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Post by Andrew G. on Aug 24, 2008 18:09:41 GMT -5
Of course, I've spoken about this place many times in the past. Ocean City, MD. is a place which happens to be PACKED to the gills with good old fans. Many of the pictures were taken in 2005, when I first came with a digital camera (a few were also taken in 2006). A few of them were also taken with my Nikon when I went a few days ago, but why take all new pictures when you have three year old pictures which are just as good?.. especially if very little has changed. Now, there is one cause of death to fans which is greatly overlooked.. The fans above, along with two brass Fasco charlestons, two more evergo GE vent spinners, two CEC ge vents, two builder fans, and four hunter silent breeze II's... met this fate.. Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.. Fasco old south There is a deli which has five brass originals, three '87s and two '82 R&M reversairs.. 38" fasco parlourfan Newer ritz(?) thing Older (probably 1986) hunter studio series There are two restaurants known as "J/R's House of Ribs." The older of the two locations used to have at least a dozen old AB bell canopy nutone verandah deluxes. All of which have been replaced by builder crap. The same location has two remaining PB 1st gen. fasco charlestons. There were also two ball/socket veranahs in the foyer of the restaurant. They have since been replaced with harbor breeze builder crap. The newer location has at least 20 AB verandahs (only one has been replaced by builder crap) There are also four of these newer PB verandahs which have rubber flywheels, instead of the metal ones eeen on the older ones. The one pictured stopped working recently. A general, abeit crappy, overview of the the newer location with it's fans.. Now, for those who wonder what Homestead stencil looks like.. There is an arcade which used to have nine of these lasko spinners, only five remain. This arcade is the one which was next to the Doughroller when it burned. Luckily, the arcade and it's fans was left unscathed. There is a large store off the boardwalk known as Edwards. It used to have eight AB 3rd gen. fasco charlestons. Two of them over the foyer have been replaced with black emerson designers. One of the two foyer charlestons had been dead (probably choked by balloons) for at least 12 years before it was finally replaced. One of the charlestons in the rest of the store One random store along the boardwalk had two moss WF series spinners, they have since been replaced by hampton bay minuet II's There is a country store in neighboring Fenwick Island, DE that has three antiques.. a westinghouse sidewinder and two emerson longnoses.. Nothing has changed with the fans in this christmas shop.. There is a supermarket which still has nine 36" envirofans And then there's a true value which has a brown 42" original and this R-36, which was apparently installed in 1973. Last, but not least, there is another restaurant which has gone unchanged since my last visit. Along with the dozen or so black 4 and 5 blade originals, 36" nutone verandahs, and black painted (originally brass) 42" original, there is thic C-17, which definitely struck me as odd, considering the rest of the restaurant was built in the late 80s.
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Post by kelly on Aug 24, 2008 18:26:01 GMT -5
nice photos andrew
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Aug 24, 2008 18:59:17 GMT -5
Yeah I remember its the place were you saw a few Dayton Lasko. NICE PICS!!! Is the first Panama is a 4-speed one right? Wow that's a weird location for the top mounted Evergo. NICE Delta II/III You means that the fans you mentioned burned? WOW I LOVE THE PB 1987 HUNTER ORIGINAL! That 36 or 38'' Fasco Parlour looks so cute on that 6'' downroad. I like how the switch housing on those is longer than later Fasco. I like the shape of the motor of the brown Evergo 48''. Not too slim. Finally a Ventura! I would have looked better in the pull chain version with 17'' blades. That brown 52'' fan have vents similar to Jeremy's Sanyo. It also have a second pull chain and no light kit. I wonder if its for the reverse. If so it could be something more Canadian ish NICE CASABLANCA NEW ORLEANS and the Art Nouveau too! Are they in the same place? The PB NuTone Veranda with rubber flywheel, that kind of cane and the tassel pull chain is awesome! That older 4 bladed Homestead is very Casablanca ish. WOW that's a way too big globe for the 36'' Original! Its a common scene to see in Magic Kingdom Walt Disney Orlando, FL. At least they replaced the Fasco with something decent for today. Sad they replaced the Moss Top mounted with HB Minuet II 32''. But just to see how tight the place is its understandable. I wonder how the Moss fitter there? But I prefer the ones with real Ge vents. Obviously those antique fans are OLDER than the building it self. They have been restored and put later mainly for show. Did any of them were on? The blades on the 1973 36'' brown Original are wider because they were in contact with a lot of humidity. They looks warped.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Aug 24, 2008 19:28:32 GMT -5
Actually my comment was not completed. Check back.
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Post by mndoss06 on Aug 24, 2008 19:31:01 GMT -5
Awesome pics Andrew! Suprisingly enough even though I'm from MD I've only been to Ocean City MD twice; once for a week after my senior year in high school (that was five years ago) and then I went again for a day with some buddies last summer shortly after my commissioning in the Marine Corps. From both trips I don't remember seeing a whole lot of neat fans, mostly industrials in the stores along the boardwalk. It's sad about those fans being destroyed in the fire and those others being replaced.
I do, however, clearly remember those Lasko spinners from that arcade. A funny story about that, this was the trip for senior week in high school. My friends and I were hanging out at the boardwalk, just walking down and seeing what was there, and we went to that arcade, and then turned around to walk the 25 blocks or so back to our cars when we realized that we lost one of our friends. Luckily he had the sense to stay at that arcade, and we linked up with him back there. Anyway, those Laskos bring back that memory.
It's been a few years but my family used to go to Nags Head on the Outer Banks of NC and there were TONS of neat fans all around there.
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Post by JW on Aug 25, 2008 8:37:18 GMT -5
How do you know the exact dates on the bright brass Originals? Too bad you couldn't have replaced the broken/missing bracket for them.
Looks like the place is loaded with cool Fascos. I only see the standard ones down here, and those rarely.
I'm thinking the brown Ritz is an older one with Lowe's blades attached; maybe one of the originals got damaged.
I find it amusing how the blades on the NOC are covered in dust, yet the rest of the fan is virtually spotless.
If I'm not mistaken, the newer Verandahs are 3-speed. Never seen one with the rubber flywheel; the whole thing looks out of proportion. They enlarged the switch housing and widened the hole on the motor housing, forcing them to shrink the vents. The sideband looks narrower as well. I always thought NuTone cane was butt-ugly, too.
I was wondering who made the fans with those extra thick brackets (saw one dismantled at a fan shop in Dallas once), now I know. Apparently there are pieces of Homestead's bright brass that tarnish just as quickly as Casablanca. You'd think a top-of-the-line fan company would design a finish that didn't tarnish so quickly...
LOL at the globe that's almost bigger than the fan, that's got "Texas amusement parks" written all over it.
The "1973" R36 - did Hunter experiment with particleboard blades at one time too? These babies are sagging just like particleboard Blenderfan blades. You can tell that veneer is as fake as Dolly Parton too, hehe.
I remember you posting the picture of the C17, any idea what the newer Hunter is doing above it?
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Post by Andrew G. on Aug 25, 2008 10:51:43 GMT -5
Is the first Panama is a 4-speed one right? Three speed, actually. Wow that's a weird location for the top mounted Evergo. NICE Delta II/III You means that the fans you mentioned burned? Unfortunately, yes. The restaurant and its fans burned to the ground a few months back. That brown 52'' fan have vents similar to Jeremy's Sanyo. It also have a second pull chain and no light kit. I wonder if its for the reverse. If so it could be something more Canadian ish Yeah, the second pullchain is a reverse pullchain. NICE CASABLANCA NEW ORLEANS and the Art Nouveau too! Are they in the same place? No. The new orleans is one of two in a clothing store and the art nuveau is in another Doughroller (there are four of them) which also happens to have a few dalta IIs. The PB NuTone Veranda with rubber flywheel, that kind of cane and the tassel pull chain is awesome! Did I mention it no longer works? If I play my cards right, I could probably get it, along with an AB verandah. That older 4 bladed Homestead is very Casablanca ish. Homestead was casablanca's raval throughout the 80s and early 90s. They also tended to use similar looking parts. Sad they replaced the Moss Top mounted with HB Minuet II 32''. But just to see how tight the place is its understandable. I wonder how the Moss fitter there? But I prefer the ones with real Ge vents. The mosses (there were two, notice the other minuet II in the background) fit to the point where only one of them ran. Since they replaced them, they purposely made things even tighter in there. Obviously those antique fans are OLDER than the building it self. They have been restored and put later mainly for show. Did any of them were on? Yes, the C-17 was spinning on low, and every other fan was doing the same.
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Post by Andrew G. on Aug 25, 2008 11:02:43 GMT -5
How do you know the exact dates on the bright brass Originals? Too bad you couldn't have replaced the broken/missing bracket for them. I spoke with the owner and he told me when he installed them. Looks like the place is loaded with cool Fascos. I only see the standard ones down here, and those rarely. Yes, Fascos are indeed everywhere down there. I'm thinking the brown Ritz is an older one with Lowe's blades attached; maybe one of the originals got damaged. It was in a restaurant with around a dozen of those things. They all had crappy Lowes blades on them. If I'm not mistaken, the newer Verandahs are 3-speed. Never seen one with the rubber flywheel; the whole thing looks out of proportion. They enlarged the switch housing and widened the hole on the motor housing, forcing them to shrink the vents. The sideband looks narrower as well. I always thought NuTone cane was butt-ugly, too. I believe the very last verandah deluxes are variable speed, seeing as the one pictured is. The verandah II's are three speed. The "1973" R36 - did Hunter experiment with particleboard blades at one time too? These babies are sagging just like particleboard Blenderfan blades. You can tell that veneer is as fake as Dolly Parton too, hehe. Actually, the blades on that one are aluminum with crappy, peeling wood vaneer. The R-36s used aluminum blades all the way until the end, which I'm guessing is the mid-70s. The last of them had wood blades. I remember you posting the picture of the C17, any idea what the newer Hunter is doing above it? The ceilings were 20' high throughout the bulk of the restaurant, newer four blade originals hang from it. However, in the lobby, there were wood beams running across a bit lower, and I'm guessing the C-17 was bought as a specialty item when the place was built in the late 80s, early 90s.
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Post by JW on Aug 25, 2008 14:09:09 GMT -5
I believe the very last verandah deluxes are variable speed, seeing as the one pictured is. The verandah II's are three speed. And I assume you're talking about the Verandah II that used the same design as these. Unfortunately I don't have my 1987 catalog anymore, but I believe that by this point they renamed it the Verandah II and made it 3-speed. 1994, I believe, is when they went to a more traditional looking design (which I like, BTW), with the choice of 3-speed pullchain or computerized 5-speed. They were still called Verandah II at this point. I think the Elegance was the same fan, but with a different sideband (alternating layers instead of filigree).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2008 16:45:43 GMT -5
I have a 3 speed Verandah Deluxe in the same design as the antique brass ones pictured. It uses a spinner motor and is imported.
The restaurant with the Nutones is an extremely cool install, I'd love to find a place like that today. Very common in the 80s though.
I remember a lot of these pictures from before.
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Post by Joel on Aug 27, 2008 15:03:43 GMT -5
Very nice fans! Thanks for the pictures!
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Post by jonasclark on Aug 28, 2008 2:20:24 GMT -5
I'd give almost anything for one of those Casa New Orleans'. This thread is made of pure win, loads of great Casablanca, Fasco, Hunter and other eye candy.
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Post by thefanman84 "Elder Moss" on Aug 28, 2008 8:57:30 GMT -5
great pics man. sad that the other fans were burned up.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2008 23:57:41 GMT -5
I agree with you Jonas, but I want a slightly earlier New Orleans.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Aug 29, 2008 0:52:04 GMT -5
I agree with you Jonas, but I want a slightly earlier New Orleans. I toughed that was the earliest possible.
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