EPIC MOTOR: Original 1970s SÛR 'SuperSûr' Traction Elevator - 45 East 2nd St. - Downtown - GO, BR

Ready for one of my best finds of all time?

Here's something I don't generally find in my area: a SÛR elevator. They are extremely uncommon in my state, and I never even knew there was one here until coming across this one. It has everything - epic motor, old look, a beautiful and rare plaque, even a shaft view... this is one of my best finds ever!
Who knew this little office building could be hiding such an amazing elevator...
A commercial version of the SuperSûr, their main model for a long time in the 1970s and 80s. Also known as "Griffe Iris" after ThyssenKrupp took over and gave it a new name to fit in with their Griffe lineup in the 2000s (a name only found in TK's capacity plates, this model was discontinued much before Sûr was defunct).
Finding a commercial version of the SuperSûr is much harder than finding the residential one with manual swing doors. Weren't as common in this configuration.

Sûr, despite being a rather big national brand (not to the scale of Atlas), wasn't very common in my region. Their elevators can be found throughout the entire country, but are more common in the South and Southeastern regions, I'm in the central/midwest. Sûr had their service branch in the city, but didn't take off here until Thyssen bought them in 1999.
They were based out of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in the southern region of the country, where ThyssenKrupp still is to this day.

This elevator is very well mantained and preserved, everything still looks as good as it did on it's first years of service.
The ServiSûr plaque is referencing the original maintenance service from Sûr (or "conservation" as it's written) and also had the serial number (like the badges with Atlas).
On the ceiling, there is a hatch where the fan was mounted. Now the fan is gone, which makes for a nice view of the shaft and into the motor room, you can even see the outline of sheave.
The doors are doing well too, the stainless steel ones on the outside look modern even by today's standards. Inside, same finish as the cab walls.
Seems like there used to be an attendant bench mounted on the wall near the panel, even though it wouldn't be necessary as it's a small building with low traffic.
On the fixtures, the COP is quite basic, with the floor buttons, emergency (E - Emergency Stop, AL - Alarm) and door controls (AP - Door Open, FP - Door Close) and directional arrows. The only thing I'm not sure about is that little green light above the key switch, no label at all.
Finding one that still has the analog indicator is already rare as many had theirs replaced with digital ones by TK after the buyout. With all bulbs working, then, it's quite hard.
Also on the fixtures, can see some influence from Fujitec on the call station arrows and the analog indicator, they have that "japanese" look to them. Thr SuperSûr wasn't so much influenced by Fujitec as it's successor, the SuperDyne, that used the same square touch-sensitive buttons as Fujitec had in Asia.

The performance is great. It has a nice acceleration and decceleration, practically no bumping from the motor at all which is very good for an older elevator with only two speeds. This thing runs really, really well, on par with many modern elevators even.
Even though mantained by a small local company, they seem to be doing a good job with this one.
This same company is also mantaining that old gated Atlas I filmed, just a block away from here.

One interesting coincidence is, just on the week I thought of posting this elevator, filmer Rafael found another Sûr with the plaque, and the serial number is just 25 numbers behind (mine is 8995, his is 8970). The one he filmed was located in a residential building, and the motor sounds a bit similar:
Rafael is from the same state as Sûr, and he has lots of videos of other elevators from them. Check him out!

Further info about SÛR on Elevatorwiki:

Specifications:
Manufacturer: SÛR
Mantainer: SCS Elevadores (local generic company)
Model: SuperSÛR
Fixtures: SuperSÛR Analog Buttons
Type: Passenger Commercial
Hoisting: Overhead Traction
Doors: Center-opening
Capacity: 420kg/6 Persons
In Service: 1977 (estimated)
Floors Served: 6 (T* - 1/5)
Operation: Relay-controlled, 2-speed AC motor
Rating: 10/10! Exceptional find for me, it's not a very common configuration used by Sûr in general, and it's very well preserved! That along with the epic motor, analog indicator and shaft view through the ceiling... priceless. The old look mixed with the amazing performance that rivals modern-day elevators is just amazing.
Definitely one of my most epic finds.

I do sound redudant many times here, but that's because this thing just leaves me speechless, I'm so glad to finally be posting this one! Imagine me riding it for the first time then...

Shot: November 13, 2020
Camera: Samsung Galaxy A71
© 2020 - 2021 L. Naves

[idlk_elev]

The elevator overall still has that "Fujitec" feel to me. The interior cab and the tiny arrow on the call buttons are also typical of 1970s-1980s Fujitec.

[diegomoreira]

Man que SuperSÛR top! Mto lindo e mto bem conservado! É demais achar pérolas raras como essa! Uma pena estar em manutenção genérica, mas de resto.... sensacional. Parabéns pelo vídeo irmão 👊🏻

[joaogomes]

Elevador muito bom e bem conservado! Parabens por encontrar um Super Sur tão original!

[rafaelrigoelevadores]

SuperSÛR muito top msm ! alem de ter um motor muito épico, ainda por cima tem o indicador analógico e a plaquinha SERVISÛR que são muito raros de encontrar ! só achei uma pena estar na manutenção da CÚalidade e segoramsa, mas tirando isso ta muito bom, parabéns pelo vídeo !

[lucasnassar]

1:44 1:52 A explicação da SÜR começou e terminou cabendo certinho na viagem