Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Search results

  1. RetroToday

    This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

    Wow FM. It seems vintage vacuums are a lot more plentiful in your area. Great! They're very seldom seen around here, well, at least in the places I've been. Here's hoping that not all of them went to the scrap dealers. I brought the Beatty "Cadillac" vacuum motor into Butler's Repair...
  2. RetroToday

    This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

    Well, the shop is probably not quite what you might expect, there have been changes over the years, of course. When I saw the sign that read "Your Appliance Repair People since 1927" I was expecting a much more old-timey looking interior than it has. Cool items such as the old tube tester and...
  3. RetroToday

    This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

    Hi FM, I hope this shop wants a challenge too. Will definitely keep the progress on the Cadillac vacuum cleaner updated. The repair shop does have quite a lot of old style parts and ancient electronic service equipment, so it looks promising. A little update: I told a local friend of mine...
  4. RetroToday

    Does Anyone Like Simple Coloured Outfits?

    ;) Perfect compromise HadleyH, best of both worlds! :eusa_clap
  5. RetroToday

    100 year old telephone

    Good idea, vitanola, :eusa_clap It's funny that you mention your intercom concept because that was basically how this phone was originally used. It was one of two phones set up on a personal telephone line between the main farmhouse and another house built on the property a few hundred...
  7. RetroToday

    100 year old telephone

    Yep, that's right. Scary stuff. It was the same here. I missed some things about the phone because I'm always trying to type fast enough to beat that dreaded Fedora Lounge Forum login timeout.
  8. RetroToday

    100 year old telephone

    No, I don't use this one, it's just for looks. Many people have had them converted for use with our more modern systems. So basically, a new phone is installed inside the old case. In their original form, you cannot use this telephone today as a regular home phone. There's no dial with...
  9. RetroToday

    100 year old telephone

    Today I noticed that an old wall telephone I have in my collection has just turned 100 years old. So, I guess it's officially called an "antique" now, not vintage? It was built in 1909 by the Canadian Independent Telephone Company of Toronto, Canada. Abbreviated C.I.T.Co., the company did...
  10. RetroToday

    Does Anyone Like Simple Coloured Outfits?

    What the...? [huh] I thought I was going to see some new old Telephones loungers had found when I clicked on this thread, turns out to be all vintage clothing? It's really gone :offtopic: ?
  11. RetroToday

    V-Disc records

    Sure, if you have one handy. :-)
  13. RetroToday

    This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

    Hi FM, Yes it was refreshing to find an honest person at that repair shop. I know there's many good honest people out there, sometimes tough to find in a business. I found an appliance repair shop here in Toronto that's been in business since 1927, brought the motor for my Beatty Cadillac...
  14. RetroToday

    V-Disc records

    Vornholt: You're lucky to have found a whole box, incredbile. Django: Glad you found it to be cool. Neat that this is the first you've seen. Eyemo: Does your record basically look the same as my V-Discs?
  15. RetroToday

    Show us your radios!

    Great radios here, I hadn't seen this old thread before now. I sold a few off to make room so I currently have about 25 tube radios ranging from the 1920s to the 1950s, but this is one of the better ones, and one of my favourites. It's a 1937 McMurdo Silver "Masterpiece VI" console radio with...
  16. RetroToday

    8 Track

    Cool! First Vinyl LP records made a nice comeback through special edition albums, now a small comeback for the 8-track, so weird. I've even seen a couple companies making new Cylinder records! Yet, I feel a comeback is long overdue for audio playback format - I'm praying that some cool...
  17. RetroToday

    This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

    Hi FM, Went back to the vacuum repair guy today and discovered that yes, the bearings are shot in the motor of my old Beatty vacuum cleaner. He recommended that I bring it over to a small motor rebuild shop that's also not too far away from my work. I know that place very well, my Dad's been...
  19. RetroToday

    Got my decoder pin in the mail! (A Christmas Story in June)

    Thanks to John in Covina for informing me on a little more of the history on just how Western Union telegrams were sent back in the day. I've now updated the telegram with new dates that better reflect reality: Thanks again John. :eusa_clap
  20. RetroToday

    This "sucks"... the Hoover And Other Vintage Vacuum Cleaners

    Great FM, I wish you luck with the club and with resurrecting your Hoover to 'as new' condition. Special interest clubs like that are an invaluable resource. Today I took my Beatty Cadillac vacuum into the repair guy I previously mentioned, he's back from vacation this week. He asked me...
  21. RetroToday

    1937 radio - McMurdo Silver "Masterpiece VI"

    Interesting explanation Flivver, I definately need the laymen's terms at this point in the game, as I said before, much of the technical side with more complex radios is 'over my head'. Now, it's a little more in my reach because of your post. Thank you. :eusa_clap I also agree with...
  22. RetroToday

    1937 radio - McMurdo Silver "Masterpiece VI"

    Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed the pics. E. H. Scott was McMurdo Silver's primary competition in the high-end market. They didn't like one another very much at all. Fiery articles were written by both of them in radio magazines telling of how horrible their competitor's radios were. In the...
  23. RetroToday

    1937 radio - McMurdo Silver "Masterpiece VI"

    I recently took some better photos of a console tube radio in my collection, thought I'd share some of them here. You can see them all and more in my Flickr gallery here This is the highest quality radio that I have. McMurdo Silver certainly put a lot of nice touches on their sets. Chrome is...

Latest posts

Members online

... and 3 more.
Total: 2,681 (members: 53, guests: 2,628)

Forum statistics

Threads
108,459
Messages
3,061,577
Members
53,654
Latest member
billmacsworld
Top