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It’s a real beauty. (Glad you didn’t include a “before” pic!)

According to this article, Dixie bought Magic Chef, continuing to use the Magic Chef name, and was bought out by Maytag in 1986. Maytag had bought Hardwick, also located in Cleveland, Tennessee, in 1982. So Dixie didn’t go out of business, and the factory was in use until Whirlpool built a new...

That Philco is very similar to the model my folks bought in 1969. Ours may have been MOL because it had another knob to the left of the timer knob (maybe normal/gentle?) But the very attractive styling and color scheme was the same. Our machine lasted all the way to 1986. I’m stoked to see this...

David might find that it doesn’t need a new compressor at all, considering that this should have the Seeger rotary compressor that John L thinks so highly of. As the seller says, it certainly has the looks to be worth saving.

Back in the mid eighties, there was a little neighborhood drugstore in Nashville that still had a working GE console from what must have been the early Fifties. It seemed like it was deeper than it was wide. Maybe a 12 inch screen. The only reason I remember it was that that I happened to be in...

It can take a little time to adapt to different nibs, but it looks like you’ve already made good progress. Broader nibs usually mean you have to write a little larger. In my case, the loop on an “e” will close up, but it’s not as much of an issue with a fine nib. Congrats on finding your old...

Sadly, Abe passed away on November 24, at the age of 90. https://www.rosemortuary.com/obituaries/Abe-Lane/#!/Obituary

I remember one of our neighbors had an early square tube Motorola, with pushbutton tuning. By the time I saw it, it wasn’t a new set, but I wanted to play with those pushbuttons so bad!

Just to clarify one thing; there is no nationwide ban on phosphates in dishwasher or laundry detergents, just an agreement by the big manufacturers not to use them. This is why Bubble Bandit can legally sell phosphated detergents. Some states do have bans, and they don’t ship to those places...

That’s for sure, and I appreciate you taking us along with you.

Glad you’re pleased with it, Ingemar. Especially after that long wait!

Don’t sell yourself short If it were so easy, everybody would be doing it. You have a lot of knowledge of mechanical refrigeration, electricity, metals, and paint, and there are just not that many people with your combination of skills.

A friend of mine had the pleasure of ascending Pikes Peak (as a passenger) in a 1914 Packard, which had a 525 cu. in. inline six, if I recall correctly. Many of those old cars could go surprisingly well, but they couldn’t really stop, with only two wheel brakes. You just had to get in low gear...

Those hand drawn maps are gorgeous. I had a little paperback collection of Tad Buress’s Auto Album when I was a kid. It was a gateway drug to a lifelong interest in old cars. Thanks for the ink about the Waverley pens, vacbear. I had forgotten the rhyme and didn’t know it was an advertising...

I skipped ahead and looked at the video where you stripped the paint off. At the risk of being flamed severely, I have to say that the CA might have looked really good if it had been available in stainless steel.

Maybe more to follow...

A Cameron Waverley eyedropper filler, probably from the 1950s. These had no rubber sacs, which were supposedly prone to deteriorate under tropical conditions, so the British kept making small numbers of what was otherwise an obsolete design. The Waverley nib with a slightly upturned point was...

An Esterbrook Dollar Pen in what is informally called cracked ice...it looks greenish in the pic but that's my fault.

A few more pics of individual pens, because I'd already taken them. This is a Schnell, made with an airplane clip to capitalize on the Lindbergh craze.

Pens from Wahl Eversharp, a Chicago manufacturer which was one of the Big Four penmakers in the 1930s and 40s. 1/2/3/4. Gold Seal models from 1929ish, in black and pearl (see how the white portions are yellowed, not good), green and bronze, lapis lazuli, and coral plastic. Note the roller...