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Title: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: Funtronics on March 02, 2015, 08:47:52 am Wow what an awsome trip. I would like to thank a member on here for the tip on the RC 81 and thank Curtis for making an 8 hour last minute trip to pick it up for me. And thanks Curtis for picking up the other machines for me. Also picked up an awsome slot machine and RC dispenser from Larry while out there. I will post pictures of the dispenser tommorrow. It was a great trip out to Curtis's to pick this all up, but was a real white knuckle trip on the way home Sunday with all the ice and snow. The Coke six case vertical is a really nice all original machine. Almost too nice to restore. The Cavalier 96 is also a really nice all original machine, but is going to get restored. The cookie machine I have plans for thanks to Curtis helping out on it with one of his ideas. The slot machine I'm thinking about keeping it. I have always wanted an old nice slot machine. The RC 81 is a nice surviver that the guy I bought it from bought it out of a church for $200.00 and turne around and sold it to me for $$$$$$$ money. Anyway it was nice to finally get one bought. I won't mention which member gave me the tip on this as they may not want me too, but if they do they can chime in on this thread. I would really like to thank them. :happydrinkers:
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: Funtronics on March 02, 2015, 08:48:41 am More pictures...
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: Eric on March 02, 2015, 09:15:18 am Wow.. Nice haul... Glad you made it safe with all the weather...Will look forward in seeing the restoration of the RC and Cookie machine...
Great Team work here! :happydrinkers: Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: sodahunter on March 02, 2015, 09:17:06 am Wow....what a haul. Congrats on the RC-81, amazing it was pulled out of a church basement for short money. Is the white a re-paint? or did RC paint some of their machines this way....maybe the white machines came before or after the yellow machines.
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: Funtronics on March 02, 2015, 09:32:13 am It had been repainted white at some point in it's life.
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: MoonDawg on March 02, 2015, 10:29:22 am Great score Rod. Assuming that is the original coin door on the RC, wonder why it was not painted the new color too?
The story of the find will be exiting as well: Member locates RC 81, puts out the word, Rod calls Curtis, Curtis drops everything, travels all night and gets his hands on it..............a mere 10 hours after ad is posted! :biggrin: Good job guys. but was a real white knuckle trip on the way home Sunday with all the ice and snow. Here in California, all we see of your area are the TV news clips of spinouts and crashes. Two tall machines strapped to that 81 carried upright in the back of an open pickup, is going to give me nightmares. Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: BONOVOX on March 02, 2015, 10:34:21 am AWESOME!!!
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: memorylane on March 02, 2015, 10:55:35 am It was great having Rod in for a few days, I don't get much time to relax and chill, in fact I fell asleep at Larry Garland/Flash and trash antique amusements....He just had to buy a new power leather couch that reclines dam near into a bed...lol
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: memorylane on March 02, 2015, 10:57:07 am More
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: georgescustompaint on March 02, 2015, 11:07:38 am Can't wait to see that RC 81 all restored. Great stuff
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: coke_and_stuff on March 02, 2015, 01:08:02 pm Congrats on the RC, Are you going to keep it? It would look great next to that OC 81.
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: Funtronics on March 02, 2015, 03:13:50 pm I'm hoping to keep it. Will look great next to the Orange Crush.
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: coke_and_stuff on March 02, 2015, 03:22:05 pm Good plan!
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: SIGNGUY on March 02, 2015, 03:32:51 pm I'm hoping to keep it. Will look great next to the Orange Crush. or until Janet wants that new Sports Car and he sells both to pay for it! :biggrin: :down:Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: mygoose101 on March 02, 2015, 04:25:31 pm Great story. It's amazing the crazy stuff we go through to get our hands on these machines.
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: Jim on March 02, 2015, 06:13:41 pm Awesome purchases ! ! !
Tough time to be traveling though... Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: HowDueYouDue on March 02, 2015, 07:38:21 pm Nice haul. Congrats!
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: Jared on March 02, 2015, 09:58:27 pm congrats rod great score
Title: Re: Road trip for VMC 81 Royal Crowm Post by: Slapshot42 on March 05, 2015, 12:47:20 am Looks like a great weekend! Nice machines!
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