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Posted on 11/20/23 at 10:23 pm to
Posted by NCIS_76
Member since Jan 2021
5246 posts
Posted on 11/20/23 at 10:23 pm to
A identical pic I found on the internet. Bought new in 1991. White Westinghouse stove. Not one problem from it so far.

Posted by Capt ST
Hotel California
Member since Aug 2011
12864 posts
Posted on 11/20/23 at 10:23 pm to
I have a freezer that was my grandparents. Has to be from at least the early 80s. Take everything out when frost builds up, thaw and load her back up.
Posted by SpotCheckBilly
Member since May 2020
6538 posts
Posted on 11/20/23 at 10:23 pm to
1968 Amana Radar Range
Posted by jaytothen
Member since Jan 2020
6423 posts
Posted on 11/20/23 at 10:27 pm to
I have a deep chest freezer from before Katrina off the top of my head.
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
15793 posts
Posted on 11/20/23 at 10:38 pm to
My grandfather's freezer is in my dad's workshop. 1975 model that still works.
Posted by ImaObserver
Member since Aug 2019
2293 posts
Posted on 11/20/23 at 10:43 pm to
Montgomery Ward chest type two compartment deep freeze from 1945. I had to replace a couple of fan motors on it when I was a kid but it hasn't given any functional trouble for at least 60 years.
Posted by ItzMe1972
Member since Dec 2013
9822 posts
Posted on 11/20/23 at 10:59 pm to
1865 Seth Thomas Railroad Clock.

Runs like the day it was made. Surely Civil War era.

Posted by Landmass
Member since Jun 2013
18181 posts
Posted on 11/20/23 at 11:09 pm to
My refrigerator (now out in the garage). Got it in 2005.
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
64976 posts
Posted on 11/20/23 at 11:41 pm to
We bought all new appliances after we bought our house so nothing old at all in my home. My parents still have their first refrigerator they bought when they first got married in 1983. Is in their garage now but still runs like a charm
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
90810 posts
Posted on 11/20/23 at 11:42 pm to
It not really an appliance but I have my grandmothers record player and 8 track tape stereo system from the 1970s that still works

Our Rheem AC unit from 1991 still going strong
This post was edited on 11/21/23 at 10:52 am
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98284 posts
Posted on 11/20/23 at 11:48 pm to
My dad has an Emerson oscillating fan from like the 1940s. It belonged to his parents. He found a guy who rebuilds electric motors as a hobby and it runs like new.
Posted by Tantal
Member since Sep 2012
14098 posts
Posted on 11/20/23 at 11:53 pm to
I have an olive drab Frigidaire beer fridge in the garage that was left by the previous owners of the house. They brought it with them when they moved to Texas from New Jersey in 1981. It's 42 years old, at a minimum, and still running like a champ.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69172 posts
Posted on 11/21/23 at 12:31 am to
1997 subzero.
I own a 1978 Hobart mixer but never use it.
Posted by HeyCap
Member since Nov 2014
618 posts
Posted on 11/21/23 at 12:42 am to
No way will I jinx myself by naming it.
Posted by IStandBytheU
Member since Sep 2016
964 posts
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:20 am to
Yeah. Those things that last 30 years are worth holding on to. Whatever condition they are in.
Posted by Sus-Scrofa
Member since Feb 2013
8176 posts
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:33 am to
I’ve had the same Emerson alarm clock my entire life. Apparently it was in the first house my parents bought after they got married.

It was in my room growing up, I took it to college, and it’s moved with me everywhere since.

Not nostalgic about it or anything, it just keeps working.
Posted by KLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2003
10324 posts
Posted on 11/21/23 at 5:08 am to
My fridge in outdoor room is from 1993 and still kicking.

I have an electric shop light with original bulb that I got from my great uncles house when he passed away 15 years ago. The light was from 1958 and still works with original bulb.
This post was edited on 11/21/23 at 5:20 am
Posted by Hangit
The Green Swamp
Member since Aug 2014
39193 posts
Posted on 11/21/23 at 5:12 am to
I bought my BR house in Jan. of '97. Within a month I replaced the fridge. I brought it with me when I moved to FL in 2001. I will put Thanksgiving leftovers in it Thursday.
Posted by prostyleoffensetime
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2009
11455 posts
Posted on 11/21/23 at 5:19 am to
I have a deep freezer that was my grandparents that’s at least from the 80’s.
Posted by BruslyTiger
Waiting on 420...
Member since Oct 2003
4615 posts
Posted on 11/21/23 at 5:25 am to
The house I bought came with a 1950 electric ranger top and matching double oven. The brand is Frigidaire deluxe by GM Corp and everything works except for the clock on the oven.
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