A couple of vendo's on ebay

[davethebirdman]

Some more

[davethebirdman]

More

[davethebirdman]

Last noe for now. What do you all reckon... Is it salvagable??

[dr galaga]

Looks good.  Like you said, some surface rust but no holes.  I think you did well.
Are you going to try to restore/paint it yourself, or do you think you'll take it somewhere?

[MoonDawg]

Dave, execllent machine.  I have restored much worse. The rod you are missing connects the back of your coin mech. to a linkage right below your bottle door.  Look inside your main door, you will the see the indentation where it goes

[vendobaldtops]

Great machine...I have a 56 totally taken apart if you need pics of anything.  Regarding the coin mech...looks like you just need to attach a handle to it on the front side.  Not sure if the bottle rack has the cam on the bottom.  Best.

[vendobaldtops]

Vendo 56s are one of my favorite machines as well.  Welcome to the club!

[davethebirdman]

Dr - Would like to THINK I'd do it myself but in reality I think that I will get someone to do the
hard work.

Glenn & Vendobaldtops - Have enclosed a couple of pictures about the vending mech. I can see where the rod goes but can't work out how it affects the vending. Must be some bits missing. What stops the buyer grabing as many bottles as he wants?? At the bottom of my bottle covering there isn't anything.

Will have to sort myself out a manual ASAP.

dAVE

[loman4ec]

I think I have a spare rod for the door liner. If you aren't in a hurry when I am back in the states I will look for it. If I do have one you can have it.

[davethebirdman]

Josh

that's very knid of you I might just take you up on it. I'm seeing bits and pieces of Coca Cola stuff every now and again on Ebay UK from Singapore. I think there is some kinda cooler on there at the mo.

Dave