Too good to be true??

[turquoisedude]

I came across this on the NY (Catskills) craigslist. Is this for real?? I read somewhere that the Lustron homes featured a dishwasher, but a dual-purpose clothes/dish washer (à la Thor)??
Very curious to know if anyone here ever heard of this!

http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/atq/2235862207.html

 

[akronman]

Lustron Home Appliances

Picture is pretty bad, but Lustron's were originally outfitted with Thor clothes/dish/washer, check on various Lustron websites

 

[bajaespuma]

What is a Lustron home?

 

[akronman]

Lustron

Lustron was a steel/porcelain panel home, built in the postwar housing boom, mostly in the midwest from their Columbus OH factory. Most came equipped with a THOR Auto-Magic Clothes washer/dishwasher, and many other unique features. There's one in Akron, but I've never been inside, dammit.

http://www.lustronconnection.org/whatislustron.html

 

[davey7]

There's a lot of them in the Chicago area - one used to be open to the public. They are really cool inside, everything was metal. They had radiant forced air panel heating in the ceiling, worked really well according to the owner.

 

[steved]

Lustrons in Albany

I drive down a street on my way to work that has a half-dozen or more Lustron homes. I believe there were more until the adjacent street was removed for a highway spur.

 

[whirlcool]

Aren't White Castle restaurants constructed the same way?

Well, they should be easy to clean and never need painting.

 

[toploader55]

Thanks for the Link

There is a Lustron the next town over from me on the Cape.

 

[retropia]

Lustron homes are very durable, as long as the porcelain doesn't get chipped; then rust gets started.  Decorating inside is a little different, as you don't change the color of the walls, and you hang pictures with magnets.  They came with lots of built-in shelving.

 

The panels are indeed like those found on old White Castle restaurants and old Texaco stations.

 

 

[tomturbomatic]

Hobart was one of several corporations that made these homes. The concept started in the 30s.

 

[retromania]

None around here although I know what you're talking about. I've seen them featured in old vintage magazine layouts. Weren't there whole neighborhoods built with that type of construction? Concrete foundation I guess and floor covering of some sort!

 

[cornutt]

In the South, there were Krystals built using that method too.