Just yesterday out of the blue, The Price Is Right theme song started playing in my head, so I pulled it up on YT thinking if I listen to it I'll stop hearing it in my head. Well...I found the original theme song too and now they both won't stop playing in my head, and I've listened to them...
The "T60" marking over the "Made In USA" stamp. "60" is the year. Not really sure what "T" stands for but they were all stamped that way at least until the mid '70s.
What you have there Brian...
Is a 1960 Compton. I'd try and keep the old flush tower flush valve if you can. Gaskets are still available for it.
http://https//www.plumbingsupply.com/americanstandardtoiletparts-compton.html
Sorry to hear about Leo. When I was growing up we had two cats that were sisters. A few weekends before Christmas 2004 I was helping decorate the christmas tree and on my way to the basement had found one of the cats (Tigger) with her back legs paralyzed and walking around on just her fronts. I...
Quality has become so laughably awful that I almost ALWAYS go out of my way to find a higher quality alternative then to whatever is in the Box Store.
When I look around me I don't see too many things made in China. My shoes are made in the USA, as well as one pair of flip flops and the other...
Still interested!
And I'm jealous of your Bolton find!!
My dream toilet find is an elongated Standard or Kohler from the 60s like a Cadet or Bolton, it would be my permanent DD. You'd think with me living in such a large metropolitan area that it'd be easy to find these things especially on...
My favorite is the Sanitaire SC888, before they got rid of the headlight and changed the motor. And even then my favorite is still the Sanitaire 800 series. Can't go wrong with one of those.
That is my favorite model of Rainbow! My great aunt & uncle have a D4 just like yours and I absolutely love using it when I'm over there.
I'm sure you're house is just fabulously sparkly with that Rainbow!