American soda machines.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: COLORADO COOL STUFF

Damon Carson has been in the "nostalgia restoration" business for three decades, but just expanded his focus from kiddie rides to soda machines this year. "This is a whole new area of restoration for us," he says. "We can customize soda machines. We can supply whatever images you want." Carson highlighted sports teams, tourist attractions and cars as favorite collector's motifs. The soda machines Carson procures date from the 1940s and on, with...