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I just picked this up because it was not too far away and I really like the look of it.  I was really not sure how I felt about having a Cigarette machine since I have kids, but I'll just tell them it's a vintage piece of art.  It seems to be missing the translucent piece that goes behind the Cigarettes script and in front of the light bulb.  If anyone could tell me what the original piece is made of, I'll probably have to find a substitute.  I also don't know how to get it to vend.  The guy I got it from said it came out of an old Barber shop in a small town in Kansas.  Has a 1972 Cigarette vending sticker on the mirror.

If you load it up with money and then hold the lever down that the pack would have sat on it should vend fine.

I'd try a piece of perspex in behind that script to see if it works. If not you could chop it out and get a local sign writer to make you a new piece of glass with
the same script on.

Very nice...

Dave

Cool pick up. Seen people who have these with kids, although not sure how old yours are, load it with candy cigarettes.

Curtis might sell a decal for the "Cigarettes" glass.  I had a friend photoshop my glass and posted the image on here for someone who did make a glass from it but I could not find the post.  Maybe someone might chime in on it.  Twas awhile ago.

As far as the kids go......they will be fine.  I have two kids who were exposed to my cigarette and cigar machines and neither of them started smoking.  They are 23 and 21 now.  I had the machine since they were tiny.  I did put gum cigarettes and candy cigarettes in the machine, chocolate cigs are a bit too large.  Then I had mylar images from the candy and gum cigarette packs made and used them as my product selections.  My kids, nephews, and niece all loved to take out the gum cigarettes and blow through them.  The powder sugar creates smoke one time.  Of course I had a lot of wasted gum cigs around, but they had fun.  None of them smoke.

Cigars come in chocolate and gum.  Yep, no cigar smokers either.

I had the decal formatted a few years back.  I used 2 pieces of glass instead of one that way the decal is in between and won't fade.  

Larry the one you sent me several years ago was very close a little formatting had to be done.

       The mirror is not etched so you could re-make that broken window with a candy theme, then create candy product cards.
       I don't think it will vend candy, but it won't vend cigarettes either................... it just displays well.  :happydrinkers:

The two sheets of glass method is the best way.  This way the image can't be picked on either.  I have a Northwestern dual nut machine that has a curved top glass. Some machines had wording, others were just creme colored.  I wanted the wording so I had a decal made and put it on the outside of the glass.  One of my kids friend just loved to pick at that decal.  I would catch him and tell him to stop.  After catching him a few more times, I finally booted him out  the door.

Love the color of that machine.  Maroon and Salmon pink.  Very cool colors.  Mines the same colors.

Yea, I like the color scheme too.  With the maroon color, it's hard to tell if it's paint or rust, but it all looks the same from a distance anyway.   :biggrin:  When I bought it I kind of knew that it would be mainly a display piece but I can't help messing with it a bit.  It smells like a big cigar.  One thing, I can't get the light bulb out.  I assume it twists just like most fixtures but it won't budge.  I plugged it in and got no response so I was going to replace the starter first and troubleshoot from there.  As you may or may not be able to tell from the pictures, the previous owner tried to clean the glass from the back where the script is.  In the process he managed to wipe off part of the C and most of the i. 

Keep twisting you are doing it right .  If you gently flex on one side you can slip the pins out of the socket that it should come right out!

There is also a switch on the back for the light if I remember correctly.
I had the mirror etched at the bottom and then pasted a piece of silver mylar behind to give the look of the original mirror.

Yes there is a switch, and receptacle that a wire plugs into to energize a ballast which a wire goes to a 2 prong plug that the light plugs into...

Right.  I bypassed all that and plugged the fixture directly into AC.
The switch and receptacle look very 1940s but the wire that goes to the fixture itself looks way newer.

Interesting without a ballast surprised it's not popping the bulb.