I bought this on ebay from a seller who'd picked it up at an estate sale (for cheap, by the way he did well on this one).
Unlike the F200, every example I've seen of this model is painted bright red. Like the F200, this model has body side decals and a dish to catch the exiting gumball. The front body tag lists the company as Ford Vending Machine Corp., East Aurora, NY.
The serial number is stamped into the coin slot cover instead of the front body tag and remains there through today. The only difference I can see between the F200 and F300 body styles is that the coin slot on the F300 is still raised but the raised part is now part of a coin slot cover riveted to the top of the body. The body's serial number is 12497, which Silent Salesmen Too dates to 1924 or 1925. The second picture shows an early all-round globe with a cloverleaf decal on Ford's second body, the F300. Either way, it's a shame the globe got lost along the way. I bought this body without a globe from someone who'd bought it for $7 at a low-end swap meet, so it may have originally been a York rather than a Ford. The embossed globe was reproduced sometime between (I believe) 19, and even the reproductions don't appear often these days. These are harder then hens' teeth to find. This machine also has an original Ford-embossed globe with the round top and round front. The inside is also this color and I've talked to another collector who has several repainted F200's with original dark maroon paint on the inside of the machines, so this is an original color for this model. The paint on this example is darker than any I've seen on another Ford-viewed live it's dark maroon, almost brown. Silent Salesmen Too dates this serial number to 1923 or 1924.
Helen Of Troy 1956 Movie Torrent Download here. This tag says 'FORD SALES VENDING CORPORATION, East Aurora, N.Y. The body has a raised coin slot that's formed directly into the top plate, and the serial number is printed on the lower right of the front tag. The machine on the far left is the earliest style Ford made, and is the same style seen on the York. What follows is a short description of each: 1.
Pictured above are various Fords in chronological order of body and globe styles from the early 1920s through about 1960. I know of only 4 Yorks that exist today, all of which have 'YORK' embossed on a round globe that's a lot smaller than the embossed Ford globes. It started with the, which was invented by Wallace Mason and his son, Ford, and quickly evolved into the Ford. The Ford design has changed very little over the years. You can read about Ford's humble origins. They're small, simple machines, but a nice early example has great character at an affordable price. I agree with this assessment of later Fords, but I really like the early models. Is there a guide to determine when the machine was made (by serial. This is a vintage Ford gum vending machine from. Ford machines are eschewed by some collectors because of their abundance and the great similarity between models.įord Gum Machine Stand Top -First picture shows how stand top is attached to the Ford Gum Machine Base. Home Page _ Ford (Click on image to enlarge it) Ford Sales Vending Machine Corp., East Aurora, NY (founded by Ford Mason in 1919) Ford Vending Machine Corp., East Aurora, NY Ford Gum and Machine Co., Inc., Lockport, NY and/or Akron, NY, patented 1919, 11 1/ 2' to 12'.