Yearly Archives: 2021
Here is a before and after on a Cavalier 96 restoration we recently completed. This is a great little machine, similar to Cavalier 72 with a few more shelves. Use the slider on the image to see the before and after. Below are a few more images after completion.
Somestimes the memory is most important. That was the case with this Vendo H56 Pepsi machine. My customers grandfather had it for years. My customer remembered it well worn, lots of patina. When he got it, he wanted to get it working, but leave the patina as it was, just […]
I remember wanting to buy my first vintage Coke machine for my office. I had no idea what to get, what different brands or models were worth, what to look for, and how to be sure I was not being ripped off! I would like to share some general thoughts […]
Our customer from SC came across this old 1950s Vendo 216. I believe he told me someone was discarding it, and he jumped in an made an offer to keep it alive. Well, when we got the machine, it was apparent that over the years someone has tried rig the […]
We did this one just before the holiday last month for a local customer and friend of ours. It is a Vendo 56 – complete restoration. New Cooling system. It was a present for this father, who has had the machine for a long time. Before After
I wanted to highlight a project we did last year for a customer on a Glasco slider 50 cooler box. These boxes are common and this is a solution for getting them up and running again. This cooler was missing the slider insert completely, and the customer wanted to use […]
For those, like myself, who work on vintage machines, we see and hear this often: “It runs fine, does not get that cold, it just needs Freon!”