Old cigarette vending machine help required

[ddstoys]

Hi all

     I just got home from 3 days of drinking and buying stuff at the ballarat swap meet.    Amonst my car parts I bought I also scored myself a parking meter and an old cigarette vending machine the types installed into the hallway at home which I've always wanted.

    The only ones I've seen for sale have been on eBay and went for way to much this one is great it's complete but has been painted green at some stage does anyone have one of these or know where I can find any pictures of how this thing should look?   I'll attach a picture tomorro once I've got some much needed sleep

[GORGAR 1]

Hows the pic coming along Daniel I'd love to see them..

Peter

[ddstoys]

Sorry pete sadly I can't upload photos from my iPhone and havnt had access to my laptop hopefully tonight

[ddstoys]

Sorry for the delay here are some photos

[ddstoys]

Does anyone remember seeing one of these on there walls as a kid or even a relatives wall usually in the hallway right beside the door so the first thing when dad finishes work he could have nice health refreshing cigarette 

[Steevsee]

I remember my Dad had one of these for awhile. 

The cigarette packs used to come out with the change taped to them.

Unfortunately someone broke into our house and one thing they did was to pry open the machine and steal all the cigarettes.

[Retropin]

Ive never seen a cigarette machine made for home use.. didnt know they existed till now... must be one of those Aussie things that didnt travel too well.
We had them in the tube stations in England but they were a much bigger wall mounted unit.
What i do remember though is my aunty having a coin operated TV in her house... ive wanted one ever since and am still looking for one. I always thought she had it as a permanent feature, but having spoken to my dad, she used to hire it when us kids came over to stay and the hire company would remove it once we'd left and keep all the money plus hire fee.

A cigarette machine for home use..... man i love that idea and wish id had one for when i was a smoker.
Such a shame it got painted green!

[ddstoys]

 Im happy they painted it green Gav gives me the chance to restore it i hate buying stuff that i dont have to fix.


   ANd thanks for the info steve having the change taped to them makes sense do you remember how much it used to work off?     

[Steevsee]

Hi Daniel.
I rang the old man to check if he could remember price or any other details but unfortunately his memory is worse than mine.

He thought maybe the machine took 20 cent coins but wasn't real sure on that.
Only thing he can remember for sure was that the cigarettes were camel filters and that whoever broke into it took all the cigarettes and all the money from the machine as well!
 
I seem to recall the packs having 2 coins taped on them, maybe a 10 and 5 cent piece.

It think it must have been around mid to late 70's. 

Anybody remember how much for a pack of smokes back then?

[ddstoys]

Thanks Steve this is all helpfull.   I thought it must have been 20c coins as they fit into the slot but dont fit through the mech will have a go at making it work of 20c coins and camel filters ill look up on the net and see if i can find any info

  Thanks