Shop Notes & Blog - Soda City Restorations

Posts about some of the machines and coolers we have done. Not every restore project makes it to the before and after page, but all of them are have challenges and unique situations!

We now offer Coin Mech Repairs

Just a quick note that we have started to offer repairs and cleaning of mechanical coin mechanism. These are non-electric mechanisms that have a […]

What to do if your machine is freezing up

“My drinks are not getting cold and when I open up the machine the evaporator is a block of frost or ice!” There are […]

Full restoration on a Vendo 27a Coke Machine

Before and after on a restoration of a vendo 27a.

How do find out what year my old drink machine was made?

Here’s a question we get asked often. And rightly so, I know when I got my first machine I wanted to determine the year […]

Vendo 44 Restored After Being Submerged in a Hurricane

Hurricane Ian Almost Destroyed this Vendo 44 When Hurricane Ian hit the west coast of Florida in the fall of 2022, most residents were […]

Vintage Coke and Pepsi Restoration Paint Codes

Unfortunately there is not one paint color that was universally used for all vintage Coke Machines. Different brand brands made for Coke may have […]

How to load a Vendo 39 – Video

We get asked a lot about loading this model, mostly because of the weighed drum can be confusing to use at first. There are […]

Cavalier 51 Full Restoration

Before Images We recently finished this Cavalier 51 machine. These are a beautiful 1950s machine that uses a mechanical coin mechansim and vending advance […]