Old thread bringing it back to see if you still have parts ...

My Vendo 81 still has its original insulation and I notice the same thing—cool to the touch all over the cabinet but no visible condensation.  No areas feel particularly colder than others—just cool all over.  Interior temp stays appropriately cold.

Is the little 56 embossed 7up at the bottom under the sign? love those.

Cool looking Vendo.

Bringing this thread back from the dead because the email is no longer valid JeffMon.

The coin return on the Ideal 55 Chrome Top is the same .

If anyone has any Jacobs 56 parts please PM me !!

Thanks Jim and that is very helpful.  Thank you Jared too.

Early refrigeration systems fitted into the V-39 did not have a condensing fan; however, the condensing coil is mounted in such a way that fills the rectangular opening in the rear of the cabinet. Pictured is one of these systems.

Correct Nick, parts that slide into each other are good candidates for zinc plating. The bottle gates I have powder-coated white for durability over paint, the vend stack/rack is also a good powder-coat candidate. I would match the shelves and bottle stack/rack in the same color. The gate assemblies, arms that connect to the bottle gate and the rear linkage, can be powder-coated but may require a little work to get functioning smoothly; we zinc plate, yellow zinc, these arms.
To sum things up, you'll need to determine what items require movement or have close tolerances; these parts may be best suited for zinc plating, the others can be powder-coated.
Hopefully helpful...

Makes sense.  Then would you recommend trying to zinc plate everything else (not the gates)?   I know the two pieces in picture one sitting next to the stack, the one piece slides into the other so powder coating would not be an option as I would assume they would never fit. 

Just picked of a Vendo 39.It cools down nice but I don't see a condensor fan motor.Is this possible