A very beasty SMC!

[Tais]

finally got one of my childhood fans (the nightmare fan) hanging on the ceiling! it operates very well for its age and its airflow is insane! the fan is most probably early-mid 60s, i got a 1967 version earlier from scrap that had a smaller label and a little difference in the lower canopy.. the regulator of this fan has a different SMC logo.. the blade and blade arm thickness is really high up to the point bending is so hard to do.

the fan was painted brown by its previous owner, i decided to keep it that way since the paint is still good and high quality

this fan is fan no. 61 in the collection, got it a month before the amazing hauls start

















video and possible more pics coming soon

[Jean Lemieux]

Awesome I love it. The shape of the blades is beautiful.

This style of upper canopy is pretty common in Thailand. It reminds me of this fan but in a larger version. Notice they have the same upper canopy. This AEC would normally be more Union related.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g49slk-Tv-A

On some Vietnamese sites I found somes pictures of this same 1960's SMC but in 120 cm. Let me know if you would like me to post them on the forum.

[Tais]

May 28, 2013 20:58:43 GMT -5 Jean Lemieux said:

Awesome I love it. The shape of the blades is beautiful.

This style of upper canopy is pretty common in Thailand. It reminds me of this fan but in a larger version. Notice they have the same upper canopy. This AEC would normally be more Union related.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g49slk-Tv-A

On some Vietnamese sites I found somes pictures of this same 1960's SMC but in 120 cm. Let me know if you would like me to post them on the forum.

i would highly appreciate it if u post the pics!

I saw that AEC, at first before i realize it was AEC, i thought that would definitely be SMC

[Cole S.]

Wow that metal is certainly thick! I love this thing, that motor is so THICK and the whole thing is deliciously chunky.

[Adam D.]

I love this Evergo looking fan...

[Andrew G.]

Every time I see one of these, I automatically think "Union?"

[Jean Lemieux]

May 29, 2013 10:45:54 GMT -5 Andrew G. said:

Every time I see one of these, I automatically think "Union?"

A lot of Hong Kong companies made this style of motor. With the more smooth bottom and screws a lot less visible I would think more of TAT. SMC have been around since the 1950's. I would doubt that in the 1950-1960's they would have offered a very slim and streamlined fan like the later K series.

[Jean Lemieux]

Here a the 120 cm 1960's SMC's I found on some Vietnamese sites.

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I love these as well!

Normally I'm skeptical when we date fans pre-1975, but that canopy is pretty clear.

[Tais]

May 29, 2013 17:11:44 GMT -5 Jean Lemieux said:

Here a the 120 cm 1960's SMC's I found on some Vietnamese sites.

awesome! They could be somewhere as old as the one i have!! The only missing clue would be the blade screws, i have an older one with bolts that require spanners to unscrew

[Tais]