Vintage Countertop Appliances

[stoveman]

Vintage radios look great on top of the vintage refrigerater across from the vintage stove. Post WWII radios are still not too costly and look good with all the other items in the kitchen. They also are the "All American Five" circuit that is very easy to repair/restore. Parts and tubes are available. Philco and Crosley had stylish cases and they made millions of them.

[ha_asfan]

i use a kitchen aid right now and the addition of a vintage mixmaster would be, mostly, for show. i read an article that stated nothing makes a better "light whip" than the sunbeam mixmaster.... maybe i need to bet into a vintage kitchen aid with some "old" styling..... anyone know about vintage radios ?

[treatmaker]

Ha,

I've got a real beauty of an old radio/record player. It's a Firestone Air Chief. The radio plays wonderfully, still need to have the record player worked on. It's freestanding in a beautiful wood cabinet, comes up to my waist. Rescued this baby from a basement in the apt. complex I use to live. The landlord told everyone to gather their stuff he was cleaning out. My husband and I waited to see if anyone was claiming it....needless to say it became ours.

I guess I just love to rescue things, have an old grand upright piano that was ready for the dumpster, plus a lot of vintage appliances (waffle maker, juicer, meat grinder)

Treatmaker

Treatmaker

[treatmaker]

Ha,

I have to say go vintage on the radio. The sound that comes from mine is wonderful. Very rich. Has a quality that takes you back in time.
My hubby and I were up to 3am xmas eve because we hit on a Canadian station that was playing holiday music none stop. We had a fire going and a bottle of wonderful brandy- we sipped,listened and danced.

Treatmaker

[ha_asfan]

OK ! if it makes me dance, i'm all for it !

[RobbiQuest]

Oh, man!! Now I've got to have a vintage radio too - you guys are costing me alot of money!! :-)

I got my Hobart A9 Coffee grinder in the mail today. It is so perfect - mfg'd between 1938-1940 (when they were still made in Troy, OH) - it must have been in storage forever because it's in wonderful condition. I was happy with my vintage percolator, but I guess I'll have to get a French Press now to see if freshly ground coffee brewed in it is as good as y'all say.

[htmike63]

If it's not already been posted, check out the Sunbeam Mixmaster site - it features lots of older machines that would complement a Chambers
[url="http://www.angelfire.com/home/flexibleshaft/"]http://www.angelfire.com/home/flexibleshaft/[/url]

Also, take a look at Decodan's mixer restoration site
[url="http://www.decodan.com/"]http://www.decodan.com/[/url]

I seem to collect mixers (the way some of you folks collect stoves!) My personal favorite is a 1948 Hamilton Beach that I dought for $5 a few years ago in MA, though I've also accumulated a Doreymeyer, a Sunbeam, a small Westbend and a few other's whose brand names I'm forgetting.

[ha_asfan]

both those sites are great, i love all the info available. i'm down to one blender now from a high of six...stuck with the solid copper osterizer deluxe which seems to emulsify anything that gets into it. the new machines are so bloody loud and cheap sounding where these old ones just purr along.

[bluetantra]

After having accumulated over 20 vintage stand mixers, somewhere near 75 percolators, assorted waffle irons, hand mixers, blenders, juicers, ad nauseam, I've found the vintage KitchenAid mixers to have the strongest motors. For the best coffee, the Coffeemaster vacuum coffee brewers from Sunbeam by far make the best cup of joe to my jaded Louisiana taste buds. The water is heated to near 212 degrees during the brewing process, thereby releasing more of the volatile oils from the coffee grounds. The vacuum brewing method itself is fascinating. There is a wealth of information on vintage appliances as well as popular culture during the 1940's on the following site:

[url="http://www.jitterbuzz.com"]http://www.jitterbuzz.com[/url]

After enjoying a thoroughly cool intro. to the site, click on the "collectables" link.

[bluetantra]

For the truly hard-core appliance junkies as well as those who are serious about retro "kitschens" (thank you, ha_asfan), you need a vintage washing machine. I've got a 40's era front-loading Bendix and a Montgomery Ward's ironer that I'll get around to fixing one of these days. A word of warning to the neophyte: collecting vintage appliances can be addictive! Make sure you have plenty of storage and/or display space! Check out this site:

[url="http://www.automaticwasher.org"]http://www.automaticwasher.org[/url]

The video downloads of vintage TV commercials for laundry appliances are GREAT!!!

John