An Atlas case would be cool, but the ones I've run across saw much better days, and they were asking crazy proces . Oh, the lower side Coke crates, used to hold 6 packs work really well for CD storage |