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Steve and I just found the most Collectable Coca Cola piece there is! There are only 3 in the world ever found and Coke owens 2 of them, the other is in Texas. We now have the 4th. We found the DOLE MASTER SODA FOUNTAIN...It's huge, must of held 4gl. Unrestored. The guy in texas turned down $15k several times. Ours will be for sale in Restored to like new condition with the original ID-plate. Pictures to follow.
Thanks, Curtis- Memory Lane Restorations  www.retrovending.com

Congrats :happydrinkers:!    MUST SEE!!!   

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Sounds pretty cool! You should see about getting a pic for Jim to put on the site since I noticed that there is no picture or information for this model.

Assuming it's this model? very cool.. can't wait to see it..

Here are a few photos of the Fountain but untill your standing next to it, you can't get a feel for how huge this piece is.

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Well this will turn out sweet looking was there a lid to it  ??
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Cool looking... a shame about the condition.... are all the pieces there?. Will be awesome once restored! Keep this restoration in the loop
will enjoy the tranformation.

 Wasn't that the one on E-bay ?????

This was the one on eBay.40 miles from home. No one knew what it was. Yes on the lid.

So with it being so close to you, do you have any idea where it might have been used at in its service days?  Historical society or local paper might have some old photos that have it in action in the back ground if you new where it came from and didn't have anything better to do... 

Just found these on the HAMB.

  Yea I was Watching It On & Off .But Forgot about it When the Grandkids Stayed over .Knew it was Old .Reminded Me Of the Other one that Has the Green Enameled Badges On it .

                  Good Job

Great find!! What is the HAMB?
Thanks!
Creighton

Automatic soda dispensers made their debut in 1933 at the Chicago World’s Fair when Coca-Cola introduced the Dole Master Dispenser. This was the first soda dispenser that was able to mix the carbonated water and cola syrup together automatically, which was then dispensed merely with a pull of the handle.

Curtis Kauffman.....
Memory Lane Restorations
www.retrovending.com

Can't wait to see the restoration!

Great find.

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

A quick google turned this up site, but not sure if it is where the pic is from.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/

Would like to see more pics of that truck - looks like quite a setup!

Here is a photo of the Vending truck, I have the Neg. I used to sell the photo on ebay but someone bought a copy and started selling them. This was taken in Waynesboro, PA

Would anyone have anymore photos of this truck they could send me and Steve, I never seen the rear view. Could you email me a high resolation copy of the rear and any others you might have. Thanks so much. Curtis
curtis@retrovending.com

That's it, look for the thread 'vintage shots of days gone by'. But beware, there's 2000 pages of cool old photos, you can easily lose a day or two!

Can you post the link to the pictures. Thanks

That would be a cool car to have.

Hey, cokemachinesandmore, run the plates on that first rear shot photo, they're Illinois plates.  Track down the family and see what's in their old garage. :biggrin:

Here is the link for the pictures of "days gone By"

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585

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AWESOME WEBSITE

Thats a pretty neat truck! Did they used to drive that around neighborhoods kind of like the ice cream man and sell coke?

Prolly a store delivery truck

The one with the fountain dispenser in the back?

Sorry, was looking at the panel truck.

Thats ok. The pannel truck is pretty neat too.

Would anyone know what page I could find the photo or photos of the coke truck and fountain on that website. I have viewed 200 pages and have not found it you there are over 1000 pages..Thanks Curtis Memory Lane Restorations.

Here's a little info on the "dispenser truck" from the book Coca Cola It's vehicles in photographs 1930 - 1969
Howard L. Applegate
 A 1934 White, with body by H. McFarlane and Company, Chicago, used to distribute samples of Coca Cola.

 One has to wonder if this rig survived and where could it be now????  :hopefull:

Folks to ask would be Hemmings Classic Car, "Lost & Found".
Great truck!
Creighton
 

Back in the days when not everyone had a Coke machine in their homes, times where rough....  thank GOD for the Coke dispenser truck  !

      Page 1180 Curtis................................great site!

Thanks for looking, I found it the other night as well. Once you start looking you can't stop, it's one of the best collection of vintage photos ever! Thanks for all the help everyone. Restoration is well on it's way, it took 5 hours to remove the bottom without distroying anything. Trim is being repaired and replated.

Bwahahahahaha!!!!