What a jackpot!

[Tais]

there is an old large apartment area awaiting demolition by the end of this month, that building was built in 1965 and has LOTS of amazing Orients (some 60s version and some dated 1977) and other fan brands such as relite, gold wheel, SMC, khaitan, bajaj and many unfamiliar brands.

everyday i go there endlessly searching for scrappers loading or tenants shifting and make an offer for buying the fans from them, however, in many cases it was unsuccessful.. recently i agreed with the security and labours in that area to pay them a certain amount for every 3 fans obtained (1 flat has 2 or 3 fans)

so far i have obtained 32 ceiling fans (some of them i sold locally and exchanged for older fans) and my hunt will continue until there are no fans left... and hopefully i will offer a large amount of vintage fans for sale here!, stay tuned


here are some pics:

11 Orient regulators, 9 of them are 1960s model and 2 are 1977 model


some other misc regulators i obtained like khaitan, CEC, gold wheel...


19 fan motors as of mid july, before the orient boom (3 of them are no longer with me)


more fan motors, most of them are recent finds


a KDK clone


Orients, cleaned


the remaining orients with their blades awaiting to be cleaned


the infamous 48" orient fan


so far, the fans obtained are:

13 orient De-Luxe 48" ceiling fan (10 are red ringed dated 1977, 3 are blue ringed from the 60s)
3 2000s SMC AK56 model (exchanged 1 for a 90s CMC fan)
2 SMC K56 model (1998 and 2001)
2 bajaj maxima 56" (exchanged 1 for a 90s 56" khaitan magnate fan)
1 crompton greaves whirlwind 56"(exchanged for another 90s 56" khaitan magnate fan)
2 khaitan hi breeze model, may 2009
1 khaitan comrade model, may 2001
1 khaitan jewel black model, feb 1998
1 universal ceiling fan 56"
1 USHA atom model 56"
1 rustaq ceiling fan 56"
1 KDK A56XK model (sold)
1 Imasu ceiling fan
1 premier ceiling fan
1 80s EMC (safer emco) ceiling fan


soon i will update this thread with more pics and more obtained fans, stay tuned, don't let this thread die

[thefanman84 "Elder Moss"]

WOW!!! MAJOR HAUL!!!! GET THEM ALL!!

[fancollector12]

What's the one in the picture of all nineteen fans, the fourth row, second one in? Looks plastic,with the vents up top?

[Deleted]

very nice!!

[Cole S.]

Wow, you're really on a mission with this one! I see a number of very cool fans, some that I haven't seen before. Keep up the good work, this is true devotion to the fans.

[Rick M.]

Wow, great haul! I see LOTS of cool fans there...keep up the good work!

[Tais]

Aug 9, 2012 17:40:50 GMT -5 fancollector12 said:

What's the one in the picture of all nineteen fans, the fourth row, second one in? Looks plastic,with the vents up top?

the one with a plastic case and lots of vents is KDK A56XK

[Jean Lemieux]

Awesome!

I love the Gold Wheel control.

In some pictures, I think we can see some of the fans are already had before mixed in. Like the Winner with the noodle cup for the lower canopy.

It's really cool that you obtained some fans that are another color than just white. I see a black & PB and a brown fan.

I see a lot of Orient, recent USHA, some SMC and a cool CMC.

It's nice that you traded some more recent fans that we see on the 3rd pictures for some of the older fans.

[Tais]

9 more finds since i made this thread:
6 orients, dated 1977 and 3 recent panasonic!

unwanted orient fans about to escape demolition


3 filthy panasonic motors


and here is a pic of the universal ceiling fan i earned earlier mounted


more rescues coming soon, stay tuned

[Deleted]

I love those first ones! The last one, the motor looks way too small!

[Cole S.]

Agreed. Love the Orients, motor looks puny on the Universal.

[Tais]

MOAR MOAR MOAR!!!!!


SMCs and uncleaned orients


old bed, completely occupied and overloaded


regulators in their cartons (more than half of them are from that area!)


3 khaitan magnates 1991 48" (motor is bigger than others) (right), 1995 (the one with a broken upper canopy and maroon top) and 2000 version (brown)


1992 USHA Pulsar 48"


it even has wider blades than the later models


early 90s CG high breeze vs 2000 CG high breeze... (notice the motor size difference)


90s and 2000s CMC


metro 4-bladed 24" ceiling fan


one of the blades had its badge missing


60s orient (right) vs early 80s orient (left)


Bajaj Popular, always wanted one of those!


National (indian) and safer emco ceiling fan behind it


a beaten up majestic that has all its blades warped and one of its tulip glass broken! no date is known but this fan is definitely not new


blades (right - left): CG high breeze, national, CMC


regulators!!!


CEC regulator (got 3 of those), i remember seeing some CECs here and they were manufactured in taiwan i guess, these regulators were manufactured in UK


alfa regulator


2 JMG regulators


another variation of orient regulator


hitachi orbit fan regulator (dated feb 1 1985)


panasonic regulators


moar getting rescued on the way!!!

as for the 3rd update i got:

1991 khaitan magnate 48"
2000 khaitan magnate 56" brown
1992 USHA pulsar 48"
1980s orient de-luxe (upper canopy and regulator are different)
4 1977 orient de-luxe
4 1960s orient de-luxe
2 national fans (india) 2004 and 2005
2000s CMC
2009 metro 24"
1999 bajaj popular
1980s - 1990s majestic deluxe 4-bladed
2000 crompton greaves high breeze

19 fans

[Deleted]

Tais I WANT that 24" fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jean Lemieux]

Theses are actually all the SMC's that you already have?

It's insane the amount of Orient Fans that were in that building.

I can't wait to see better pictures of the fans that are not white.

Congratulations on the Majestic GE vent. The two ones that I mentioned that we had on our veranda in N'Djamena looked exactly like the one you found except it was wall controlled. Ours were from 2001. The one you found is not much older. Definitely around the late 1990s - early 2000s.

The Hitachi control is very cool.

[Rick M.]

WOW...that's quite a haul! I LOVE that 24" fan. Great job getting all those!