skelgas!

[peteski50]

Anyone ever hear of this one before?

 

[circlew]

Private label for Skelly Oil. Looks a lot like the Western Auto Wizard models; I believe manufactured by Franklin.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Definitely a "regional thing"...

Can't say I have ever seen or heard of this make of appliances up here, but i like what I see...!

-- Dave

 

[arbilab]

Gawd help me, I remember Skelgas. But not this promotion.

 

[westingman123]

My Aunt Mildred had a Skelgas range.

 

[polkanut]

My great-aunt & uncle had a Skelgas branded range which now resides in my cousin's hunting cabin.  There also is a Quick Meal wood range in the cabin which is used for cooking, and heating as well.  

 

[jamiel]

I did some research after the Skelgas Constellation stove was on here a couple months ago...agreed, the dryer here seems to be the same as the Wizard one seen on here sometimes. Skelgas appeared to have an unusually full line for a propane company...the gas ranges were especially interesting...look at where the controls were (center of backsplash). THere were several ads in Google from rural Wisconsin/Illinois. From what I could tell, the stoves were manufactured in Mt. Vernon, IL by a local company there which private labeled them for Skelgas. They marketed under the name Vernois...I vaguely remember growing up in St. Louis, MO some friends had a Vernois built-in gas cooktop which had a weird control setup. The Skelgas Constellation stove looked far more well-designed (attractive industrial design) than the run of off-brand appliances you see.

 

[gansky1]

Dryer is all Franklin - looks a lot like the 57 GE panel design, doesn't it?

 

[appnut]

Yes I was thinking, hmm a GE looking panel and a Speed queen or Frankling dryer lol. 

 

[gansky1]

In a thrift store 7-8 years ago I saw a more elaborately designed panel on a Franklin dryer with lots of buttons above the dial - like the Whirlpool of 58-59(?) so Franklin must have borrowed from everyone!

I actually thought it was a WP dryer at first, had the lint filter access on the top right but when I pulled it out, this tattered, dirty bag came out. Very odd design, looked very messy.

 

[beekeyknee]

I remember Skelgas now. I remember seeing that logo. Grew up near Kansas City. That add says their Marketing Headquarters were there. My Great Uncle ran a Skelly station in Eldon, MO., near Lake Of The Ozarks.

 

[combo52]

FRANKLIN DRYERS

My Aunt Margrets first dryer was a 1960 CO-OP electric dryer that was manufactured by Franklin. It was at best an average dryer that managed to last until mid 1966 when it was replaced with a KM 600 that lasted till about 2000 at which point I took her a RB WP dryer. These Franklin dryers were a copy of WPs 1950s dryers but the quality of construction was not there. It is funny after all these years and changes and Frigidare laundry is still sub-standard in construction and durability.

 

[jamiel]

Interesting to see the Vernois cooktop which came up today in Shoppers Square.

 

[norgeway]

That cooktop!

Would be HERE if I could get it...I love strange stff!