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Here's one I know you guys have been waiting for. RCA-Whirlpool introduces The Last Word in combination washer-dryers...the 1961 Ultimatic.

John, thanks for the date correction. I admit, I'm not well versed in compactors and the modern internet is severely lacking in this regard. Someone had written 1968 on the film can, but that didn't make sense. But stay tuned, I have Whirlpool's Trash Masher film scanned and at the ready. -C

With all the compactor talk lately it seemed fitting to get this one on the film scan list. GE makes a pitch for their version of the trash compactor, circa 1969. Note, this film had gone completely red but I was able to pull a little color out. Still fun to watch, though.

I recall Ben tracking down the trade-in info.... Ah, here we go: "Maytag offered a trade in program for the combo - and would pay out different tiers of credit towards a 502 set, depending on how long the owner had the combo, i.e. more time meant less credit towards the 502 set. I posted my...

And here I was looking at that new brickwork that already required re-pointing from settling. Nice kitchen, though.

Interesting stuff... This 1966 issue of Merchandising Week gives a pretty good take on the state of electronics in appliances at the time, including the variable speed attempts. It also mentions Mallory had developed a solid-state timer in 1960, but costs being what they were, it never left the...

While it's still Maytag month, we take a look at the endless possibilities of where to install your new Maytag Combination washer/dryer.

Hey, I recognize that RCA! Hope it found a good forever home..... Trips like these are both fun and nerve-wracking. Looks like things went well and you found a few goodies!

This week, we go Back to The Future to see what life might be like in 1985 from the vantage of Whirlpool's 1964 World's Fair exhibit. Not just appliances, WP had numerous government contracts at the time in other interests, such as defense, space and even ag. Their Tectrol division was...

I’m needing to make a little room, so this 1961 GE Combo must go. Figured I’d offer it here before the usual places. I bought this from Kevin almost 10 years ago now and in that time replaced hoses and brought it up to snuff. It has not had a mechanical restoration but does wash and dry as it...

Very interesting! Lots of folks (myself included) have been disappointed with LEDs to the point that there's a very lucrative market for NOS incandescents. The Restores I frequent have figured this out and jacked prices accordingly. Ebay is even worse (ex. a 4pk of GE Reveal 100w sold for $31...

I, too, was curious about the fate of that golden dryer. It seems like WP (understandably) chose to focus on Marion as the news story. And considering the growth and chaos from '55-57 with mergers, acquisitions, and production changes, there were plenty of other exciting things taking precedence...

Being May is Maytag Month, it seemed only fitting to track down the oldest working Maytag washer in Canada...(if it were 1960). Wonder whatever happened to it?

Here's a fun one! Follow along with the production of the last dryer produced at Whirlpool's St. Joseph, MI factory. Dec 1956.

I think what some folks refer to as orange are really classified as yel/amber. This is what GM used in the late 70's on their high-end radios, then adopted by Cadillac in 1980+ for the Climate Control and Fuel Data displays. "Fun" fact, those displays were made by HP. Prior to that it was...