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A day or two ago a member in gardenweb was lamenting the passing of her elderly mothers ---Sumbeam Toaster of many years. The fully automatic one no longer made. Seems old mom wants another one and they won't pay the $198 for a refurb one on a toaster guys website..I take a look, this guy has some neat toasters he sells in NYC..WELL, off I go to my new favorite store Value Village and guess what a Sunbeam Automatic T35 for $4.99 and it works perfectly, all its needed is a bit of spit and polish...here it is...and I'm keeping it..lol, so smooth and automatic... and right below another super super $5 deal...right in my alley...
I'm on a high..
 
And this is really nice too

It was sitting on a shelf with a bunch of other diry old housewares (Value Village never cleans stuff). Covered in gunky splatters, I guess whomever owned it never took much pride in it, but beneath all that grime I saw gold er chrome with gold lettering. A super super nice Osterizer Imperial Duo Cyle Pulse Matic 16 (yes that's the full name on the front). A total of 16 speeds with may I add the added feature of duo cycling on/off automatically..no need to stand there pressing the pulse button, it's all automatic,, short or long pulses via that little slider switch on the left. The glass jar is in perfect shape as well, not a scratch.. I'm supposed to sell this stuff...but I just can't.
Then to make matters worse there was a beautiful little Litton compact microwave, Litton Menumaster from the early 80's pre turntable for $12 as nice as the day it first waved. I may have to go back and rescue it.
 
BTW Pete

What did Sunbeam call that toaster? The vacuum pot was called a coffeemaster, the mixer a mixmaster, and I think the electric skillet was a frymaster. Certainly not a toastmaster! Anyway, it's a beautiful toaster, my favorite, with wide slots before everyone else started making them and the automatic raise and lower feature. Great buy today, my man!
 
Hey, I found one too!

This is my first auto pulse Oster, the Cyclomatic, and along with an ice crusher, it has found its brother atop my cubboard! I love the real chrome body of this unit, and the motor seems to have have more heft than its brother -- an 80's vintage unit. I know the ice crusher is dated from approx. 68, but I can't say for exact of the Cyclomatic.
 
It is sweet

I love all the buttons and the dial and the slider switch. I'm sort of button crazy, that's what my sister always said..hahaha. Pushbutton living at its best. I even like them better than touchpads which are ok but just not the same as pressing a real button attached to a motor.
 
Ben and Pete, both your Cyclomatics I think are from the early/mid 70s (about when they stopped making them). They were made from the mid 60s, but the older ones are flat in front, rather than having that lip where the pushbuttons sit. The Cyclomatic is my favorite of the Osterizers.

I think the toaster was simply called a Sunbeam Automatic Toaster. There are still many good ones around, hopefully the GardenWeb lady will discover one.
 
I'm not quite sure

when the chrome Osters fizzled but it was somewhere in the early 70's with only a few commercial models made in chrome past that point and they were expensive, I know because I bought one new around 78, a bar blender version in chrome with 10 amp motor. Check the bottom and see if yours is showing the amperage, some just have the wattage. I don't think there is any other company in existence that went to the extent as Oster for pumping out different models, all similar, but just varying the button, dial, slider layouts from one to the next.
The Ice Crusher is still available new as well as the mini-jars, handy for grinding coffee etc. and there's a new sippy cup/car mug jar with attached straw for taking your slurpess on the go..
What's more difficult to find is the juicer extractor attachment.. I'll post a pic.. I don't think it's available anymore, works ok but messy.
 
My mom had one of those Sunbeam toasters-loved the way it lowered the bread into the machine-toasted it and gently raised it when it was done.
Also I have a couple of those vintage Oster blenders-excellent machines-better than the dreck they make now--Loved how quiet and effective those old ones were-compared to the "Oster" machines made now that sound like a B-52 taking off in your kitchen and breaking a few years later.Their bartender machines were excellent-I bought one from Sears a number of years ago and gave it to my mother to replace a new machine she bought that blew out-She gave her vintage one away-I used to make shakes in it as a child.She misses it too-wished she kept it.It ran just fine.Had to be well over 30 years old.Was an "Imperial" model.
 
Oster attachments

On the left is the new Blend n Go container with straw, one of a few mini blend jars, the exciting but hard to find juicer extractor (made of porcelain) and the ice crusher (doesn't work very well..besides you can crush the ice in the blender jar). But attachments are a MUST have
 
The one I had was similar to yours-but didn't have the 4 speeds and the timer.It had two speeds and a pulse switch.It had the SS jar.I have a half gal capacity one that has a thick lexan jar and again two speeds with pulse or run.Its one I bought a an appliance store in Gaithersburg Md about 20 years ago.They had an all SS beauty there as well-but couldn't afford it at the time.Both machines have 3 wire cords.3 wire cords are required today for OSHA safety regulations.Your machine resembles one of Osters "lab" blenders for chem lab use.The SS jars could also be autoclaved for their needs.
 
Hard to tell but it's not a timer

That dial is for the 8 speeds 4 hi speeds, 4 lo speeds,,the red button is off (usually the pulse on other models) then there's hi & lo and pulse on the right. You can order the SS jars and most of the attachments thru Sunbeam still.
Now if I ever get time I'll dig out the original 1940's John Oster Cocktail mixer, it's a beaut and made of cast iron base with chrome jar, shaker pour lids and strainers.
 
Lotto? I wish!

These are the "extra" toasters around the house, there are two or three in the house already. If toasters were fishes, we could fill the sea! None of the dearly departed estate sale clients saved a vintage washer (save one) but they all saved their toasters. I find them all the time, especially the Sunbeam Autos, my family and friends all have them - and still I bring home more!
 
Since I'm showcasing my Value Village finds

I got this as well the other day for $14.99. Not something I really wanted and a business friend was looking for one to use at his office and now again I'm of a half mind to shut up about it. They're a dime a dozen item these days everywhere but are usually in so so condition. This one was sitting there alongside a half dozen or so SCM's and Brothers but I couldn't believe how absolutely spotless it was, right there in value village I took a pic of the inside, I haven't cleaned the machine, there wasn't a speck of dust, dirt or wear anywhere on it. Any dust you do see now is from my house. It types perfectly and has the noise supressing cover as well.. an IBM option at the time. The sticker on the front is a local reputable Typewriter Sales and Repair Co. here in town so I have to guess that it was well looked after and lightly used because I know what they look like after a beating in a busy office, I typed on one for years.
 
Those were wonderful typewriters. Yours has that primo correction feature too. This was the state of the art, creme de la creme when I first worked in an office in 1978.

I wonder if you can still get the print "balls"? I assume the ribbons must still be made.

Somewhere after the mid 70s the Oster blenders were really cheapened. My Cyclomatic from the 60s has a 900 watt motor, as did a similar era unit that I sold. Later ones are 350 or 400. They are very heavy, solid and quiet compared to (most of the) later models.
 

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