New find. c-64 c-55 c-96

[loman4ec]

Well here are the three machines that I drove 1000 miles to pick up yesterday. The 64 is really nice. It has been painted and the painter did a really good job although he didn't finish the job but I have the paint code and hopefully it will match. The white sides and red have a coke are painted on and not decals. the icside looks like it was hammertone painted but is smoother. It looks really good.

The C-55 is a little rougher than I thought. It is solid and most of the rust is not all the way through. It is all there and I will plug it in tomorrow.

The 96 is just a parts machine. It is already torn apart and ready to go on ebay.
Not a bad deal. I am really happy with these and the price was right.

[loman4ec]

[MoonDawg]

Told you this shop would be full in no time!!!!  

[loman4ec]

It sure is filling up. I also got 8 working Coinco changers out of the deal. The guy I got these from is a vending machine repair tech for Coke. He is a really nice guy. He said he is always picking up these machines from routes so he said he will be in touch with me. I hope to go visit him again soon. He has a really nice collection. A bunch of machines and buttons. What a cool job that would be. I hope to shoot paint on the 64 soon. I would like to get it done and sell it so I can afford to do the 55. It is going to need alot. I might even have to find another cabnet.

[BrianB]

Great job, Josh! Let me know how that Cav 55 works out.

[Eric]

Wow... Look'n good! Wonder if the Hammertone was shot through a gun and thinned down
a little to lay smoother anyone know?...
Set a machine outside if you can to attract other machines... You running any ads?
Wonder if you ran a restoring ad if that would bring in calls...

Keep us posted on the progress....

Eric

[loman4ec]

I got in touch with the painter. The inside is painted with a hammer tone like paint available at sherwin williams. It is shot through a gun. It looks great!! I am not running any ads as of now. I actually found these on ebay. The 64 ran for a long time and never sold. I guess people didn't want to fool with putting it together. He ran the 55 for a few days with a buy it now of like $200 and no hits. I emailed him and he called me back on Christmas eve and we workrd out a deal. All 3 machines and 10 coin changers for $240. Talk about a great Christmas present. I now have the paint code for the 64 and I am going to try to shoot some paint before the weekend.

[BryanH]

Quote (Eric @ Jan. 10 2006,8:40)

Wow... Look'n good! Wonder if the Hammertone was shot through a gun and thinned down a little to lay smoother anyone know?...

I did all the internal pieces on my VMC56 using Hammerite through a gun. I think the finish was great.  Had to thin it down a fair bit.  My first gun was a siphon feed HVLP from Sears.  It worked but I had to shoot it at pressures a fair bit higher than recommended.  I have since purchased a gravity feed HVLP gun (an ebay knockoff) that works great at proper pressures.

I did find that the second gun, shooting at a lower pressure, had less hammer dimpling on its finish than the first gun did.  Also seemed to show that the thinner the paint the less dimpling on the finish.

[johnieG]

Looks good Josh nice find! here's some pic's of a Vendo HA56C I just picked up today, I scored it on Ebay, the seller didn't meet his reserve, but he offered it to me via a "second chance offer", & we came to an agreement, said he & his wife were moving & didn't wish to take it with them...and now it's in the 'Barn, It's nice (for a "C" model) it has the bottle door lamp, the lightup is perfect, hate the woodgrain, but she runs & is straight & solid...I also picked up a real nice Vendo V63/Coke I'll post some pictures of it too once I get my digital cameras memory stick up loaded to a cd, ran out of room on the camera...

[johnieG]

Doh! try again...