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« on: March 20, 2011, 12:57:08 pm »
It looks to be a little rough but it does appear to be embossed and it comes with the coin door.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-7-up-MACHINE-DOOR-/350447187222?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519847b516
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2011, 01:17:14 pm »
The rear door 7up outline, although real faint, looks crooked and offline. Could it be a generic? Hard to tell.
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2011, 02:05:54 pm »
If it was generic it wouldn't have anything on the back of the door. Its an embossed door. even though it needs work its a heck of a good deal.
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2011, 02:08:32 pm »
the picture of reverse side of the door shows it to be truly embossed, the trapezoid shaped teal color outline around the 7up logo is correct too. should be an interesting auction to watch... oh

the reason the rear view of the 7up logo looks uneven is because your eye is drawn to the gusset & the round corner of the door, if you look at the lower edge, you'll see that it's  quite parallel to the coindoor's stamping line...
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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2011, 02:24:42 pm »
Why would someone want just the door? To make a 7up out of a generic? If I were to shell out big bucks for an RC81 or 7up81, I would want to know that most of the machine was original and that there are photos documenting the original machine and the entire restoration along with the original ID tag.
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« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2011, 02:30:23 pm »
It went from $100 to over $430 in the ten minutes I was watching... I'm guessing it goes for over $800. That's crazy $$$.  Any opinions on what a generic VMC 81 door is worth?
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« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2011, 02:33:11 pm »
The door makes the machine, a generic bodied chassis with an embossed door will sell way over any other machine, the door came off of a genuine 7up machine at some point, & it would be no different than replacing a damaged fender on a collectible auto. & if they can locate a correct ID/Serial number plate, they're in business...besides even as a "fantasy"  machine, it would still be way cool!

Maybe the seller has the rest of this machine in a pile somewhere.
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« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2011, 02:35:23 pm »
Quote from: cokecolaman on March 20, 2011, 02:30:23 pm
It went from $100 to over $430 in the ten minutes I was watching... I'm guessing it goes for over $800. That's crazy $$$.  Any opinions on what a generic VMC 81 door is worth?

FYI...this is NOT a generic door it IS an embossed 7up...that's why the big bucks...  if it turned out that it wasn't  embossed, the winner would have every right to cancel his/her bids regardless...

Unless I misunderstood your question, I figure a generic door would go for around $200 tops in this condition, depends on how bad someone wants to complete their machine I guess... upside
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« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2011, 02:36:25 pm »
when you say generic 81 door are you referring to the 7up on ebay now?
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« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2011, 02:38:00 pm »
Johnie G is correct that is not a generic door, that is an original vmc 7 up door.  a restored 7up 81 is worth over 5k
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