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Scotsman: That Scotsman wagon could NOT be more different to your new T-Bird. The Scotsman was a special, loss-leader "stripper" model that Studebaker dealers could advertise at very low prices ($1776 for the two-door sedan), in hopes they could switch prospective buyers to something a...

P.S.: Is that a Studebaker next to the T-Bird? Looks like it could be a Scotsman wagon.

I Think.... ....That is Tahoe Turquoise. Yours is a Town Hardtop, which means its vinyl roof was a dealer-installed option; Ford didn't offer the vinyl roof from the factory on this model. The Town Hardtop had the same roofline as the Town Landau, just no vinyl roof or landau bars. There...

Lucky You! You've found the B-8 I'd like to have - I want one to match my 1205 and my Model L. I have a B-8, but it's the gray version matching the Silverado. Nice machine, no complaints, but it's not the one I want. First world problems, eh?

A Long Way From Home.... The covered glass candy dish behind the polisher (to the right of the vintage phone) is a piece of Anchor Hocking "Fortune," made in the U.S. only for just two years, 1937 and 1938. I grew up around one of these candy dishes, in my paternal grandmother's house, and now...

Alex: That beautiful GE Airliner is not mine - it's a photo from a Craigslist ad that I saved because I love that model. My own range is from the '70s - a 1972 GE J 370 30-inch freestanding model. As you can see, my kitchen would not have room for a 40-inch range like the Airliner.

Here Is.... A 1948 GE Airliner like the one in the movie pic above - very solid and capable piece of equipment. And no control board to blow out one day.

Rob: Thought you'd enjoy this shot - it's from the 1949 film, 'A Letter to Three Wives,' starring Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern and Kirk Douglas, among others. In the photo, the late great Thelma Ritter is cooking with Guardian Service, on top of a 1948 GE Airliner range. In the movie, duck is...

Note to Self: No more detailed answers with pics for folks with a post count of one. You're welcome, Miss June.

Strainer Photo: Here's a photo of the juicer with the strainer removed. The strainer is the round, perforated plastic piece with the big hole in the middle and the little lifting tab. It goes into the strainer body before the reamer is put in place; it sits in the bottom of the strainer body...

This Probably Isn't What You Want to Hear, But.... The juicer you need is not easy to find complete with all its parts. It's sometimes referred to by collectors as the "hatbox" juicer; the photo below will make it clear why. You will probably have to buy another mixer to get the juicer; for...

XP: Has been the most satisfactory and reliable Microsoft OS I've ever used, and I go back to Win 3.1. I'm sticking with it as long as practicable. There will come a day when software is a problem; I remember that from when I held on to Win98 forever. The OS worked fine, but there came a...

ronni: Electrolux was always a "class" machine, not a "mass" machine, and Aerus is simply maintaining that market positioning. In the early '70s, I used to work a few doors down from an Electrolux agency on Piedmont Avenue in Atlanta, and found the window displays very tempting. At the...

Cleaning Soleplates: There are three basic kinds of soleplates: Aluminum, stainless and non-stick. Non-stick doesn't really require cleaning except for an occasional wipe with a damp cloth. Stainless and aluminum are the ones that require some effort. Aluminum is the easier of the two - I've...

Rex: Like I say - all that just to get a cup of coffee I could get from any percolator that would work on 110-120v?

Jamie: I could have done that, but it seemed rather silly to spend so much money just to have the experience of using a U.K. percolator for a while, when there are so many perfectly good American ones around. Also, doing that takes a step-UP transformer (turning American 110-120v. mains...

Jennifer: You might do well to join the Yahoo! discussion group WACEM (We Actually Collect Electric Mixers); some members there may be able to help to a certain extent. However, you need to know that you have picked a very difficult company to get info about. Dormeyer exited the home...

Bill: You are so right about the inherent, obscene wastefulness of many coffeemakers made since percolators were last popular. Two tips about using stovetop percs: 1) Eight minutes is about right for perking time with most models. 2) Do not center the perc on the burner - put it over to...

Jamie: If you're looking for a percolator on your side of the pond, Russell Hobbs made some of the most beautiful ones seen anywhere. It will always be one of my regrets that they are not usable here, because of our 110-120v American mains power. I owned one for a while that turned up in a...

I Think: There's more metal in that coffee pot than appliance manufacturers put into a whole washing machine nowadays.