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 40 True machines. Surviving model records include production information spanning 1940 to 1970. Model-specific archive photography survives for 21 of the 40 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.
True company history
Preserved background
A complete corporate history has not yet been recovered for True. Rather than repeat an unsupported origin story, this profile uses the dated machines, surviving photographs, and period model records as its documentary history.
What the machine archive shows
Evidence by model and date
The dated archive currently runs from True PC-413 (Late 1940's into the Mid 1950's) through True TM-65-17 (Late 1960's – Early 1970's). It contains 40 model records, 7 with recorded production dates and 21 with surviving model-specific photography.
The documented production footprint is distributed across 1940s (1), 1950s (1), 1960s (5). These totals describe this archive—not necessarily the company’s complete output—and will change if additional period records are recovered.
True machines
40 model records
Research note: Profile scope is 40 archived machine records. 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.