Orange Crush 81

[mygoose101]

Just sharing a quick picture of the OC81 I picked up. When looking for machines, I buy for many different reasons. A nice original machine that I want to keep and display, a good local deal that I can flip to fund other investments, or something that is just so cool that you just want to own, even if it's not for very long. I'm not sure what my plans are for this machine. I found it fairly local where I could drive to see it and I made the deal then.

It's a very sharp machine, love the history as it was a early "Coca Cola Cowboy" machine. I bought it directly from the buyer who bought it from him about 15 years ago and the Chicagoland show. He loved the machine but is going through some health issues that forced him to sell. Every time I would see a OC81 machine like this, I always said if I had to design my own fantasy 81 this would be it. The embossing is perfect for the machine.

[Jim]

Congrats Ray!
Very Nice lookin' machine!

[ld26]

oh man thats sweet, congrats!

[SodaShopNick]

It is beauty and I coach a soccer team that is called the Orange Crush so maybe I need to find one of these.....

[Jared]

Congratulations great addition to the collection

[sc1101]

Great looking machine!

[ajf5577]

Nice addition to your collection, if at least just for a littles while.

[Troy S]

Love It! I would bump the price to a dime. Would love to see how Jack did it.

[MoonDawg]

Would love to see how Jack did it.

      I traveled with Ray to inspect this machine a week ago.
      The welder was top notch! I was looking for a seam but found nothing.

      Now that Ray owns it, he asked if he could bring it into my shop for a cleaning.

      (You know the first thing I am going to do is remove the front door of his machine, lay it flat, remove the door liner and photograph the embossed letters from the inside).

       Pictures to follow!

[Troy S]

Moondawg, 

Thanks for gumshoeing the inside of the door to evaluate how it was done. I have had a couple generic Ideal 35's in the past and wanted to do the same, but every body man I talked to had a different way to do it with no idea how it would turn out.