Golden girl cola machine

I've been asked by a friend to see what info there is on a Golden Girl Cola / Sun Drop soda machine he has. I'm guessing it's from the 60's and it's working and in pretty good original condition. I'm trying to find a value too, as he's debating whether or not to sell it.
Thanks for any assistance,
Jim

[johnieG]

Hi & welcome! well the value of any machine is based on many different factors, round corners are more in demand than square-corners, however the square-corners have risen in price more in the last four years than they have in the previous 20. (this is natural as the "boomers" suck-up all of the 40's & 50's machines)first off condition, people like a nice, clean, straight, rust-free & original machine no missing parts, & in running condition. an embossed machine will always be worth more than a generic with Decal's/labels/screwed-on-sign's) same goes for the "light-up" square-corners, personel preference & brand identification is important too, A "Coke"
fan won't pay as much for the same machine in "Pepsi" a slightly more rare machine may be valued more in a book, but isn't worth as much as a complete more common machine (rare machines = few parts avalible) besides have you seen all the "RARE" machines on Ebay?? I belive I have seen a simular machine on the web somewere (probably Ebay), the one I saw was a Vendo VF56 glass-door with a Sundrop/Golden-Girl Decal on the front & sides, no lightup though. I'd say between $250-650 depending.... OH.. & smaller is better!, big machines are harder to move (no pun intended     ) on the open market & down a set of basement stairs, & many people don't have room for many larger machines anyway. up here in the Midwest (Michigan, Ohio, etc.) a "SunDrop" or "Mission" isn't a Brand you see , much more common in the West/Southwest any more than you'd see a "Faygo" or "Vernors" machine in Washington state. so as you can see, clear as mud!
   . for instance I have a Nice 60's Vendo V90/Coke machine, in  a #7.5 out of 10 condition, vs a 60'sVendo V90/Faygo ,which would rate a #5 out of 10 in my book, the buyer bought the Faygo & payed well above the asking price of the Coke, go figure, but who was I to argue? the customer/market sets demand/price. so figure out what the minimum he'd part with it for & go from there would be my advise... Hope this helps you/him sort it all out. OH & By the way I have this really [/U]RARE Town-Club soda machine...
just kidding!  :'>  PLEASE POST A PICTURE it will help a lot,
as we need more machines for the gallery too...JohnieG  we'd all Luv to see it!

The one digital pic I have is rather large, even zipped it was still over a meg. I did get more info, it's a Vendorlator model VF56C-SM and the dimmensions are 25" wide, 54" tall, 18" deep. It's all gold painted with the Golden Girl cola decals as well as smaller Sun Drop and Dr Pepper decals. The owner has had it in his Garage for some time stocking it with beer. It's been gone over by a refrigeration tech and given a clean bill of health. He seemed to thing it was worth in the $1100.00 range...I don't know how he came up with that # and doubt he paid that much for it. (maybe that's what's left on the bike payment)
By the way, I think I might be trying to load a pic wrong, do I need a web host?