xpanam
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The last time I saw one of these I was little boy.
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Vintage 1960's Pepsi Machine
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dirtybuck
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Davey:
Too bad she didn't sign it...that really would've jacked up the price.
After viewing a few of those Pepsi commercials, I'm getting an uncontrolable urge to go to the store and buy a Pepsi Throwback.
Too bad she didn't sign it...that really would've jacked up the price.
After viewing a few of those Pepsi commercials, I'm getting an uncontrolable urge to go to the store and buy a Pepsi Throwback.
arbilab
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Whole carton on top of my fridge, cold by the time you get here Buck.
Went to Jungle Jim's last night, and they had Pepsi in glass bottles, that was sweetened with cane sugar. I believe it comes from Mexico. The store has a large selection of sodas in glass bottles, such as Nehi, Dog N' Suds Root Beer, Nesbitt's, Dad's Root Beer and quite a few others. They would be good to stock this machine with.
I rarely go to Cost Plus, but had reason to over the weekend. I noticed they have a lot of "forgotten" brands of soda in bottles there.
The laundromat in my hometown had one of these. When I was in high school, we'd stop at the drive-in to get glasses of ice, then, using a bottle opener, get a free bottle of pop at the laundromat. Did I mention I was a teenage hoodlum?
westingman123
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These were all over when I was a kid. I think a bottle was 50 cents. Oh, but that ice-cold Pepsi on a hot summer day, worth the effort. Thanks for the trip back to youth.
It's times like this that I wish I needed a vintage soda machine that dispenses bottles.
Except for those old Coca-Cola ones where you had to firmly grip the bottle by its crown and give it a hard yank over, down (or up, as the case may have been) and across to extract it. I was always afraid the bottle would shatter or I'd cut myself.
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Except for those old Coca-Cola ones where you had to firmly grip the bottle by its crown and give it a hard yank over, down (or up, as the case may have been) and across to extract it. I was always afraid the bottle would shatter or I'd cut myself.
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arbilab
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The Glasco above gave free sodas "just for asking". Pull the lever just enough to get the bottle out and the coin box didn't reset. Slide another into position and repeat. Being basically honest I never took more than 2 but for one coin it would have been possible to clean the whole box out.
How did I figure that out? The sound the coin box made when the lever was pulled up all the way.
How did I figure that out? The sound the coin box made when the lever was pulled up all the way.
The sound the coin box made when the lever was pulled up all
Along the same lines as a pay phone when you hung up. I could get my dime back if I pushed coin return at exactly the right moment.
But what about the sound of the Glasco mechanism shifting the bottles over a notch? Wouldn't the proprietor catch on if you went after more than a couple of them? I remember those machines being stubborn and touchy. As a kid I would dread it when I'd go into an old store and see that they still had one of those Glascos. I never met up with one that liked me.
Along the same lines as a pay phone when you hung up. I could get my dime back if I pushed coin return at exactly the right moment.
But what about the sound of the Glasco mechanism shifting the bottles over a notch? Wouldn't the proprietor catch on if you went after more than a couple of them? I remember those machines being stubborn and touchy. As a kid I would dread it when I'd go into an old store and see that they still had one of those Glascos. I never met up with one that liked me.
arbilab
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There were also clearance issues. Certain bottles wouldn't allow the 'cheat'. They made the lever open too far. Delaware Punch and Dr Pepper worked though.
Phones? I just tapped the number out on the hook. I spoze being a drummer helped.
Phones? I just tapped the number out on the hook. I spoze being a drummer helped.
There was a certain newspaper box in town that the vendor didn't maintain properly. The problem was that the cash box would get full and you couldn't add more quarters to get your paper. I would get really PO'd at losing a few quarters and then have it jam. Then I figured out that if I gave a few good yanks on the door, the coins would drop all the way through to the coin return slot and the door would open. After a while EXTRA coins would come with it. LOL. I'd take the coins (someone had to) but just one paper. I figured it served the vendor right for failing to keep up with collecting the change.
This all happened more than seven years ago and the statute of limitations has expired.
Oh, and I'm sipping a Mexican Pepsi in real glass bottle with real sugar (no HFCS) as I write this!
This all happened more than seven years ago and the statute of limitations has expired.
Oh, and I'm sipping a Mexican Pepsi in real glass bottle with real sugar (no HFCS) as I write this!
