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So I am either crazy or part of the club, but my 16 year old son and I drove 4.5 hours one way a few Sunday's ago to look at and eventually buy my first jukebox.  I have been looking for one of these for years, but I had my heart set on something from the 50's to match the look we were going for in our basement.  Of course this meant more money and more time trying to find one.  I was finally close to having enough money when I started looking on Craigslist.  Most of the time I either found something from the 60's or 70's and even if I found something from the 50's it was either too costly or needed too many repairs.  So I waited patiently.  I finally found someone about 1 hour away that had several from the 50's (Rockola 1468 Tempo and a few different type Seeburgs), but all needed some work.  Then I came upon this Seeburg M100C that I felt was priced reasonably and looked to be in great shape, but was 4.5 hours away.  After talking to the gentleman over the phone and getting the back story and getting a feel for him I decided to drive up and see it.  In the end it ended up being a beautiful box that he said he got about 15 years ago and appears was restored at some point prior to that.  In addition to the box he was also including about 6 small boxes of 45's (including some 45 box sets from the 50'), restoration manual, troubleshooting manual, extra tubes, extra needles, 45 sleeves, blank title strips and a few other misc items.  I could not pass it up so we made the deal and we hauled it home.  After a 4.5 hour trip in the car and being hauled to my basement we hooked it up and it works like a champ.  While I am absolutely thrilled to get a jukebox like this I have to say the best part was spending time with my son.   At one point towards the end of the drive I said "Thank you so much for helping me as I could have not done this with out you" and he said "no problem, you do a lot for me".  Now as parents we all know we do a lot, but it is not always recognized.   Pictures coming shortly.

Final resting place in our basement. 

Closeup.

Playing mech.

Not a real clean picture of the side with the coin return. 

Running

Beautiful! Congratulations!

Awesome Nick ! ! !
Congrats!  Good things happen to good people!
Enjoy the Juke ! ! !

Nick, nice machine. I've got a JL myself. Let me know if you need the mech manual for it I've got in PDF format.

Chris

Awesome story and awesome find... Would love to have one one day. Congrats on the addition.
Glad your son has interest... hope he continues interest in these things so it can be past on.

Congrats on the new machine !  Careful jukeboxes can easily multiple just like soda machines!!

Here is mine...

Nice find he is right they can addictive just like machines!!!!


Don

Great one Nick, sounds like a fun trip.  Really like those 100's

Very cool and wise purchase. I also have a C, posted it here about a year ago. Like it just as much as any 81. It sits in my bedroom.

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Nice Juke Nick!  You too Ray!  Love em'!

Congrats!!

Excellent. I have a twelve year old daughter that travels with me and has done so since she could walk. Never moans but always ready to give her opinion on anything I buy. One day soon she'll be off with her friends or God Forbid a Boy Friend but I will always have those memories to treasure.

That great Jukebox will always remind you of the even better road trip. Enjoy. 

Thanks everyone for your nice comments.  Also, thanks for the few that posted pictures of their 100C's.   Chris, I will email you directly for a copy of the mech manual.  Hopefully I won't need it, but better to have it than not.

Sent! Let me know if you have any questions. I haven't figured out everything, but I've got most of it!

Got it and thanks Chris!!

No problem. If you need anything let me know.