Lol... I'd forgotten about you, Bob!
I also used to love the Ford Anglia Police cars, with the little 'Police' box at the top that lit up :)
Marco.
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Lol... I'd forgotten about you, Bob!
I also used to love the Ford Anglia Police cars, with the little 'Police' box at the top that lit up :)
Marco.
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Originally Posted by Marco
I would be getting some modern speakers and cover the grilles with fabric from the 60's. Do a quick search here: http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/index.php? and there are a few sellers of vintage audio cloth, looks very cool too.
True linoleum is very expensive, it is compressed cork and linseed oul. It is terrific stuff but you will not find it in white! The best stuff for a kitchen IMO is terrazo but that ain't cheap either.The best though.
The kitchen units have - from experience - the worst fit and finish in the world. Surface mount hinges and beech wooden runners on the drawers:rolleyes:
I had a Corgi model of one of them! Uber-cool at the time . . .:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Nicely raked back window. Shame it was raked the wrong way. . . :doh:
Hi Graham,
Any links to specific discussions and/or websites of the sellers you mention?Quote:
I would be getting some modern speakers and cover the grilles with fabric from the 60's. Do a quick search here: http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/index.php? and there are a few sellers of vintage audio cloth, looks very cool too.
I may do something like that, but I also like good vintage speakers, in their own right, so I may just end up with both! :)
True, but I don't like the look (or feel) of it. For me, it will always look cheap (and tacky), even if it isn't. Since we live in Wales, I'd like the floor to be made from Welsh slate, but in a retro design/pattern.Quote:
True linoleum is very expensive, it is compressed cork and linseed oul. It is terrific stuff but you will not find it in white!
Lol... Only the doors and shape of the cabinets would have that 60s look. The structure behind would be modern and very solidly built!Quote:
The kitchen units have - from experience - the worst fit and finish in the world. Surface mount hinges and beech wooden runners on the drawers:rolleyes:
Marco.
Marco, these don't fit your description in any way, shape or form (wrong time & no vintage grill cloth) but I reckon they'd be perfect for your kitchen:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Tandberg Fasett
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_xs5YghnpRIY/So...bergFasett.jpg
It used Peerless drivers I think, including a 5" woofer in a bass reflection configuration.
If you don't like those, you can get vintage grille cloth to cover a modern frame - guitar amp and vintage radio restorers are good sources for that stuff. And there's this guy too.
Interesting, Chris... I know that Andre's a fan of those. I like the funky red ones - and I know that Del would, too :)
There are vintage bookshelf speakers, which I believe Adam Smith owns, or likes, that have a kind of mottled black/grey grille cloth... I forget which ones they are, but those are exactly what I had in mind, although the red Tandbergs have thrown me a curved ball!
Marco.
I like the cloth that Vox use/d on their amps:
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...O3hFYtshL-8JAO
Check out the guy I linked to above.
Yes, so do I, but it's a little too bland and 'safe' for what I have in mind.
Marco.
Goodmans Maxims:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1871/smaxim.jpg
I just LURVE the look of that grille cloth, as for me, it *so* defines the 60s era! That and Whitefriars glass:
http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/3526/sglass.jpg
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8025/sglass2.jpg
Bloody gorgeous, and the epitome of retro cool!!
Bet the Maxim speakers don't sound too shabby either ;)
Marco.
Aah, OK - you meant that one!
There is a UK guy - let me see if if can find him on t'web.