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Post by: MoonDawg on April 22, 2006, 05:48:58 pm
Restored this Vendo 80 for a friend and delivered it to him today, about 100 miles away and took some pictures.
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Post by: MoonDawg on April 22, 2006, 06:15:54 pm
How about these fantasy machines?
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Post by: MoonDawg on April 22, 2006, 06:21:56 pm
Orange Crush 39 ?
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Post by: MoonDawg on April 22, 2006, 06:25:49 pm
Squirt 39 
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Post by: MoonDawg on April 22, 2006, 06:33:11 pm
So crowded I could not stand back far enough to get all in one pic
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Post by: MoonDawg on April 22, 2006, 06:37:50 pm
What flavor 81 would you like?
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Post by: dr galaga on April 22, 2006, 06:43:40 pm
Is this a personal collection or a store collection?
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Post by: MoonDawg on April 22, 2006, 06:43:39 pm
This guy needs about a hundred Kito mats
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Post by: MoonDawg on April 22, 2006, 07:01:14 pm
This is a private collection. Nothing is for sale.
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Post by: collecture on April 22, 2006, 07:24:51 pm
WOW! I especially love the Squirt 39! Is that original???
It looks like everything is either in mint original or restored condition. He has got to have at least a couple hundred thousand dollar$ or more tied up there.
Do you do all his restorations? Nice client!
It looks like everything is either in mint original or restored condition. He has got to have at least a couple hundred thousand dollar$ or more tied up there.
Do you do all his restorations? Nice client!
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Post by: coke_and_stuff on April 22, 2006, 08:03:11 pm
Squirt 39 would be fantasy as Vendo only produced machine for Coke, Unless im wrong? My question did VMC ever produce a non embossed 44? I love the 44s and 81s. Thanks for sharing.
Joey
Joey
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Post by: halehouse on April 22, 2006, 08:10:02 pm
What type of building are they in?
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Post by: Creighton on April 22, 2006, 08:10:44 pm
Great stuff Glen. Thanks for sharing!!
Creighton
Creighton
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Post by: bubba on April 22, 2006, 08:18:37 pm
| Quote (halehouse @ April 22 2006,9:10) |
| What type of building are they in? |
Yeah... what type of alarm system, and whats the address???
That is one heck of a collection..
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Post by: Eric on April 22, 2006, 11:34:38 pm
wow... Thanks for sharing....look's like they've been collecting
for a few years!
Awesome!
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Post by: on April 22, 2006, 11:57:39 pm
kito mats! LOL!!!!
What an amazing collection! That's what King Tut's tomb must have looked like when they first discovered and entered it.
I hope he's got lots of insurance.
What an amazing collection! That's what King Tut's tomb must have looked like when they first discovered and entered it.
I hope he's got lots of insurance.
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Post by: collecture on April 23, 2006, 07:40:18 am
Glen,
Mike appears to own quite a few 'fantasy' machines. Is this something that he just enjoys doing to machines? Is the investment worth it if it is obviously a fantasy machine? That 7UP 44 that was up for eBay auction recently didn't fare too well ($2650 - much less than a restored VMC44 Coke would sell for)! Just curious? Maybe he has just got too much money and was bored with the red and white.
Mike appears to own quite a few 'fantasy' machines. Is this something that he just enjoys doing to machines? Is the investment worth it if it is obviously a fantasy machine? That 7UP 44 that was up for eBay auction recently didn't fare too well ($2650 - much less than a restored VMC44 Coke would sell for)! Just curious? Maybe he has just got too much money and was bored with the red and white.
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Post by: Lulu on April 23, 2006, 08:38:46 am
Loved looking at his collection. Thanks for sharing it, Glen. Does he find his own items or does he have a buyer looking for him?
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Post by: MoonDawg on April 23, 2006, 11:31:28 am
Mike started collecting old surfboards, then Woody's and motorcycles. That all changed about 10 years ago when he became Sodaman. He admits that he has an addiction to this stuff, and counseling doesn't help.
Jukeboxes are his most recent passion. Collecting Soda started at home but when this stuff took over, he bought a warehouse complex, this is one and he rents out the other 3. He could easily occupy another unit but doesn't want to remove his tennant.
Here is Mike:
Jukeboxes are his most recent passion. Collecting Soda started at home but when this stuff took over, he bought a warehouse complex, this is one and he rents out the other 3. He could easily occupy another unit but doesn't want to remove his tennant.
Here is Mike:
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Post by: MoonDawg on April 23, 2006, 11:47:05 am
He has most all of the common machines. The fantasy machines did not impress him at first. He bought all 3 of the 44's from the same guy. He bought 3 V-39's from another guy. The embossed lettering on them all looks much nicer than my picture can show.
Here are some generic coolers he had re-done. These are not embossed but do look and feel embossed. When the decals were made, they must have used a very thick vinyl. Then several decals were applied on top of each other to build up height and then the whole cooler was sprayed with clearcoat. Absolutely wonderful 3D effect.
Here are some generic coolers he had re-done. These are not embossed but do look and feel embossed. When the decals were made, they must have used a very thick vinyl. Then several decals were applied on top of each other to build up height and then the whole cooler was sprayed with clearcoat. Absolutely wonderful 3D effect.
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Post by: MoonDawg on April 23, 2006, 12:18:35 pm
He has every original picnic cooler ever made, we discused this before. He bought the whole collection from Scott Burid. He reluctantly just sold the two most valuable picnic coolers from his collection because he was offered $9000.00 for the pair. One was a mint stainless steel airline cooler and the other was an airline cooler stamped and dedicated to Elenor Roosevelt, with photo and certificate.
Here are a few dispensers
Here are a few dispensers
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Post by: davethebirdman on April 23, 2006, 12:19:40 pm
Your Friend clearly lives my dream. If I won the lottery I'd do exactly the same. I have shown those pictures to my wife and she now thinks I'm halfway normal. ..... Just fantastic.
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Post by: Yarochrehc on April 23, 2006, 12:28:54 pm
That is one GREAT collection, It would be neat to see in person.
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Post by: MoonDawg on April 23, 2006, 01:08:15 pm
It's so nice to see in person. I was there for 2 hours, and still didn't see everything. This man also owns a hotel on the coast highway, half way between Los Angeles and San Francisco. I have been pleading with him for years, display this stuff behind glass on the bottom floor of the hotel. I know people would mark this as a destination stop, eat at his restaraunt then lodge overnight.
Here's my favorite:
Here's my favorite:
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Post by: coke_and_stuff on April 23, 2006, 02:08:34 pm
That RC 81 is so awesome, one of these days......... I was offered one a month or so back for $11k maybe its time to sell the Camaro?
Joey
Joey
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Post by: davethebirdman on April 23, 2006, 02:29:35 pm
Glenn
I think you are right. I'm sitting down now planning next year's holiday. If I knew that there was a hotel/motel out there that was displaying this sort of stuff it would definately sway me.
Dave
I think you are right. I'm sitting down now planning next year's holiday. If I knew that there was a hotel/motel out there that was displaying this sort of stuff it would definately sway me.
Dave
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Post by: Bob K on April 23, 2006, 06:17:59 pm
Thanks for posting this, Glen. I've never seen anything close to a collection like that.
I wonder if that is the most extensive collection that exists. Gotta be up there...
I wonder if that is the most extensive collection that exists. Gotta be up there...
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Post by: Yarochrehc on April 23, 2006, 06:57:53 pm
Glen,
How big of an area is all of this vintage stuff in?
It looks like if everything was not stacked on top of each other and displayed well , it could cover a few thousand square feet of area at least.
How big of an area is all of this vintage stuff in?
It looks like if everything was not stacked on top of each other and displayed well , it could cover a few thousand square feet of area at least.
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Post by: SIGNGUY on April 24, 2006, 02:22:46 pm
Absolutely Fantastic.... I've seen a few now like this and this one definatley up there... The other Collection that I had seen (pictures of) was like this but with Automotive/Oil Gas STuff as well! The Guy had I'd guess a 10-15,000 Square Foot Building filled with Airplanes, Cars, Every vintage Car Dealer Sign, and of course soda related stuff.. Pretty amazing... I'm still looking for the photos so I can post them.
We should create an area of "AMAZING COLLECTIONS" , I'll see if I can round up some photos of a guy I know who has an incredible collection as well and post the pictures.
We should create an area of "AMAZING COLLECTIONS" , I'll see if I can round up some photos of a guy I know who has an incredible collection as well and post the pictures.
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Post by: Eric on April 24, 2006, 03:40:15 pm
These folks have to be in the top 10.... I posted this site a year ago I think...
I noticed they have a WYNOLA and Orange Crush cooler that looks the same make and model
as that STUBBY cooler... I think these folks are in Cananda too. So maybe this cooler model
is made there?
anyway... www.falvocollectables.com
Wow....
I noticed they have a WYNOLA and Orange Crush cooler that looks the same make and model
as that STUBBY cooler... I think these folks are in Cananda too. So maybe this cooler model
is made there?
anyway... www.falvocollectables.com
Wow....
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Post by: racerx45 on April 25, 2006, 12:12:13 am
| Quote (MoonDawg @ April 23 2006,10:18) |
| He has every original picnic cooler ever made, we discused this before. He bought the whole collection from Scott Burid. He reluctantly just sold the two most valuable picnic coolers from his collection because he was offered $9000.00 for the pair. One was a mint stainless steel airline cooler and the other was an airline cooler stamped and dedicated to Elenor Roosevelt, with photo and certificate. Here are a few dispensers |
Wow I like what I see any more dispenser pictures? I would love to know what the blue and the green dispensers are on the top of that rack.
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Post by: racerx45 on April 25, 2006, 02:05:57 am
nm
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Post by: MoonDawg on April 25, 2006, 09:17:10 am
Thought the top coolers were Multiplex. Dave...if you get this far west, I'll make sure you get a tour. Maybe we can meet some others from the group there too
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Post by: sodaworks on April 26, 2006, 10:31:09 pm
Glen-
Mike's building up quite the collection. I tried to hook up with him a couple of years ago but our schedules didn't match up. I seen the cooler collection that he bought when it was owned by my buddy Scott Burud. It was quite impressive. I am hoping to meet up with Mike next month for a tour when I'm at Pismo.
Mike's building up quite the collection. I tried to hook up with him a couple of years ago but our schedules didn't match up. I seen the cooler collection that he bought when it was owned by my buddy Scott Burud. It was quite impressive. I am hoping to meet up with Mike next month for a tour when I'm at Pismo.
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Post by: Creighton on April 26, 2006, 10:39:26 pm
If possible I would make the trip south. Please let me know, I'll never have such a collection but would like to see it :-)
Thanks!!
Creighton
Thanks!!
Creighton
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Post by: on May 07, 2006, 10:23:24 pm
I am fortunate enough to have seen this collection a few times as I have restored about 6 machines for Mike. I think the most impressive thing about this collection is the owner. For those of you who don't know Mike he is really a great guy who just loves this stuff. I've seen this collection grow over the past 10 years or so that I've known Mike. I usually go visit him about once a year to both see him and see what's new. Well worth the trip every time and would travel much farther then my 2 hour trip for the visit.
He only collects restored stuff, mainly soda stuff including many machines and like Glenn said the past few years he has been doing Jukeboxes as he already has every collectible soda machine ever made.
Someone asked about the value of fantasy machines. I really don't have the answer but to Mike it really doesn't matter. It's not that he's not a wise investor but the passion comes before the dollar. He collects what he likes rather then what is the better investment. When you ask Mike what his favorite piece in his collection is he'll answer you with " it's the last thing I bought." Isn't that the way it should be?
He only collects restored stuff, mainly soda stuff including many machines and like Glenn said the past few years he has been doing Jukeboxes as he already has every collectible soda machine ever made.
Someone asked about the value of fantasy machines. I really don't have the answer but to Mike it really doesn't matter. It's not that he's not a wise investor but the passion comes before the dollar. He collects what he likes rather then what is the better investment. When you ask Mike what his favorite piece in his collection is he'll answer you with " it's the last thing I bought." Isn't that the way it should be?
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Post by: sodaworks on May 07, 2006, 11:26:26 pm
Welcome aboard Mygoose101 
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Post by: MoonDawg on May 08, 2006, 10:04:51 am
Yes welcome to the board Mygoose! (he travelled with me this trip and took more pic.'s than I did)
Hey, post some pictures of stuff that I didn't get Ray.
Hey, post some pictures of stuff that I didn't get Ray.