[heartwood]

My mother has a toaster that she got when she married almost 48 years ago. Nice solid chromed steel. Moves the bread down slowly when you put it in, and one time she had to get that motor fixed.

I’ve never had a toaster that lasted more than five years. The present one is approaching that, but four months after I bought it, the inner elements wouldn’t heat, and we have to flip our bread to get it toasted because I refuse to buy another until this one’s dead.

[pepperdog]

It must be a Sunbeam, I have one that I use to this day. Had to have the lift mechanism worked on once, fortunately have a guy that specializes in old appliances. My toaster drives the kids nuts, they can't figure out how to push the bread down as there is no lever, you just put it in and it slowly goes down. This toaster was the finest toaster you could buy in the 1950s, around $80 bucks I believe...but I could be wrong, I was just a kid back then. Also desirable was the matching Sunbeam Vaculator coffee pot, a two piece chrome beauty with the same logo on the side as the toaster.