Title: Westinghouse wc78
Post by: MoonDawg on June 15, 2004, 09:50:51 am
I have my hands full with pre-60's machines but there is a Westinghouse 78 on E-bay that looks nice for $150.00
If not for shipping I would buy it. For future knowledge, will this machine dispense cans? Glen
Ebay # 3683138291
If not for shipping I would buy it. For future knowledge, will this machine dispense cans? Glen
Ebay # 3683138291
Title: Westinghouse wc78
Post by: Bob K on June 15, 2004, 12:02:16 pm
Oooh, I like that one!! Looks super clean... 
Title: Westinghouse wc78
Post by: Bob K on June 15, 2004, 12:18:10 pm
Dang you, moondawg - I just hit "Buy it Now"...
It's the machine I've been after, and $150.00 seemed very reasonable for such a clean machine. I was going to wait to find the smaller 60 version, but this one looks sweet.
The shipping will be more than double the price of the machine
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It's the machine I've been after, and $150.00 seemed very reasonable for such a clean machine. I was going to wait to find the smaller 60 version, but this one looks sweet.
The shipping will be more than double the price of the machine
.Title: Westinghouse wc78
Post by: Jim on June 15, 2004, 06:06:50 pm
Glen,
I think Johnie stated there is a conversion kit that will allow a bottle machine to vend cans...
I'm not sure but I think you just helped Bob K depending on how you look at it...
I think Johnie stated there is a conversion kit that will allow a bottle machine to vend cans...
I'm not sure but I think you just helped Bob K depending on how you look at it...
Title: Westinghouse wc78
Post by: MoonDawg on June 15, 2004, 07:33:27 pm
Thanks Jim
Hey Bob K, you paid $150. for a machine, and $300 for shipping?
Would you feel better paying $300. for the same machine and $150. for shipping?
You got a good deal!!!!!
Hey Bob K, you paid $150. for a machine, and $300 for shipping?
Would you feel better paying $300. for the same machine and $150. for shipping?
You got a good deal!!!!!Title: Westinghouse wc78
Post by: Bob K on June 15, 2004, 09:04:29 pm
yep, it's definitely a good deal. Even with the shipping, I don't feel like I'm too deep into it.
Thanks for the initial post, moondawg. You mentioned that you weren't going to buy it, so I considered it. If you said you were thinking about it, I would have stayed away for the sake of board etiquette.
Now where am I going to find room for this one???
Thanks for the initial post, moondawg. You mentioned that you weren't going to buy it, so I considered it. If you said you were thinking about it, I would have stayed away for the sake of board etiquette.
Now where am I going to find room for this one???
Title: Westinghouse wc78
Post by: Jim on June 16, 2004, 07:09:36 am
Bob,
Finding room is the easy part ! ! !
Finding deals like that is the hard part, especially on that venue...
Hopefully, it won't be much to get the refrigeration system functioning!
Finding room is the easy part ! ! !
Finding deals like that is the hard part, especially on that venue...
Hopefully, it won't be much to get the refrigeration system functioning!
Title: Westinghouse wc78
Post by: Bob K on June 16, 2004, 12:31:31 pm
Thanks for the words of encouragement, Jim. I wouldn't have thought twice if I hadn't just bought a Cavalier 55 off ebay a few weeks ago. The shipper is going to deliver them both in the same run. No break on shipping, though (I hoped there would be).
The neighbors are going to wonder what's going on when they drop off two machines .
I'd better go study up on the Refrigeration Forum. I'll make a pest of myself over there once the machine arrives
.
Bob
The neighbors are going to wonder what's going on when they drop off two machines
.I'd better go study up on the Refrigeration Forum. I'll make a pest of myself over there once the machine arrives
.Bob
Title: Westinghouse wc78
Post by: johnieG on June 19, 2004, 07:36:18 pm
hope this drawing helps explain the rack adapter (bottle to can conversion) for the WC/MD machines.
Title: Westinghouse wc78
Post by: johnieG on June 19, 2004, 07:39:12 pm
and a picture too!
Title: Westinghouse wc78
Post by: on December 10, 2004, 07:36:16 am
Johnnie, thanks for leading me here!
Are these racks for sale anywhere? and for how much?
Or does everyone make their own? (I wouldn't be able to make my own.)
Thanks,
~Markito
Are these racks for sale anywhere? and for how much?
Or does everyone make their own? (I wouldn't be able to make my own.)
Thanks,
~Markito
Title: Westinghouse wc78
Post by: johnieG on December 11, 2004, 07:41:07 pm
you'd have to get them out of a parts machine as they're not being repro'd anywhere unfortunatly, but you can basically mack them out of sheet metal if you're handy, or I've even seen them made out of 3/4" x 3" wood cut to length & attached to the center of the bottle racks channel that guides the crown (top) of the bottles...it's basically just a 3" spacer ( to hold the cans forward in the racks.) 