New Find 6/9/2016

[Brian L.]

Well I had gone to the ReStore as said recently and nothing good that was decently price was there... except for a Casablanca Zephyr (sigh)
Since I already had 6 Casablanca Zephyrs, I never thought I would need this one, until I decided to Flip it over and see what it looked like...
It had Pretzel Brackets and a Spiral Downrod.... which means... I got it

If anyone wants to see the list of Casablanca Zephyrs I have as of now, including the new one, here it is!
(?) - Illegible Tag or Labels for date missing.

1979(?) - Zephyr Brass K63 Variable Speed (NIB Fan)
1980(?) - Zephyr Antique Brass K63 Variable Speed

1981 - Zephyr Antique Brass K55 Slumber Quiet(Functional)
1981 - Zephyr White/Brass K55 Slumber Quiet(Functional)
1985 - Zephyr White/Brass Astrosyn Intellitouch

1985 - Zephyr White/Brass Astrosyn Intellitouch
1986 - Zephyr Brass K55 Intellitouch

I had tested this fan out and it works BEAUTIFULLY the Slumber Quiet works perfectly, adjusting the fan from a beautiful low speed to a very fast high speed.
The fan looks almost new too! the downrod had a few scratches, but the fan's finish is superb for being something from the ReStore. It is also 100% complete.
I love the looks of the fan too, the Pretzel brackets and the oak blades make the fan look a lot like an old General Electric fan.

Here was the first find of this year... which was a Casablanca Zephyr.
ada19851985.proboards.com/thread/9908/2016-find

And as always, here are the pictures!

The tag if anyone wants to see

Beautiful..


I also noticed that there were little engravings that say: "Casablanca Fan Co 6" on the back of them.

Held by Blade Screws....


Here is the installation for testing.





Tried out Stencil Blades too when I could 


Just curious, what exactly were these Victorian/Zephyr Variants called?

[fan1968]

Awesome fans!!!

[skateboardb617]

Wow I love it!
I was discussing this topic with some other collectors as well. Apparently in some period of time, you were able to mix and match blade arms as well (which makes no sense to me) so like my San Marino came with Artisan blade arms (the owner said everything was original when she got it). I'm not entirely sure about anything pre 85 but that could've been an option cuz I have a pretzel Zephyr as well

[Jared H.]

Jun 11, 2016 8:59:18 GMT -5 skateboardb617 said:

Wow I love it!
I was discussing this topic with some other collectors as well. Apparently in some period of time, you were able to mix and match blade arms as well (which makes no sense to me) so like my San Marino came with Artisan blade arms (the owner said everything was original when she got it). I'm not entirely sure about anything pre 85 but that could've been an option cuz I have a pretzel Zephyr as well

Heh, I won't name names here, but he's spewing crap. Hell, Cole says it wasn't possible..therefore, it was a factory mix up.

[Max C.]

Another excellent find Brian!  Would this be considered a "Zephtorian"

Jun 11, 2016 11:59:04 GMT -5 Jared H. said:

Heh, I won't name names here, but he's spewing crap. Hell, Cole says it wasn't possible..therefore, it was a factory mix up.

Or, several bored employees!

[Obi-Wan Canopy]

Everything except the blades and light kids was sold in one box. You picked your motor, blades, and lights separately.

Later they introduced the "Gallery Editions" which were unipack fans.

[Obi-Wan Canopy]

According to Tom, this sort of thing was "Out of XYZ arms? Throw QUA arms in the box, no one will notice".

[Cole D]

Normally I'm not big into four blade fans for some reason, but I really do like that. The blade/finish combo is perfect!

[Brian L.]

Wow thanks for the responses and the information!

It is interesting how the blade holders are a replacement and out-of-parts, replace them thing, because I really love the Victorian Pretzel brackets on this fan.

this gives the fan a very round and luxurious look.
The fan almost looks like it was also intended to have these brackets since there are General Electric Fans that use these brackets.


Credit to Tom Dreesen for this Photo.

[Jordan U]

Lovely!