Yesterday, our iron blew up.
It was a Sunbeam brand that Mrs. Smaug's grandmother gave her when she left for college 20 years ago. She's unclear on how long her grandmother used it before then.
What do you have that's really old and still functions on a regular basis?
Note that I asked "what" and not "who".
I guess that we are excluding body parts.
Several years ago (about 25 or so) I worked at Sears & purchased a Craftsman tool set.
I still have the wrenches, sockets, etc. from that tool set.
I also purchased a Craftsman Table Saw around that time frame & I still use it periodically.
A very large portion of my hand tools are all still in perfect working order, and some of them are over 20 years old. I have been particularly impressed with Sony electronics. I have a 27" TV that was top O' the line in 1990. It weights 120 pounds and the remote has long since been replaced, but it still has a great picture, and still gets a lot of use as the video game TV at the kid's house. My Brinkman charcoal BBQ grill is still in good shape and it is 12 years old. I just replaced the cast iron grates a month ago. Just in time too for the tornado related 5 day power outage.
I've still got (and use) a 27" RCA TV I got for my birthday in '93.
(05-18-2011 03:05 PM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]I've still got (and use) a 27" RCA TV I got for my birthday in '93.
We must have the same model. I have a 1993 27" RCA tv that I still use on the outdoor patio.
Tools or my scuba equipment (mid 80's) but I've not done that in awhile & parts to service them are hard to come by since they're no longer made. There's probably a 10speed bike at my parents from the 70's that'd probably just need some oiling & tires. An old manual typewriter from the 60's...
Do guns count?
Our 27" RCA TV went to VA with her daughter for her apt. She only plans to use it for DVDs since she doesn't want to buy a converter. My major disappointment would be our 4 Hunter ceiling fans which were installed new 5 years ago and only one still is fully functional with original parts.
I've got a 1985 UAB t-shirt.
97 Honda Civic with 173k miles. I'm hoping for at least another 75k.
Oh, and an original NES system with the swing gate (most of those had issues with too many moving parts leading to the top loader)
We had a '91 Civic that we put 150K on without so much as a squeak or a whistle. Then I made an ill-advised attempt at a left turn in front of an invisible Chevy S-10, and that was that.
I had a 2000 mustang convertable that had 236,000+ miles on it before I traded it in for a truck. The mustang obviously would not pull the new boat.
I have a 1988 Isuzu pick-up and its speedometer / odometer quit working years ago so I don't know how many miles it actually has on it.
My father-in-law has an '87 Toyota 4-wheel drive pickup with half a million miles on it.
1995 honda accord in my driveway has been parked for 3 years. The AC doesn't work and it needs a main rear seal on the transmission housing. Fix those two and I would drive it another 310 thousand.
Figures most of y'all are mentioning Hondas. I have heard so many stories just like these. Great brand! It is very uncommon to see a mustang with that many miles!
I have a 2002 Honda Accord with just under 100,000 miles on it. I plan on keeping it for at least another 10 years.
We had a 1997 Honda Accord that we traded in for a 2007 Honda CRV.
I've got a Sanyo double tape deck radio that I bought in 1988 because my first 2 cars didn't have a radio, that I still pull out and listen to when I'm washing or tinkering with the vehicles.
The cassette player doesn't play any more (or none of my cassettes still play, which amounts to the same thing) but I've listened to many a Blazer sporting event on it, and anticipate many more.
It's not the oldest thing I own, but, with the demise of that iron, it's the oldest thing I use regularly.
I have a Craftsman push mower that is over 13 years old & I have a MTD riding lawn mower that is about 11 years old.
The push mower has worked very well over the years, however the blade adapter nub keeps breaking off & I have to replace it a few times a year.
I need to see if I can weld the adapter on to the blade so that I don't have to keep buying another adapter. (If the nub breaks, the blade wont stay on the adapter & you cannot start the mower)
Advice: Don't buy a battery for a riding lawn mower at Lowe's. The last one I bought at O'Reilly Auto Parts works out a lot better.
I got a go kart when I was 3 years old (that would have been 1986) that had a 5HP Briggs and Stratton on it. I rode that thing all summer every summer. I had to have wooden blocks on the pedals. About age 14 or so we took the governor off. Still rode it, and rode it hard. Rode it through mud, jumped it, wide open down nice long stretches. It lasted until I turned 16 and then I got my drivers license and basically stopped riding it. That B&S engine finally locked up about 2 or 3 years ago when my little brother was riding it, and I suspect because he hadn't been taking care of it (checking oil, etc)
I have my uncle's Regency, Touch K100 police scanner, 1980-81. Still works good.