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centech
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« on: May 07, 2007, 03:12:17 pm » |
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OK, I'm a longtime video/pinball hobbyist who's never before had a soda vending machine and I've decided it's time to make that dream come true. I've read the discussion boards with interest and came up with a wish list for my potential new purchase.
1: Preferably not Coke
2: Bottle vendor
3: Square Top, slant shelf machine
4: As versatile as possible for bottle sizes/possibly cans.
5: Looking to spend 200-400 for a starter machine. Something I can tinker with, but cools and vends as is.
6: Really, preferably any brand but Coke. I'm a diet coke drinker, but would greatly prefer any other brand--maybe because it seems like 80% of the machines out there are Coke.
That said, I've been watching eBay for a couple of months(and here--haven't seen anything close, though), and a couple of Coke machines have come up that are close. As it happens, I'll be real close to both of them with an empty trailer in a couple of weeks just itching to bring something back home. One looks to be a Vendo V-63 or something close and one is a CS-64E looking at the tab.
Cavalier CS64
Vendo VF63
I've talked to the guy with the Vendo and he claims that there's no rust on the inside, and he says what looks like rust near the hinges is just dirt, so it should clean up fine. Haven't talked to the Cavalier guy, that machine looks to be in a bit rougher shape--but it doesn't have that (according to my wife) awful fake woodgrain. And of course, they're both Coke, which is a bit of a bummer. Again, I've got a fair bit of experience with pinball/video, so I'm used to having to fix a machine up a bit, but nothing with refrigeration.  '> Any thoughts for the newbie here? Preferences between machines? Or should I just cool it and keep looking? Or does someone in the Austin/Dallas/Houston area have a nice, working, non coke square top for a reasonable price?
William
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MoonDawg
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« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2007, 04:36:28 pm » |
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Your last sentence said it all! You are from Texas................
Hold out for a Dr. Pepper machine, you'll be glad you did!
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Glen
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halehouse
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« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2007, 04:44:54 pm » |
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Couldn't get your links to work.
If you are set on a squaretop Cavalier or Vendo, I would try to find something like a "USS Cavalier" machine that can vend both bottles and cans since you mentioned that. The overall style of the outside is basically the same, but the stack is different with either pulls or dials and larger openings to allow it to vend cans.
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Vendo 63 Stylestar (Restored)
Glascock Standard
Cornelius 50 Slider (Restored)
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halehouse
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« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2007, 04:48:50 pm » |
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A Vendo Can/Bottle
Here is a Vendo example with the pulls instead of the dials like on my cav.
The $ on this one is a bit high though. Oh, woodgrain can always come off!  '>
(Before & After pics)
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Vendo 63 Stylestar (Restored)
Glascock Standard
Cornelius 50 Slider (Restored)
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« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2007, 04:53:13 pm » |
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Vendo 63 Stylestar (Restored)
Glascock Standard
Cornelius 50 Slider (Restored)
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centech
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« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2007, 04:54:26 pm » |
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Hmm, sorry bout that--the item #'s are:
130110580453
220108939981
But I think Glen's got it right--The wife's a Dr. Pepper fan and I'm not too keen on making the "Coke branded machine" compromise. But any non coke would be cool. Vending cans would be nice, but is certainly no deal breaker. So I'm probably still looking--but definitely looking for ideas. '>
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collecture
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« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2007, 05:02:51 pm » |
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I found a couple machines in the DFW area on Craigslist.
DP Cav USS 64
DP bottle machine - Vendo 56 I think
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Cav 27, 33, CS-55E-2, 72
S-48 DP
Ideal CC 35, Barq's 55
1930s DP Counter Cooler
Vendo Coin Changers (ea. style - orig w/ stand)
Vendo Junior (rest.), 23 Deluxe, 39D, 44, 56RT, 80SS, 81A (orig), 81D, 6 C.V.
VMC 27, 27A, 81D DP, 110 DP
Westy WC-42-T, WC-44SK, WD-5(2), WB60
Victor C-14
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bubba
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« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2007, 08:03:39 pm » |
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Those are 2 nice machines Tom... That USS is a bit steep IMHO, but in nice shape. The other is a VF56 in very nice shape...
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Ken
V-63 -Bottles
2-Cavalier USS-64
VMC ST56B Royal Crown - being built
Vendo HA56C Coke
2-V63C DP
V63C Coke
U-Select-It 5cent candybar machine
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johnieG
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« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2007, 08:05:28 pm » |
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(centech @ May 07 2007,5:54)
QUOTE Hmm, sorry bout that--the item #'s are: 130110580453 220108939981 But I think Glen's got it right--The wife's a Dr. Pepper fan and I'm not too keen on making the "Coke branded machine" compromise. But any non coke would be cool. Vending cans would be nice, but is certainly no deal breaker. So I'm probably still looking--but definitely looking for ideas. '> |
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Spoon-feeding Newbies since 2001...  Yeah..220,221 whatever it takes. Remember, all it needs is a shot of Freon! The Vendo V-83 is the '59 Edsel of the coke machine world. ;p Spray painting does NOT restore a compressor 11 is louder than 10... "Hope" is good, but it's not an action plan. |
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centech
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« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2007, 08:12:14 pm » |
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Well there you go....Both of those Dr Pepper machines seem a 'lil nicer than the two on eBay--and they're more our speed, brand-wise. Not wedded to Dr Pepper, necessarily, but....So that makes that decision--we'll stick it out and see if we can't find something more suited to our wants. The 64 I'd seen before, but the (possibly) Vendo 56 I hadn't. Of those two, it's the one I'd go for(I like the older logos)--except that the Vendo 56 only vends up to 10 oz bottles. Cans, we can do without--but the bottles would have to go to 12 oz. The eventual plan is for two working machines--one slant shelf vendor (the one I'm looking for now) that handles our day to day soda/juice/water needs and one older, single flavor 6.5 oz vendor with an unusual or elegant vending mechanism. You know, one to look at and one to use. Thing is--when I started collecting pinballs I ended up with WAY too many for the room I had, so I know I'm the type to go overboard....So I'd like to get it close to right. Which means I'm still looking, I guess. '>
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