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Re#5: Isn't that demo washer great?! And of course there was the matching dryer. And you're correct, these are silent films, often the only copy made. But I do have some commercially produced films with soundtracks in the pipeline. Re#8: The Benton Harbor / St. Joe facility was absolutely...

Set your wayback machine for October, 1953, and come along for a tour and open house at Whirlpool Corp, St. Joe, MI. If the 16mm Kodachrome isn't enough, there's also the still photos taken by WP's PR Dept, uploaded in Part 2. If you like these vids, please subscribe to The Laundry Archive. My...

Re Maytag & WP... Two very different business approaches. MT was built on old fashioned, conservative growth, with almost total vertical integration. That translated well to maintaining high quality standards and rapid design changes, but limited flexibility. When MT offered the Dutch Oven, it...

There's a neat article out there (Business Week?) where Fred II explains the Maytag philosophy on how they avoid 'change for the sake of change', and that they only introduce new features when it's truly warranted and thoroughly evaluated. Now I do love those late 50's annual styling changes...

Hey thanks guys! Ben, appreciate the correction. IIRC, 10M was still washers, but 12M included dryers. That's another film I've scanned, but will require quite a bit of processing before release. Benny, on use of the clip, I'll shoot you an email at your profile address. -C

I believe that was strictly automatics. What amazes me is that they hit 10M just one year later!

For the Maytag fans, I've just finished digitizing and uploading a short 16mm film that was shot by a local news station to commemorate the 9,000,000 MT Washer back in 1955. It's a bit grainy, but I didn't want to get carried away over-correcting things. Anyway, neat stuff!

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Hey John, the model is an RCI-39-60. I did goof on the updated replacement number, that should be 7524691. Here's a pic of the original. It measures approximately 19"w x 17"d (including connector). 7524691 does give me more options...and crosses to 5309950888. Therm-Coil shows they have a...

Hey guys, I'm looking for a replacement bake element for my 1960 Frigidaire 30" freestanding range; looks like I used my spare previously. The parts catalog shows 6564003 (3kw) and 7531340 (2700w) as compatible. The elements for the 40", besides being too narrow, are also too deep; go figure...

Open the door and try lifting up on the chrome door arms. If it's the right arm that's loose, you can remove the control panel and right side of the cabinet (it's a separate panel) and bend a new hook on the end of the spring. If it's the left side, the entire cabinet needs to come off. Do NOT...

According to the cut-sheet, the shipping weight of that Tappan is 190 lb, so deduct accordingly. No idea on that newer version of Raytheon, but the Mark V with dual mags is probably closer to 300. For both my Mark V and '62 Tappan I ended up building welded steel carts with nice big casters to...

Greg, thanks for that reminder! Of course this raises more questions than answers...

Hey guys, I'm trying to determine how many different patterns (and associated letters) Maytag released for their ticket-style 1962+ commercial washers and dryers (A20CM, D20CM...). Anyone have tickets in their collection they're willing to share pics of? Thanks!

Old Oil Dollars to donuts it's old, congealed oil. And as mentioned above, it's a full teardown to get the trans apart to drain and fill. I did this job an an 806 of mine that's been a daily driver for years, but when winter would hit, agitation was pathetic. I replaced the oil with Redline...

I think it depends on how they're trimmed out. The sun-glow panel, aluminum dial and acylic knob definitely have a 70's vibe, and of course the earth tones you typically see them in really sell it. On the other hand, a HoH dryer can look 10 years older in the right color and with the early...

One thing about telephone collectors, compared to other hobbiests, they have some of the most complete documentation out there. I believe this is what you're looking for; it even includes closeups for connecting the 4-wire ringer...

It seems the last year or two that most of the vintage appliance action has moved to Facebook groups, with a lot of folks nationwide that aren't quite as niche as members here. I suspect if this dryer were posted over at the Vintage Appliances group it'd be gone in a hot second.

Just have to comment....the Radarange in the 2nd pic is pre-1970! Wish the resolution was a bit higher to determine if it was an RR-1 vs RR-2. Neat to see in the wild.

Just throwing this out there as not everyone is in the know, but back around 2008 when petroleum prices were quite high, major propane retailers reduced their fill from 20 pounds to 15, rather than hike prices. Unfortunately, they never adjusted this after the fact, and never widely publicized...