Original reference photography from the Cola Machines archive. Select any image to inspect the machine, mechanisms, identification plates, and restoration details.
This reference catalog documents 69 Cavalier machines. Surviving model records include production information spanning 1940 to 1970. Model-specific archive photography survives for 66 of the 69 entries.
This profile combines preserved company background with evidence from the individual machine records. Dates and model counts refer to documented examples in this collection, not an assertion that the catalog is complete.
Cavalier company history
Preserved background
Archive documentation notes that Cavalier produced soda machines exclusively for Coca-Cola in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Still located in Chattanooga; Cavalier machines, along with Vendo, remain as one of the original manufacturers of Coca-Cola machines dating back to 1935. Many coolers built by the Cavalier Corporation were similar to Westinghouse designs through the years. Cavalier Corporation continued to manufacture soda machines/coolers and in December of 1963, the Cavalier became a division of the Seeburg Corporation.
What the machine archive shows
Evidence by model and date
The dated archive currently runs from Cavalier C-27 (Late 1940's into the mid 1950's) through Cavalier USS-96 (Mid 1970's). It contains 69 model records, 66 with recorded production dates and 66 with surviving model-specific photography.
The documented production footprint is distributed across 1940s (9), 1950s (11), 1960s (41), 1970s (5). These totals describe this archive—not necessarily the company’s complete output—and will change if additional period records are recovered.
Cavalier machines
69 model records
Cavalier photo archive
9 general collection photos
Research note: Profile scope is 69 archived machine records. Company background was independently restated from the site’s preserved manufacturer overview; view the archived source. Dates, photographs, and model counts come from the linked records. Where the preserved evidence is incomplete, the page says so instead of filling gaps with conjecture.