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Are there any vintage coke machines that will safelt dispense the 20oz plastic soda bottles?

Not sure what part of the country you are in, but here in the Chicago area the 500 ml bottles (16.9 oz.?) bottles from American Bottling work well in slant-shelf machines (right size and stiff enough).  They bottle RC, 7Up, Canfields, Deja Blue, and a few other brands.  :happydrinkers:

I haven't tried any of the plastic in my USS-64 but I bet almost all of them up to 20 oz. size would work.  I look at the different drinks at Costco and all of the flavored waters, green teas etc would probably work.  But why have a bottle opener on the machine if you are not going to use it!  :happydrinkers:

I like dropping in the .35 cents and getting an ice cold bottle of Coke!  Something about that "phfttt" when the cap comes off and the clink when it drops into the cap catcher that can't be replaced by a plastic cap being twisted off of a plastic bottle.

 :drinking: Tim  :drinking:

The 20oz bottles are too fat for a USS-64. I cant remember if they work in any other machines. From my experience the grocery stores usually have the taller skinnier plastic bottles that will work. The problem isn't how tall the bottle is. Its just the diameter of the bottle that is a problem.

I'm in TN, so I'll check the stores for the 500ml...maybe there are some at Sam's Club. As for dispensing the glass instead of the plastic...I agree, the glass is much better, but this isn;t for me, it was a request from our local vet. They know I have begun tinkering with soda machines and asked if knew of one that would dispense plastic instead of glass... hence the question.

I'm in Memphis and have not had any luck finding plastic bottles sodas that fit in a Vendo 81.  I have been putting juices and smaller stuff in for the kids.

Marvin

Mine are in storage, but I would think 20 oz bottles would work  in a slider.  I seem to recall the repro racks are now four column instead of five to fit the wider bottles.

really... I never thought of the slider machines...can anyone verify?

The 20oz doesn't fit into any slant shelf I've tried them in..

where could I look for the modified slider racks?

Fun-Tronics carries a reproduction slider rack that has 4 selections (5 were on original racks) and holds the 20 oz. bottles - $285