Enjoy A Coke - Cavalier Corporation’s Soda Pop Machine

[Pullstart 62,877]

After grabbing Mrs. P a Westinghouse Coke machine for Christmas last year, I figured my pop machine days are complete.  Well I scooted by a “Barn Sale” sign on the way to town for chicken feed and bedding, so I figured I better investigate on the way home.  Here we go again.

 

It took three of us to load it, so I figured I should be able to get it out myself…

 

[Pullstart 62,877]

I found this cool old cooler too.  Funny, it was three times more than the Coke Machine!  The cool thing, is if ever a piece of wood rots out, I can likely replace it with other skid wood.  As I’m uploading these pictures, I’m thinking of @D_Mac… but I see he already found the post!  

 

 

 

 

[D_Mac 8,619]

I have a nose for coolers !!!

[squonk 41,118]

It's a "Big Tex" ice chest. Which is weird because I associate anything Texass with hot air.

 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,557]

 

[squonk 41,118]

Will it fit through your chop shop door? something tells me something other than Coke is going in that!

 

Edited September 24, 2021 by squonk

[JCM 9,166]

You are bringing  back memories with that Coke machine @pullstart. Back in 1970 there was a pharmacy about a half mile from home that we would walk to that had the glass coke bottles with the greenish tint to them stacked vertically in the machine. My friend and I would each buy a bottle and drink it the store. When we finished drinking them my buddy would then proceed to grab a magazine from the rack next to the coke machine. Unfortunately he decided to grab a periodical by an author by the last name of Hefner and go straight to the, yep you guessed it , the centerfold and open it right up. I can still hear the Pharmacist voice to this day, PUT THAT MAGAZINE DOWN.   Yes we laughed and ran out of the store. We did go back there quite often but only for a coke. By the way it was 10 cents a bottle, don't know what the magazine costs.   

[D_Mac 8,619]

I have one that a friend of mine built for me. The coke cooler I bought and repainted it. The hot rod radio flyers engine is a cooler. Flip up the valve covers and pull out a cold one. Just a few I have. Might say I am " Cooler Heavy "

[ZXT 2,401]

Very cool (pun intended)! Does it work?

[oliver2-44 9,750]

1 hour ago, squonk said:

It's a "Big Tex" ice chest. Which is weird because I associate anything Texass with hot air.

 

Now @squonk we all have to play nice together. 

[Roger R 448]

Great Memories.  I remember one in the basement of the engineering department when I was at Michigan State (1972)  Had a short in the dispensing circuit.  Touch the thing, get a good poke, and a Coke.  Some enterprising individual (not to be named) added a jumper wire in reach of the near by water pipe. (for safety purposes).  It was soon repaired, and that ended that.  

[Pullstart 62,877]

3 hours ago, ZXT said:

Very cool (pun intended)! Does it work?

I have mixed input.  The sign says lights up compressor runs.  The garage sale operator said it killed their gfci.  I’ll do some investigation before plugging in it 

[ZXT 2,401]

34 minutes ago, pullstart said:

I have mixed input.  The sign says lights up compressor runs.  The garage sale operator said it killed their gfci.  I’ll do some investigation before plugging in it 

I don't like having fridges/freezers on GFI's anyways. Seen too many nuisance trip. 

Good that the compressor runs, hopefully it's still full.. otherwise you might have to tap into your R-12 reserve