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Lo Cash John
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« on: October 25, 2005, 11:03:03 pm » |
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Today I came across a gentleman who used to work for Coke and he has an old Vendo 144 with two tone paint in okay looking shape. He claims it gets cold and the coin changer still works but he hasn't actually powered it up in a number of years.
Here's where it gets interesitng...The machine has been converted (very professionally) to a "glass door" bottle vendor with the door on the RIGHT side. The owner says that way back when, there was a retro fit kit for these things so they could vend multiple flavors and he thought different size bottles too. The kit included the door parts, whatever internal parts and a cover plate for the chute opening at the bottom of the machine. The cover plate for the chute had some kind of logo on it like an "S" inside a wide letter "V" or similar. The kit was NOT made by Vendo I was told.
Anyway he wants $250 for the thing as is. Does anyone have any comments or input on this? Has anyone ever heard of this kind of kit or conversion?
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loman4ec
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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2005, 11:10:26 pm » |
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It looks like good old Selectivend had another conversion. I would say any roundtop for $250 is worth it. The coin door and cooling system are worth that. Do you have any pictures? I would really like to see it.
Josh
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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2005, 12:09:36 am » |
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I concur with Josh, grab any good condition roundtop for under $500.
And I too want to see piccies.
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MoonDawg
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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2005, 11:39:33 am » |
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A Vendo 144 has the coin door in the center, which would make a glass door conversion difficult.
This may be the Vendo 83 glass door conversion. Pretty rare, good buy at $250
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Kilroy
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2005, 04:39:52 pm » |
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In my neck of the woods, a good condition round top under $1000 is rare. grab it.
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« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2005, 06:54:50 pm » |
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Ditto!
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Lo Cash John
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« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2005, 06:18:36 pm » |
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Yes the coin door is in the middle, but it is now a door model with the door on the right hand side. I'll post pics if it's possible here.
The guy who has this machine has LOTS of round-top machines, square machines, coolers, picnic coolers, gas pumps, coke stuff, etc.
He worked for coke for many years and now is retired running a "junk/antique" shop in Mississippi. I am pretty certain he has never used the internet to sell his machines, he just deals locally. I asked if he'd ever taken a truck load of stuff to any HotRod shows, biker rallies, antique car show/swap meets, etc and he said "No, the idea never crossed my mind". I am considering working with him to list his inverntory online. Should I assume you guys are interested?
Email me if you'd like.
John@LoCashRacing.Org
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Lo Cash John
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« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2005, 06:37:41 pm » |
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So, does anyone know if we can post pictures on the topics? It would sure beat emailing pics out to everyone.
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Kilroy
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« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2005, 06:44:18 pm » |
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LC
Yup, pics can be embedded into a post. Check out the Help Button upper right corner of this screen (or any forum screen) and look for Images...
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