Craigslist and Garage sale scores!

[A930Rocket]

Originally Posted by jcwade

Picked up this GE Vortalex fan at a garage sale for $15.
It weighs about 20 pounds and is from the 40's or 50's.

It worked fine but the switch was broken off, so it had 1 speed and you turned it off by unplugging it.
I picked up a switch and replaced it today.
Now it works great. It even oscillates.

We had a GE fan just like that one. From what I remember anyway. Anyway we were using it one night and we smelled smoke. Turned out the fan overheated and dripped some kind of oil onto the carpet. We unplugged it and took it outside. I wanted to keep it and see what happen, but Ms. Rocket tossed it.

[Baz]

Another score from my Mom's neighborhood this morning. I think it's a piano bench. In pretty good shape - hinges work very well.

Might use on one of my covered decks as a place to sit and to store magazines in.

[herr_oberst]

Yard sale find. Don't need this but I can find uses for it - an older Park Tools bike repair stand for ten bucks. Needs a good clean and lube but it's like new and it came with a bunch of lubes and greases in a tool box.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Yard sale find. Don't need this but I can find uses for it - an older Park Tools bike repair stand for ten bucks. Needs a good clean and lube but it's like new and it came with a bunch of lubes and greases in a tool box.

Great score, why can't I find a deal like that.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Yard sale find. Don't need this but I can find uses for it - an older Park Tools bike repair stand for ten bucks. Needs a good clean and lube but it's like new and it came with a bunch of lubes and greases in a tool box.

Really nice score there, Herr Oberst! Love the vintage/old school stuff - if nothing else than for it's historical value! The box full of lubricants is icing on the cake!

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by Baz

Another score from my Mom's neighborhood this morning. I think it's a piano bench. In pretty good shape - hinges work very well.

Might use on one of my covered decks as a place to sit and to store magazines in.

Saw this on a friend's FB page and thought of you Baz.....

[Baz]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Saw this on a friend's FB page and thought of you Baz.....

Ha ha - so true! And I love those Corgi's Craig. They're herding dogs, ya know...

[masraum]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Saw this on a friend's FB page and thought of you Baz.....

LOL, hilarious.

We just bought a working Chambers stove, model BZ (1948). We paid towards the higher end, but then we got a 75 year old stove that has no dings, chipped enamel, etc..., and when they unplugged it 2 months ago, it was working. Most of the stuff that you find that's cheaper is dented, dinged, chipped, and has pitted, rusted-through chrome.

[Baz]

^^^ NICE score, Steve. How much was it?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Baz

^^^ NICE score, Steve. How much was it?

1k. I probably could have talked him down, but didn't try. It felt like a good price to me considering the shape, so I paid.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by masraum

1k. I probably could have talked him down, but didn't try. It felt like a good price to me considering the shape, so I paid.

Wow that's a fantastic price! New ones are going for MUCH more than that and they don't work nearly as good as the classics like you got. CONGRATS, buddy!!!

[porsche930dude]

Scored these dreamers from a garage sale for 5$ each. It was an old couple pretty much all they had was their kids old board games and these. All of it was from the 70s they said they never had a sale before. I dont know the brand of the yellow one the head badge and chain guard are gone. I already got the red one cleaned up a bit and working . The yellow one i think im going to leave as it is but the crank is bent and has odd pedals so ill work on that.

[pwd72s]

One person's trash...another's treasure. Isn't that the ultimate recycling? Here's a fun video...a youngster repairing a free rollaway combo. Probably his first...good job, kid. Hope it lasts him a lifetime. (edit) Kinda wish somebody had shown him the trick to removing the drawers. Pretty simple...slide in an old hacksaw blade to push in a tab.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hll9wa5rews&ab_channel=JesseHortin

[COL911]

Professionals in my neighborhood can’t be bothered to fix things - it’s a throwaway society. I got this power washer off the curb on trash day, checked it over, determined that it was overfilled with oil, drained and refilled with new oil to proper level, and it started on the third pull! Sold it today on CL for $120. Third power washer I harvested in the last year. The others were a Simpson 3000 psi with Honda GCV engine and a J D 3300 psi unit. Replaced the carbs on those and they’re good as new. Just amazed at what gets thrown out these days...

[COL911]

[Racerbvd]

Scored this old Park work stand, I actually used this stand back in the 80s.

[herr_oberst]

^^^^^ Jeez, the universe provides, days after you mentioned that you don't get those deals!

That's the shop model too, with the 100 pound base. Good score.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

^^^^^ Jeez, the universe provides, days after you mentioned that you don't get those deals!

That's the shop model too, with the 100 pound base. Good score.

Well, it definitely cost more than $10, but it is literally a piece of my history, so when I was offered the opportunity to buy it, I had to.
To be able to go back to the days when life was simpler for me.
But I am really drawn to this vintage stand, $200

[herr_oberst]

Yeah, the vintage bike repair stand is cool, but I don't imagine you'd use it much because it looks kind of cumbersome to set up and use. It'd be fun to display some bikes on but to get real work done, well, there's a reason every bike shop had two or three of those two headed things set up in the back - they made money for the company. Easy to use, tough as a Robert Mitchum fist to the jaw.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Yeah, the vintage bike repair stand is cool, but I don't imagine you'd use it much because it looks kind of cumbersome to set up and use. It'd be fun to display some bikes on but to get real work done, well, there's a reason every bike shop had two or three of those two headed things set up in the back - they made money for the company. Easy to use, tough as a Robert Mitchum fist to the jaw.

My 49 Cycle Truck would look sweet on it, but budget and space don't allow. Robert Mitchum is one of my favorite actors.