Old Coke Machine

Converting an old coke machine into a dual kegerator and wine fridge

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Color changing old Coke machine!

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Wine rack and installed taps

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Filling in the gaps with bondo and priming the metal.

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Welded keg support frame and sprayed more insulation.

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Piecing together insulated parts from the other fridge to create more room for cold air.

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Carved out parts of the commercial refrigerator structure, and placed it inside the Coke Machine. With all that bumping and grinding I was surprised that it still turned on!

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After many, many measurements and craigslist phone calls, I found the perfect size compressor from a small commercial bar fridge. Ripping it out and I think I can retrofit it within the coke machine. Total cost so far is less than $200.

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Started messing around with LED lighting. Found some on amazon that are remote controlled and can change to any color.

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Started insulating the door with Great Stuff expanding spray. Apparently this stuff is superb because of the closed-cell insulating foam.

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More cleaning. Found that Brillo pads work wonders on tarnished, rusty metal. 

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Started ripping it apart piece by piece. Found 7 frogs living inside. The cats were pretty excited about this, though one got vacuumed up with the shop-vac.

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Found an old 1960's coke machine on craigslist. It's nasty dirty, rusty, and no chance it works. Think this will do perfectly for a shell of a kegerator.