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Hey oldgoaly just send that dirty old meter my way. I'll make sure it has lot's of friends to play with.
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OK so here's the story. Michelle and I went down to Tracy, Ca. to pick up a compressor. Stayed the night at Travis AFB. I figured with a little time on my hands I would check out the craigslist. Well I saw an ad for a parking meter in San Fran. emailed and the seller would not be home until around 6:00 pm. Talked Michelle into heading over for the afternoon. Had a nice meal down at Fisherman's Wharf. Drove over the Golden Gate Bridge and back over and met up with the seller and here it is. This one was a gift from her parents and is the nicest one I have as far as the condition is perfect and has an original key. Michelle says this will be my last one. I think she said that 6 meters ago too.
Mike How come you didn't tell me? You could have shacked up in one of my bedrooms at home. Plus, you could have checked out my collection and I would have taken you for a ride in the Airflow.
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Sounds like fun. Next time I'm in the area I'll give you a call.
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I have a meter that sits out by the sidewalk. Picture of it on page 2 of this thread. The batteries ran down on the electric timer so I needed to do some maintenance. Well I switched out the timer to the manual turn and decided to empty the coin cup. To my surprise, over $50 in coins. I wish I could say that it all came from people walking by and trying it out but I put some of my extra change in it because I like watching the red dial switch to green. This is a newer style meter and the coin cup is larger than the old ones. It was mostly Quarters and they add up in a hurry. Not bad from just pocket change I thought.
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I have a parking meter question. I have a digital timer. I've had it in storage for years and put fresh batteries in it. It says OFF and I cannot get it to turn on. Don't remember if I ever had it on and that might be why it was in storage. There is a little black reset button and then an area that has pins in it. Pushing the reset button makes it run through some numbers and then returns to OFF. I am sure it must be easy to turn on if I only knew how. Thanks,
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What happens if you need 6 "horas"??
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NOW I REMEMBER. It was on when I woke up so I put money in it. 5 minutes per Quarter. This timer turns off during the unpaid part of the day. I don't have the stuff to reprogram it so it turns on early, early in the morning and then will turn off later. I'll keep my eye on it during the day. I'll write down the times on it so next time I won't have to rely on my memory. My other digital timers work anytime you put money in.
Need 6 horas? I would hate to see what a parking fine would be.
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Here's mine. Bruzer thanks for the suggestions and you got a great collection. 
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One more of my digital timers. 100 hrs of parking for $150 (600 quarters).
I like that model 60.
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OK! OK! You guys have got my interest up! Where do I go to buy a couple for in front of my shop?? Ebay?? Old Gas??
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Kevin, I've picked mine up from ebay, Oldgas and my very good friend Mike (and he's not just my friend because we traded items), LOL. There usually is a pretty fair selection on ebay. Freight, as you can imagine is the bug-a-boo with these things.
Looking for Tide Water/ Tide Water-Associated/ Tidewater items
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Kevin, like Bob said, ebay is a very good source and I check craigslist often. I picked up two Model 50 Duncans at an antique store (someone made them into lamps). There are some nice ones at the antique store in town but they are way out of my price range. My first meter came from a local yard sale and that started my madness. Also like Bob said shipping can make a good deal turn sour, Park-O-meters are about the lightest at 12 lbs and not too bad. Duncans and Millers are heavy at 20 to 29 lbs. 32 lbs for one of my double meters. Good luck, I'll answer any questions I can.
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A few years ago, I ran into a guy selling a s***load of parking meters. He bought them at an auction from the City of San Francisco and was reselling them to different towns/cities in Mexico. While he was doing that, he was also selling them at swap meets. I picked up a few from him, including one double for $25. All were mechanical timers and in good operable shape.
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Michelle just had to have one more. Came in the mail today. Very nice Duncan Miller Model 50 that was made into a lamp that I don't need. Came with an original key so I FORGIVE HER. Pulled all the lamp stuff off and he's made lots of friends already. He makes #11 in the house.
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After years of sitting in a box this guy is together. This is my first non-working meter. Bought him with 2 others that were just shells. So I blasted all the dirt and paint off and with extra parts laying around he now looks like a parking meter again. Michelle actually said he looks good that color. So I'll keep him bare metal. Makes #13 in the house but she is doing the spring cleaning and once she gets to the family room I fear the meters will be out on the street again.
Anybody else get a meter lately?
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