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     Well, I finally got a Jacobs 56.  I wasn't looking for 10 years like Brian, but I have been for 5.  A picture I once saw of one in a photo shoot once is what actually got me interested in these old machines.  Yet, other machines popping up here and there, kept taking away the funds for one like this.
      I've come close MANY times to getting one, but it was usually the condition or the price that made me pull back.  Then I put it on the back burner, that it until I saw the job Pat did on LT's 56 in person.  That brought back my desire to chase after the 56.
      Thanks to JBrooks, who shared the CL ad with the site and me early on, I contacted the seller (really nice people) and we were back and forth for about a week and a half.  I got them to a price that I was good with, less than what they were asking, and so the deal was done.
       The sellers were selling the machine on behalf of his father, who had lost his back deck because of Sandy, and the machine belonged to his grandfather who had a store in NY city.  This is actually an email that she had told me;

"My husbands grandfather owned an Auto
> Parts Store on Worth Street in the Village NYC and the
> machine was given to him as a gift from a guy named Johnny
> "Fats" loL. They used it to vend soda in the store in which
> my father-in-law worked as well. My father-in-law moved the
> machine to his home in NJ and .
we have had it every since.

      Sure there are a few scratches here and there, but what else can be expected for a 60 year old machine.  The machine is WAY too nice of an original to restore, (sorry Pat as it would have been yours to do lol) so I will be giving it a good cleaning and bringing it down to the mancave where it will sit for the rest of my life lol.

      Other than the fact that the front lens is burnt, which played on my mind a Lot, yet the condition of the machine far outweighed that lens, is that I need a key for the coin door, as I don't want to drill out the lock.  Any idea how I can get one?  I know the coin mech is there because we loaded the machine and deposited $$ and cranked the handle, and out it came.

      Well, until I post a pic of it's final resting place, here she is  :biggrin:

Nice, love it!

Great find! Those are sweet!

Very Nice. I would agree, leave it as is.

       Nice survivor with history, and really doesn't look as if it lived on an outdoor deck. Would be a shame to restore it.

       Missing keys have always been a big headache.

Maybe someone here should buy a lock-pick set along with the instruction video
 http://www.selfdefenseproducts.com/Lock-Picks-p-1-c-260.html  (http://www.selfdefenseproducts.com/Lock-Picks-p-1-c-260.html)

Then, as needed we could mail it across the country to each other?  :drinking:

Nice looking machine Ed!  Christmas came early.

Leave it as is!

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

Hey congrats, glad I could help

Glad you got it Ed. When we emailed back and forth a few weeks ago, you said you were close to making the deal. Looks great. Congrats!

Very Nice Original ! ! !
Congrats on patience & persistence ! ! !

Very Nice!

SWEET!

Now all you needs is a Vendo Decapper to complete your massive collection!!

Great looking machine.  Nothing like Christmas showing up a couple days early with a really nice present.  Congratulations on an awesome find.

Nice find! I would add that to my collection in a heartbeat!

Yeah and the luck he has He'll probably find a nice unrestored original too... Great collection you've got going!

Hi Ed,

Congratulations and welcome to the club.  Let me know if you are going to restore it.  I will be doing mine this summer.


Brian