Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: halehouse on September 12, 2005, 11:38:08 am
Anyone familar with such a model? It is a can/bottle squaretop.
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: loman4ec on September 12, 2005, 11:47:45 am
I don't think there ever was one. As far as I know there was only the USS 64,96,144,10, and 180. Do you have a pic of one?
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: halehouse on September 12, 2005, 02:10:00 pm
pic
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: halehouse on September 12, 2005, 02:11:34 pm
Let's try a larger photo.
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: on September 12, 2005, 02:28:56 pm
Good looking machine. I would guess it is just a little thinner than the USS 64. 
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: halehouse on September 12, 2005, 04:34:59 pm
Guess I will find out this weekend when I pick it up. 
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: loman4ec on September 12, 2005, 07:22:58 pm
looks to me like a regular USS-64. Nice machine. It was origionally Coke. As I know Cavalier at this time still wasn't producing pepsi machines.
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: MoonDawg on September 12, 2005, 07:25:49 pm
Thought Cavalier made machines only for Coke. I may be wrong!
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: loman4ec on September 12, 2005, 07:43:25 pm
You are correct. But as we all know sometimes other companies came to own other brands machines one way or another. There also is a Pepsi CSS-64 on ebay right now. As far as I know later in the 80's and 90's I think Cavalier did make machines for other brands before they closed their doors.
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: dr galaga on September 12, 2005, 08:41:17 pm
So up until the 80's (or so) Cavalier and Vendo only made Coke machines. Any other manufacturers make their machines only for a single brand?
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: halehouse on September 18, 2005, 12:37:00 pm
I got this home and the model # does say 8-48. Vendingmachinerus.com has a USS 8-48 manual listed under their parts section.
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: johnieG on September 18, 2005, 02:35:07 pm
| Quote (dr galaga @ Sep. 12 2005,9:41) |
| So up until the 80's (or so) Cavalier and Vendo only made Coke machines. Any other manufacturers make their machines only for a single brand? |
Westinghouse made only Coke machines as far as I know.
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: halehouse on September 24, 2005, 05:15:03 pm
Here is a picture of the one that says model 8-48.
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: loman4ec on September 24, 2005, 05:17:25 pm
Nice machine. As far as I can see it is the same as a 64.
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: on September 24, 2005, 06:28:47 pm
How many cans will it hold per shelf? The 64 will hold 7.
The 64 will hold 7.Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: halehouse on September 24, 2005, 06:43:22 pm
Don't know, just picked it up last weekend. Guess I'll have to load a shelf and see.
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: on September 24, 2005, 10:43:19 pm
That's a really sweet machine - great find! One thing I wonder.. I recall the USS8-64 held 64 bottles, or a smaller number of cans? - Could that be this machine was made later after it was intended primarily as a can machine? Either way, it's a great machine, and a terrific addition to your garage!
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: halehouse on September 25, 2005, 11:12:50 am
Yep, 8 cans per shelf. Do you think it was originally Coke? I guess it could have been made over, but I haven't found any red yet.
Title: Cavalier uss 8-48 ?
Post by: on September 26, 2005, 03:05:51 pm
It has 8 shelves and holds 8 cans per shelf...I thought 8x8 = 64. Where did they get 48 from?