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Post by fancollector12 on Aug 6, 2015 0:00:49 GMT -5
My one Panama 5 is from March 18th, 1988, and it is 5 blade only. Did they start midyear?
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Post by Andrew G. on Aug 6, 2015 13:49:28 GMT -5
My one Panama 5 is from March 18th, 1988, and it is 5 blade only. Did they start midyear? No, they started at the beginning of the year.. but it would take them about 3 months to use up the old leftover parts.
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Post by fancollector12 on Aug 6, 2015 23:23:30 GMT -5
My one Panama 5 is from March 18th, 1988, and it is 5 blade only. Did they start midyear? No, they started at the beginning of the year.. but it would take them about 3 months to use up the old leftover parts. So my Panama 5 was the last of the 5-blade-only Panama 5s?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2015 9:06:38 GMT -5
It dates to '88? Well, the flywheel must've been changed, because that is 2 years before Casablanca started calling four/five blade four seasons the nassau, let alone even have 4/5 blade four seasons Fans. Allow me to put it this way: You...are...WRONG. So very, very wrong. The end. Casablanca started offering their fans as 4/5-blade in 1988, including the Four Seasons. This is a Four Seasons, end of story. looks like andrew dust off the "wrong" sign and starting to use it again,this time on noah c.. nice finds indeed
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Post by Adam D. on Aug 8, 2015 15:15:30 GMT -5
I'm sure there's alot of drooling action going on there...
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Post by Andrew G. on Aug 15, 2015 10:16:08 GMT -5
So I've acquired my first drop-flywheel Emerson Turn of the Century... ...And OH LOOK, variable-speed! Ordinarily, a TOC like this would be relatively common.. but it's the variable-speed aspect that makes this one rare. The fan uses a system akin to Casablanca's Slumber-Quiet...and yes, it does work.
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Post by Adam D. on Aug 15, 2015 15:28:00 GMT -5
Very nice!! looks to be in very good shape...
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Post by fancollector12 on Aug 15, 2015 23:18:17 GMT -5
Nice TOC!
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Post by Noah C on Aug 16, 2015 20:13:04 GMT -5
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Post by Andrew G. on Sept 8, 2015 11:05:33 GMT -5
So I got my first 36" Original in TEN YEARS... The finish is off-white (it has more of a grayish hue). The switch housing is PLASTIC; the pullchain is Leviton, meaning the speed sequence is "high/off/low/off." For those who remember my Ocean City, Maryland shore sightings, you may remember me finding a liquor store with a few brass Originals. Yeahhh, so this happened... My friend and I decided to hit the shore this past Labor Day weekend. After searching for beach parking, we finally found a spot on the street. Just as we were about to walk to the beach, I realized where I was...aaand what was nearby; so I told her I'd be 5 minutes......that turned into 15. When I first came here 10 years ago, there were 4 Originals: 2 Reversairs that were installed in 1982 (one with a missing blade/broken blade iron) and 2 later ones that were installed in 1987. When I went back the other day, only one fan (one of the later ones) remained; so of course, I inquired about them.. and sure enough, they still had them in storage. Somehow, they did remember me; so the owner just let me have them all....for FREE. When I went upstairs into the storage, I quickly discovered something peculiar: There were not three, but FOUR fans there; the 2 Reversairs (from 1981) and 2 later ones (from 1986). What I didn't realize was that there was once a 5th fan ('86) over the door that had been removed eons ago (the blade irons were bent to hell from getting hit a few too many times, so they just said "screw it" and took it down). So 15 minutes later, I came waddling back to the car with a motor in each hand. When my friend saw me, her jaw simply dropped. Needless to say, neither of us expected this. And.. oh look, birth defect! Notice how the top of the motor is wider than the bottom.. this is a casting defect.
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Post by Adam D. on Sept 8, 2015 12:51:24 GMT -5
Great story.. Glad you got them..
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Post by fancollector12 on Sept 8, 2015 22:58:37 GMT -5
Nice finds!
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Post by Jordan U on Sept 9, 2015 15:11:53 GMT -5
Neat story behind these, great deal too
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Post by becausecanadia on Sept 9, 2015 18:07:20 GMT -5
Do I see a variable speed knob on the one?
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Sept 9, 2015 19:29:44 GMT -5
Do I see a variable speed knob on the one? It's a half bracket that is not removed.
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