RetroHacker
Well-known member
Thinking about getting a soda machine for the game room
This is one of those things I've wanted to get for a long time. I've actually got one - but it's an ancient one from the 60's that vends only glass bottles. Cool, but not the time period I remember, or am after.
The machines I fondly remember had a flat front, and took coins (no bills). They dispensed cans. The front was mostly a large plexi graphic (Pepsi, Coke, RC, whatever), and the buttons were down the right side below the coin slot. The top button was much larger than the rest of them, and had the regular Coke or regular Pepsi selection. In the corner of each button was a little red lamp that would light up if that selection was sold out. This would have been the late 80's/early 90's.
I also remember some old machines with multiple slots that the soda came out of - and I think some of those had fake woodgrain on the lower part. They were probably 70's era. Haven't seen one in ages though.
Looking around, most of the machines I see for sale are either newer ones with the curved fronts, or really old ones like the one I've got already. Anyone know what kind of machine I'm thinking about? Was it a common model? Are machines from that era hard to come by, or is it just that I need to look in the right place?
-Ian
This is one of those things I've wanted to get for a long time. I've actually got one - but it's an ancient one from the 60's that vends only glass bottles. Cool, but not the time period I remember, or am after.
The machines I fondly remember had a flat front, and took coins (no bills). They dispensed cans. The front was mostly a large plexi graphic (Pepsi, Coke, RC, whatever), and the buttons were down the right side below the coin slot. The top button was much larger than the rest of them, and had the regular Coke or regular Pepsi selection. In the corner of each button was a little red lamp that would light up if that selection was sold out. This would have been the late 80's/early 90's.
I also remember some old machines with multiple slots that the soda came out of - and I think some of those had fake woodgrain on the lower part. They were probably 70's era. Haven't seen one in ages though.
Looking around, most of the machines I see for sale are either newer ones with the curved fronts, or really old ones like the one I've got already. Anyone know what kind of machine I'm thinking about? Was it a common model? Are machines from that era hard to come by, or is it just that I need to look in the right place?
-Ian


