Forgot to mention the payout cup was likely salvaged from a Bajazzo/Clown. And presumably the payout and handle mech from an Allwin. The pediment hangs too far over the side edges which I've never seen on a production piece as just asking to get snapped off. So definitely pieced together from leftov...

The barrels and rhd mech looks very similar to John's machine, but the rest appears to be a later revamp in the 20's or 30's, and converted to payout Pennies.

AWESOME job Paul! Love it!!

Someone has poorly sprayed over the original paint though so maybe the red parts are hidden?

I'd suggest comparing this mech with another as the clock key should be more than enough leverage to power it. I've worked on many of them all dates and always very easy to rotate when running correctly.

They usually get taken off, as they're a bit loud for home use. Except most E/M machines with bells/gongs didn't even make it to home use with sounds intact! I don't remember any home users ever asking me to remove them, but well over half the many hundreds of machines we purchased from operators t...

That's a bell ringer.

I found these designs along with a ton of others one day back around 1997. I was researching a vending machine of my own that I was sure was locally made. It stated Patent and Registered Design, but no number. Bob Klepner thought they only wrote that to scare others away, and the Perth Patent office...

William Griffiths 1936 Wineasy design patent. Usually has the name "SS LUNA" in the smoke casting holes.

Yes Aussie made by William Griffiths in Victoria, registered design in 1937.