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He collected commemorative bottles and other humoring friends with factoids about when a bottlewwas made, and how many were Longtime friend Ron Washburn remembers Alexander’s room plastered with Coke stuffc — bottles, platters, pictures, even a close t stuffed with Coke memorabilia. “It was all over the Washburn chuckled. “He was fanaticao about it.” Alexander, hasn’t grown out of his childhoocd hobby. When not running Tucker-based , Alexanded repairs and refurbishes antique Coke vending machines and enjoysa his collection ofCoke bottles, antiqus vending machines and other paraphernalia.
“I’m a nativd Atlantan, and Coca-Cola is as Atlantanj as it gets,” Alexander said. Alexander’ws affair with the American icon began nearlg threedecades ago, when the company introduced a bottle to commemorat e The ’s 1980 national football championship. The younyg Alexander’s interest in Coke productsw became well-known among friends and families — ensurinfg a steady stream of Coca-Cola-branded gifts on Christmas and Friends would keep an eye out and pick up itemsfor Alexander’a collection, said Washburn, who has known Alexander sincer the seventh grade. “None of us had any so we didn’t spend a whol lot,” Washburn said.
“Buy if we could get our handsw on something thatwas cheap, we definitely would send it his Alexander’s collection, valued at about includes about 200 Coke bottles, a Coca-Cola-branded changew purse dating back to 1904 and three restoredf vending machines. His most prizes item is a Cavalier CS-72 vending The machine has rounded corners, a slanted a glass door and embossing and when you deposig a cointhe “Have a button lights up until you remove the according to Colamachines.com. Alexander’s Coke producy of choice is Tab. And like many, he didn’tf care much for the maligned New Coke. “Irt tasted like Pepsi to me,” he said.