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    Posted 6 years ago

    David510
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    Came across this machine my thoughts are should I restore n where to begin ?
    One very unique feature n the door theres a can opener you pick up place can in and I'm guessing it popped wholeincanao c

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    1. hpeters0101, 5 years ago
      did you find anything out about this machine. I have the same one. decent shape but the cans won't vend out.
    2. BretSmith BretSmith, 3 years ago
      What you have there is a Vendo H63F. I have the first run, without the can opener, released to the NYC market. These were the first machines to vend cans, which previously were for military use, not commercial sale. The purpose of these machines, first released in 1963, was to test the market for Coke in cans, and to test the market for new products: Sprite, Fresca, and Tab (today called Diet Coke). If you see the Vendo H63 made to vend bottles, that’s the H63C. That design was modified to vend cans, and it was only made in that configuration for a few years, when the design of the van was switched to the modern Aluminum can we know today. Mine vends modern cans just fine, if you email me bretsmith7876@gmail.com I can send you back photos of mine. I’m SUPER jazzed to see that someone else actually has one! They’re super rare and worth a fortune in working condition, but don’t try to restore it, they’re an antique, not just a collectible. The patina matters, so clean it, but don’t repaint it.
    3. BretSmith BretSmith, 3 years ago
      Don’t be shy about fixing the mechanical parts, just don’t paint it.
    4. BretSmith BretSmith, 3 years ago
      On getting the cans to bend out: if you put in coins and hear the mechanism unlock, open the glass door, then lift the tab of the selection you want to make. It takes a surprising amount of force the get the tab to rotate upward because what that tab is doing is forcing the can forward against a retention spring.
    5. Jolly-Mongoose-8091, 2 years ago
      I'm not mechanical, but the cans when I was a kid (I'm 62) were made of tin free steel and had a kind of weld on them. Impossible to crush. Perhaps the machine won't accept the flimsy cans we have today. Good luck, beautiful machine!

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