Has Anyone Here Gone All the Way?

[danemodsandy]

P.S., Fred:

Thanks for the additional beauty shot of your 906's. I save photos of 906's like some people save naughty pics.

 

[oldwasherguy]

ricky5050

I love your stove,especially the way the whole top is the cooking grate.Don

 

[cadman]

Thanks Sandy, I'll have to track one of those grinders down, clean it up and give it a fresh coat of sunny yellow. Toast and Coffee by Sunbeam, Ironing by GE, Popcorn by Presto....fresh grounds by KA!

 

[Cybrvanr]

neat stuff! I am curious as to who has "daily driver" appliances that are OLDER than the home they are installed in

Even though most of my stuff is quite vintage, it is still modern when considering the age of the house they are installed in !!!

 

[58limited]

I have 85% vintage appliances in my 1940 house. I use a modern microwave, Grind 'N Brew coffee maker (although I now have a working Sunbeam Coffee Master), and dishwasher - couldn't find a vintage one to use when I was looking. I have vintage vacuums, but usually use the new one. My washer and drier are new.

I have vintage items throughout my house: fans, cameras, 1950's planetariums, just found a Noritake Clinton pattern china set (late 50's or 60's??), several antique furniture pieces, 2 phonographs, and more. The original hot water heater is still working. You can see some of it on my web page - follow the link in my profile.

 

[westytoploader]

Our house (for the most part, a garden-variety rancher) was built in 1967. We have a modern dishwasher (2005 Bosch in black), refrigerator (2006 GE TurboCool side-by-side in stainless), and a vintage range (1959 Frigidaire Custom Imperial RCI-59 in Charcoal Grey). The amalgam of brands, vintages, and styles in the kitchen blends in perfectly, and nothing looks out-of-place.

While I have my vintage machines of varying vintages to play with in the washhouse, the daily driver W&D that get 14+ loads per week are modern (2003 Maytag Dependable Care washer, & 2002 Kenmore Elite dryer). All of the small appliances are vintage with the exception of a KitchenAid mixer and Farberware percolator I bought my mom for Christmas in 2005 and 2006, respectively.

The daily driver vacuums are a 90's Rainbow D4C and a new Sanyo Roto-Sweep stick vac. In my room I tend to alternate between vintage machines; currently I have my 1950's Hoover 62, 1985 Eureka 3319 canister, along with one modern machine--my new Dyson DC21.

Austin

 

[goatfarmer]

We have a new Whirlpool S/S 'fridge, otherwise everything else is about 1980 vintage. And it came off someone's scrap trade in pile.

kennyGF

 

[paulg]

Kitchenaid coffee grinder old v new

FYI: I own both the OLD Kitchenaid coffee grinder and the NEW version. Both still work.
I found that the glass bowl, lid and gasket do interchange.
(old>new or new>old).
The motor unit was re-engineered.
The repro coffeegrinder is...good, but doesn't work as well as the old unit.

 

[northwesty]

Older than the house by ten years

We have been using the old Kenmores (1951) for less than a month so we will see how that goes. They replaced some 1980s Kenmores... the wife wasn't so sure but they are basically the same in so many ways that it is working out. The other washer which is used occasionally is older - the 47 bendix. The stove is about 1950 - it is alot of fun and works fine. The little 1927 fridge in the kitchen probably causes the inlaws to shake thier heads but since it was there from before we were married we have all grown accustomed to it.

There is a new fridge in the Basement for the rest of the stuff though I have been looking for another. Something that is large though, from the 1960s perhaps. There is a new freezer in a large crawl space under the house - I don't think I could go retro there as it has to be a particular size to fit down there...

Anyway in regards to cleaning... You'll have to laugh as the still pretty wet laundry that comes out of the Bendix and goes into the 115 volt Hamilton dryer... well it takes about 4 hours to do one load! I do a few of my stuff on the weekends... But as far as clean smelling and soft - it really is amazing.

These vintage appliances are a small way to make life a little more interesting. Its kinda like "culture" in that you have to learn a bunch of different stuff in regards to them.

 

[cadman]

Fred, I sent you a message off-list. Check your junkmail folder - Cory