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« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2013, 07:55:22 pm » |
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About 20 years ago, I was living in KC and Sharper Image came out with restored 44s in their magazine. The story, as I recall, and this may not be completely accurate, was that someone found a bunch of old machines in a KC warehouse. They bought them as a complete lot and built a bunch of restored machines for the magazine. It was one of the first times saw a restored machine and one of the first images that made me want to have one. And of course it was a 44 that I had to have.
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Brian
Vendo 56 - restored
Vendo 81 - in progress
Vendo 39 - in the rough
Rockola 1428 - Original
1959 Williams Pinch Hitter
Wurlitzer 1400
1930 Koken Barber Pole
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BrianS
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« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2013, 07:57:40 pm » |
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Went searching for any info to back up the Sharper Image story. Didn't find out where they go them, but did find a reference to the magazine from a '91 LA Times article on a local restorer.
"The Vendo 44 commands the greatest price because it is narrow and compact, traits valued by collectors who display the machines in their homes. Hatch said he pays $1,200 to $1,500 for the tattered Vendo 44s, sinks $500 in materials and 60 hours of work into restoration and sells them for $4,500. The same machine, reconditioned, was recently advertised in the Sharper Image catalogue for $7,700."
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Brian
Vendo 56 - restored
Vendo 81 - in progress
Vendo 39 - in the rough
Rockola 1428 - Original
1959 Williams Pinch Hitter
Wurlitzer 1400
1930 Koken Barber Pole
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genudoc
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« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2013, 09:06:28 pm » |
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Remember the 44 was on the cover of Sharper Image one year
8k I believe was list price
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Jacobs56(2)
Cavalier 54
Cavalier 72
Cavalier 51
Vendo 44
VMC 27
VMC 33
Glasco Slider
Vendo 110
Stoner Candy Machine
200Gumball Machines- I have a sickness
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genudoc
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« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2013, 08:23:54 am » |
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IS the can conversion difficult ?
Anyone have details ?
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Jacobs56(2)
Cavalier 54
Cavalier 72
Cavalier 51
Vendo 44
VMC 27
VMC 33
Glasco Slider
Vendo 110
Stoner Candy Machine
200Gumball Machines- I have a sickness
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Victor
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« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2013, 10:57:36 am » |
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Very easy they are marked left and right .
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cyberphox
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« Reply #15 on: November 03, 2013, 07:38:49 pm » |
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all you need to do is take the clip off the back...then undo enough screws to remove the bottle rockers and slip in the can ones...
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genudoc
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« Reply #16 on: November 10, 2013, 11:16:30 pm » |
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thanks
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Jacobs56(2)
Cavalier 54
Cavalier 72
Cavalier 51
Vendo 44
VMC 27
VMC 33
Glasco Slider
Vendo 110
Stoner Candy Machine
200Gumball Machines- I have a sickness
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sodaman
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« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2013, 12:16:01 pm » |
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If you are looking for one to restore and you don't have much experience, make sure everything is there before you buy, if it is missing the rack and the coin mech plan on spending up to $1000 to replace them.
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VMC 81:RC, 7UP Pepsi
Jacobs: 26(4), 160, 35, 50, 56
Quikold RC, Orange Crush, Barqs
General Vending Leader , Master & Midget(THE DALY 32)
American Vendor 124
Guiberson, DP 27 W/stand
VMC 33 7UP, Pepsi
Mills 45, 47A, 120 W/bottle display
2 Delf Triples VMC 72
70+ soda Venders, 6 Stoner
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cormy
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« Reply #18 on: November 19, 2013, 10:16:36 am » |
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I actually prefer the VMC version of this machine.
My favorite machine...easily.
I may sell my others, but NOT my 44!
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BONOVOX
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« Reply #19 on: November 19, 2013, 08:08:24 pm » |
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If I had to pick one over the other, I would pick the VMC 44 over the Vendo any time.
I just think the VMC looks cleaner without the bezel.
I guess I'm just a sucker for a lesser produced machine as well.
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