New acquisition - Vintage Sunbeam Mixmaster

[gansky1]

Great pictures, Kelly! I do love that desk & library and having it right in the kitchen was excellent planning. To dream...

I love my vintage Sunbeams, too. I have a great little shop here in town that will still work on them, I picked up a very nice 12c a few weeks ago that was seized and needed a new cord; $37 total repair.

Here is the 12C I picked up from the shop yesterday, I'm running on the bench for a 1/2 our or so before putting into the kitchen. The 11C is one I found a couple of weeks ago at an estate sale, it's in fine shape and needed only a a good cleaning and lube - it just purrs.

 

[gansky1]

Not their normal home base -

Here are a few more, the white 12 is in the shop now - also seized and needing cord. I've been moving some things around and the basement looks like a tornado went through but I'm protecting my MM's!
I also have another 12C on the kitchen counter that will be replaced by the 12C on the bench.

Too many MM's!

I still see quite a few Mix Masters at sales. I don't bother with them if they are in really rough shape, I'm out of room as it is. The 12C I just picked up is one of the nicest I've ever found - as close to new as I've come upon. There is a box in the store room with parts and attachments, I don't typically pick those up anymore either unless I know someone is looking for something particular. They are easy enough to work on and Kelly has been an excellent teacher but I haven't had time to keep up with the major appliances so I've been outsourcing. I've given nearly everyone I know a MM (or tried) and they always get rave reviews. Of course!

 

[timborow]

Juicer

I gave my daughter the model 11. She is learning to bake. She really likes having her own mixer. She is wanting me to find the juicer for her. Searching thrift stores and flea markets. They don't turn up too often.

Tim

 

[SQueenJJ]

Love the Mixmaster

Seeing those mixers brings back fond memories. My Grandmother had one and she finally wore hers out. She got it for a birthday present in the 50s. Hers was like the one that looks like it has eyes on the front rather than the large disc. When she died, it had quit working and looked rough. She got her money's worth out of it.

 

[polkanut]

One of our Catholic churches has their big treasure sale this weekend, and I saw the bowl where the reamer for the Sunbeam juicer fits into marked @ 25 cents.  They actually had quite a few mixer bowls for Sunbeams, HB's, and others. 

 

[danemodsandy]

The Mixmaster I Want Is....

....One of the hardest ones to find - the chrome-finished Model 10C of 1954-55. This was offered only toward the end of the Model 10's run, and it was a limited-edition test run to see if consumers really would pay the price for a chrome version, which it turned out they would. The Model 11 of 1955 was the first Mixmaster that offered a chrome model all the way through the model run.

If you want to feast your eyes on one of these lovelies, go to the link and scroll down to where it says "Model 10":
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http://www.decodan.com/Sunbeam-ID

 

[mixfinder]

Like We'd Tell You

You know these are rarer than hen's teeth. Lovely to use, quiet and brings all the Sunbeam silence and dependablity in a shiny package.

 

[danemodsandy]

I Have Only One Thing to Say, Kelly:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Seriously, I knew if anyone had one, that someone would be you - and it couldn't have a better home. Enjoy.

 

[petek]

Lovely.   any idea what the cost of  "chrome an exta $...." was 

 

[danemodsandy]

Pete:

I think chrome was an extra $5 or so - but remember, the US dollar was worth eight times in 1955 what it is today. In modern fiat money, it would be a $40 differential.