Found this on Craig's list & just had to go have a look-see, & with the kind permission of the owner (Mr. John Slezak) here are some pictures to share, neat machine, as Ideal made a few upright vendors & this ones kinda cool being a three-selection machine, the main selection button vends 50% of the machines capacity & the other two alternate flavor buttons vend 25% each, it will vend 8-12 ounce glass bottles & from what I could see, it would be easy to get to vend cans, this machine came out of the GM tech center here in Warren Michigan & was in working condition at the time of it's "retirement" however I couldn't ( or dared to ) plug it in due to an extremly dry rotted line cord, the door lock is the same as the Ideal "sliders" & the coinmech is a varible price vendo unit set at 15-cents (which matches to the price cal/sticker) and it's 99.9% complete ( it's just missing the coin-return plunger, but it's the same as found on other side-mounted coin towers of the era) when John the current owner purchased it, it was still stocked with full bottles of Vernors ginger-ale. ( yes he kept a few of them!)
measurments are 72-1/2" High x 32-1/2" wide x 22-3/4" deep. John estimated the weight to be the same as a small motor cycle
so about 550 lbs empty. but it pushes about nicely with an appliance dolly ( he should know, it's been through three house-moves)
the model is listed as a 160D-302 & the serial no. is 2215
Again a special thanks to the owner for sharing this one!
http://detroit.craigslist.org/for/711387789.html
