Has Anyone Here Gone All the Way?

[danemodsandy]

With their collection, I mean!

What I'd love to know is if anyone here is SO committed to vintage stuff that they have all-vintage appliances, with NO present-day appliances as back-up or fill-ins.

If you have a complete set of vintage majors, where you depend on them every day just as you would new ones, I'd love to hear more. What do you have? What are your strategies for keeping it all going? Any war stories? And- WHY did you decide to go the vintage route?

Thanks in advance!

 

[toggleswitch]

I still have moderns. Don't think I will let go completely.

 

[petek]

Ni moi non plus.

 

[fnelson487]

I Guess You Wouldn't Say I've Gone All The Way

Pretty darn close though. Here are my daily driver W/D. From Greg Nunn and fully functional some 40 years later. They just don't make 'em like this anymore. Love those lights!

 

[fnelson487]

Here Is My Daily Driver Dishwasher

In lovely stainless steel. Water hog lined with three layers of porcelain. This one is about 30 years old.

 

[fnelson487]

And My Backup DW

In the laundry room next to the 906s.

 

[ricky5050]

Nearly!

Hi well nearly. My only auto washer is my 1966 Bendix combo, my oven is a 1961 New world 44, my fridge a 1950's GEC, dishwasher is 1976 ish Bendix (oldest i can find in uk) i have several vacs as the moment a light green Hoover Constellation, and little appliances like Kenwood Food mixer , Kenwood blender both form the 50's. All these sit in my kitchen which has original 1959 cabinets. The only modern things are a retro repro morphy richards toaster and el cheapo microwave ( as not managed to find anyone with an old one!) I still want blue formica worktops to replace the cheap white ones i have to use.

 

[ricky5050]

dw and combo

Washer side of kitchen.

 

[toggleswitch]

FABULOUS.

May I request DW pics?

 

[Unimatic1140]

While I do have a couple of small electrics, and I do have one modern washer/dryer set for Neal to use which I rarely bother with, otherwise our house is entirely vintage.

 

[ricky5050]

dishwasher pics

hope you meant mine here they are

 

[ricky5050]

inside

interior

 

[ricky5050]

loaded and...

ready to go

 

[ricky5050]

top too

top rack

 

[rickr]

All vintage here. Nothing modern at all. Am very pleased with the quality,look, and workmanship of the vintage appliances. Check my profile to see what I am using.

 

[toggleswitch]

yes I did Richard.
Thank you!

 

[cadman]

Any idea what vintage piece might replace the "retro" coffee grinders sold nowadays? That seems to be the only piece of the puzzle when I finish building my place.... All else authentic. Cory

 

[petek]

Ricky, your place looks very authentique. Noticed you have a Sunbeam mixmaster on the fridge, is that 110 or 220v? The Kenwood, that's an A900 isn't it. I have one in pale yellow with quite a few of the attachments, still works like a charm.

 

[mixfinder]

All the way

In 1996, we moved to an old farmhouse that had been updated in the 50's with a Youngstown Kitchen. I decided to go total retro. I had a 40 inch range, a small rounded fridge with the small cube shaped freezer inside the fridge. I found one of the first Hobart, by Kitchenaid, portable dishwashers which was roundish shaped and had the blue wash arm. Any appliance made after the mid 50's was banished to the pantry where the big modern fridge lurked.
One evening, as I was driving home (108 miles) my wife called and screamed into the phone, "Where's the G** D%%m food processor! I'm just trying to make a pizza and you make me crazy!" My wife never had much emotion about appliances but I later "updated" and got a Flair and a matching Custom Imperial refrigerator with the freezer on the bottom. My wife was actually happy! She looked inside the fridge, big, beautiful with lights, nooks and shelves everywhere and said, "This is the happiest day of my life, I feel just like June Cleavor".

 

[danemodsandy]

Cory:

"Any idea what vintage piece might replace the "retro" coffee grinders sold nowadays?"

Cory- KitchenAid has been making coffee grinders for many, many years, going back to the good old Hobart days. Today's KitchenAid (owned by Whirlpool) makes a reproduction of that grinder, but my understanding is that it's a total re-engineering job, with no parts interchangeable with vintage units. However, the new one is good enough to fool someone not familiar with the old ones, at least until they realise that the "KitchenAid cap" over the coffee chute is a new addition to the design. Search "kitchenaid coffee" on eBay, and you'll see a ton of them.

The vintage Hobart-built KitchenAid A9 unit also turns up on eBay with fair frequency; here's a linkie to one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-KITCHEN...0QQihZ014QQcategoryZ13930QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[chromacolor]

I've gone retro in the kitchen thanks to Greg. I have a 1956 Frigidaire Fridge, A 1956 GE Mobile Maide dishwasher, and a 1955-1957 era GE stove, and an early 50's GE toaster oven.
I have no back-ups, altho I did buy a small chest freezer and put it in the basement, as the Frigidaire lacks a little in freezer space. I do have a Samsung "Retro" Microwave. It's the same one Rachael Ray uses, altho I got mine almost 8 years ago. I went that route because most of my stuff is retro anyway, and when I bought my house (circa 1922) the modern appliances in the kitchen looked awful. The quality and look I have now is MUCH better.
I'm working on getting rid of the modern washer/dryer set and am going with an early 60's Maytag.

 

[danemodsandy]

For Fred: Sigh!

Dear Fred:

Those Maytag 906's are my dream machines! I have a centre-dial pair (A108 and DE608), but they are interim machines intended to be used until my heart's desire surfaces...

I'm also wanting a GE 40" range with P*7 self-cleaning, a mid-60's KitchenAid DW (like Greg's turquoise one, but in white or stainless), and a vintage reefer like an mid-1960s GE frost-free with the icemaker. (You can probably guess that I likes me my vintage, but I also likes me my modern conveniences!) A 1960s Sub-Zero would also be nice! All of this should go into a vintage St. Charles kitchen, of course- I used to have a St. Charles kitchen, and I have missed it terribly ever since. Metal cabinets rule!

Anyway, those 906's are fantastic! I can't wait until some surface for me locally here in Atlanta. Is your dryer the DE906 (electric) or the DG906 (gas)?

 

[danemodsandy]

For Fred: Sigh!

Dear Fred:

Those Maytag 906's are my dream machines! I have a centre-dial pair (A108 and DE608), but they are interim machines intended to be used until my heart's desire surfaces...

I'm also wanting a GE 40" range with P*7 self-cleaning, a mid-60's KitchenAid DW (like Greg's turquoise one, but in white or stainless), and a vintage reefer like an mid-1960s GE frost-free with the icemaker. (You can probably guess that I likes me my vintage, but I also likes me my modern conveniences!) A 1960s Sub-Zero would also be nice! All of this should go into a vintage St. Charles kitchen, of course- I used to have a St. Charles kitchen, and I have missed it terribly ever since. Metal cabinets rule!

Anyway, those 906's are fantastic! I can't wait until some surface for me locally here in Atlanta. Is your dryer the DE906 (electric) or the DG906 (gas)?

 

[whirlcool]

Those GE P-7 ovens are wonderful. Never had such a good self cleaner as one of those.
Unfortunately, the only vintage thing we have here is our Sunbeam Coffeemaster, and a Corning Perculator.
I would like to acquire a Sunbeam T-9 toaster, and a GE Filter Flo or Fridgidaire 1-18 at some point. But we will have to wait for the next house to have more than one washer and dryer. But then again is a nice Hoover TT shows up, we may give that a whirl!

 

[fnelson487]

Here's Another Shot

The dryer is the DE906 - electric. Had to have the wiring put in since it replaced a Maytag Neptune gas dryer. It was worth it. This was while they were in Greg Nunn's basement.

 

[fjwagon]

EVERYTHING and i do mean EVERYTHING besides my washer and dryer (for now)is vintage.Mid "50'S AND down.Stove,fridge,toaster,blender,mixer,juicer,table,dishes......

 

[fnelson487]

Sandy

You may be interested in a few things I have in the basement and am getting ready to sell. It is a complete set in turquoise including double Fridigaire wall oven, Fridigaire frig, Fridigaire electric built-in range, KitchenAid KDS-15 and kitchen sink! Bought them on a whim and now don't know what to do with them. Here is the oven.

 

[fnelson487]

Top

Of the Refrigerator

 

[fnelson487]

And

Last but not least - the dishwasher! They just need a bit of cleaning up.

 

[danemodsandy]

Oh, Nooooooooooo!

Fred:

That is EXACTLY the dishwasher I would like to find here locally! Those Superbas of that era were the most desirable ones made in their day.

You've got great taste, lemme tell ya! How I wish I had a way to get that one down here.