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I know my Mixmaster 1-7A, which is also harvest gold, also sometimes looks yellow. It is hard to tell what color it is sometimes depending on the lighting.
The Mixmaster with the black handle and Mixfinder dial are model MMA, and I believe those did actually have the turntable matching whatever paint color the unit was.
So likely the one you saw could have been all original.
The 1-7A had the brown knob and handle, as well as a brown turntable. The 1-7A has a higher wattage motor and included dough hooks. The MMA was lower wattage and wasn't designed to use them.
As to the bowls, I believe the MMA from the earth tone colors era (white, avocado, harvest gold), and the 1-7A all included clear Fire King bowls, except for the chrome versions, which had stainless steel bowls (with Tupperware lids).
The slightly earlier MMA mixers from the pastel era (white, pink or turquoise) had white glass Fire King bowls. So that white bowl may go to one of those.
As far as I know the bowls are all interchangeable with the turntable. My Mixmaster came with the original large Fire King bowl, but missing the small one. I found a small bowl at Goodwill, that doesn't say anything on the bottom (I'm pretty sure it's from a 90s era Mixmaster from pics I've seen) but it locks in the turntable just fine.
I also have a current model China Mixmaster in candy apple that I bought just to play with, and both of my vintage bowls surprisingly fit its turntable perfectly also.
The Mixmaster with the black handle and Mixfinder dial are model MMA, and I believe those did actually have the turntable matching whatever paint color the unit was.
So likely the one you saw could have been all original.
The 1-7A had the brown knob and handle, as well as a brown turntable. The 1-7A has a higher wattage motor and included dough hooks. The MMA was lower wattage and wasn't designed to use them.
As to the bowls, I believe the MMA from the earth tone colors era (white, avocado, harvest gold), and the 1-7A all included clear Fire King bowls, except for the chrome versions, which had stainless steel bowls (with Tupperware lids).
The slightly earlier MMA mixers from the pastel era (white, pink or turquoise) had white glass Fire King bowls. So that white bowl may go to one of those.
As far as I know the bowls are all interchangeable with the turntable. My Mixmaster came with the original large Fire King bowl, but missing the small one. I found a small bowl at Goodwill, that doesn't say anything on the bottom (I'm pretty sure it's from a 90s era Mixmaster from pics I've seen) but it locks in the turntable just fine.
I also have a current model China Mixmaster in candy apple that I bought just to play with, and both of my vintage bowls surprisingly fit its turntable perfectly also.
