On 02/12/2016 6:00 PM, Leon wrote:
On 2/12/2016 3:41 PM, dpb wrote:
On 02/12/2016 2:24 PM, Leon wrote:
On 2/12/2016 12:28 PM, dpb wrote:
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The PM is old enough it's from the green era before the gold; not sure
just when that was and don't know the precise date for it. My PM66 TS
that bought new and picked up at the factory outside McMinnville around
'80+/- a year or two started out green but was repainted gold before I
picked it up so it was in the transition time period...
I'm pretty sure the planer predates that by at least 10 year and
probably 20 or more...
IIRC when I was looking for my first cabinet saw in 1998 the local store
had green Powermatics. If memory serves me well the PM 2000, a couple of
years later, was the beginning of the "Gold Standard" colors.
I could be FOS but I do recall the green but I was not that in tune with
PM up until the late 90's when I wanted to upgrade my TS.
...
I think there was a period when they went back to the green after had
kinda' "lost their way" w/ the Jet purchase and all...but the original
switch from green was definitely well before that time. I don't
remember the _exact_ year of purchase but know it was within a year or
to of the move from VA to TN and that was in summer '78...so I'd give it
'81 or maybe '82 at the very latest.
Got it, that makes sense and certainly not strange swapping colors.
....
Inquiring minds and all that...
From a thread at OWMM ca 2007...
http://wiki.vintagemachinery.org/paintcolorspowermatic.ashx
Gray / Grey thru 1958
Vista / Pea Green 1959 - 1969
Evergreen / Metallic Green 1970 - 1981
Metallic Gold 1 1982 - 1993
Metallic Gold 2 (1977 GM Cadillac Sovereign Gold Metallic 1994 - 1995
Mustard Yellow 1996 - Present
Some of them guys have _way_ too little otherwise to do!!! vbg
So, from this it must've been the '81-'82 transition when I bought the
66. I looked in the drawer where I dumped all the shop books and stuff
from the TN move and found the manual but the invoice wasn't with it so
can't confirm for absolute certain the exact date. I do recall it was
pretty early spring when drove over to pick it up as considered a side
trip to one of the many nurseries in the area over there but ended up not...
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