Originally Posted by irishrose
Someplace in the vintage machine thread, it indicated vintage as pre 1975, but that doesn't fit the 50 year criteria.
Exactly.
So machines have one set of rules.
Fashion another.
Fabric counts it a different way.
Cars are another category that might include a 74 Corvette as vintage. Maybe a 1970's Pinto is vintage.
Basically, the word now means nothing.
Caveat emptor