The Coca-Cola Vendo 6-Case Vertical Cooler
I like this machine, but this upright cooler never really caught on with collectors. I would guess that’s because of its size. I refer to it as a cooler because there is no coin mechanism. Therefore, it’s not fair to call it a soda machine, even though it looks like a Vendo 81 except for the glass door on the right side. Vendo did make a version of this machine with a coin mechanism and it was called the Vendo 110. But if you have the space and are looking for a machine to restore, this is a good candidate. There are no coin or vending mechanisms to mess with and because they were self-service coolers and not vending machines, they were usually kept indoors so you can still find them in pretty good shape. The shelves inside are adjustable so it will hold different size bottles, including longneck beer bottles. Judging by the name I’d guess it holds 144 bottles; 110 ready to vend and 34 pre-cooled. I don’t recall us ever restoring one at Vintage Vending but we did own quite a few over the years.
Vendorlator also made this machine in Pepsi, Royal Crown, Dr. Pepper and (not 100% sure, but would assume) 7-up.
Size:
63” high
32.5” wide
18” deep
Weight: 200 pounds
Produced from the late 40’s to mid 50’s
Manufactured by:
Vendo Company
7209 N. Ingram Ave.
Fresno, CA
If you have ever restored one of these, please ad to the blog with some restoration tips.
10 responses so far ↓
1 Julia // Jul 7, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Does anyone know how much this is worth? I have one…
2 Maria // Jul 15, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Although I can not give you a value, if you browse ebay frequently they do turn up there and it will give you an idea of what the coolers are currently selling for.
3 Walt // Jul 22, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I’m interested in purchasing one of these or similar model, as far as value is concerned I don’t know
4 Mike // Feb 22, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Where can I get parts for a Vendo 6-Case?
5 Carl Brehm // Apr 19, 2009 at 12:24 pm
I have a Vendo 144 – but no coin mechanism. If you have one – please let me know. It doesn’t need to work – I am just looking to make the machine look complete.
carl.brehm@roadrunner.com
Thanks!
6 vintagevending // Apr 20, 2009 at 9:11 am
We no longer do soda machine restorations, and we are not in the business of selling parts. We recommend you check out fun-tronicsllc.com for soda machine restoration parts. They have a good variety of quality parts.
7 dinie // Mar 11, 2010 at 7:00 pm
i have this identical machine, but need a fan-does anyone have an idea of where i can purchase this part?
8 vintagevending // Mar 12, 2010 at 9:39 am
Dinie,
You can purchase a fan at this link: http://www.fun-tronicsllc.com/store.php?crn=320
9 Fattboy // Jun 13, 2010 at 2:01 pm
I just picked one of these up at an auction last week-end…… paid a bit under 300.00 for it. It has one dent and a little work to get her running. I can not find a price list for my resale on this. Anyone got an idea….. I thought it was decent enought condition….all original I think.
10 rocky // Jul 18, 2010 at 8:25 pm
i just bought a vendo 83 where can i find parts to restore it totally
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