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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2011 21:05:45 GMT -5
I dont know if anyone else has found a Banana fan NIB. It's my first. No mention of Evergo anywhere on the box. On the outside of the box there is mention of Union. On the manual and warranty card: Loudi Enterprises Incorporated 8150 N. Central Expwy Suite 1015 Dallas Texas 75206 This is not an oil bath version . . . it has a HUGE skeletal motor that fills the entire housing. The fan in the box is like the fan pictured, except the switch cap is different, and it has tight weave cane. I've seen that switch cap before, can anyone recall where? I cant. Among other questions: Were Evergo and Union (Ngok Kee) the same factory/company, or was Evergo simply one of their many relabels? If so, when did Evergo switch from the Union factory to other factories? Who is Loudi? I'd often wondered if Banana fans were Union, or some other factory relabeled for Evergo. We now know they were made in the same factory as early Gold Lines and other cool fans. Here are the pics:       |
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Post by Cole S. on Jul 8, 2011 21:51:15 GMT -5
That is so cool! Never seen a Banana Fan NIB, and never seen that switch cap on this style of fan either. Of course I love the dual pullchain as well.
I wish somebody knew for sure about the Evergo/Union connection. I'm starting to feel that Evergo was simply a relabel for mainly the United States now, because Union fans have been found here, and elsewhere in the world as well, making it seem that Union was indeed the main parent company and Evergo was a coverup they used for marketing in the US.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2011 22:02:41 GMT -5
Only very early, pre-1981 fans are actually labeled UNION. After 1981 it seems most were labeled Evergo, Envirofan, Miami Carey, Montgomery Ward, etc etc.
Perrey would probably know details. I havent heard from him at all lately, except for a threatening private message.
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Post by Rick M. on Jul 8, 2011 22:18:24 GMT -5
Very cool fan, Dan! That's really cool to see one NIB - I like how they show the different versions of this fan on the back.
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Post by Cole S. on Jul 8, 2011 23:03:44 GMT -5
Only very early, pre-1981 fans are actually labeled UNION. After 1981 it seems most were labeled Evergo, Envirofan, Miami Carey, Montgomery Ward, etc etc. Really? That's pretty early, I have what, like at least 3 fans labeled Union (2 huggers, one Evergo style spinner, those are what I remember) and none of them seem quite that early, maybe the spinner, but they seem more mid 80's to me. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2011 0:35:51 GMT -5
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Post by bryan1980 on Jul 9, 2011 8:42:20 GMT -5
That's a neat-looking fan! How do you guys find all of this NIB stuff?
Loudi may have been the distributor. I'm familiar with that part of Dallas, it's pretty much all office buildings.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2011 12:19:24 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2011 12:29:53 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2011 12:32:42 GMT -5
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Post by bryan1980 on Jul 9, 2011 12:42:13 GMT -5
What are your plans for it, Dan?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2011 13:28:24 GMT -5
Not sure yet. I'd love a white one for my parents kitchen but an AB one is too dark. Not to mention I always have issue installing NIB fans.
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Post by bryan1980 on Jul 9, 2011 16:01:25 GMT -5
That fan would look great in a gameroom or something.
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Post by Cole S. on Jul 10, 2011 14:31:04 GMT -5
Yeah, both huggers are like that, one 52", the other 42". And that's my spinner, but mine is brown. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2011 16:11:46 GMT -5
Everything you mention is very early 80s. There's probably a date somewhere on the spinner.
I do not know when the first hugger fan was made.
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