Where do you use your vintage soda machine(s)?

[MoonDawg]

That Vendo 80 does'nt look bad enough to be sent out to the restoration shop.  Nice original look as is.

I wish I could just polish it up but the resolution of the photo doesn't show much about the true condition.  The machine was repainted sometime in it's service life, sadly it wasn't a very good paint job.  Plus, hidden in the photo is some really severe surface rust on the bottom edge of the door.  Also, there is a dent in the top right corner of the cabinet, the coin door is dented and badly bent, and the white area on the top of the door has some rust pitting, though luckily it isn't through the metal.  The machine was a $350 bargain though and it's very complete and restorable.  I'm hoping to turn it into the showpiece of my collection.  It's remarkably straight except for the aforementioned dent and coin door.  I like to believe that it will easily be worth what I'm putting into it.  If anyone has a good chrome coin entry bezel please let me know.  Thanks!
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[dr galaga]

Nice college set up lonestaraggie!  Nothing beats a nice cold pop or beer out of a real machine!  

[BrianB]

That Slectavend rocks! Yeah, those 10-2-4 bottles are pretty expensive to get a hold of. But at least living in Colleg Station you are a hop, skip and a jump from Dublin! Speaking of Dr. Pepper, I just got a case of it from them yesterday. Man....what a difference! Money well spent! Now if I could only get my machine back together.... '>  

Lonestar, your machines look great and good luck with that 80! Look forward to seeing the finished product!

Very true, living so close to Dublin is a blessing.  I was just up there yesterday exchanging my returnables.  I guess it could be called a curse as well in the fact that I spend a couple of hundred dollars on DP every time I go up there.  It's cool to be on a first name basis with the staff up there and for certain.  My dentist loves me and so do his kids who I'm sending through college...
A funny story from yesterdays trip.  I finally amassed enough of a collection of embossed DP bottles (the really old ones) to bring an entire case to be filled.  Talk about heartbreaking... I got to watch those classics run through the bottling line.  They were'nt cracked to begin with but four cracked in the bottle washer and two exploded in the bottle capper.  The shards of broken glass proceeded to wipe out one of the hoses on the bottle filler.  I stood amongst the rest of the tour group nearly in tears.  The bottling line crew couldn't have been nicer.  They gave me back my case of vintage bottles with all the shards from the broken bottles wrapped up in towls.  Despite the carnage on the bottling line I still have to give them credit.  Filling a specific case of bottles and returning those same bottles to a customer while you wait is an extremely tall order that they were only too happy to accomodate.  What a nice bunch of folks.
Thanks guys for all the compliments!

[glassbottlesrule]

Yeah great room,  I love those early selectivend's.  Here is my living room with my Pepsi 110.  I've put switches on the lights because those babies are bright at night.  My Coke 154 was alongside but I moved to make room for yesterday's purchase,  a pristine Williams Defender Game.  Has been in storage for 20 plus years.  It's off topic but I will post pics after I clean it up.

[BrianB]

Carnage on the bottling line......Wes Craven might be down for some of that action!! The real reason I wan't to visit the Dublin Dr. Pepper plant is to meet that blonde from their website  '>

Nah, seriously now, I'd like to see the bottling line and the whole shabang. Never had a chance to set foot inside a soda pop bottling plant, just beer. Plus I could go buck wild in the gift shop without the hassle of paying shipping and handling!

She is really cute though   <---(two track mind. Soda Pop & girls, sorry)

[loman4ec]

Nice pepsi 110. It looks like it is a wider Vf90.

[Bob K]

Do I see "Rock'em Sock'em Robots" on the top of that Pepsi 110? '>   I had a blast with those guys when I was a kid...

You're lucky Markito isn't here, he'd give you #### for storing stuff on top of your machine... '>

[glassbottlesrule]

Yeah, those are rock-em's.  I have to put stuff on top of the machine otherwise I'd run outta room.  Yeah the 110 is just a wider 90.  Same width as the 77 and 154.  Only problem is finding parts because it's wider than 63's and 90's.