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Title: Dallas Trip Post by: MCarter on September 12, 2006, 06:13:35 pm Hey Guys,
Is there any place in Dallas for cool coin op stuff. Thanks Title: Dallas Trip Post by: collecture on September 12, 2006, 06:28:10 pm I was born and raised there, but haven't lived there in 20 years. I can tell you some good places to eat (BBQ, etc.) - where are you staying? If you have time, you can travel east of town on I-30 (old Hwy. 80) to Terrell. There are a lot of Antique stores right along the highway there. I was out there 5-10 years ago and saw one store with a Cav33 and a Cav72 while another had a slider or two.
Title: Dallas Trip Post by: dr galaga on September 12, 2006, 07:25:09 pm Isn't the Dublin Dr Pepper plant near Dallas?
Title: Dallas Trip Post by: collecture on September 12, 2006, 08:01:42 pm QUOTE Isn't the Dublin Dr Pepper plant near Dallas? It is about a two hour drive (one-way) west of town near Weatherford (which has some antique stores). It would be an all day adventure. Title: Dallas Trip Post by: MCarter on September 13, 2006, 07:56:00 am Thanks Guys,
I am staying at the Fairmont Hotel downtown. I have a few hours to kill on thrusday. Thanks again for the info. Title: Dallas Trip Post by: MCarter on September 17, 2006, 07:53:57 pm Well i made it back from Dallas. I did get some time to visit some of the neat spots mentioned here on the site. Went down to Dublin Dr. Pepper and picked up 6 cases of pop to drink. Biy was that fun trying to get that on the plane. Thanks for everyones help.
Title: Dallas Trip Post by: dr galaga on September 17, 2006, 08:00:52 pm Were you able to get a tour of the plant?
I just picked up a book about Dublin Dr Pepper (have to finish my Pepsi history book first). Title: Dallas Trip Post by: MCarter on September 17, 2006, 08:11:08 pm No was unable to tour but got to see tons of neat stuff. I think i got the same book.
Title: Dallas Trip Post by: collecture on September 17, 2006, 09:09:29 pm QUOTE Went down to Dublin Dr. Pepper and picked up 6 cases of pop to drink. Biy was that fun trying to get that on the plane. Glad you made it over there - it is a pretty neat plant. Last time I was there, I saw an odd looking upright Guiberson machine just down the street (attached are pics of it through the window). I think the tag said it was a Guiberson 110. A girl ran over to me from across the street and said they were firm on $1000 for it. I didn't have room in my Tahoe anyway as it was packed with my Selectivend S-48, Cav 27, Cav 33 and I had son (he was 3 then) with me in the back seat also along with all our luggage and a few cases of DP for refill. I was jam packed. I have some other pics of Bill Closters office, but they are not digital. It will be a while before I can find them I'm sure. He took me back there before he passed away. The walls were absolutely cover in DP stuff - clocks, signs, bottles, coasters - everything you can imagine. Steve Jebb of Soda Jerk Works told me he was the one who did the restoration of the DP SelectiVend S-48 in the soda shop. Title: Dallas Trip Post by: coke_and_stuff on September 18, 2006, 03:15:07 am Thats a very unusal machine, Prob worth the $1,000 as you'll probably never run into another. looks really heavy though. Are the signs mounted on it porcelain? NEAT machine
Joey Title: Dallas Trip Post by: collecture on September 18, 2006, 08:27:47 am The machine actually had four feet it stood on and was up off the floor about a foot or so.
Title: Dallas Trip Post by: collecture on September 18, 2006, 02:43:03 pm Joey,
You got me thinking about the machine and the more I thought about it, I remembered jotting down the girl's name and number on my cellphone notepad. I checked and it was still there, so I called her. She told me they sold the machine for $1200 to a man from California that came through. Title: Dallas Trip Post by: Jim on September 18, 2006, 03:31:25 pm Very cool machine!
Ashame you couldn't get better photos... I wonder if it's complete internally and functional...? Title: Dallas Trip Post by: collecture on September 18, 2006, 04:59:29 pm QUOTE I wonder if it's complete internally and functional...? I have no idea. The husband and wife ran two places in town I guess. She ran across the street to me from her other place and told me the price (I guess my memory was wrong and she had told me $1200). Her husband was not around and he had the keys to the store. I seem to recall her asking me whether I would be around the next day, but of course I wasn't. Oh well - at least I got the shots I got. I did take one other photo of the ID plate, but all you can read is Guiberson. |