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Post by vintageguy on Jan 29, 2016 7:48:38 GMT
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Post by ChrisJ on Jan 29, 2016 11:36:31 GMT
1935 monitor top in a "1920s kitchen"  |
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Post by timeswelding on Jan 29, 2016 13:11:06 GMT
1935 monitor top in a "1920s kitchen" Nope. That's the ULTRA RARE 1929 CK-2. That's why it's worth $5K! It's strange that almost all monitor tops I see in classifieds were made in 1929. |
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Post by coldspaces on Jan 29, 2016 14:20:30 GMT
Now you can't put a price on safety guys. For some people the $5k will be cheap when there defrosting it and the hazardous chemicals are not there to leak out in their face.
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Post by timeswelding on Jan 29, 2016 14:24:23 GMT
Ice pick approved
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Post by ChrisJ on Jan 29, 2016 14:32:24 GMT
Now you can't put a price on safety guys. For some people the $5k will be cheap when there defrosting it and the hazardous chemicals are not there to leak out in their face. Oh wow, I didn't even notice it was a butchered one until you said that. $5K? I wouldn't pay $100 for that useless mini-fridge with a 300 pound broken fridge attached to it. Yet another valueless worthless converted monitor top. I'll never understand not only why people do this, but why other people buy them. The entire reason I wanted a monitor top was to actually use one, not to have a 350 pound lump in my kitchen. Yes, I like how they look, but I like how they work more. |
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Post by ckfan on Jan 29, 2016 15:07:04 GMT
I know for a fact that most people could care less about the internal workings of any appliance. They just want the "peace of mind" that comes with a new unit. It's just sad that some of these "restorations" end up gutting a presumably perfect runner just so they can advertise it as being safe. It just makes me sad when I think about that compressor that gave it's all to keep that beautiful cabinet cold for all those years and how do you repay it's undying reliability and service? You cut it up and leave it open to rot. Oh well, at least that "efficient" compressor will do it's job by running 12 hours a day until it finally craps out due to a lack of oil.
I love sustainability in products and time and time again I can't help but shake my head at the state of disposable products in use all over the world. If I can vacuum with a 50 year old Kirby, drink coffee out of a 40 year old percolator, and depend on my 80 year old fridge to chill the beer I think that is great. Much better than wasting copper, energy, and other resources on some shiny plastic fantastic piece of garbage that will fail and be dumped in a landfill.
Sorry, thinking about this endless cycle of consumerism makes me cringe for the future of the world. *end of rant.
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Post by timeswelding on Jan 29, 2016 15:33:19 GMT
Ckfan, I'm pretty confident in saying that most every member of this forum shares your opinion on that matter. Modern products are obscenely poorly made.
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Post by ChrisJ on Jan 29, 2016 16:36:11 GMT
I'm using a Kirby from 1997.
As far as I know, they're still built as good as the old ones, but don't worry soon enough they will probably be gone too.
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Post by ckfan on Jan 29, 2016 18:48:28 GMT
Chris,
I agree. The modern Kirby's are great! Much more performance than my old dinosaur with its cloth bag. However, I doubt that I could take the motor and bearings apart with an Allen wrench, flat blade and Phillips screwdriver. No joke. That is all it took to completely disassemble my 1961 model. I even pulled the ball bearings out and took the covers off. Gave them some much needed grease. Checked the brushes and put it all back together. Now it just sings. Not like the nasty whine of my modern Hoover. Oh well. At least I can work on what I've got.
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Post by coldspaces on Jan 30, 2016 3:55:52 GMT
He should be all right with the oil on this one since they also changed the evap.
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Post by Travis on Jan 30, 2016 4:35:49 GMT
That looks like the original evaporator to me. Grrr, at least it wasn't a DR!
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Post by coldspaces on Jan 30, 2016 6:35:43 GMT
That looks like the original evaporator to me. Grrr, at least it wasn't a DR! My bad it was the condenser they replaced so ya its surely domed. |
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