Vintage Acorn Gumball Machine Restoration

[@lwilton]

Bravo! So nice to see someone really restore an old thing rather than "restore" it into some paisley-painted thing that never was.

[@xman6717]

Aaawww man!!! The old acorn bubble gum machine !!! I remember these back in my day. Late 60s early 70s. The small local grocer had one, but also beside the gum it had small trinkets that maybe you would get with the gum. But sometimes...you put your money in,and nothing would come out. 😅😅 aahhh the good old days😊

[@georgebrown8312]

Beautiful restoration job you did on the gumball machine. It looks much better than before and it works like a charm too. Excellent work as usual.

[@AsYouWereRestorations]

Thanks much for watching, this one was fun and deserved to be back in action for another 50 years!

[@MASI_forging]

Great restoration 👍👍

[@mannywilliams6409]

First time I've seen one restored with its stand. Outstanding job!

[@AsYouWereRestorations]

Many thanks, I thought the stand was pretty special when I first saw it (even covered in rust).

[@jamesventress5200]

Awesome job on the gumball machine.

[@AsYouWereRestorations]

Many thanks for watching!

[@susanbenton8181]

The skillful hands of an artist!

[@AsYouWereRestorations]

Thanks so much for the great comment!

[@pethoviejo]

Nice job!

[@singrdave]

Did you replace the 1¢ sticker in the glass? The final shot makes it look like there's a sticker without holes and wear & tear.

[@AsYouWereRestorations]

No, that was the original 1¢ sticker. I do believe adding the gumballs helped to mask some of the wear and tear. Thanks!

[@jpatrick1967]

Maybe one day you’ll be grown up enough to restore every square inch of a project like all the other REAL restoration channels.

[@blackmetal2847]

Del 1960? Chissà quanti bambini hanno stressato genitori o nonni passando davanti al distributore e chissà dove sono adesso questi bambini, oramai cresciuti, che un tempo giravano la manopola con le loro manine

[@AsYouWereRestorations]

Yes, what a great way to think about it...how many small hands have touched this machine and where are they all now?? Thanks for watching

[@rogerpatrongonzalez5800]

🥃👏👍🥃👏👍🥃👏👍🥃👏👍🥃👏👍🥃👏👍🥃👏👍

[@chadwedul1787]

I find it hard to believe that anyone but the manufacturer made money off these things. I wonder what they cost new. Must have taken many years to turn a profit.

[@AsYouWereRestorations]

I'm sure you are correct, yet there were so many out there! And for reference, I put about 900 gumballs in this one at the end of the video, so call a full one around 1,000 gumballs...that is only $10 when you sell all of them @ 1cent each! After paying for the gumballs, I would guess the profit could only be $6 or $7.

[@lwilton]

@@AsYouWereRestorations In 1965 I could buy a full meal with a drink (and free water) at Denny's for $1.45. Pennies were worth something back then. You often saw these machines mounted in a group of 4 to 6, selling different products as well as gumballs. And (speaking as a kid at the time) it wasn't unusual to put 3 or 4 cents in, cranking the handle each time, before dumping all the goodies out into your hot sticky little hand.

[@chrisjones-ys5zg]

sweeeeet... xxc

[@vvishnitsky100]

Base design is absolutely not Art Deco.