Information and costs for restorations or repairs on your vintage coke machine. We repair or restore most machines from the 1940s – 1960s, including Vendo, VMC, Cavalier, and Westinghouse.
Repair or Restore - your Two Options
Option 1 Repairs or Partial Restorations
- A repair or partial restoration is when we get the machine vending again, replacing a cooling system, replacing missing or broken parts, restoring the interior, and / or maybe adding a fresh coat of clear coat to the outside – but keeping the patina on the exterior original.
- We do repairs and partial restorations ala carte, see information and pricing
- We always take these in, while full restorations are determined by our schedule.
Option 2 Full Restorations
When you want to restore the machine back close to like-new condition, including a new paint, clear coat and lettering
- Full restoration includes the mechanics and cosmetics, both outside and inside, new paint, clear coat, lettering, decals, cooling system, etc. Partial restorations do not include repainting the machine, just repairs.
- We put a new cooling system in all our full restorations and it is included in the price.
- The machine is disassembled and restored one part at a time.
- The typical time frame is 7 weeks from the time we start.
- Bottom line: most full restorations cost between $4400-$5000, plus any major missing parts
- What typically is done on a full restoration
- Full Restoration Related information
- See Before & After Images | More before and after restoration examples
- Watch a video overview of a full restoration
- Is a full restoration the best choice?
- See current lead times below.
How to get started
Current Restoration Lead Times: Oct-Nov 2023
- For Repairs, Partial Restorations, & Replace Cooling Systems:
- Accepting now –2-3 Week Turnaround Time
- For Full Restorations
- We have only 1 opening for a full restoration in Nov 2023. Please email us images to have your machine considered. We are only taking a limited number of full restorations.
- Sorry, we are not taking horizontal coolers for FULL restoration. We will replace the cooling systems in them. (Cooler = horizontal box with a lid on the top)
- How to ship your machine to us.
Payment Information:
We accept credit/debit cards, Venmo, and Cash. We will email you an invoice when we get your machine that you can pay online. 60% deposit required to start, the balance due at completion.
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