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Title: Help With Identification Post by: Ken R on August 20, 2011, 12:14:03 am Hey Guys,
Need some help with this one. Please take a look at the following link and let me know if you can figure out which machine the white one is...and is it worth looking into for possible purchase to restore and resell? I suppose once the model is determined, then the collectibility and restoration can then be decided. I look forward to seeing what you come up with. As always, thanks!! Ken http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/atq/2555013928.html Title: Re: Help With Identification Post by: Jim on August 20, 2011, 06:15:31 am Looks like a Vendo 126 (http://soda-machines.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=523&Itemid=14)
Title: Re: Help With Identification Post by: briandr1 on August 20, 2011, 07:43:53 am the other machine looks like a selectivend dr pepper machine with the sign removed
Title: Re: Help With Identification Post by: Ltransam on August 20, 2011, 09:02:52 am Hum ??Was the SIGN Just Painted Over On the Select Vend ?? Our is it just the paint Outlined wher it was Removed Title: Re: Help With Identification Post by: loman4ec on August 20, 2011, 09:43:46 am The square top is a Vendo 126. The other is a Selectivend S96. Both are not great machines. Both are very big and heavy and have very little value. Even if the selectivend is a S47 and just looks like the bigger 96 it still is quite a dog. The selectivend is a small bottle only and single flavor. Its not very collectable. Both of them if restored you will have a VERY hard time selling them for anything close to what you have in them. If you like them then that is the biggest thing but f buying to restore and sell I would find a better machine.
Title: Re: Help With Identification Post by: Kilroy on August 20, 2011, 10:26:34 am and keep in mind parts if needed can be difficult to find on these off models.
Title: Re: Help With Identification Post by: loman4ec on August 20, 2011, 10:40:02 am Yep the SV is somewhat hard but the 126 is actually two V63's on top of each other and most of the 63 parts will fit.
Title: Re: Help With Identification Post by: johnieG on August 20, 2011, 06:02:58 pm Yep, It's Vendo V-126/Coke & the other is an S-V47 / DrPepper
Title: Re: Help With Identification Post by: Ken R on August 20, 2011, 11:29:04 pm So from what you guys are saying, neither of these are really worth much because of their size, etc. So guessing also that even with its size, it's not all that rare to make it collectible that way either. Where did you get pics to compare to determine the model? That model is not listed on SMC's info. Experience I suppose, right? 8) I appreciate the assistance and advice on this machine. For $60, I might have fallen for the machine to restore only to find out I'd be pouring money into a hole.
Title: Re: Help With Identification Post by: MoonDawg on August 21, 2011, 07:25:06 am That Selectivend is worth $60 in parts, particularly the coin mech. slug rejector and crank handle. I believe it may even have the nickle tube so it will give change for a dime.
Title: Re: Help With Identification Post by: Ken R on August 21, 2011, 10:46:31 am I really thought that almost any machine from the 50's would have been collectable and worth some money, but guess is not the case these days. Thanks again for keeping me out of trouble with that one!!!
Title: Re: Help With Identification Post by: Kilroy on August 21, 2011, 11:03:41 am Any collector will tell you "old" doesn't' always mean desirable or valuable, and restored/repaired won't always increase the value.
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