And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
1950 Bel Aire by Leroy Brooks $2000 $3000 I'm getting ready to spend almost that getting the p- trap repaired under the tub so I don't think that's in my budget.
Pink & black, and light green & black, and black flecked oatmeal were color combos very popular in the 1920s to 1950s, the latter into the 1970s.
Whenever people would hire me for a kitchen or bathroom remodel, I would save those ceramic tiles, sinks, bathtubs, and fixtures. Invariably they would ask why. Their eyes lit up with dollar bills when I told them.
I didn't mind because I also said I would take extra time - billable at 5x my normal - to preserve that which was becoming popular again. Usually they readily agreed.
In the case that they didn't care, I inventoried in order to upsell to the avant garde. What is old is new again. The hilarious part is those people think they are cutting edge. And brother, they are a gold bonanza.
Helped a contractor friend do a remodel a couple of years ago. Removed a 60's bath with two sinks, tub, toilet and a bidet in a weird lavender. Very rare to see the bidet in this era. Bet this set brings a goog price from the antique salvage yard we sold it to. Bubbarust
Looks like a 56 Chevy hood ornament
ReplyDeleteThe bullet running lights on my 1942 Harley have 4 little wings like these knobs
Delete1950 Bel Aire by Leroy Brooks $2000 $3000 I'm getting ready to spend almost that getting the p- trap repaired under the tub so I don't think that's in my budget.
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Pink sink. Wasn't that a 60s cartoon?
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a new job. No one back then used subway tiles in their bathrooms.
DeleteA workplace lavatory wouldn't have had such a fixture.
Yup, a new installation. Undoubtedly those folks think they are cool. What is old is new again.
Pink & black, and light green & black, and black flecked oatmeal were color combos very popular in the 1920s to 1950s, the latter into the 1970s.
ReplyDeleteWhenever people would hire me for a kitchen or bathroom remodel, I would save those ceramic tiles, sinks, bathtubs, and fixtures. Invariably they would ask why. Their eyes lit up with dollar bills when I told them.
I didn't mind because I also said I would take extra time - billable at 5x my normal - to preserve that which was becoming popular again. Usually they readily agreed.
In the case that they didn't care, I inventoried in order to upsell to the avant garde. What is old is new again. The hilarious part is those people think they are cutting edge. And brother, they are a gold bonanza.
My dad's 58 Oldsmobile rocket 88 had something similar
ReplyDeleteCreative and brilliant
ReplyDeleteHelped a contractor friend do a remodel a couple of years ago. Removed a
ReplyDelete60's bath with two sinks, tub, toilet and a bidet in a weird lavender. Very rare to
see the bidet in this era. Bet this set brings a goog price from the antique
salvage yard we sold it to.
Bubbarust