Uchida ‘Kiev’ 42” Ceiling Fan | Pre Restoration

I don’t need another heavy project load at the moment, but because of a little accident that happened this week, this fan landed on my hands.
I’ve wanted one of these for quite awhile now. I like the old school stenciled blades, lack of air vents on the lower motor cover, and how as a whole this fan just looks pleasant & calming. What I didn’t expect is that I acquired this fan in this terrible condition, and at a time when the name used as a model code for this fan is such a big deal in the whole world.
The person I was going out with when that accident happened told me not to tell the story until a later date, but what I can tell you is that the first time we saw this fan, it had far less damage than it has right now. I’ll let you fill in that time gap with your imagination. Anyway, I really don’t want to back out of this situation, 1st is because I’ve wanted an Uchida Kiev for years and now I have one given to me for free, and B, I actually want to use this fan to learn the inner workings of a decorative ceiling fan, and how I can repair or make some things on it better since this is my first decorative ceiling fan. And to be honest, I feel like something is pushing me to take care of this fan & bring it to better than new condition as some sort of a piece of hope for the current global situation.
Let’s set the coincidental & political realms aside now, and talk facts about this fan. It’s missing one of its fan blades, one of the blade arms is bent so far that the pitch is actually backwards, 2 of 3 lampshades are missing, one of the light sockets is detached from the light kit, the blades are in absolutely terrible condition, the bracket for installing this fan to the ceiling is missing, and the paint is desperate to get a real good polishing. I’m fairly sure this project won’t consume a lot of money, but it certainly needs a ton of elbow grease. I have a rough idea on how this fan will turn out once it’s done, and I hope I can do better than the picture that I have in my head for this fan
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