Bottle Cap Catcher Needed

[SODAPOPBOB]

Great restoration. It says "You'll Like It" and we do.

Here's an Orange Kist dispenser that looks almost identical. Is this the type of cap catcher you are looking for?

SPB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Celery ~

As you know, there are variation cap catchers. Some are roundish and some are squareish. According to the ads I've seen, it appears the rounded design is the more common type like the one shown here and the one on the Orange Kist cooler.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

PS ~

I couldn't find any round one's but I did find this unpainted square one ...

http://www.fun-tronicsllc.com/index.php?crn=352&rn=599&action=show_detail

Single hole @ $26.50

 

[vintage57]

At the risk of sounding mean, doesnt that look like a tin can cut about 3/4 of the way around, the lid bent up and a hole drilled for hanging? Call it a poor man's cap catcher. LOL!

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Dennis ~

Although the name "Glascock Brothers Manufacturing Company" of Muncie, Indiania has not been mentioned yet, if the information is correct regarding the Pepsi Cola cooler pictured below, then it appears your cooler was made by the same company. Is this correct?

Thanks.

Bob

PEPSI COOLER ~ GLASCOCK BROTHERS ~ RESTORED

http://www.icollector.com/Pepsi-Cola-double-dot-Glascock-cooler-fully-restored-in-orig-paint-colors-new-galvanized-interior_i9876206

GLASCOCK BROTHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY ~ BRIEF HISTORY

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/g/glascock/glascock.htm

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

For comparison ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

PS ~

Regarding the Pepsi Cola cooler, the first time I read the description I didn't fully understand what it meant where it says ...

"notice the base plate is the stamping from which the legs were fabricated"

But now I realize it's saying the four legs were cut out from what was originally a solid sheet (shelf) on the bottom of the cooler and then stamped or shaped into the legs. Cool. Waste not want not!

Bob

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Dennis ~

Scroll to and notice the various cap catchers on the 1920s and 1930s coolers, especially the Glascock models. I wonder if yours originally had a rounded one or a flat one?

Bob

Extensive website with everything you ever wanted to know about Coca Cola coolers and vending machines ...

http://www.vintagevending.com/category/coca-cola/feed

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Dennis ~

I guess I'm hooked on your cooler because, amongst other things, I am looking for and hoping to find the original patent design, which I haven't found yet but hope to eventually. So unless you tell us otherwise, I will assume your cooler was made by the Glascock Brothers, with the earliest date I've seen for them and related to coolers is 1929.

As far as finding the right cap catcher goes, I bet these guys either have one in stock or else can find one if you were to contact them ...

HOME:

http://www.antiquevending.com/

PHOTO GALLERY:

http://gallery.antiquevending.com/squaretop2.htm

SIMILAR MODEL:

http://gallery.antiquevending.com/glascock.htm



This picture is from a 1930 Glascock Brothers catalog, which I thought was interesting because they describe a cap catcher as a ...

No. 1-28 "Crown Container" ... and available for .25 cents each.

 

[epackage]

I can have one of those made for under $10-15 I bet...[]