The Spacarb 4-D-51 hot and cold drink vendor was manufactured in the mid 40’s to early 50’s. As with any other drink vending machine from its time, not many of these have survived.
The vending options are listed as any combination of carbonated drink, non-carbonated (or “still”) drink and hot drink, adding up to a [...]

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Atlas ColSnac Ice Cream Vendor
The 1950’s Atlas ColSnac Ice Cream Vendor allowed merchandisers to sell ice cream bars on a stick at locations other than the grocery store. These would have been placed at locations such as filling stations, pharmacies and similar venues. As the ad says, “ColSnac gives you the opportunity to open up [...]

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1950’s Vendo Milk Machine
The 1950’s Vendo Milk Machine is very rare and highly sought after by collectors. We were lucky enough to find 4 of these at one time. So instead of restoring them all in the traditional blue they originally came in, we decided to have some fun.

As you can see, this particular [...]

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The Cavalier Coca-Cola vending machine was designed by Cavalier to compete directly with the Vendo 39. It vends 51 cold bottles of Coca-Cola and pre-cools 36 bottles, which is a greater volume than the 39 vended, 20 cooled of the Vendo 39. Other features you can see listed in this brochure are that it’s easy [...]

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Pepsi-Cola Mexican Mini Cooler
Here is a very interesting Pepsi cooler. Because it is a double-dot we know it is from the 40’s. We also think it is from Mexico because of the decals on the side of the original. It looks like more of a mini-fridge icebox than a cooler, and is definitely an original [...]

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The Revco Mono-Mat and Duo-Mat
Here are a couple of interesting ice cream cup vending machines. The Revco Mono-Mat and the Duo-mat made by Revco Inc. of Deerfield, Michigan. The Mono-Mat held 121 cups and spoons and offered one choice of ice cream. The Duo-mat held 226 cups and spoons and offered two selections.

When we were [...]

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