I Know What It Is, But It Doesnt Conform To The Norm

[piggman1]

I Know What It Is, But It Doesn't Conform To The Norm

I know this is an old Ford Gumball machine. I know the Ford Gumball Machine Co. changed hands 4 or five times since it first started in the early 1900's. There was a short period in all this time where the company kept producing, but there is not any info I can find on who was running it. I collected these machines for many years, and even had serial #000101 of the first 150 made that were giver to special friends of Mr. Ford. That one was given to an Admiral in WW1 as a special gift. The problem I am having with this one is that it is blue. A few years ago I contacted the Ford Gumball Co. and was told that they don't know anything about this one machine. It could have been made during those few mysterious unknown years. The paint job is a factory paint, not painted by someone on the outside. So it came from the factory painted blue. I just wrote Ford Gumball again hoping that maybe someone new would know a little more about it. Also every other collector I have talked to has never seen a blue one. Usually if you send them the serial number they will tell you all kinds of info of when it was made. This one they could tell me nothing the last time I inquired. I just thought you would like to see it, and just maybe know something about it. So here it is.

 

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[rommelvon]

Re: I Know What It Is, But It Doesn't Conform To The Norm

Thats cool, never seen one before

 

[chipveres]

Re: I Know What It Is, But It Doesn't Conform To The Norm

Warning: I don't know anything about gumball machines. Question: If the blue is indeed a factory paint job, would they have painted over the serial number plate?

Chip V.

 

[Angelo]

Re: I Know What It Is, But It Doesn't Conform To The Norm

Here's a blue one ebay.

Tony

 

[piggman1]

Re: I Know What It Is, But It Doesn't Conform To The Norm

Here's a blue one ebay.

Tony

Thanks Tony, that's the second I've seen. I will be checking it out.

 

[Tin Nugget]

Re: I Know What It Is, But It Doesn't Conform To The Norm

Here is a red one. Notice the serial number plate is not painted. Maybe someone painted yours but did a very good job of it.

 

[piggman1]

Re: I Know What It Is, But It Doesn't Conform To The Norm

Here is a red one. Notice the serial number plate is not painted. Maybe someone painted yours but did a very good job of it.

That part has allways had me suspicious too. I've seen the red ones before, Tony was right, there are 2 blue ones on Ebay. Those are the only other blue ones I've seen, and it looks from the pics that the serial number is not painted on those either. Whoever painted it did a VERY professional job.