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http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/atq/1936132599.html

Does anyone have an idea of what model this slider is?  I've never seen one with a forward facing coin mech, and a crank handle.  The price is a little out of my range, but otherwise might be a cool one to restore.

I restored the mechanism for a customer a while back - no idea of model. I have seen a couple over the years and one was discussed here - maybe this same one.
To give you an idea of size, the housing for the mech was about 24" by 12"

Here is a pic of the inside of the mech.
Basically it is the same style mech as the VMC27/33/72, but the shaft has a paddle arm on it instead of the 1/4 gear. When the mech is cranked over, it pivots the spring loaded 'L' bracket left/up, which pushes the two-piece spring loaded lock slide up where the top part is held in the 'Ready To Vend' position by a small spring loaded arm.

On the inside of the machine (sorry - no pic handy), the flapper is connected to or pushes a post/pin of some sort that is blocked inside the mech from being pushed all the way unless the lock bar has been released by a crank. When the flapper post/pin goes fully into the lock slide assembly, it release pushes the spring loaded arm allowing the lock bar back down into the lock position until the next crank/vend.

You're right, this exact one was discussed back in February of this year:

http://soda-machines.com/discussions/index.php/topic,10735.0.html

Looks like its an Atlas Slider

I have seen a few before. The ones I have seen were made by quickold