Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: on June 15, 2005, 03:41:46 pm
Hello...
I just entered the world of soda machines by scoring a slightly beat up but working vmc-56 pepsi machine. I am a tinkerer by nature, but the only thing I know about these venerable old workhorse machines is:
a) They are cool!
b) When I was a kid, I used to try to pull out 2 bottles at the same time, and it never worked :^)
If you all knew how much I paid you would probably faint. There aren't many that I have seen for sale in NC, and when this one came along I had to have it.
Ok... I am sure to have many questions for you all in the future. Right now I would like to know a couple of things.
How do I set it up for free vending? It is possible to replace or remove the woodgrain panels (coin door and panel under the glass door) with solid blue ones?
thanks...
-matt
I just entered the world of soda machines by scoring a slightly beat up but working vmc-56 pepsi machine. I am a tinkerer by nature, but the only thing I know about these venerable old workhorse machines is:
a) They are cool!
b) When I was a kid, I used to try to pull out 2 bottles at the same time, and it never worked :^)
If you all knew how much I paid you would probably faint. There aren't many that I have seen for sale in NC, and when this one came along I had to have it.
Ok... I am sure to have many questions for you all in the future. Right now I would like to know a couple of things.
How do I set it up for free vending? It is possible to replace or remove the woodgrain panels (coin door and panel under the glass door) with solid blue ones?
thanks...
-matt
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: Creighton on June 15, 2005, 04:37:20 pm
Hello Matt,
Welcome to the group! Nice first machine. Yes you can remove the woodgrain and set to free play. Read through the "Post 60's Machines&Coolers" forum (same one you posted to). You will learn a bunch. Let us know of any questions, many here can help. Please post a picture or two so we can all see.
Thanks!
Creighton
Welcome to the group! Nice first machine. Yes you can remove the woodgrain and set to free play. Read through the "Post 60's Machines&Coolers" forum (same one you posted to). You will learn a bunch. Let us know of any questions, many here can help. Please post a picture or two so we can all see.
Thanks!
Creighton
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: Creighton on June 15, 2005, 04:38:27 pm
Doubled again, regrets.
Creighton
Creighton
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: dr galaga on June 15, 2005, 05:12:58 pm
Welcome aboard! In the Coin mechanism section there is post about free play switch - http://soda-machines.com/cgi-loc....6;t=871
As for the woodgrain, there was just something here a few weeks ago. You might try the restoration section.
Can you post a picture? We all love seeing what each other has!
As for the woodgrain, there was just something here a few weeks ago. You might try the restoration section.
Can you post a picture? We all love seeing what each other has!
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: BryanH on June 15, 2005, 05:30:52 pm
Welcome Matt - the vmc-56 was my first machine also... Agree with you on the cool. Bought mine in Dec and am hoping to finally get it painted this weekend. Search on my id and you'll see many newbie posts and some pics of the progress I've made. This is the place for tinker'ers (new word), almost every question gets answered. Pretty soon you'll find yourself with more than one machine and you'll be answering the next 'new guy/gals' questions.
You'll also see throughout, that pictures are worth a thousand words... so let's see your new money pit!
You'll also see throughout, that pictures are worth a thousand words... so let's see your new money pit!
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: on June 15, 2005, 11:56:28 pm
Yeah welcome Matt (no pun intended with a welcome mat )
You have a lot of reading to do, so pull up a chair and an ice cold glass bottled beverage and read.
And I too would like to encourage you to post photos of your machine. We LOVE photos here.
Finally, can I be so bold as to ask how much you really did pay for it? And where did you buy it, eBay, a local auction, an ad in the paper?
Thanks and welcome to the family!
)You have a lot of reading to do, so pull up a chair and an ice cold glass bottled beverage and read.
And I too would like to encourage you to post photos of your machine. We LOVE photos here.
Finally, can I be so bold as to ask how much you really did pay for it? And where did you buy it, eBay, a local auction, an ad in the paper?
Thanks and welcome to the family!
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: BrianB on June 16, 2005, 07:18:11 am
Matt - Ditto on the pull up a cold one and have a look-see at all of the wonderful info present here at SMC. It's great to have enthusiastic new members around. And like Markito said, we LOVE to see pictures!!!
One word of caution though!!!! Just make darn sure that when you take that picture, there is NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING on top of the machine. Not so much as a latent fingerprint or the "Stuff-on-top-of-your Soda Pop Machine Police" will have a fit! (read: 'Kito)
One word of caution though!!!! Just make darn sure that when you take that picture, there is NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING on top of the machine. Not so much as a latent fingerprint or the "Stuff-on-top-of-your Soda Pop Machine Police" will have a fit! (read: 'Kito)
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: BryanH on June 16, 2005, 08:02:37 am
| Quote (Markito @ June 15 2005,9:56) |
| Finally, can I be so bold as to ask how much you really did pay for it? And where did you buy it, eBay, a local auction, an ad in the paper? |
I'm betting this is Matt's new vmc56
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: on June 16, 2005, 10:11:39 am
If that's it, you didn't pay enough to faint. You did just fine.
Hoepfully you can track down some trim to add and that ground-out lock will need fixing, but at least you're replacing the woodgrain anyway. Congrats!
Hoepfully you can track down some trim to add and that ground-out lock will need fixing, but at least you're replacing the woodgrain anyway. Congrats!
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: dr galaga on June 16, 2005, 10:13:12 am
Wow! 
That wood grain has to come off!
Looks like a nice machine, and and a pretty good price too!
(Well, is this the one?)
That wood grain has to come off!Looks like a nice machine, and and a pretty good price too!
(Well, is this the one?)
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: on June 16, 2005, 10:50:29 am
I agree, the wood grain has to go. Should look really good when you are done.
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: on June 16, 2005, 11:23:15 am
Yep, that's the machine... you guys beat me to it. I was trying to figure out how to post the individual pics (didn't think to just post the link to ebay).
I am going to pick it up this Saturday... I'll know more about it once I can give it a look see and a good cleaning.
I wish the guy hadn't munged the lock area... hopefully the "wood" took the worst of it. BTW, is the fake wood likely to be original?
thanks...
-matt
I am going to pick it up this Saturday... I'll know more about it once I can give it a look see and a good cleaning.
I wish the guy hadn't munged the lock area... hopefully the "wood" took the worst of it. BTW, is the fake wood likely to be original?
thanks...
-matt
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: Creighton on June 16, 2005, 01:51:47 pm
Naw, thats contact or shelf paper. Good score.
Creighton
Creighton
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: BryanH on June 16, 2005, 03:26:34 pm
Matt - looks like the door has been redone. The bottle door looks teal and your woodgrain is lighter and has more grain than most I've seen.
PS - the price is quite reasonable. Looks pretty complete with the exception of the lock and cap catcher.
PS - the price is quite reasonable. Looks pretty complete with the exception of the lock and cap catcher.
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: jasmine64 on June 16, 2005, 04:15:19 pm
I used some paint stripper to remove the woodgrain from my VMC 63 a few weeks a go.
Placed a thick layer on and waited for it to loosen the stuff and peeled it right off.
Mine was the heavy thick vinyl so it turned into a rubbery mess.
Be sure to wear gloves. and a good scraper comes in handy.
Placed a thick layer on and waited for it to loosen the stuff and peeled it right off.
Mine was the heavy thick vinyl so it turned into a rubbery mess.
Be sure to wear gloves. and a good scraper comes in handy.
Title: New vmc 56! many questions
Post by: MoonDawg on June 17, 2005, 11:11:08 am
I just stripped one of those thick vinyl doors last week. Lifted one corner, then just peeled it off. Left the paint nice underneath