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  • #16
    Re: Wow! Serious vintage Gaggia

    Hi all

    Most of your guys are down in Melbourne and are far away from this "vintage" gaggia. I had a look at it on eBay and find that its in Sydney. Im in Sydney, imagine how I feel, Im closer to it than you guys and cant afford it. I love lever machines :-)

    Mike

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    • #17
      Re: Wow! Serious vintage Gaggia

      For the lovers of espresso machine porn, here are some photos I have tucked away for when said ads are no longer available for public viewing
































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      • #18
        Re: Wow! Serious vintage Gaggia

        karmann youre a very evil person putting espresso machine porn on here :P

        theyre great looking machines and from the photos of the second one, very simple with little or no computerised things in them to break...

        nothing like simple electronics, some plumbing and a boiler... gone are the days of such simplicity it seems

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        • #19
          Re: Wow! Serious vintage Gaggia

          Gone too are the days of actual design. Every espresso machine is a boiler, group head and steam wand. How elegantly those components are packaged makes a difference. It seems these days few venture beyond the box idea. Its the curves which make the 50s machines so desirable. It seems we live in the age of boxes now. :

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          • #20
            Re: Wow! Serious vintage Gaggia

            Originally posted by 252A273427202A29460 link=1332753693/21#21 date=1332907201
            It seems we live in the age of boxes now. Roll Eyes
            We certainly live in boxes with a feature double garage.
            Dont get me started on modern architecture, nothing to recommend it. :

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            • #21
              Re: Wow! Serious vintage Gaggia

              Originally posted by 073B322A3F5E0 link=1332753693/22#22 date=1332907476
              Originally posted by 252A273427202A29460 link=1332753693/21#21 date=1332907201
              It seems we live in the age of boxes now.  Roll Eyes
              We certainly live in boxes with a feature double garage.
              Dont get me started on modern architecture, nothing to recommend it. :
              My first house was built in the early fifties, in a century old suburb of Bris just starting to expand after WWII. It was best decribed as a box and shared the same features as three quarters of the dwelling in the surrounding streets. My favourite was the terrazo bathroom. Mine was green. Most of the rest of the are were more like the older pre war dwellings from the same suburb. I guess at the time, some people thought modern architecture was just a fad.

              Still Ill join the queue and agree modern (contemporary) architecture isnt for me.

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              • #22
                Re: Wow! Serious vintage Gaggia

                design declined rapidly across the field from the 70s onwards. Coffee machines, scooters, blenders, cars, architecture- you name it.

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                • #23
                  Re: Wow! Serious vintage Gaggia

                  That was a sad moment in history.....

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                  • #24
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                    [split] [link=http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?num=1332928774/0#0][splithere][/link][splithere_end]
                    Toys! I must have new toys!!!

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                    • #25
                      Re: Wow! Serious vintage Gaggia

                      Soorry guys and gals, good design lives.

                      Heres a curvy piece that lives in my kitchen, and only a couple of years old.

                      Greg

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                      • #26
                        Re: Wow! Serious vintage Gaggia

                        Nice!

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