V-39 6 cent

[Lulu]

I picked up a V-39 6 cent machine the other day.  Does anyone know around when these were out there?  My memory only goes back to the 10 cent ones.  Thanks.

[BrianB]

Just takin' a stab at it...I think the 6 cent models were considered the "Early" (all red) model which would date it anywhere from 1949 to the mid 50's.

Just a guess, anybody else?

[sodaworks]

That's correct, 49 to mid 50's. for the early model (solid red). mid 50's to 59 on the late models (red and white).

[Lulu]

Mine is all red.  Thanks for the info.
LuAnn

[Jim]

To the best of my knowledge, there are three versions of the V-39:
The first one has the embossed "Ice Cold" on the cabinet door and the raised line that extends up the coin door. The other thing to note is the cabinet has only two louvres on each side for cross ventilation.
The second version dropped the "Ice Cold" and the embossed line and only has the embossed Vendo logo on the cabinet door in the lower right corner. The cabinet louvres have changes; there is more of them and they changed to a smaller size. This version is generally considered to be the start of the "White Top" paint scheme Coca-Cola adopted in 1956.
The last version has the same cabinet as the previous version and now the cabinet door is smooth along the bottom; no embossed lettering at all.

As far as the "six cents" is concerned, Terry & Brian are correct; however, I wouldn't use this method to date your machine. I would look at the serial number to get the manufacture date. Pricing of Coca-Cola wasn't exactly the same throught the country; there seems to have been, for some reason or another, a delay in various geographical areas... Some areas actually had 7 cents and I think the penny or pennies had no effect on the function of the coin mech. It was generally common knowledge to insert the penny first, followed by the nickel to acquire the product. It's been a while since I had a six/seven cent machine, but check to see if the penny is actually utilized in the vending process... I have seen some machines that actually had a Penny Box attached to a machine! Kind of an honor system, place a penny in the penny box and then insert a nickel into the machine for the product. I don't think this lasted very long, just a few months or so, the six cent and seven cent soda because people caught on quickly and the addoption of ten cent sodas became prevolent throught the country.


On a side note, since the Six Cent Soda was mentioned; I thought I would elaborate on my signature... "My Six Cents" when pronounced sounds like "My Sixth Sense" which I used to think I had a Sixth Sense on finding soda machines... At least years ago I did...

[BrianB]

Hehehe, Jim, that's pretty funny about your signature! Thanks for the clarification on this 6 cent matter. I love learning about the in's and out's of various machines!

[MoonDawg]

The coin mech. has 2 cradles. One for a nickle and one for a dime. A penny won't work in either.  Also the coin rejector would not let a penny through to the coin mech.
      Pennies had to deposited somewhere besides the coin slot, or they would reject and return to the coin return cup

[joesquid]

I think it depends on the coin mech.  I just got done repairing a 6 cent coin mech that came out of a Vendo 39.  The penny worked a separate cam that worked in conjunction with the 5 cent cam.  Apparently it was designed to be a 7 cent coin mech but a special penny-shaped slug with two projections through the center (like a center shaft) was placed in the penny cam so that only one penny was required to actuate the cam.

[joesquid]

One thing to correct.  The coin mech came out of a Westinghouse WC42T.

[Lulu]

I saw this while browsing.  Is this the "honor box" that was mentioned?  

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