Hurricane Ian Almost Destroyed this Vendo 44 When Hurricane Ian hit the west coast of Florida in the fall of 2022, most residents were rightly preoccupied with survival. But after the debris was cleared and the water subsided, it was time to see the damage. This beautiful Vendo 44 was […]
Full Restorations
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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 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 […]
This 1949 Vendo 39 came to us green Our customer has Vendo 39 Coke machine in his collection for while. Along the way, before he obtained it, someone decided to paint it the outside green. So we dubbed it the green Vendo 39. Other than the exterior paint, the […]
Perhaps one of the most desirable machines today is the VMC 44 and its almost identical sister the Vendo 44. This VMC came to us with the door hanging off and lots of rats nests in the base. Our customer was from NC and this was going to be […]
We recently finished this full restoration on a Jacobs 56 Pepsi machine for a customer out west. He shipped his machine to us for a complete restoration inside and out. This is a beautiful machine. It has the classic 1950 round stop with soft lines. The emblem lights up when […]