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60 bucks. Not known if it runs.

Few questions

1)Was that a good price?

2)Can the rack be used on an older slider?

3) Does that wood grain come off? If it does I can paint it pepsi blue and order decals for it.

All of the cornelius' I have had are painted woodgrain. Just sand it down and respray. The rack will only work in a Cornelius. Trust me I have tried it. If it runs you did great. If not you will probably break even or make a small amount in parts. If it works they are really great little chests. They are small and use very little energy. It is a great back porch machine. I have owned about a dozen of them. They look really good repainted.

Thanks man, does it appear to have all the parts?

woodgrain paint, how fancy

It looks complete to me and it has the nicer chrome rack. Later they went to a brown painted rack that isn't as nice. I like your Corona Idea

      Forget all these cheap machines you have been asking us about
and step up to the plate and get an ideal 55 or Cavalier 72 to restore.
      You are ripe to be doing a restoration and seem to have your
heart into it. You're looking for a project....good!  Dump your time
and money into a machine that is desirable on the resale market because
then you can sell it at any time at a profit and start another one.
      Don't purchase this Cornelius for appreciation value in our lifetime!
             

Well i am getting it for my patio. I know what you are saying and I am working my way to that. I am getting experience working on the cheap stuff. Its better to make mistakes on a cheap machine than a cav 27 or vendo 81, the cheap stuff has been good to me too. I have sold some cheap machines and have made a profit. 60 bucks for a machine is no big deal. I would really love a cav 72 or 27 to restore, I just can’t find one locally.  I am still green in this hobby but I will get a nice machine to restore and will need your advice so don’t worry. 

I agree they might not be much for resale but they are really well built machine and for setting  out on your front porch how can you go wrong. They really don't look bad when they are done.
I agree with you on starting small and working your way up. After all these square tops are going up in price. The last restored machine I sold was a Cavalier 64 and it went for around $1,500. You can't beet that for a square top.   

I actually like the Cornelius Bottle Sliders myself.  I've been thinking about picking one up. If anybody has one in reasonable shape that works and has all the parts that they want to sell, let me know at cpepin1 at hotmail dot com. If you're in Wisconsin or Northern Michigan, I can pick it up, otherwise I'm willing to have it shipped if the price isn't too much for shipping.

-Chris

     Last month someone gave me one cause they were cleaning
out the garage. I tried E-bay with no bids so I gave it away.
Just too much plastic in them for me.

Chris,
I have access to two of them in Wisconsin... both have racks and work as far as I know... I'll have to call on price again, but email me if you want one..

Im In Rice Lake WI.
just respond here , Ill email you as well.

I have a complete pepsi light up sign for one.

When redone they don't look too bad.

Josh,
Talk about making Lemonade out of Lemons... that looks pretty nice... is that a white gasket that separates teh cooler from lid or just how it's painted?

Thanks! There is a plastic molding where the lid hits the cooler. It was hard to remove since it is glued on really well but I was able to get it off and paint it white. That really turned out to be a nice looking machine but unfortunately the cooling system died on it and it is now at the dump. I saved the light up sign on it though. Here is one that I did in Budweiser.  These are small pics but lets see if this works

I'm definitely interested. I've sent you an email so we can work out the details. Thanks.



Sodaworks,

I'm not sure if I'll need a sign or not, but I will keep it in mind. Thanks.

-Chris

chris I have dibbs on the light

That's cool. I hope you get it fixed up nice. Please post a picture when you're done.

Pepsi light!

well its sitting at my folks house in tampa. My birthday is in 2 weeks so I plan to go visit them for my birthday and pick up the machine. I am either going to paint it blue and the cap catcher black to make it look like the pepsi glasco sliders or paint it corona colors with corona decals.

even though its not a glasco I still think sliders are the coolest machines you can have.

Josh,
That looks pretty cool.. I like how the tapper comes out the cap catcher.

Chris- Good to talk with you, Ill be in touch when I have them in my possession.

Thanks that was the first machine that I ever built. I later converted it into a kegerator after I restored my first upright (uss-64). That was in my apartment when I was at Embry-Riddle. My apartment was the local hangout for alot of people at the school. We held poker tournaments on a regular basis. That is why I wanted beer on tap. It worked good. The Keg sat outside the machine and the beer went into copper coils that I custom bent inside the cooler. It kept the beer really cold and since there was like 100 ft of tubing you could almost constantly serve cold beer and it wouldn't get warm. The only problem was  that keg beer is not pasteurized so once you tap the keg if the keg itself is not kept cold it will spoil in a few days. We never had to worry about that. I can't remember a time that we had left over beer the next morning. :drinking: :happydrinkers:

Oh and it sold to a guy in Gainsville Fl for like $500. I couldn't believe it.

what did the paint job cost?

  Here's a Couple pictures of mine .I Like them !!

I have had a couple of those and found them to be a very dependable small machine that does not take up much space.  I never did care much for the woodgrain but I will find another and steal from Loman's idea of repainting....

man yours is in mint condition

I just picked up this sweet light for one of my Cornelius sliders at an antique store. The plexiglass is cracked in the lower right and there's a nice scratch in the middle of the blue paint.  I replaced the condenser and the lightbulb. All in all it looks pretty nice.  I might get a new piece of plexiglass made up and paint a new sign, but I'll hold off on deciding until after I get my two sliders from Signguy.   

Take the original plexi sign to a vinyl sign shop and they will cut you a new piece of Plexiglas and they can use vinyl to make the new logo. Just tell them that it will be back lit so they will use translucent vinyl. Most places won't have a problem making a pepsi or coke sign as long as it is for personal use.

 Well I'm getting into this late but Those little cornelius are alright
little machines, If there done like what Josh did with the one's he had,
I really like the bud cooler.
What I would like to know  is what you did to the lid ?  It looks  padded?

 Anyways  I think you are ready, But get what you want ,What ever make's
 you happy :biggrin: .

     Pat

Pat are you asking about the bud cooler lid? The lids on the cornelius machines are a type of foam that has a trim around the outside and a piece of sheet metal on top. The foam had expanded and the metal top was really rusty. So i pulled the metal top off and had a new piece of galvanized steel cut. I sanded the foam until it was flat again and I had the new metal top covered in red vinyl and had the Budweiser logo cut out of vinyl. I decided to cover the lid in vinyl because I had alot of parties and I knew that people would be putting all kinds of stuff on the top of the machine and I didn't want it to get scratched up. Vinyl is really durable and if it did get destroyed it would only cost about $30 to replace it and start with new.

Here's a pepsi light I have laying around collecting dust.

picked the machine up yesterday. Its cooling to 38 degrees. I dont know what brand I am going to restore it as. Rustoleum came out with a appliance spray paint that claims to give professional results and a hard finish so I am going to use that for the top part of the machine.

Started taking the machine apart and ran into some bad rust so now its not even worth spending time giving it a nice paint job. Moondawg, I should have taken your advice and passed it up. Live and learn

Sodaworks,  I like that light are you wanting to get rid of it???  If so PM I would sure be interested..

ya he is selling it. I passed on it so go ahead.

Well, I went and picked up the two machines from signguy.  It looks like I need a rack for the one and I need two new coin mechs.  I'm looking for the newer coin mechs that take quarters, dimes and nickels. I'm actually going to be using it to vend product so that's why I need the newer ones. I'm going to set them up at church and use them to raise money for charity. I've attached a photo of the type of coin mech I'm looking for.  The one machine didn't have a coin mech and the other had the older style that only takes dimes and nickels.


If anybody has a rack or coin mechs they want to get rid of let me know either here or shoot me an email at cpepin1 at hotmail dot com. Thanks.

-Chris

Here are some pictures of the first of the two Cornelius Sliders I picked up via Signguy. (Thanks again Signguy!)

The 7-up machine pictured here is the one in nicer condition.  It still cools pretty good, though I have to set it up around 6.  The cap catcher sitting on top is the one from the rc machine.  As you can see it has a bottle rack as well as the coin mech.  The coin mech however only vends at 10 cents.  I need one of the newer coin mechs that takes quarters.  Anyways, I had to drill the lock out as there wasn't a key.  The power cord will need to be replaced as it is in very poor condition.  The seals on the lid will need to be replaced.  All of the spilt pop in the bottom has cleaned up pretty good, I'll post a picture of the cleaned up inside when I get a chance.  While poking around underneath next to the compressor, I found the fan motor that blows air across the radiator had siezed up, got really warm and the plastic fan partially melted and fell off, so I'll have to replace the fan and motor.   

Also, I have a quick question, when plugged in is the fan inside the cooler supposed to be running all the time?  I can hear the compressor kick in and kick off as needed, but the fan inside is always circulating air. 

If you want to freshen up the inside, rustoleum has a new product called applaince epoxy. I am half way into repainting mine with it and its great stuff.

Here is the second machine I picked up. It's labeled RC and Diet Rite and appears to be an older machine. It's also in a lot worse shape. I haven't tested the compressor on it yet, as I'm busy getting the 7-up machine cleaned up.  This one didn't come with a coin mech or rack but instead has a metal rack that fits down inside as if it was used for an honor system instead of coin vending.  I tried fitting the silver bottle rack from the other machine in here but it didn't want to slide over to the right. It kept wanting to catch on the side wall for some reason.  It's almost like the bottle rack was just a smidge too big.

The metal rack sitting on top of the machine is from the 7-up machine.  Also, as you can see the lid is pretty rusty.  There's also a big rust spot bubbling up on the top of the lid on the outside. 

The inside is also blue instead of the tan the other machine has. It also has a solid metal cover that goes over the coil instead of the wire rack that is in the other machine. 



I'll have to check that out. Thanks.

For the bottom of the cooler I am going to spray in spray in bed liner to seal up any holes.

      Is this coin mechanism what you are looking for?

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Yep, that's the one. In fact I'm currently the high bidder on it. (userid: chrispepin) Hopefully I'll get it.  If you see any more on ebay, or anyplace else for that matter, please let me know. Thanks.

-Chris

well I have been painting this thing for almost 2 weeks now. I finally found a use for all that left over paint in my garage. So far I have spent 25 bucks on this dump. I should be ready to show you a photo by friday or saturday.

its getting there


Just took the tape off tonight and put the cap catcher back on.

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This is what it look liked when I started

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that pic does not look right.

here is a link to a full size photo.

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here it is with the lid and custom trim I made. The trim isnt attached to the lid yet and the lid isnt attached to the cooler. The lid was in bad shape and the trim hides the wear and tear on the edges of the lid. Guess where I got that trim from? Here is a hint it was semi clear before I painted it.

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well I am done. Its a junk machine but it was fun and I will get alot of use out of it.

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      OUT STANDING !!!!  :happydrinkers:


                                          Ltransam

thank you

So where was the semi clear trim from?

the inside gasket of a uss-8-64

Lookin' Good!
An improved look over the wood grain!

thanks Jim

sold it today for 200.00

Wow way to go. good job!

Well Done ! ! !
  :happydrinkers:

Now it's time to move on to the next project...

Ok, here it is.  All cleaned up and vending product.  I ended up being the high bidder on the coin mech and after a bit of cleaning and replacing one of the ball bearings it seems to be working great.

For anybody interested in how this coin mech works, here are a couple of links to the patents.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=niQ5AAAAEBAJ&dq=4098384 (http://www.google.com/patents?id=niQ5AAAAEBAJ&dq=4098384)
http://www.google.com/patents?id=RUN8AAAAEBAJ&dq=3981384 (http://www.google.com/patents?id=RUN8AAAAEBAJ&dq=3981384)


I have the pop machine set up at church and we're using it to raise funds for an orphanage. I loaded it up with Root Beer, Diet Root Beer, Orange Cream, Raspberry and Grape pop. The Root Beer and the Grape appear to be the really big sellers.

http://fletcherstreetbrewing.com/ourproducts/flavorfulsodas.html (http://fletcherstreetbrewing.com/ourproducts/flavorfulsodas.html)   

The Diet Root Beer wasn't selling so well, so today I replaced it with the new limited edition 9.3 oz retro Coke glass bottles that coke has out for the holidays.

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I'm also still looking for a coin mech and bottle rack for my other machine, so if anybody has one to get rid of, please let me know. Thanks.

I know this is reviving a very old thread, but I am wondering if anyone has any of these extra plastic brackets that hold this aluminum coil in the bottom of a Cornelius chest cooler? You can see them attached at each end in this pic. I am missing one. Thanks.