GREAT JOB ROD!!!!
Just a question though.... maybe u have more knowledge than me as I bought my VMC 81 Pepper already restored.
I notice that you have a "Dr Pepper" sign at the front (as do I) although mine is a bid larger than what you put on.
My question is, have you any idea what the actual "original" size is of the sign in front... or were ALL the original signs on the Pepper machines like that on your "before" pic, the round 10 4 2 sign.
Just a question, as I too like things as they were.
GREAT looking job!
I know in my before picture that the big round decal was not original. I have seen this machine with both the larger sign on front like yours and also with the smaller one on it like mine, so I'm not sure which way it should be. I do know that the side buttons should be 9".