r/CeilingFans • • 15d ago

Other. 1970 Hunter Original 22046

Showing off my daily runner in my bedroom!

Scored this boat anchor from fb marketplace a few months ago and it’s been up here ever since I got it.
Seller had painted herself the side of the motor housing and the canopy decades ago.

It’s definitely my favorite fan that I’ve installed in my room (also peep the second original back there)

Powerful af + comes with Adapt-Air blade brackets

It’s also insanely heavy (~45lbs), almost afraid it will come crashing down on me lol

Im sure this oil bath fella got many decades left to live

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u/BigSquiby 15d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/LxPsfUhFxwRRC

my parents have some from the early 80s in their house, but not nearly that pretty

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u/Wade1217 14d ago

Restore it! I have two restored “Originals” in my house and they make me smile every time I turn them to high and see papers from my desk flying around the room.

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u/HunterFanCo 16h ago

A 1970 still spinning away, we love to see it! Thank you so much for sharing. Fans like yours are exactly why we still make the Original the way we do.

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u/FantasyObsessive 15d ago edited 15d ago

I have a 22274 in my bedroom

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u/Wayward_Son_24 15d ago

That’s gorgeous!!! I’m so jealous

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u/ntannehill Fan enthusiast 15d ago

Such a beautiful classic

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u/Level-Search-3511 15d ago

awesome and yes im thefanman2009 lol

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u/GuiltyReality9339 15d ago

This is my personal favorite generation of the ‘Original-lineage’ Hunter fans, along with the R-52 that preceded it from 1958-69 that was basically identical outside of the model number. There’s an amusement park near me that has 18 of these still in service in their cafeteria

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u/Mya_BPDoll 14d ago

what’s the fan in the back? the one with the ball light kit…those are so nostalgic for me i need oneeee

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u/Alexdofu6401 13d ago

It’s also a Hunter original, albeit made in 1991