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Last edited on Sat Jun 27th, 2009 06:18 pm by Michael Roy

Doug is saving the rest of his money to buy a restorable B-29.  

Mike, you have a late model (late 40s-50s) Freshy fan head on a Westy Whirlaire base and pedestal.  If you can't get all your speeds try blasting some WD-40 down the oil ports and loosen that old oil varnish on the bearing/rotor shaft.   Could be a couple of things.

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Last edited on Sat Jun 27th, 2009 10:45 pm by Russ Huber

This is your missing fan-head more than likely.

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The badged Freshys are most typically LaSalle St., Marshall Blvd, or simply no street address at all.....just... Chicago, Ill.  From what I have seen the non-star of David models have a motor tag I bet of the 50s with their new owner....Cory Corp. of Chicago.   

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Last edited on Sun Jun 28th, 2009 01:24 am by Michael Roy

Please check the motor again to see if it wasn't made for the Fresh 'ND-Aire Corporation of Chicago by............Fasco.  Does your motor actually state the Cory Corporation name on it??  

 So far the motor makers to appear so far are the early birds.....Ballentine motors I think from Solar Industries of Chicago.  Then as they moved into mass production late thirties early 40s.......G. ood E. nough. Aaaand I have seen Redmond motors in BADGELESS early Freshys.  Then G. ood E. nough went to the cheapo single phase cannister motors with a hole drilled on each end of the can late 40s.   Annnnnnnd.......then into the 50s......Fasco.  

Their brochures boast the use of Westinghouse motors,  but I have yet to see one.   I think they felt the need to use the Westinghouse name next to G. ood E. nough for fear they wouldn't sell any fans.    

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Well so far it looks like this........Chicago Ballentine motors were used in the earliest Fresh 'ND-Aires spanning roughly mid to late 30s.....possibly early 40s.  My IMPRESSION is early Fresh 'ND-Aire for most part was sold regional.  Fresh 'ND-Aire then in late 30s kicked into mass production through the 2626 Washington Blvd and Clinton St. addresses producing fans with outsourced cast iron higher quality G.E. motors.  I have a La Salle St. address BADGELESS Freshy with a REDMOND motor in it.  I was always under the IMPRESSION the La Salle St. address manufacturer came into being under the Cory Corp. takeover.  Now...I question this.  If you have a cannister type G.E. motor in yours it sure looks pretty good it is from the mid to late 40s.   And.....if you have a Fasco motor in yours, there is PROOF through brochure and patents of at least 48.... Cory Corp. held the rights to the Fresh 'ND-Aire name. 

Last edited on Sun Jun 28th, 2009 02:55 pm by Russ Huber

The speed transformers are wound for the motor load I would think.  For example, if you have a model 20 I would seek another model 20 speed switch/transformer, or just the replacement coil.  I have no spares at this time.  Try posting in the BST for one, or hopefully a rust bucket of your model size will pop up on the bay cheap and functional. 

Pssssssst.......Potentiometer.

Last edited on Mon Jun 29th, 2009 05:58 pm by Russ Huber