OT-Old Coke Bottle Machine
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Topic: OT-Old Coke Bottle Machine
Posted By: Oldoug
Subject: OT-Old Coke Bottle Machine
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2011 at 10:41pm
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I am looking for this particular model of old Coke bottle machine. I just remember these things as a kid and would like to have one someday. I would prefer working condition. Anybody have one they want part with or know of one some place for sale? The closer to Northeast Nebraksa the better. Thanks.  ------------- Matt Folkers FOLKERS RESTORATION Restoring vintage things to last so the future can enjoy our past. |
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Posted By: Dannyhtn
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2011 at 10:52pm
| Matt this one is not exact but is available. Is this the type of restoration done by Folkers' Restoration. I have been looking for parts for a 1947 coolerator fridge and a 60 ish chest type Coca Cola box. mailto:sale-dcaby-2700598876@craigslist.org?subject=Antique%20Coke%20Machine%20-%20%24550%20%28Lexington%2CTn%29&body=AAhttp%3A%2F%2Fjacksontn.craigslist.org%2Fatq%2F2700598876.htmlA - |
Posted By: DREAM
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2011 at 10:54pm
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Matt, I wish I did know where one was. I would have it myself. I remember my grandad's good friend Mr. Emory Swindle had one in his shop. I used to con Paw-Paw into getting me something out of it when we would go over there to visit, or when he would have Mr. Emory do some work on his truck. Was just like that one, except his had a lot more grease and dirt on it. : ) ------------- I didn't do it! It was a short, fat, tall, skinny guy that looked like me! |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 1:05am
| i remember...we used to walk up to them machines with a big cup, open the bottle with a cap remover and let it run in our cups! Doug...i'll look in my collection of pop machines, i know...i have a pepsi one....can't remember if i have a coke one or not! and Danny...you talkin about one of them slider ones? |
Posted By: TexasAllis
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 6:58am
| Wow that brings back memories. My dad had one just like that in his Allis dealership. Kept it stocked with 6 oz bottles. |
Posted By: KenBWisc
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 9:22am
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Old? The machine pictured, to me, is a new one!
------------- '34 WC #629, '49 G, '49 B, '49 WD, '62 D-19, '38 All Crop 60 and still hunting! |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 9:26am
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Shameless, those slider ones were the greatest!! Just bring straws along!! And I think every kid I ran around with had a church key in their pocket!!
------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Nathan (SD)
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 9:33am
| My first job had one just like that. On the money meter where the nickel fell in, there was a microswitch. The maitenence guy rigged a little extension to rest against the back of the woodgrain outer panel. Push on the panel so it flexed and the meter would register a nickel. Push on the panel with your knee seven times and pull your bottle out. Owner caught on to us when machine was empty and there was about $2 in the change can. He made us pay up as a group or the machine was gone. |
Posted By: oldironguy
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 11:26am
| My first job was as a junior counselor at Camp Crossland, a boy scout camp in norhteastern Indiana. The trading post had a slider machine. We were somewhat honest scouts so there was only a limiated amount of thievery but I well remember how cold those cokes felt and how good the peanuts we put into the bottle tasted. And who's old? |
Posted By: ky wonder
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 11:50am
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there is one of those in my local barbershop, here in horse cave, and it is the only survivor i know of, he keeps it filled with the new small bottles and i still enjoy a cold drink at the barbershop evertime i stop in, cokes are $.75 cent and haircuts are $5.00, ------------- i like old tractors of all colors |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 11:56am
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I've seen a few of those in the past. I remember one place having the chest type that you slid your bottle around and pulled it up and out. Later on I remember a junkyard I used to go to that had one with beer in it... ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: SenseiCrusher
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 12:59pm
| The front bumper of my '69 Chevelle had a spot that would pop a cap with one swift hit. Lots of coke bottles found their end at that bumper, later on even more beers. You guys are making me wish for the old days when everyhting seemed fun, sweet, clean and simpler. Now I want a Coke machine, you guys are not a good influence! Well maybe you are. |
Posted By: NDCurt
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 1:46pm
| You guys are making me remember getting an ice cold Squirt out of the slider at the grain elevator with my Dad. 10 oz. for a dime during harvest. Great memories |
Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 5:40pm
Here are a couple of mine. The first one is a spin top and there is only one selection because that's all there was, Coca-Cola.
  ------------- Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 5:49pm
| Arnie at the local gas station when I was a kid had one just like the last pic of Lonnies. I remember getting a coke and smoke would come out and it burrned my tongue when I was a kid. When I was a little older and started to chew he kept the copenhagen in that cooler. I remember when it went from 50 cents to 75 cents. |
Posted By: Orange Blood
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 6:34pm
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Hey Doug,
Here is one I found similar to it. I would be willing to get it to Grand Island or so.
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Posted By: SenseiCrusher
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 8:28pm
| http://rochester.craigslist.org/clt/2670303952.html - http://rochester.craigslist.org/clt/2670303952.html One near me. |
Posted By: Dannyhtn
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 10:36pm
| Shameless, my box is large and has lids that hinge open from either side of the box. It needs a lot of work but is similar to one we had in a country store operated by my family from the late 50s to early 80s. I loaded the drinks as a kid and they set in cold water. When we would pass the store coming from picking cotton or other farm tasks we would stop and get drinks that were so cold , ice formed in the neck when the tops were popped. The first drink of slushy cola was so good I can still taste them over 50 yrs later. My grandparents swapped the chest box for an upright like the one that started this post. The drinks were never as cold in the upright machine as they were in the chest box. My bos needs gaskets, handles, the 2 bottle cap catchers,and tlc. |
Posted By: 427435
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2011 at 11:20pm
Ahhh, peanuts in a bottle of Coke or Pepsi while shooting a game of pool!!! The pool hall kept their Pepsi so cold, that it would freeze when you took the cap off. Those were the days. I never heard of using cups or straws to steal the pop-------guess I ran around with a different crowd. ------------- Mark B10 Allis, 917 Allis, 7116 Simplicity, 7790 Simplicity Diesel, GTH-L Simplicity Ignorance is curable-----stupidity is not. |
oldironguy wrote:Posted By: Roger L
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2011 at 7:40am
| I have a coke machine that looks just like that I would sell for $400.00. It worked when we used it several years ago in our shop. I can deliver to Yankton SD if that helps as i am from SD north of Yankton. I can send photos if you would like. Thanks Roger |
Posted By: Oldoug
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2011 at 10:14am
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Thanks for all the replies and offers for help to find me one and the williness to help with hauling and everything guys. I never knew that a simple picture of a pop machine could bring out so many memories...lol. Roger I am interested in your machine and sent you a message. I hope it went through. Thanks.
------------- Matt Folkers FOLKERS RESTORATION Restoring vintage things to last so the future can enjoy our past. |
Posted By: TimNearFortWorth
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2011 at 12:03pm
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Yup, remember when the wrestling team got caught.
Layed the machine down on it's back, opened the narrow door and popped all the tops with a bottle opener. Coaches talked for years how they rounded the corner to find all the boys crouched over the machine with soda straws sucking it dry.
Their workouts had a little work added after that as nobody back then would dare suspend a good athlete.
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Posted By: SenseiCrusher
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2011 at 12:33pm
| Tim you were teh original Vampires. |
Posted By: Justin Widlund (IA)
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2011 at 1:20pm
| There used to be an identical machine in D & K Implement in Pomeroy, IA. It used to be an Allis dealer called Garber-Birkey. It was there until the early 1990's but don't know beyond that. |
Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2011 at 9:03pm
Here is one I bought a couple weeks ago. I've been looking for a small can machine, all the rest of mine use bottles. The guy said he hadn't used it for several years but thought something was wrong last time he did use it. I plugged it in and the fan motor for the condenser was stuck so I got a new one for $25 and everything seems to be working fine. Just need to pick up a new bulb for the Coca-Cola sign tomorrow.
 ------------- Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker |
Posted By: Protrucker
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2011 at 10:10pm
It's a little easier to see it when it's re-sized.
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Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2011 at 10:15pm
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We had one like that in our fratenity at college.Did not have soda in it.Number one rule,,, Do not let any parents get a soda out of the machine ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: farmtoybuilder
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2011 at 9:02am
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We have one like you pictured Matt. Wish ours looked that good. It needs restored and bottom is pretty rusted on one side. It's been sitting out in shed for years. Don't know why? We should have kept it inside. I can remember filling it every week at dads shop when I was young :) Think I'll have to add that to rstore list. ------------- 5 different TT-10's,5 TT-18's Terra Tigers,B-10,2 B-207's,B-110,2 B-112's,HB-112,B-210,B-212,HB212,2 Scamp's & Homilite T-10. Still hunting NICE HB-112 & anything Terra Tiger & Trailers for them. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2011 at 10:25am
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Used to go to the Sohio station and Coke for a nickel and the guy that got the bottle from the farthest away collected a nickel from everybody. Man a long time ago, I think all the guys that work their are gone but one.
Tom
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