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WTB GE 20" Box Fan
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Rick Swanson
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 Posted: Sun Nov 1st, 2009 01:03 am
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Want to buya 1955 era, frost grey, rounded corners, 3 speed/reversable General Electric 20" box fan.

Rick Swanson
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 Posted: Mon Nov 2nd, 2009 02:08 pm
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this is the fan I am looking for.

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Tim Tomerlin
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 Posted: Mon Nov 2nd, 2009 10:38 pm
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Make em an offer. :D
http://cgi.ebay.com/GE-REVERSABLE-WINDOW-FAN_W0QQitemZ270477623914QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ef9b9026a

Rick Swanson
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 Posted: Tue Nov 3rd, 2009 01:04 am
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thanks for the redirect, but that fan has passed it's prime, was looking for more of a fan that looks like the pic I posted. thanks again

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 Posted: Mon Nov 9th, 2009 02:15 pm
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that fan isnt from 1955. my GE "expert" (he knows every timeline and model #) says the fan you show with chrome grilles would be 1956, then in 1957 GE shifted to white painted grilles. Sometime in 58 or 59 GE switched to a large rotary knob on the sides and then in 1960 to the square sided units with the pushbuttons or knob on the side and were the "light blue spruce" color. Keep your eye on ebay, this model seems to come up a lot. I have the literature for 1955 and they only made the single direction three speed+thermo unit with the knobs on top. I have a 1956 version in the carton (sadly without the panels) and a 1957 version i rescued off a curb and am restoring...good luck! they do seem to come up on ebay pretty often,.

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 Posted: Fri Nov 13th, 2009 05:27 pm
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Tom, thanks for all the information you submitted. very helpfull to me, and much appreciated.

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 Posted: Fri Nov 13th, 2009 06:25 pm
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Rick- 

The fan you are looking for is a model W4.  Here it is on the cover of the 1956 GE fan catalog. 

They are out there.  Good luck on your search!

Next time I get to Illinois- I'm from Wyanet, 50 miles north of Peoria- I'd sure like to come see your fans!

 

 

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Last edited on Fri Nov 13th, 2009 06:27 pm by Don Whipple


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