Estate Sale Philco Friday

[gansky1]

Saw a couple of cool things at two estate sale stops today. The first sale was interesting but only found a well loved model 12 Mixmaster. There are a couple of good parts on it, really what I wanted it for. Check out that bojack bowl. It fits properly on the turntable but is shorter and not nearly as we'll balanced as an OEM Sunbeam bowl.

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[gansky1]

Second stop

The house was just a block down on our street and turned out to be pretty interesting. The owner was an appliance repair tech for many years. I'd met him a couple of times through the years, we chatted about brands and his band, his true passion. There were two Philco ranges, one 40" & one 30" in the basement. Both were TOL, 1970 and coppertone. Made by the early conglomeration of WCI, they were the all-to-familiar frame, and homely, builder-grade styling. I couldn't get a pic of the ranges in the house as the kitchen was occupied by lots of sale workers chewing lunch from an avocado Crock-Pot (NFS) and the basement range was in an area technically closed to the public. They were still busy chewing upstairs so I made a run for it.

In the "shop" part of the basement there was a Philco D&M portable dishwasher. Missing it's lower panel and lower rack, and really rough underneath. Very fun to see, but only to see. Not to have.

My big purchase was a Philco Ford binder with 1970 range service & parts info.

On my way out, a pretty car pulled up. My first car, but white and hardtop. [this post was last edited: 6/20/2014-22:28]

 

[beekeyknee]

That link ain't no good, Greg.

 

[supersuds]

Were Philco ranges made by WCI as early as 1970? We had a 1968 30" that was all-Philco.

 

[appnut]

I've seen that top rack arrangement in brochures and ads, but never a "real" one--bowls and such went side to side rather than front to back. 

 

[norgeway]

I always thought..

The Ford Philco ranges were built by them, I do know Caloric got that range design, certainly not as good as 1950s Philcos!!!

 

[a440]

Oh my goodness! Did you buy the Mustang?
It is in beautiful shape!

 

[veg-o-matic]

You had the same car as Mary Richards?  Cool!

 

[swestoyz]

Looks like you hit up some fun sales this weekend.  What an odd find - that Philco DW!  Did the manuals and parts lists come in a cool Philco binder?