The latest addition to my toilet collection.

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I have no clue, let's say L is for lavatory! Or perhaps L is secret potty code for 12, as in the 12th model in production or offered in 1959, or maybe even December! 
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The pictures above are of the underside of the circa 1959 "Standard" Compact Cadet, not the 1962 Kohler Wellworth.
 
I'm gonna venture a guess and say May 4th 1959. My Cadet has a regular year stamped Into it though, as well as a letter with a 59 at the end of it. Mine was December 9th (I think) 1959.
 
That's awesome!

I have a 1959 "Standard" Cadet (Compact) in Suez Tan just like Gusherb! Sometime this week I will get footage of the "Standard" attempting to flush various things such as golf balls and a full freezer tray full of ice. You can see the Wellworth flush on my YT channel, TheUniversalDave1.
 
If any of y'all are interested, I've gradually been remodeling my bathroom and found this antique gem sitting outside of a thrift shop. I think it looks great in the room. I just need to find a tank lid as this one's is missing.

The tank is dated January 19, 1960 and it is a Rheem-Richmond. It flushes an aquarium, so I think the plunger in the corner will merely be a decoration.

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Cool find! I hope you find a tank lid for it and get that leak on it to stop!

You should throw that plunger in the trash now that you have that water guzzler!
 
Clayton, it's time to play....<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> THE LUXY1205 GAME!!</span>, where you have to explain the backstory on your collection! Seriously, I'm sure it'll be fun to hear about when and where you got all those pottys! 
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I got a circa 1959 American-Standard Lexington in the same color as the Compact Cadet today at the Restore for $20.00. It happened under mysterious circumstances. I went back to the House of Vacuums in high hopes of repossessing my Sanitaire, which was unsuccessful. Since I waw all irritated and stuff, I went to the Restore to vent. That's when I found the circa 1959 American-Standard Lexington.
 
Standard toilets under mercury vapor

I got my 1959 American-Standard Lexington in Venetian Pink all cleaned up, and it's chillin' under my new 175 watt mercury vapor cobrahead.

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That's every persons dream toilets...in the living room that way you won't miss anything on the telly!! I remember that episode of the golden girls when Dorothy walks in & sees her name sitting on the toilet in the living room!
 
I bought a GE cobra head light from a yard sale-It is 150W HP sodium-the big reason I can't run it is the ballast primary is 480V so I need a step up transformer.Rescued one of our workplace lights(Westinghouse) from the dumpster-it was 400W mercury-ballast was blown.Put in a 400W HP sodium-now OK.I can use MH conversion bulbs in it-whiter light.The toilets lit by your light look pretty good!Would be neat to hear some "Potty History" did these come from old homes and buildings about to be demolished-or renovations?
 
I thought of you this morning

As I was backing out of my driveway to go to school, I noticed that my neighbors (the Wangs) have a baby blue Kohler toilet out in the front of the house. No doubt, they are replacing things in the bathroom one at a time. I believe that bathroom was installed in 1960. It looks to be ok, but, I don't want to get 'that personal'.
 
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Mixed in with more vacuum items on my EBay (leisurelady65) this week are 3 MCM bath brochures including the Case wall hung toilet with concealed supply pipe.A look at these will show why some of these are truly collectable.But if you want the whole set get ready to find 45 colors AND black & white!A 1968 small Sears bath catalog was overlooked and will show up next week.
 
Got a new toilet

I got a 1965 Kohler Bolton today for $25.00. Compared to my Wellworth, it's big! It has the original mechancal linkage style handle.

Gusherb, if you're still interested, I will get the videos of the Compact up eventually. Youtube has been acting weird on my phone, it won't upload any video of my Compact. I have no clue why.

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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 Craigslist but apparently not so, or I'm just not looking in the right places.
 
There was a second Bolton at the Restore, but it was missing the original handle. Maybe, if you're up for it, I could ship it to you somehow. I uploaded a video of my Wellworth flushing old BBQ sauce in response to your Wellworth vids! Maybe we can have "Wellworth Wars" on YT - videos of flushing stuff down our Wellworths.
 
I looked for the video of your Wellworth flushing BBQ sauce and couldn't find it! And I think the "Wellworth wars" have already started hehehehe.
 

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