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Picked up a vendo 63 pepsi machine about a week ago at a yard sale.

Had a hard time lifting it up onto my truck, so I loaded it onto the dolly and wheeled it home!  Quite an adventure.  It wasn't too far though I live down the street, maybe a couple hundred yards.

Backstory on the machine: The lady I picked it up for used to work for Pepsi.  The machine was in a break room at some location.  When the machine was retired they gave the Pepsi employees a chance to buy it.  It has been in her garage since.  She said it has never sat outdoors.

Did some very minor cleanup on it then plugged it in.  I've never owned a machine before so wasn't sure what to expect.  After running for several hours the internal temp was about 64 degrees.  After messing with the thermostat some I let it sit overnight.  Still wasn't cold.  Too make a long story short the condenser fan was not working.  Purchased a replacement fan motor online.  As a work around I have just a standard desktop fan blowing right on the coils and it works great that way (albeit jimmy rigged).  The soda cans come out with a little bit of frost on them and the first sip or two is a little slushy.  Fantastic.  Coin mech works excellent and there is not a lot of rust. All the parts seem present, except for the Vendo script in the lower left corner. (two rivet holes only)

Does it look all original?  Anyway to determine year?
Please give me your comments. 

Anyhow here are some of the pics. (sorry they were quick snaps)

Nice !!! I like the little Squire Machines

          The 2 holes in the corner were for an inventory plate, not a Vendo logo. You could probably find an era correct sticker to put there.

          You have the newer style 63 that offered the can stack, probably produced late 60's early 70's.

          $200.00 is an excellent price for that machine, in fact I don't think you could find a nicer 63 at any price.

           Glad you had a dolly with a strap on it. We know a guy who hauled his first machine home in a wheelbarrow.  :biggrin:

Forgot to mention, yes it has a can stack.  The lady mentioned it was originally setup for bottles and was converted to cans.
There are also two rivet holes on the left top side of the machine.  Something used to be there, not sure what.  Maybe a "property of pepsi" plate?  The serial number tag is on it halfway down the left side.

Good Score. Gr8 machine.

Love the look. Congrats!

Great machine great price and welcome to the site  :smile:

 And we even know a guy that pulled the seat out of Tbird as well   :tounge:  Right Glenn  :smile: .

Welcome,,another new guy here from Alabama and just got my first 63 and will be my second machine, first was a Vendo Spintop, to go through. Love the 63 and great story,,worth the trip home the hard way.lol

I love the look of that marquee. Pepsi certainly had Coke beat on their illumination design. The can vending is very handy too. Bravo!

Thanks,,appreciate it. The marquee is different,,,still trying to locate info on it. Thanks again.

The style of the logo  places it  mid 1960's. Not much more help beyond that

I prefer soda in bottles, but the can vending is much easier on the pocket book.  The light up sign is in very good condition too.  Just used a little cleaner on it and it was ready to go.  Lights up the room at night too.

Glass bottles are always too expensive these days, and can be rather dangerous.

I hope it's okay if I ask here. Can the Vendo 63's that are can units from the factory also vend the smaller bottles, or are they strictly for cans?

I'm not sure.  I wasn't able to get the 9.5oz starbucks mocha to vend. The lock bar appeared to hit the bottle side. Have not tried any other glass bottles.

http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/bottled-drinks/bottled-frappuccino-mocha?foodZone=9999

Replaced the compressor fan today!  Purchased a replacement from SodaJerkWorks. Pulled out the compressor about half way and was able to remove the old fan from there.  The fan motor was wired to the relays via ring terminals secured by screws.  Fan is pulling the air through the coils and out the back of the machine.  I did not time it but it took about an hour. (including looking for tools and cleanup)

Fan is working good now and is very quiet.  Besides the light bulbs the fan motor was the only thing that was not working.