Title: Opinions?
Post by: dprat1 on September 30, 2005, 07:21:26 pm
hello everybody,
Have just sent my C-51 to the painter. He said it looked like I had done very good prep work. Was worried..alittle. Still have plenty to do here. Can not wait to finish and show off here. I have "completely disassembled the bottle belt and painted with silver hammer paint. Think is going to turn out great once back togeather. Was thinking of painting the interior box hammer paint "red" and "all other" interior parts hammer silver. The hammer red is pretty darn close to the Centari i'm using. Was just looking for opinions before I proceed.
Thanks,
doug
Have just sent my C-51 to the painter. He said it looked like I had done very good prep work. Was worried..alittle. Still have plenty to do here. Can not wait to finish and show off here. I have "completely disassembled the bottle belt and painted with silver hammer paint. Think is going to turn out great once back togeather. Was thinking of painting the interior box hammer paint "red" and "all other" interior parts hammer silver. The hammer red is pretty darn close to the Centari i'm using. Was just looking for opinions before I proceed.
Thanks,
doug
Title: Opinions?
Post by: sodaworks on September 30, 2005, 11:04:16 pm
I think the red would look great. I painted a couple of 27's red on the inside and they looked awesome. 
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Post by: loman4ec on September 30, 2005, 11:11:21 pm
I disagree. I would go for the more origional silver hammertone.
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Post by: on October 01, 2005, 08:55:36 am
I agree with Josh, I'm a sucker for original. I would stick with silver inside. Ultimately you need to do what looks good to you. 
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Post by: Kilroy on October 01, 2005, 09:43:18 am
I have to agree with Jed and Josh, when it comes to a restoration, I prefer original.
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Post by: dr galaga on October 01, 2005, 11:59:26 am
Uuuummm, I have to agree with the silver.Title: Opinions?
Post by: Jim on October 01, 2005, 03:59:59 pm
I have seen VMC paint the liners of 33's but I would lean toward an original look which in this case is Zinc. The Hammer Rite would be my choice too.
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Post by: johnieG on October 01, 2005, 05:34:20 pm
Just caught up with the topic...I would stick with silver/hammertone.
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Post by: sodaworks on October 01, 2005, 09:58:58 pm
For what its worth the 27's that I painted red were originally red inside. The red looked really good up against all the other painted parts that were silver hammertone.
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Post by: Pat Pixley on October 01, 2005, 10:39:48 pm
I got to go with every one else on this. The Hammer tone
paint . I did it on my Vernors.
Pat
paint . I did it on my Vernors.
Pat
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Post by: loman4ec on October 01, 2005, 11:43:07 pm
I did the selectivend in rustolium hammer silver and it looks great.
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Post by: dprat1 on October 02, 2005, 09:17:33 am
Hummm... looks like the silver color wins this one. Thanks for all the opinions 
doug
doug
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Post by: MoonDawg on October 02, 2005, 01:15:37 pm
Looking at Josh's Select-vend. Interesting how the bottle stack was built with Vendo 110 parts and the compressor is identical to Cavalier 72 / 96.
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Post by: loman4ec on October 02, 2005, 01:25:57 pm
From what I can tell the outside trim is from a Vendo, the bottle rack is linkage and mechanical workings are identical to Vendo's design, the bottle door looks similar to a vendo, The door handle is exactly a vendo, The evaporator is a round Cavalier style evaporator but so is my Sv S47. The machine is entirly lined with oak. Selectivend is also made in Kansas city just like Vendo at that time. The old man at Selectivend told me that this machine was actually a proto type that was made by Vendo for Selectivend.
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Post by: dprat1 on October 02, 2005, 10:12:16 pm
Am I crazy or did I just read that some machines are "lined with oak"? Really?? Learning more everyday about these things. 
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Post by: loman4ec on October 02, 2005, 10:38:52 pm
Yes some selectivends and the vendo 83 and 110 are lines with oak as well as the bottle door is lined with oak.
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Post by: joesquid on October 03, 2005, 08:07:08 pm
I had an opportunity to restore a Vendo 110 for a county courthouse. I really wanted to do it as the money would have been great but I turned it down solely because of the wood frame issue. I've never dealt with that in a coke machine before. So rather than potentially screw up a restoration (and my fledgling reputation) I opted to give the county names of two friends, both whom do excellent restorations and have much more experience than I. How do you go about repairing/replacing this wood? The machine I saw had wood that was in a bad way. Rest of the machine was very solid, fairly certain termites "discovered" this machine first.
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Post by: Jim on October 03, 2005, 08:45:15 pm
You would think that one of the Parts Suppliers would have reproduced a generic size that can be cut and shaped to length; but instead of wood, utilize some of the recycled plastic or something similar that is cost effective and won't rot out if there's a leak at some point... There's definately a need!
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Post by: MoonDawg on October 03, 2005, 09:11:23 pm
Good point Jim! The wood is the only reason why I don't restore 110's. And the demand is rising as 81's get more expensive.