Greetings all,
Haven't been on much lately due to other project interests, but I snagged this guy last month off the local Craigslist. It's a Vendo VP-400-2 premix machine. It appears to be in original unmolested condition. Still assessing everything, but I don't see any glaring defects, mods, etc. It gets cold and it even has about 50 original Coke cups in the dispenser!
For some reason I was thinking this machine mixed syrup and carbonated water at the dispense point, but after reading up on what little I can find, I realize it only does premix. I was a little disappointed as premix has pretty much gone the way of the dodo bird, but then I read that a lot of people dump in 2 liter bottles of soda in the Corny kegs until full and that works just as well. Seems like it'd be just as easy to "taint" one of the kegs with some Captain Morgan or Jim Beam and make the machine VERY popular at the next get-together.
Only have a couple pics right now, but will try to get some better resolution photos soon. Moving it was a bear. This thing is HEAVY. Then with 4 kegs plumbed in, two more on the pre-cool rack, and a bottle of CO2, I'll bet it's easily over 600 lbs.
Would love to hear from anyone that has any experience with this unit as far as what kind of gotchas I can expect, sources for cups, etc.
Front view:
Inside the front door:
Premix storage:
-Jim
