Value for Pepsi Choice Vend CV-102 2 flavor 1950's

[jrl]

Just picked this up and I am now having it restored.  Any ideas as to the value? 
Has all parts except door handle.
Looking for the missing handle too if you know where I can find a replacement.

Thanks!

[BONOVOX]

welcome to the board and congrats!
Is this your first machine?

As for the handle, maybe others can chime in, but I don't think it's as easy as say a vendo 81 door handle... but I'm sure one can be found.

(Rick Restorations son found parts for his machine under a table at a My little Pony swap meet) 

 

[jrl]

Yes.  It is my first machine.  I wanted something a little different and found it on CL.  I hope to find the missing handle. 
I found 1950's Pepsi and Mountain Dew caps lodged in it.  Neat.

[Pixel]

Welcome to the forum.

My first machine was also a Choice Vend. It was a much later square-top 5 selection, I don't think any of the parts are interchangeable.

Does your machine have metal helixes or augers in the bottom?

[jrl]

Hello!  The compressor, condenser etc is bolted in the center of the unit.  This attaches to a frame with two metal posts running on the underside of where the motor unit is. The back has an open space to allow the unit to vent.  It does not have an open front bottom space for ventilation but is enclosed.

[johnieG]

Welcome to the site & the Choice Vend owners "club" 

PS there is no "door handle" the round trim piece is actually were the door lock cylinder goes, it is similar to the side loading door lock on an Ideal slider, ( except it's round not oblong)

[johnieG]

Just picked this up and I am now having it restored.  Any ideas as to the value? 
Has all parts except door handle.
Looking for the missing handle too if you know where I can find a replacement.

Thanks!

FYI...your picture is of a single vend CV72, not the dual vend CV102, I know "cause I own one ( CV72) although it does use the same dual control relay box inside.  The dual vending version had the star-burst lock eustachian (trim)  plate, while the single used this round style trim for the door lock. Plus your pictured machine has no selection buttons for either vending selection.

[Pixel]

Welcome to the site & the Choice Vend owners "club"  

AKA, the Society for Machines that Are Sensationally Heavy, or S.M.A.S.H.  for short.

[jrl]

Thanks for correcting me.  And,  I am glad to be in the Choice Vend Club!  
Was there ever any decals like the one on the side of your CV on the front?
I am trying to figure out if I should leave it "blank"  on the front or add a decal to represent the brands.

[jrl]

The machine has the original Manufacture Tag and it is listed as a:
Model Number CV102
Serial Number B 3271

I can send a photo if necessary.  I am positive that the body is a CV-102.  Perhaps the changer was changed out sometime over the years.