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Title: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Seven181 on December 06, 2011, 04:52:25 pm
Gang,

I added this to my collection of cup machines! It's a Stewart 500! This came out before the Lyon 500, but looks the same. Got this from a guy here in Ohio. Super nice guy. It came out of an old theater that is still there, but long been closed. I will post more pics later.

Brian


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Seven181 on December 06, 2011, 05:15:49 pm
Here are the pics!!



Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: SIGNGUY on December 06, 2011, 05:56:41 pm
Very cool Brian,, looks like a Lyon, as never heard of Stewart... very cool addition! :happydrinkers:
would love to see larger photos..


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: scalebowler on December 06, 2011, 06:02:43 pm
Neat!


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Ltransam on December 06, 2011, 06:12:08 pm


    Brian

                SWEET !!!!!  :jawdrop: I'll be up this week some time to see it in Person !!! And To help you make room for it


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Kilroy on December 06, 2011, 07:00:22 pm
Cool!


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Larry on December 06, 2011, 08:29:42 pm
Now you have to start working on some of these and get them working. :tounge: :tounge:


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Seven181 on December 06, 2011, 08:57:01 pm
Yea, this is a cool one. Seems to be rare as this one looks like a Lyon 500, but says Stewart 500. I think it might have come out before the Lyon. I would love to get this little guy working.



Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: MoonDawg on December 06, 2011, 09:10:34 pm
      That is so cool!
      I'm looking at a picture of the Lyon 500 and it is identical. So if yours is also a 500, could Stewart and Lyon been one and the same company like Vendo and VMC?
      The book says Lyon is 60" tall, 21 1/2 wide and 17 1/2 deep. Rarity 5.0+      
      If your Stewart is the same dimensions I would guess it is the same machine marketed by 2 different companies. Wow good job!


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Seven181 on December 06, 2011, 09:24:49 pm
They might be. The Stewart 500 info on this site, under machines said it came out before the Lyon. However, this looks like the Lyon 500, it's a match. Only differance is, it has a Stewart 500 tag. I traded for this machine, so it was nice.



Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Jim on December 06, 2011, 09:37:56 pm
Very Nice Brian ! ! !
Congrats on sealing this deal ! ! !
No cracks in the top...?
I don't have a lot of documentation, but it does seem Stewart and Lyon were subsidiaries or similar companies like S&S/Quikold or Vendo/VMC...
According to what I have read, the Stewart literature date was prior to documentation I read about the Lyon 500...
Somewhere, there was documentation about the Lyon company and someone was related to the Lyon family... But I cannot remember details at the moment...


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: johnieG on December 06, 2011, 10:02:15 pm
Fantastic Find!   :happydrinkers:




Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: tkaz on December 06, 2011, 10:20:48 pm
Nice find!  Here's some quick research on Stewart/Lyon:

http://books.google.com/books?id=pfUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102&dq=stewart+500&hl=en&ei=fdreTrbLIurm0QGCmqylBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Eric on December 06, 2011, 10:41:42 pm
Nice Score Brian... Know you've been looking.... patience paid off BIG! Congrats!
Now get it working and in the living room! :happydrinkers:


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: David D on December 06, 2011, 10:45:42 pm
very neat looking machine, congratulations


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Pat Pixley on December 06, 2011, 10:53:58 pm
Very Cool Brian Next time I come down that way i will have leonard take me over to your home so I can see it in person :biggrin:


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: GreginNM on December 06, 2011, 11:32:25 pm
Congrats, Brian!!!  I know how hard you have been looking for one of these!  Gotta hear the story sometime.


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Funtronics on December 07, 2011, 07:18:52 am
Looks like a great machine for your collection. Way to go...  :happydrinkers:


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Seven181 on December 07, 2011, 10:28:24 am
Thanks Everyone!! Thanks for the literate too! Interesting on the meger of Stewart and Lyon. I have been waiting fo this machine of a long, long time. I missed out on the one that sold last year in Chicago. I think one of our memembers here got it. Anyway, finally got one. I willl post more pics, when I get them taken this weekend. Interesting inside of the machine and small little compressor. It really was a great design by the company, small, art deco looking and $.5 cents!!! The top is fiberglass and has no cracks, it has been with the guy for the last 25 years! Prior to that it was at the old theater for like 20 years. So, for the last 45-50 years, just sitting around waiting for me to seal the deal!





Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Swachtelncc on December 07, 2011, 03:07:36 pm
Nice pickup,


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: bcharlton on December 07, 2011, 04:15:06 pm
Great score.  I always wanted to cup machine.  keep us posted on your progress


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: Marvin on December 07, 2011, 04:37:02 pm
Awesome find.  Really interesting seeing the info on the companies also. 


Title: Re: OH YEA! Been waiting a long time for this addition!!! Welcome home!
Post by: mznb1u on December 07, 2011, 08:21:59 pm
Great score Brian! :happydrinkers:

 :drinking: Tim :drinking: