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I bought this machine years ago and just finished fixing it to where it works 100%. This is a COMPLETE VMC dual 27a. It runs whisper quiet and vends perfectly on a dime. I put two new motors and a fan in the machine to get it ready for a paint job restoration but I find myself with less time than ambition these days. The machine is SOLID with minimal rust. Some belt line cancer discovered upon close inspection. the Left rear has some rust through under a coat of old bondo. Still very restorable IMO but want to fully disclose. Again, it's rare to have ALL the parts present from the cap catcher, slug rejector down to the coin box. All she needs is some hobbiest's love to bring her back to her former glory. I will deliver within 100 miles of Chapel Hill for gas money. Asking $800, price includes $100 in new parts - door seal, fan shroud, new VMC logo, new SN plate, pricing decal, plexi window, sold out flag decal, unslotted bottle bezel screws.. probably some other parts I forget.

Thanks, John in NC

Sell it complete. You may not get a lot for it in today's market, but I sure would hate to see a nice machine get parted out. And layers of paint means layers of protection from the elements. At least in theary.

If you have a storage area you could hold on to it till the market picks up. Maybe a year or two. I have several machines I am hoarding, oh...I mean holding on to.

I don't believe your VMC 33 is going to fetch much right now. I am having the darndest time trying to sell a fully restored embossed Pepsi 33. And the cost of restoring a machine, which you have experiance with, well...it is expensive. I bought two Cavalier C51s for four hundred last month in Raliegh, NC. They are extremely nice and easy to restore.

Good luck

Tom
Raeford, NC

Tom,

Did I sell you a CS-96 a few years back?

No. I have been collecting for some time, 18 plus years. But it is only recently that I began to seriously hunt down these old coke machines.

I have posted so high res pictures here: http://www.johnda.com/vmc27a/page.html

Asking price includes $150 in new parts needed to restore.

Parts included:
- Reproduction aluminum serial number tag
- Door Gasket 14'
- Have a Coke/sold out decal for the flag
- Plexiglass window for same
- VMC aluminum logo for the door
- Aluminum 10c coin slot decal
- Slotless screws to refasten the bottle chute bezel (looks like factory rivets)
- Reproduction condenser fan shroud
- 4 watt evaporator motor, already installed
- 4 watt condenser motor, installed
- new 5 vane condenser fan, installed

Thanks!

John

      Add this to your listing John, a picture of it when restored!  :happydrinkers:

AHHHGH!!! MY EYES, I'M BLIND!!!!

Wow!! That is seriously over the top. Is it yours? Can I see the original pics in high resolution? Email me. I'd love to see them. Can I put that on my Ebay ad? ;)

John