Comments on: Spirit of ’76 http://www.thegregbradyproject.com/2009/01/06/spirit-of-76/ Barry Williams' official blog Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:20:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Ron Turner http://www.thegregbradyproject.com/2009/01/06/spirit-of-76/comment-page-1/#comment-20150 Ron Turner Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:07:30 +0000 http://www.thegregbradyproject.com/2009/01/06/spirit-of-76/#comment-20150 I collected the 1976 Uncle Sam 7-Up collection and also a collection that they had in '79. I still have the '79 collection, but at some time the '76 collection disappeared. In '76, my father, another family and I were building a boat dock, an all-year project, at a boat club they belonged to. I drank alot of 7-up then and started collecting cans. The bartender there realized what I was doing, and had me make a list of the cans I still needed. When he got a new y-up delivery, he would look them over, find the ones on my list, and set them aside for me to buy as I got soda. Thanks to him, I was able to complete the collection. I collected the 1976 Uncle Sam 7-Up collection and also a collection that they had in ’79. I still have the ’79 collection, but at some time the ’76 collection disappeared.

In ’76, my father, another family and I were building a boat dock, an all-year project, at a boat club they belonged to. I drank alot of 7-up then and started collecting cans. The bartender there realized what I was doing, and had me make a list of the cans I still needed. When he got a new y-up delivery, he would look them over, find the ones on my list, and set them aside for me to buy as I got soda. Thanks to him, I was able to complete the collection.

]]> By: Bullseye http://www.thegregbradyproject.com/2009/01/06/spirit-of-76/comment-page-1/#comment-14085 Bullseye Tue, 25 May 2010 02:39:55 +0000 http://www.thegregbradyproject.com/2009/01/06/spirit-of-76/#comment-14085 I was doing a home inspection on a house where the owner had recently died and had no living family. The Trustee said he was going to trash out everything so I was welcome to whatever I wanted in the garage. I had my assistant grab a small toolbox and socket set, can you have too many tools? He did some snooping and found a sealed box in the rafters with all 50 7up straight side steel cans inside. He's only 26 and was confused about pull top and how it worked, he had never heard of a "pull tab", just to show my age I asked if he knew what a "church key" was? Any guess on what the complete set is worth? I was doing a home inspection on a house where the owner had recently died and had no living family. The Trustee said he was going to trash out everything so I was welcome to whatever I wanted in the garage. I had my assistant grab a small toolbox and socket set, can you have too many tools? He did some snooping and found a sealed box in the rafters with all 50 7up straight side steel cans inside. He’s only 26 and was confused about pull top and how it worked, he had never heard of a “pull tab”, just to show my age I asked if he knew what a “church key” was? Any guess on what the complete set is worth?

]]> By: daniel d. http://www.thegregbradyproject.com/2009/01/06/spirit-of-76/comment-page-1/#comment-10471 daniel d. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:06:15 +0000 http://www.thegregbradyproject.com/2009/01/06/spirit-of-76/#comment-10471 i too collected all 50 cans and still have them today....i rememeber all the fun i had trying to finish the collection. Great memories! i too collected all 50 cans and still have them today….i rememeber all the fun i had trying to finish the collection. Great memories!

]]> By: donna runeric http://www.thegregbradyproject.com/2009/01/06/spirit-of-76/comment-page-1/#comment-9462 donna runeric Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:54:09 +0000 http://www.thegregbradyproject.com/2009/01/06/spirit-of-76/#comment-9462 Wow. Hi. I found your site while doing a search for pricing of my bicentennial 7-up bottle. It's filled and capped, of course. Are you interested? The closest I've come on pricing is $15 for my bicenntenial coke bottle. Would be thrilled to hear from you either way. Would love to tell people I got an email from Greg Brady. Wow. Hi. I found your site while doing a search for pricing of my bicentennial 7-up bottle. It’s filled and capped, of course. Are you interested? The closest I’ve come on pricing is $15 for my bicenntenial coke bottle. Would be thrilled to hear from you either way. Would love to tell people I got an email from Greg Brady.

]]> By: Tom Adams http://www.thegregbradyproject.com/2009/01/06/spirit-of-76/comment-page-1/#comment-3093 Tom Adams Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:19:59 +0000 http://www.thegregbradyproject.com/2009/01/06/spirit-of-76/#comment-3093 I collected the 7-Up cans that year, and I think that I ended up getting all 50 (that was difficult!). However, I have no idea what happened to the collection. My family moved from Illinois to Alabama in 1978, so maybe I (or my mom?) threw out the cans before we moved. Wish I still had them -- maybe they'd be worth some bucks! I collected the 7-Up cans that year, and I think that I ended up getting all 50 (that was difficult!). However, I have no idea what happened to the collection. My family moved from Illinois to Alabama in 1978, so maybe I (or my mom?) threw out the cans before we moved. Wish I still had them — maybe they’d be worth some bucks!

]]> By: Carter http://www.thegregbradyproject.com/2009/01/06/spirit-of-76/comment-page-1/#comment-2906 Carter Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:55:44 +0000 http://www.thegregbradyproject.com/2009/01/06/spirit-of-76/#comment-2906 When I saw your closeup photo of the red and blue computer-looking type on the 7-up cans, I gasped. I absolutely remember that promo. Thanks for the memory - it blew my mind. When I saw your closeup photo of the red and blue computer-looking type on the 7-up cans, I gasped. I absolutely remember that promo. Thanks for the memory – it blew my mind.

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