"Speedy Jim" wrote in message ...
David McCulloch wrote:
Where do I find a replacement for a (rare?) 1957 Crane sink?
Here's a picture of it that I took a few minutes ago:
http://www.execpc.com/~dbm/sink
Eleven days ago, a plumber broke the porcelain drain component of my
only
bathroom's Crane sink (yes, we've been without a sink for that long and
will
probably be without one for several more weeks!).
It and the vanity are somewhat custom configured (for example, the sink
overhangs -- and is somewhat cut into -- the front of the vanity), so
the
plumber wanted to charge my wife $1,100 to fix the problem. After I
called
him, he was willing to use his insurance, but both of us would like to
find
a win-win scenario if possible. To avoid expensive (and less
attractive)
vanity work, we would like to locate a replacement sink. How could we
do
that?
Markings are as follows:
July 19, 1957
CRANE
PACIE/C (the "IE" is a bit difficult to read)
All China
77 (this is stamped all by itself)
You're in for a tough hunt.
Maybe start he
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=salvage+sinks
Call some of the listings and ask if they have resources they
can call upon to help with the search.
Jim
Jim,
You are correct -- it is a tough hunt! I followed the link that you gave
me, but most of them don't directly deal with Crane sinks. I sent one
dealer an email message, but I am running out of ideas. Milwaukee's yellow
pages lists only one used plumbing supply dealer and I didn't see anything
close to plumbing under salvage.
I tried to search under Crane and found a "Crane Plumbing" and although
their logo looked familiar, I'm not sure that they are the same company (I
thought that they went out of business or stopped making sinks in the 70's).
I hope that my plumber has better luck than me, I had to tell him that the
sink was made by Crane!
Anyway, thanks for your help.
Dave