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Post by adrian parrado on Mar 5, 2004 1:26:19 GMT -5
THE FAN IS CALLED " TARA" SHE WAS MADE BY THE SOUTHERN FAN COMPANY IN THE 1980'S.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2004 13:34:38 GMT -5
From talking to Adrian, it seems as though he knows the very fan. Everyone PLEASE keep a look out for any fan called TARA, meanwhile I will be doing some further research.
Thanks Adrian!
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Post by james pinette on Mar 5, 2004 14:34:01 GMT -5
dan i know this isn't much help but when i went to eureka springs arkansas, i saw a tara. james
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2004 14:46:51 GMT -5
dan i know this isn't much help but when i went to eureka springs arkansas, i saw a tara. james WEll it might be some help if you could tell me where you saw it (so I couold call them) or perhaps just interest me by telling me more about it How did you know it was a Tara? eMail me mtneuman@mailbag.com we need to talk about catalogs and whatnot, I will call you if you give me your number.
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Post by organist89 on Mar 11, 2004 15:06:38 GMT -5
Why don't you take a trip to Georgia and walk around in abandoned houses?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2004 22:08:42 GMT -5
Why don't you take a trip to Georgia and walk around in abandoned houses? What's the significance of abandoned houses in Georgia? I've been to Georgia, although not in any abandonded houses, and the majority of the fans I saw were Hunters, Hunter Original copies, and builder/Home Depot fans. Also saw more Fascos than I'm used to. None of this mythical Tara fan of which I seek, and believe you me, I've looked.
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Post by organist89 on Mar 18, 2004 14:42:35 GMT -5
Dan, until you've seen a Southern Fan Co. catalog with a picture of your fan and the word "Tara" written under it, I wouldn't necessarialy assume that your fan is, FOR SURE, a Tara.
Just a thought.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2004 17:43:16 GMT -5
Dan, until you've seen a Southern Fan Co. catalog with a picture of your fan and the word "Tara" written under it, I wouldn't necessarialy assume that your fan is, FOR SURE, a Tara. Just a thought. And a good thought . . . I've had it many times, especially after offering ridiculous sums of money to buy out any Tara inventory . . . Here's the thing . . . it seems very unlikely that the fan I saw could have been a Tara . . . no one up here has so much has even heard of the company, they were scarcely sold outside of the South. I spoke to the man who was the buyer at the lumberyard where I original saw the fan, and he says from what he remembers, it was a fan they had pulled off the sales shelves to install. He had never heard of Southern Fan, he says the only companies he remembers are Design House and Ritz. He did, however, seem a bit confused between the original fan and the one it was replaced with (a Design House). However, it seems to be too big of a coincidence. Everyone who is familiar with Southern Fan that has seen my sketch, or heard my description says that it's exactly the fan. I've even spoken with people from Southern Fan Co (including the founder, the man who designed the fan, and the CEO) and they all confirm. Even some specific little details about the fan that dont seem to correspond to any other fan. For example, I've never seen another fan with those blade tips or switch housing cap, and the Tara has it. Most simply, has anyone ever seen another fan with a variable speed control, no pullchain, and a K55/flywheel motor? No one has to my knowledge. It has to be. I'm taking chances.
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Post by organist89 on Mar 18, 2004 18:31:55 GMT -5
Just consider that some companies...like, the Wing-Tat, make one fan and sell it wholesale to multiple companies, under different names.
Also, don't forget that some companies copy other company's styles--like Hunter and Classic Fan Co.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2004 19:35:02 GMT -5
Just consider that some companies...like, the Wing-Tat, make one fan and sell it wholesale to multiple companies, under different names. Also, don't forget that some companies copy other company's styles--like Hunter and Classic Fan Co. Dont worry, I've done my research, and when I get to the bottom of it, I will share all the dirty details . . . but for now . . . Southern Fan was made primarily as a Casablanca copy. The guys that started the company sold storm windows & doors, which sold primarily in the winter, and were looking for something to sell primarily in the summer. This was just as the "ceiling fan craze" was starting. Shortly after Casablanca started, one of these guys bought one and decided "let's go into ceiling fans". They took the Casablanca fan apart, essentially to see what would be required in building one. They made a few changes: the switch housing was made smaller so a light kit would fit on it better, the design for the blade irons came off the hinges on an old gate . . . but, from their point of view, they were basically copying Casablanca. As for the relabeling, the only thing their fans were sold under besides "Tara by Southern Fan Co" was, they sold several to a company called "American Lantern" out of Indiana who relabeled them, but I would think that one labeled "American Lantern" would be even more scarce than an original Tara.
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Post by brian hicks on Mar 30, 2004 12:27:15 GMT -5
i have not seen it
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Post by Andrew G. on Mar 30, 2004 15:59:53 GMT -5
I haven't seen them either. Your pic's aren't working
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2004 17:46:37 GMT -5
Ok here is my little tribute page to the place the fan once hung. I wne tout there with my camera in attempts to capture and share what an unusual place, both the building itself and where the fan was located, what an unusual place it was to find such a fan. Definitely the last place I would have ever expected to find a rare showroom-grade fan. Here you can see the building, where the fan is in the building in relation to everything else, the Design House builder fan they replaced it with, and the original canopy from the Tara fan they left on the Design House fan. Speaking of which, has anyone seen a fan with a canopy like that before? I know it's the standard bell shape but it's slightly different, what with the ridge on the top and the length of the "cone" and the lip, not to mention it's a big-ass canopy. www.geocities.com/mt_spiffy/Please let me know your thoughts and comments. Lastly, I recently found out Litex made a fan called Tara. They were contacted, and they apparently had no idea of the Southern Fan Co and their Tara fans. Never mind that they were made in the same area as Litex's headquarters! So watch out for Litex! Dan
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Post by brian H on Mar 31, 2004 14:12:17 GMT -5
well, at least we know what Mr. Spiffty looks like interesting canopy there my fiend... err friend lol never seen one like it though. IPROMISE I AM LOOKING FOR THE TARA!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2004 18:39:09 GMT -5
well, at least we know what Mr. Spiffty looks like interesting canopy there my fiend... err friend lol never seen one like it though. IPROMISE I AM LOOKING FOR THE TARA!!!! Yes, I am the second one from the bottom. And isnt that a weird place for a cool fan? Hope you find me a Tara Mr. Hicks. Dont put a 40' blade on it, or throw it from a tree, or paint it silver or anything. Just throw it in your tractor and drive it straight to me. Ok?
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