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Couldn't afford anything from the show... though that Nesbitt's cooler would have been
SWEET!!!!! (See Signguys photos from the show in the gallery)
I did pick up a 1940s Victor V gumball machine with stand in the show... Super clean inside
for a $125.00
Then on the way home I about wrecked after spotting a Quikold standard in front of a Antique
store..... but after all the dust cleared I noticed it wasn't embossed :down:
So we went inside looked around and I asked “How much for the cooler outside?” it didn't
have a price on it so they went through a list of the items that were out front and one of the workers said “Here it is...$12.50”
I said $12.50?  Yep- He said I walked one of the ladies out to be sure and she said yeah that's the only cooler out here... I said sold! It's not the greatest shape the base being the worse. but the lids are solid with no rust and the sides, front and back panels just have surface rust. the base not having casters is the worst.... don't know how it would be after blasting... but after I complete my Nichol Kola junior I'll have a extra pair of junior sides so I may “Frakenstein” a non-embossed
Orange Crush cooler out of it... or may keep it a standard depending on how good the parts are.
Anyway.... not much.... but for 12 bucks why not.....

Heck of a buy, I dont think I have every heard of one selling that low.  If you decide that you do not need those lids and want to sell them let me know.

here are some more pics... cool big decal...And here's the Victor V in use... at a penny a piece
should pay for itself in about 10-15 years :smile:

Wow what a great find Eric ,For $12.50 you have to love that
The Gumball machine looks great also.
Pat  :biggrin:

      Now who else in this group would be more deserving of a
Quickold shell?    Nice find Eric. :happydrinkers:........Parts   parts    parts

 :jawdrop: Very cool Eric.. good job!

Eric,

Nice! I remember you telling me the story, now I see the picture! $12 bucks!!!! You are the man. Good luck with whatever you do with it!

Brian

Nice find and a great price. Did you give them a hug and a kiss on the way out?

That is the same logic my wife uses when she's shopping!

Nice find Eric!

I say you  scored, and scored well. Congrats Eric!

Very nice find!

Nice buy...and you waited two weeks to tell us about it?  (http://www.brentsarcade.com/smilies/hitting1.gif)

Ha- yeah just now getting around to taking pictures... have the Nichol Kola cooler all taken
apart and the “Doner” cooler all apart so I was taking “before” pictures on that so I decided that I need to get these taken too.... Need to get it (Nichol Kola) to the welder and get a few parts
like the cap catcher and support arm made... will keep you all up to date on the progress
on that cooler... My winter project...

Great Eric, Congrats on your find... as we discussed,,, I'm sure it was originally priced at 125.00 and the tag faded or something.. .Great Find!

or 1250.00....the way some people think!

Isn't that something. You go to a big show with all those hundreds of items for sale and you end up buying something on the way home out of a place along the way! What does that tell ya :glare: