Terry Fisher Posted January 6, 2022 Posted January 6, 2022 My brother saw this fan in an Oklahoma City antique mall and said I should check it out. Several days later I did just that. The fan was in great shape (just very oil gunk dirty) and the seller dropped his asking price by $185 so I could not pass it up for $350. After about 7 hours of cleaning and adding a new power cord here is how it looks. Stan Adams says it was manufactured in 1938. The fan starts with a capacitor and sure does run quietly with very smooth oscillation. 4 Quote
Ron May Posted January 6, 2022 Posted January 6, 2022 That's purdy! One of the nicer examples I've seen! Quote
Paul Carmody Posted January 6, 2022 Posted January 6, 2022 Real beauty!The ones I've seen always have a lot of rust pits. Quote
Steve Cunningham Posted January 6, 2022 Posted January 6, 2022 That was on my bucket list for years. Quote
Russ Huber Posted January 6, 2022 Posted January 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Terry Fisher said: The fan was in great shape (just very oil gunk dirty) Wow! You judged the potential that one had under the crud real good. That one would look dandy on one of those black wrinkle AK octagon pedestals. 2 Quote
Trevor Andersen Posted January 6, 2022 Posted January 6, 2022 Looks great. I wonder if that is a post factory chrome though. Its pristine condition and the speed control numbers being exposed seems strange to me. Haven't seen that on the factory emerson chromes. Quote
Jim Kovar Posted January 6, 2022 Posted January 6, 2022 Hi, Terry. Wow!,... she's a good-looker. Quote
Jim Kovar Posted January 6, 2022 Posted January 6, 2022 4 hours ago, Terry Fisher said: The fan starts with a capacitor... It starts and runs... with a capacitor. 1 Quote
Patrick Ray Posted January 6, 2022 Posted January 6, 2022 Wow! That chrome looks as good as new! Quote
Jim Henderson Posted January 6, 2022 Posted January 6, 2022 Terry, I have some swampland in Florida I'd like to trade for that fan. Quote
Stan Adams Posted January 6, 2022 Posted January 6, 2022 Wow Terry! You need to make mine look like that 😀. That one is gorgeous! Quote
Terry Fisher Posted January 6, 2022 Author Posted January 6, 2022 Thanks for all of the good comments. I left this fan original not even changing out the felt base pad. Hey Jim . . . does that swampland include the all of the Gaters? Mr. Kovar . . . . How does the capacitor work when running a fan? Being not too smart with electricity . . . I've never understood how that works. Quote
David Kilnapp Posted January 6, 2022 Posted January 6, 2022 WOW!! Eye candy for sure! Great find and super condition! Lovely! Quote
Stephen Chew Posted January 7, 2022 Posted January 7, 2022 On 1/5/2022 at 7:58 PM, Terry Fisher said: My brother saw this fan in an Oklahoma City antique mall and said I should check it out. Several days later I did just that. The fan was in great shape (just very oil gunk dirty) and the seller dropped his asking price by $185 so I could not pass it up for $350. After about 7 hours of cleaning and adding a new power cord here is how it looks. Stan Adams says it was manufactured in 1938. The fan starts with a capacitor and sure does run quietly with very smooth oscillation. That is a awesome Emerson for a killer price. I haven't seen any chrome ones in such beautiful original condition. Quote
Geoff Dunaway Posted January 7, 2022 Posted January 7, 2022 Beautiful , undoubtedly saved/preserved by the tobacco tar from original owner's bad habit ?? Quote
Dan Hilton Posted January 7, 2022 Posted January 7, 2022 I too have never seen an original Emerson chrome model with the plating that in tact. Great score and congrats! Dan H. Quote
Larry Hancock Posted January 7, 2022 Posted January 7, 2022 Congrats Terry! That is a gorgeous fan!! Quote
Terry Fisher Posted January 8, 2022 Author Posted January 8, 2022 Trevor said, " I wonder if that is a post factory chrome though. Its pristine condition and the speed control numbers being exposed seems strange to me. Haven't seen that on the factory Emerson chromes." I believe the chrome is original. There was some very minor rust in a few places that I was able to polish out with Mothers Polish. Also, Stan Adams has the same fan. The speed control numbers on his fan base are applied in the same way as they are on my fan base. 1 Quote
Quentin Malzahn Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) Wow Terry that’s a beautiful Emerson. Looks almost mint condition too. Never realized Emerson made chrome fans. The blades reminds me of silver swan blades. Hopefully I can come across some rare fans like that at antique malls or antique shows someday. Edited January 8, 2022 by Quentin Malzahn Quote
Russ Huber Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 77646 AK pedestals and desk model. The capacitor models were energy efficient, smooth starting, and operating. Quote
Jim Roadt Posted January 8, 2022 Posted January 8, 2022 Stunning......Terry I think you forgot to put this in the bst section..... PM sent Quote
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