Billtodd
Titanium
- Joined
- Feb 8, 2009
Do any of our American friends have a old rusty/ non-functioning Sunbeam T20 toaster in their loft or garage?
I bought a 1958 T20C from ebay and the pillock vendor wrapped it so badly, that after its 3000+ miles trip across the pond, the base is in a hundred pieces (ebay guarantee is worthless as it'll cost me to ship a broken unit back!) .
I spent all day Saturday stripping the thing down, cleaning and piecing the base jigsaw together (badly) and have it working - It works beautifully, even after sixty two years (unlike myself), and makes great toast.
There are no spares on ebay hence my plea here . (I just need the base - and any T20 model will probably do)
For those not familiar with this piece of American Genius (on a par with moon landing and electric tooth brushes) :
YouTube
I bought a 1958 T20C from ebay and the pillock vendor wrapped it so badly, that after its 3000+ miles trip across the pond, the base is in a hundred pieces (ebay guarantee is worthless as it'll cost me to ship a broken unit back!) .
I spent all day Saturday stripping the thing down, cleaning and piecing the base jigsaw together (badly) and have it working - It works beautifully, even after sixty two years (unlike myself), and makes great toast.
There are no spares on ebay hence my plea here . (I just need the base - and any T20 model will probably do)
For those not familiar with this piece of American Genius (on a par with moon landing and electric tooth brushes) :
YouTube