Early Stoner Theatre??? Help with ID

[mznb1u]

Well guys, I did it again!  Bought another candy machine tonight.    Shhhh!  Don't tell the War Department!

I will pick it up tomorrow.  The machine is complete and has the coin mech.  It looks something like a Stoner Theatre but I have never seen a machine quite like it.  The styling is more ornate, the mirror is shaped differently and the mirror has a light above it.  It does have the Fresh Candy windows though and the familiar woodgrain finish.  And where the Stoner would normally have a row of lights on top of the Fresh Candy area, there are just two--one on either side of the mirror.  It also opens differently.  The top of the front tips up and there is a arm that lock in to hold it up and the bottom of the front from the Fresh Candy to the vending window folds down.

Maybe Curtis or Mr. Soda have seen one before???  I could not find any id plate of serial number but the guts looked a lot like my other Stoners.

Anyway, on to the pictures.

Thanks!

  Tim

[SIGNGUY]

It's not a Stoner Theatre.. I  think it's  Rowe... Still pretty cool and somewhat rare I believe but pretty sure it's a Rowe Candy Vendor... Same area as the Stoners.. just another company.. similiar to comparing a Vendo 81 with a Cavalier 72.. similiar but different in the same era made by two different companies.
Nice score!

[mznb1u]

Well, I talked to Curtis today to see if he could identify the machine and he confirmed that it is an early version of the Stoner Theatre!  Woohoo--I finally got a Theatre! 

He said that you don't see that many of them because people don't always realize that they are Stoners so they don't always escape the scrap man.

I am looking forward to getting this one home, cleaned up and re-lit.  I think with a little clean up and elbow grease this one will look just fine as is and it will be an excellent restoration candidate down the road. 

  Tim

[Pat Pixley]

Hey good talking to you today Tim,
And yes it is a nice looking machine I think I would leave it the way it is
it look pretty cool.

 Pat

[Creighton]

WOW, What a great score!! Glad you are going to leave it as found. More pics please when you get it home.
Thanks!
Creighton

[mznb1u]

And yes it is a nice looking machine I think I would leave it the way it is
it look pretty cool.

 Pat

  Pat advocating the saving of woodgrain!

I have to keep it original now! 

I will shoot more pics and post when I get it home.

  Tim

[sodaworks]

Yep, It's a stoner.

[Kilroy]

I'm saving this page..Pat approves of Woodgrain.
Tim, congrats to you!

[SIGNGUY]

Very nice, I stand corrected.. thought I saw one once like that with the ROWE letters diecut on the bottom.. oh well, nice machine

[memorylane]

Here are a some photos of one I did for Jeff Wolf years ago and the only difference is this one don't have the light over the mirror. Thanks

Curtis Kauffman, Memory Lane Restorations