We get asked a lot about loading this model, mostly because of the weighed drum can be confusing to use at first. There are a few different methods to load it with bottles, but this is our favorite way to explain it. https://youtu.be/BrilCF-WMJY
Yearly Archives: 2022
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Before Images We recently finished this Cavalier 51 machine. These are a beautiful 1950s machine that uses a mechanical coin mechansim and vending advance system. Inside the bottles are loaded into an ammo belt like chain. Each crank of the handle advances the belt to to the next bottle, lining […]
There are some differences between the Canadian Vendo 44 and the USA version of the 44 machines. I have not figured them all out yet, but I thought I would pass some information along today, and show a recent restoration of one we did for a nice customer in Quebec. […]
We just finished this Vendo 56 Full restoration. Here are some before and after images. Before Images After the Restoration
A highlight video of a Vendo 44 full restoration, as a featured on the refurbished series of INSIDER
We recently completed the restoration of this Westinhouse Jr Coke Cooler. This was a full restoration, we brought it down to the bare metal and then restored it back inside and out. This is truely a piece of Americana. Before Images After the restoration Images
Our customer from Alabama shipped this Vendo 110 to us to restore. The story was this was his father's machine, and at some point, his dad removed all the interior parts, bottle stack, shelves, etc, and used the machine to cool meat.
We are starting a full restore on a Vendo 39 for a customer. We just got the machine in, and I thought we would share what we found inside. Somewhere in the past, someone had rigged it up to vend cans, which can normally be tricky on this model. We will be putting it all back to original during the restoration, but this idea was simple and rather clever.
We just finished up this Cavalier 96 Full restoration for a customer. Before Image After Restoration Images
We have been filming the last 4 weeks We were contacted by Insider, a division of Business Insider Magazine about filming a restoration for a series they are doing on different items people restore. So over the last month, we have been filming the restoration of this Vendo 44 for […]
