Vintage Osterizer Pulse Matic blender

[sashalasha]

The same way that around '73 was when they started to put smaller motors in cars, added pollution control to gas engines, inflation was up too. Those costs and burdens were borne by ALL. A smaller motor in your car, translated vaguely to a smaller motor in your Osterizer, at MAYBE the same cost, or more. The phase out of a number of high quality American-made products began. The trickle had just started to drip across markets of every type and stripe in our beloved USA. Where are we by now?

[sashalasha]

Gelling these thoughts (on the Oster story, product changes, etc., among hundreds of other company downfalls) the country has hit the near 'rock-bottom' stage it is in now, in terms of manufacturing QUALITY merchandise, in a RELATIVELY OPTIMISTIC global atmosphere/setting, with strong employment numbers, as a CREDITOR NATION, despite ever-present problems, this has happened in a series of successive stages that is appalling when looked at as a gestalt. God Bless America!

[sashalasha]

This model hit the market right on the cusp of the mid '70s oil/gasoline "crisis". This affected Americans buying power dollars in a BIG way, even coffee and sugar and milk went up too, as I was in Jr. high/into high school at the time and remember well. The America we had prior to that period was TOTALLY different in consumer confidence, value of products, hope and security. I just jogged my own memory into connecting the DOTS and seeing why a fine company like JOHN OSTER would do this. UH UH!

[sashalasha]

From a long-time owner/collector of the more recent 1967-1973 era Osterizers: It has been my discovery that there were at least 2 generations of this exact model. The ONLY difference was that Oster downgraded the power output rating from a WHOPPING 960W on the '73-'76 era units to a less formidable 825watts, still no slouch. This is curious because as economies changed (as ours is today) they modified product lines for what I would think were profit margins, market demand, and $ projections.

[sashalasha]

From a long-time owner/collector of the more recent 1967-1973 era Osterizers: It has been my discovery that there were at least 2 generations of this exact model. The ONLY difference was that Oster downgraded the power output rating from a WHOPPING 960W on the '73-'76 era units to a less formidable 825watts, still no slouch. This is curious because as economies changed (as ours is today) they modified product lines for what I would think were profit margins, market demand, and $ projections.

[upcycle]

what is the maximum RPM for this unit? Is the wattage on this unit the standard wattage for the other Oster blenders of that time (up through now), or was it more or less than the standard wattage?

[VictoryRepublican]

I have that exact, EXACT, same blender. I have used it all these years just fine. My problem is that the glass jar has a crack in the glass from top to bottom. I still use it because the crack does not leak, but that can't go on forever. Do you know if it is possible to replace the jar?

[Dreambro1]

1980s? or Mid 70s ?

[jetcone]

Thanks Pete, I never knew how that control worked. Its sort of like Ghost blending!