It's the General Electric blender!

[kevin313]

Fred - that's a beauty! And the jingle alone would have sold me on it!

Actually, I have one that has the lever style control instead of the pushbuttons. I haven't used it in a while but it was certainly strong enough to make homemade celery seed salad dressing and wonderful mai tai's!

GE also made a percolator during this period that was the same wonderful shape as your blender carafe - an oval shape. Tres elegante!!

Enjoy your fabulous find!

Here's the perc:

 

[wiskybill]

Just be careful with ice...

This is what happened to the blade assembly
of the tan model when I added too much too fast.

I haven't tried to repair it yet.

 

[ovrphil]

wiskeybill - nice collection to mirror Fred's ...have never seen these before. I like the style.

 

[tolivac]

Neat little blender I would like to run into one of those GE blenders.CU says that BD blenders aren't powerful--they haven't seen the Vita Mix XL-Its a HUGE BD blender on the same idea as the GE one-the VM XL has a 15A motor-a cogged belt like the GE-and can process up to 1.5 gal at a time.VM shows how their XL machine can grind several pounds of Pork meat at once!Take that CU!!The cogged belt in the GE will do just fine-and can last the life of the machine!Just guess you have to be careful in crushing ice with the GE blender-esp with its age-the drive splines on the blade could break.Other commerical blenders use belt drive like the monster VM-yes,have a VM XL.Hobart makes a similar BD large capacity blender.Its even interlocked so it won't run unless the jar is properly seated on the base and the lid is in place.

 

[danemodsandy]

The Food Processor:

"The food processor bowl had gearing reduction that whined like a jet."

And the most baffling lid interlock of any brand on the market. My late partner, who was mechanically challenged, had to refer to the owner's manual every single time he used his.

 

[paulg]

I've got the one in stainless

My parents bought the stainless version in about 1963 / 1964. It has the hi/lo lever rather than pushbuttons. My Dad bought it from the employee store when my Grandmother came to live with us.
Still have it. Still works. It has made about 10000 milkshakes. Always with Walgreens Ice cream. For me it wins awards for durability.
Sentimental value. It's been decommissioned as the jar got chipped. So many happy memories... With a blender! Go figure.

 

[jetcone]

Nice looking blender

Yours can't be 10 1/2 inches tall! Funny about the ice because ours was the one in the commercial and that thing could chop ice like nothing else. I used to like to chew ice at night and would make slush in the evening while watching TV almost every nite. Mom finally just put it away when she got the GE food processor, she used that weekly.

 

I forgot how convenient that large top opening was, I used to love to start the milk and then pour in the chocolate and watch the swirl take place.

 

 

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Only 10 and 1/2 inches high?

Wow!

Thanks for all of the replies! I do love the small appliances and it's always so nice to receive everybody's feedback and hear your stories.

Jon -- after seeing the two very distinct designs of the blener as Bill pictured above, I know that mine's gotta be taller than 10 1/2 inches. Regardless, it still is much shorter than any Oster, Ronson, or Vita-Mix. 

  But it does look so much bulkier when compared side by side to the earlier models.  I imagine they must have made it taller to accomodate the pushbutton switches?  

I'll now have to be on the lookout for one of the earlier models. The one I particularly like is the all white model (second from the left in Bill's photo).  Such an odd-looking yet completely adorable little blender. 

 

Bill -- are you able to take a picture of the side of the jar where the handle attaches on those earlier models? I don't see a band that goes around the jar to hold the handle in place, so I'm curious as to how that's set-up and how the handle actually attaches to the jar. I assume the jars on the shorter models are glass, although they do seem to have photographed differently than the taller models. Maybe they were plastic?

Kevin -- we do have that GE percolator. No other coffee pot has such a pretty pour. I had actually found one of those NIB about 10 years ago at Goodwill. I gave it to a vacuum friend who is big into GE -- not realizing that she doesn't drink coffee. So it sat for years... she ended up gifting the coffee pot to my mother, who after many visits to our house, developed an enjoyment for perc-cofee (she likes how much hotter it gets). The NIB coffee pot also had a plastic insert (called a Mini-Basket) so you could make 2-4 cups at a time instead of having to fill the large stainless filter to make 6-8-10 cups. I made sure my mother saved the box and all of those accessories.

Haven't tried any margaritas yet -- I'll know to be careful with ice!  Ha!  I remembered my YouTube login info, so below is a Video.  I'll have to take the video oriented the correct way next time...

 

Still haven't forgotten about my promise to take pictures of the Kenmore mixer.. just been too lazy when I've gotten home from work.  C'est la vie.  I'll get around to it! 



[this post was last edited: 8/22/2013-10:27]

 

[wiskybill]

No problem, Fred...

It's a mechanical connection. Tab at top of handle fits into a slot
molded into the carafe and screw at the bottom.

The carafe is a plastic/acrylic of some sort.

On the white blender it's tinted a grey and the tan
is tinted tan.

Bill

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Sweet!  Thanks for that picture and explanation.  I wonder why they started with acrylic, then went to glass?  One would think it would be the opposite.. you know.. cost cutting down the road.  I wonder if they had problems with the earlier handles failing?  Are they pretty secure when screwed in, or not so much?  The band and taller handle give the later glass jars a completely different look. 

 

Thanks again!

 

[turquoisedude]

Fred, I have the manual for this style of blender (I confess, I have a couple... LOL) and I'd be happy to scan it if you like.  I'll dig it out of the files in Ogden this weekend...

 

[appliguy]

Congrats Fred on your find

and here is a tv commercial for the very first version of your blender circa 1961....PAT COFFEY

 

[wiskybill]

Fred,
The handle is very secure when attached.

The glass carafe is much heavier than the plastic and
would need a stronger handle. I think both are good designs
and you can use the glass on the smaller blender base.