Title: Most popular can & bottle vend?
Post by: on October 01, 2004, 10:39:13 pm
I would like to know what machine would be considered the most common, well made in the 60's or 70's that vends both cans and bottles?
I am looking for one but don't know which ones would be the easiest to find and what price I should expect to pay for one in good conditon (not perfect!). Cavalier? Vendo? LaCrosse? Any others? Let me hear from the experts! Thanks!
I am looking for one but don't know which ones would be the easiest to find and what price I should expect to pay for one in good conditon (not perfect!). Cavalier? Vendo? LaCrosse? Any others? Let me hear from the experts! Thanks!Title: Most popular can & bottle vend?
Post by: ussexplorer on October 02, 2004, 12:07:01 am
Glass door with wood grain panels are nice and plentiful. Just make sure to get one that vends both glass bottles and cans. Some of the early ones only vended bottles and if you wanted to vend cans you had to change out the whole entire side vending rack. There is a few other types out there to that look just as good and vend both without the glass door. Some even have big enough vending gates to support plastic bottles. Prices for a good working one would range from $100-$300.00. I really nice minty looking one is around $500.00. Some of the guys and gals on this board can point you out with model numbers and companies. Some units have interchangable parts and that is always good.
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Title: Most popular can & bottle vend?
Post by: on October 02, 2004, 10:05:15 am
Thanks for the insight. That woodgrain contact paper is just the look I'm going for... can't help it, I'm a child of the 60's!!!Can anyone point out some machine model numbers that are commonly found in the midwest? I'm actively looking without knowing what I'm looking for!
Title: Most popular can & bottle vend?
Post by: vendobaldtops on October 02, 2004, 10:25:18 am
The Vendo 63 machine series made it all the way through the 60s. Toward the mid-to late 60s, I believe, most of these machines had the wood grain look on the front with different platic light-up panels. I just picked up a V-63 Style Star version for 50 bucks in nearly unused condition...they are plentiful and can ge gotten for decent prices.
Title: Most popular can & bottle vend?
Post by: loman4ec on October 02, 2004, 10:28:22 am
Also the Cavalier USS 64 Is a can/bottle slant shelf vendor. They generally are the wood grane. Also the Vendo 56 is made in a can version.
Title: Most popular can & bottle vend?
Post by: on October 02, 2004, 10:46:10 am
I was really just poking fun of the wood grain... It's not a "must have", but it's fine. I do want a machine that is easy to work on (my husband is a mech. eng.) and is easy to find parts for. I really don't care if it vends bottles, either. I just think it's harder to find the can-only types today, because they are still in use for money-making purposes. Agree? 
Title: Most popular can & bottle vend?
Post by: loman4ec on October 02, 2004, 08:38:45 pm
Here is a pic of a machine that I restored. It is a cavalier USS-8-64. It is a can and bottle slant shelf machine. It is coke red the lighting is just bad. This is my favorite of the can machines.
Title: Most popular can & bottle vend?
Post by: on October 02, 2004, 08:42:23 pm
Absolutely beautiful... for sale? I have a VF90 I could trade... do you know anything about that machine? 
I have a VF90 I could trade... do you know anything about that machine? Title: Most popular can & bottle vend?
Post by: loman4ec on October 02, 2004, 08:44:58 pm
That one is long gone but I would restore another one for you. I have one ready to go into the shop. Email me at jdloman2000@yahoo.com