When I got married in 1956 my dad told momma to buy me the current modle of this mixer. It cost $65 which was about a weeks pay at that time. Momma had one of them too. We both used them up. My husband bought me a new blue one about 15 years ago. Then I found a red one at a garage sale for $50. I bought it of course. I love those mixers. All of my daughters have one. You just can't beat them. The originals we had were still working when my DH bought me the blue one. I finally donated them to Goodwill. Hated to let them go but they were just taking up space. Hope someone got a bit more from them.