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pcasa . . . That's a beautiful Lux, I love anything turquoise! I assume you know those old cloth hoses leak terribly, it's nice to keep 'em around for the cool factor but if you ever want to use the vac you could  source a modern vinyl replacement that would drastically improve the suction...

Phil . . . It has always tickled me to see how far Buick used to go to not copy or even use the same products as Olds and Cadillac!

Beautiful Stuff . . . I can imagine you making the cake with Molly while that cute green fan keeps everything cool!

My dad was an aerospace engineer and his very best friend an a/c guy for Carrier but both loved to mess around with cars on weekends. Logically this would have led to us having great, well maintained car a/c but nothing could be further from the truth; my father hates being cold and doesn’t mind...

Ling-Temco . . . Ling-Temco was a very strange company that started as an electrical contracting firm shortly after WWII in Dallas. James Ling proved to be a wizard with building a business empire through acquisitions and proceeded to do just that until about 1970. The company became Ling-Temco...

I forgot to add that it was tennblondie's purchase of Monica that inspired me to find Queenie: I saw her earlier post and since the D-31 and D-33 models are my fav Filter Queens I thought it might be nice to peruse eBay for just a moment and there was Queenie calling to me . . . so thanks to her...

I just got a D-33 off eBay. It’s the model after Monica and I’ll call her Queenie, I’m not feeling too creative at the moment with regard to names, lol. Queenie and Monica look as alike as two sisters can: Queenie’s top ornamental grille and powerhead cover look to be the same moldings but are...

I figured it might be a project someday!!    The above statement is the story of my life, lol!   Nice Iona btw, I love those delicately contoured little hand mixers from the '60s when designers tried to make things pretty instead of clunky.

That's a great looking mixer, especially when sitting on the Kenmore range! How is that cooking for you now that you've had it installed for a bit?

Jeff, I know exactly how large 450 sf is but you made the most important point: in many cases it’s adequate for one or two people who are happy with small scale living. To make such a small space really liveable everything needs to be properly scaled; standard furniture and appliances are often...

There is nothing stupid about a small apartment, anymore than a larger home is stupid. As an architect I’ve learned that different people have different preferences with regard to spaces. While I will comment on the merits of different floorplans I won’t tell someone how much space they should...

A GE Unit Kitchen? Cool, sure hope they offer it in turquoise!

I definitely see brand loyalty with professional level computer programs, mostly because once you’ve invested time and money to learn the program and keep it up to date it would be even more time consuming and expensive to change. In my case I really dislike spending close to $1000 yearly with...

A good friend told me the funniest story of his grandmother and brand loyalty that went beyond the brand and down to model level. She lived in a small rural town with only a few car dealers, one of which was the Ford dealer. Sometime in the early ‘60s she bought a new Galaxie 500 when it was the...

Congratulations! Looks like a very handsome range, hopefully with many years of life left. Good luck with getting it into the house and installed, this isn't exactly a small appliance!

A squealing noise on the Frigidaire bottom freezer is probably worn bushings on the freezer fan motor that pulls cold air from the evaporator located below the freezer floor and then pushes it up into the refrigerator. On my '67 it was located in the center of the back wall of the freezer, not...

Remember that these can take a lot of power. If your main electrical service comes from the garage then you're OK, otherwise make sure you've got sufficient wiring to the garage. Unless the garage was set up for a laundry with an electric dryer or a previous owner wanted to run an air compressor...

Wonderful News . . . That's a beautiful building! Now can someone move those modern transpo-mobiles and park a turquoise Princess Grace Thunderbird in front where it belongs?

Nice Set! Nothing like that classic Whirly slanted control panel. White is nice to find too.

My favorite Filter Queen . . . I know they're all fine vacs but I just don't get the graphics on most of the later FQs with swirly designs that look like they were copied from  a motorhome or travel trailer. This particular one (is it a 33?) looks clean and simple with the classic Filter Queen...