The iPump iMac Computer Gas Pump
At Vintage Vending we first put an Apple iMac computer in an original gas pump in 1999. The idea was to create a workstation for a car collector’s garage or a kiosk for an automobile dealer. The one pictured here we did for ourselves to use at trade-shows and in [...]
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iPump iMac Computer Gas Pump
November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Gas Pumps & Stations · Unique & Unusual · iMac Gas Pump
Hobart Coffee Grinder Restoration
November 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Hobart Coffee Grinder
Here are some “before” and “after” photos of a Hobart coffee grinder we restored. Coffee grinders have been around for a very long time and come in all kind of styles and shapes. They range from commercial models you would find in supermarkets and restaurants to home hand crank grinders. I have always [...]
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1959 Cadillac Couch
October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
1959 Cadillac Car Couch
We restored hundreds and hundreds of items over the years—but only one car couch. Car couches are typically made by cutting off the back quarter of a very distinct collectible car. The secret, however, is that it usually comes from the less collectible four-door model of that car or one that [...]
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Coca-Cola Employee Uniforms
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Official Coca-Cola Company Uniforms
Are you in the mood for a little nostalgia? These photos are of vintage brochures advertising various styles of Riverside uniforms made for the employees of the Coca-Cola Company. The Riverside Manufacturing Company has been in business since 1911, and still makes corporate uniforms today out of Moultrie, Georgia.
Similar to the [...]
Tags: The Cola-Cola Company · Unique & Unusual
Bob’s Big Boy Statue
October 6th, 2008 · No Comments
A Big Bob’s Big Boy
We were always on the lookout for unrestored fiberglass Bob’s Big Boy statues when we where in the restoration business. So when we were offered one at a good price about seven years ago, we said “Sure, we’ll take it”. But when the truck showed up with the delivery, it was [...]
Tags: Bob's Big Boy · Unique & Unusual · Unrestored Statue
Lusse Bumper Car Restoration
September 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
1950’s Lusse Bumper Car Restoration
It’s hard to imagine that there is anyone alive that hasn’t ridden a bumper car at one time or another. Still one of the most popular rides at amusement parks today, bumper cars date back to 1920, when the first bumper car ride was invented by Max and Harold Stoehrer of [...]
Tags: Bumper Car Restoration · Lusse Brothers Inc · Lusse Bumper Car · Unique & Unusual





