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Yeah, that Hotpoint is exactly what I'm talking about. Thanks for posting that link. Umpteen years ago, there was an equally beautiful Vornado on ebay and I wanted it sooooo bad. Typical though, always on the wrong side of the country and it would be a real challenge to get shipped.

A vintage window air conditioner. It's the only thing I've not yet scored for our home. Are these things just unobtainium, or have I not been living right? Anyone have one and if so, care to show it off?

Yep, that's the grey boot that I originally used to restore my LB-6. Glad someone here nabbed it! IIRC, my LB-6 has a round pulley. I don't recall seeing it look oval when running.[this post was last edited: 12/31/2010-20:54]

I have a pair of basic $89 Totos from 1993/94. When I put our guest bath into "vintage mode" with a clawfoot tub, I purchased an American Standard vintage looking toilet and their matching pedestal sink. I can flush and engine block down the Toto that remains in our Master Bath, and the...

Sudsmaster, my toilets are both 1.6G modern, so they have the angled seat where the flapper parks. But the big gasketed business end of the Dual-Flush is quite a large dome shape, even though the plast base is angled. So I see no reason why it wouldn't just press right down onto the horizontal...

They're really simple... They rely on the venturi affect (or principle) by passing a lot of water from the tank, down the drain "tube" while at the same time, many force water into the bowl in sort of a jet action. So it's a suction created by dropping a bunch of water past a small opening...

Didn't have to remove the tank to install these. They have a huge rubber dome for a gasket, and so are just pressed down onto the "seat" in the bottom of the tank that the flapper would normally park against. Slide on the rubber keeper ring, and tighten the pre-mounted zip-tie.....done...

Thought some of you might be interested in this little gem of an invention. Just purchased 2 of these from Costco for $18.59ea. Fantastic product, doesn't make the toilet flush worse in either mode, and really does only take about 10min to install. YMMV, of course. Water is pretty dear...

There are a couple in southern California I believe one is in Sante Fe Springs, and another, down in the San Diego area. I've spoken to both when I was looking to get my big double drain board, double basin sink re-porcelained. You might also consider having what you need, powder coated...

Hi Gordon, I actually used to rebuild the Ken/Pools of the 60's/70's/80's in a local appliance shop here in town......and yeah, I don't remember there being a metal spline in the agitators. But I wasn't sure about his machine, so thought I'd err on the side of caution.

I'd look inside the agitator and see if there's a metal spline hub in there, or if it's just plastic splines. If it's a metal splined hub, then I can see where those splines could have eaten the splines on the end of the agitator shaft. If it's just plastic splines, then I'd say, no, the...

Mmm....wonder how that could have happened? Smile! <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value=""></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"...

Well...... Check into it. Like I said, I'd be willing to donate a boot and garter ring. I'm guessing the problem is that there are so few of us who have them, and fewer who actually use them. If this were the Vintage Westinghouse Laundromat website, and we had a couple hundred owners, we'd...

That grey Westinghouse boot won't leak That boot from the 60's era FL's didn't leak in my LB-6 Laundromat. But it only last about 10 years before it started to crack....and then it leaked. I continued to repair the cracked areas with stuff like E-6000, etc. and that would work for a while...

I will donate a Westing house boot I have 3 gorgeous, like new Westinghouse boots...one of which I installed in January. I have another one that's not suitable for use, but would be excellent to mold from. It's also NOS, in the box, but the glued seam where it attaches to itself has started...

From out in California! Merry Christmas and best wishes in 2011. Here's to your health, your family, and to your vintage appliance collecting!

Height adjustment on Royals Personally, I like the manual turn knob too, and I think it's great for someone who has their wits about them when they use an appliance....or any tool for that matter. But for those who just grab a vacuum and start banging it back and forth around a room, the foot...

GE Chest Freezer Would have loved one, and there's one from the 50's on CL right now just north of here for $125 OBO. Definately the better design for being efficient. Still toying with the idea. The bad news is that there is absolutely zero room in my home for one, no matter which model I...

My parents owned a Kirby back in the day We had the full home demonstration and my folks bought the whole she'bang, even the carpet shampoo-er thing. So when I was looking for my first real vacuum, I had a friend come over and give the Kirby demonstration. I was really impressed of course...

I keep running into Royals for under $30 I think the last one I purchased was $25 and it came with the complete set of blue hoses and attachments (which were an expensive additional purchase when new) and a couple new belts. The cheapest one has been free, sitting next to a dumpster, and it...