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well i aquired a vintage jukebox this last week end and i have been messing around trying to get it to work. Its a AMI F-80 and its from about 1954 or so. im thinking of rebuilding it but i dont know if thats possible. i might modify it so it has a cdplayer in there but still looks like a record player. i got the amp to work but its making alot of noise so i have to replace the tubes and see if that works. id like to keep the tube amp in there to give it more of a vintage feel. im gonna replace all the speakers in it and get something better than its dual horn setup it has now. but its a pretty cool machine. ill get some pics of it sometime but if anyone knows anything about jukeboxes i could use a little help. thanks

That's pretty cool, was it given too you? or did you buy it?

I've always wanted to find a vintage coca cola machine. I think the old ones were so cool

I've always loved Juke boxes, at least the genuine old ones not the new cd kind. I bet Chris could help you put some LED's in that thing for a cool effect too

I've always wanted a soda machine, not necessarily old but something to fill with beer and have in the garage for parties.

Devin, how old is the box and how does the wiring look? That would be the only thing I would be concerned with. You don't want to put in all that time, effort, and money just to have it catch fire.

Old jukeboxes are cool.

Here is a place were you can get service manuals.
http://gameroomantiques.com/Manual.htm

You can buy record sets too if you want to keep it old scool.

Here, I found another one.

http://www.alwaysjukin.com/AlwaysFrame.asp

And heres a manual on e-bay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/AMI-Model-F-Jukebox ... dZViewItem

My dad restores a bunch of that kind of stuff that he finds as good deals on ebay and in papers and such. He's got a billion company's he buys from if you want me to find out. He does old pepsi and coke boxes, Wurlitzer bubble type jukeboxes that play 78's, has done a few newer 70's model ones with 45 and i think he's done a couple gas pumps too. We've got that and old thermometers all over his office and the house...i get so sick of that stuff. Just holler if you need some of those names, im sure they have websites.

thanks for the help guys and its from around 1954 or 1953. ill get some new tubes and update the wiring and see what will happen.