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The Speed Queen DOES do a really good job; I know how impressed I was with the one that I had.  The wringer and transmission leak were my biggest problems.  I bought mine when Lehman's was just getting them shipped from Saudi Arabia and some of them had a lot of little issues.  The tension on my...

Brad ... great photo of your family AND the spread!  WOW ... to be able to have the original spread.  A testament to how well things were made.    It doesn't suprise me that the E2LP handled it with ease; those were really great machines.  It's all in how you feed the item through the rollers...

That looks like fun, Steve!   Do you enjoy your Speed Queen wringer?    When washing, do you hang the hose over the sink?  Does it get in your way?    I purchased a brand new Speed Queen from Lehman's Hardware around 1998 and used it for a few years.  It didn't have the pump feature and was...

Hi Mark ... that looks "pitted" from hard water. Have you tried using a Brillo or SOS pad? Does it do anything? I, too, would be afraid to try "Lime Away" or "CLR". Anybody else have luck with those products on this type of aluminum? It looks like it is cast aluminum and probably is...

Nice, Greg ... sounds good. But ... you gotta fill that baby up with water to get the full gyratator action ... and then do 2 or 3 loads in the same water. :-) What WOULD our grandmothers say?? Heaven's sakes!!

As the tub was starting to get "de-stained" ... you have to work quickly; it cools off fast. It's best to clean these tubs after hot, hot water has been in them. Do a small area at a time.

Look at her poor tub ... nasty.

Answering some questions ... Hopefully, I can answer some of your questions. Ben's right; the aluminum agitator went to red bakelite in the early 1950's when Maytag was in the "throws" of making their first automatic. The aluminum agitator was used from 1939 until the red bakelite. The...

I'm pretty lucky ... I have 1 of each model of the red-release bar and 1 of each model of the turquoise release bar; I love them all!! Here's my 1968 Model J that I rescued from my cousin's mother-in-law's basement after she passed away. It's one of my favorite machines. It is so very quiet...

Tom ... those machines were expensive right at the end. I do believe a Model N sold for around $400 in 1983 and the E was about $500; lots of money then (and now, too!). They sold the heck out of these machines for a lot of years. I think the N was $139.95, the J was $159.95 and the E was...

Tom ... the "basic" N you are referring to was called the "NX". It was also called the "Blue Bell". It looked like a canner with the blue speckled tub!! Believe me, that was a "no frills" machine. You could not buy it with a pump, it had no hanger for the lid, it used both of the "soft"...

Hi Tim ... it sure did; sorry I forgot to put it on!! The N was the "Chieftan". So you had the Master (E), Commander (J), and Chieftan (N). There was also a Brigadier and a General, believe it or not!! Those were from the early 1940's before WWII, I do believe. The E tub does not like...

And, of course, the "Queen Mother" of the Maytag wringers, the Model E2L ... the Master. This was the "top of the line" of Maytag wringers. It had a big aluminum tub that kept water hotter longer but had the same basic parts as the other two. Here's are two of my E's ...

The Model J (or Commander) was the mid-priced Maytag. It featured a porcelain on steel tub and held 18 gallons of water. A very nice washer, indeed. Here's my 1965 Model J ...

Hi Tim ... congrats on the N2L! Actually, the N2L was the smallest wringer Maytag made ... it held 16 gallons of water and was considered "economic". The J and E held 18. The little "slider" you remember was the "P" portion ... or PUMP control. Here's my 1964 Maytag N2LP ...

Hi Drew ... again, such a great addition to the wonderful world of absolutely CLASSIC Maytag wringers! Such a sturdy, stalwart machine you have there!! It looks like you have a Model A there; just like mine and Don Shier's. Mine is from 1930 and still runs like new; imagine, 80 years old...

Congratulations; what a beautiful machine! So quiet, too!! Did you load it with clothing and detergent to capture even more of the "magic moment"?? :-)

WOW ... what a set-up!!! Looking forward to seeing everyone Saturday evening; should be a fun time! :-)

The Blue Bell is a lot of fun! It had "special" features that allowed the salesperson to "sell-up" to Mrs. Customer. Both of the wringer rolls were soft; it didn't use the combination of soft/hard rolls, thus not squeezing enough water out of the clothing. There was no hook for hanging the...

Boy ... I think they got the date mixed up. Maytag made these in the early 1960's and only made them for a couple of years. There were 8474 pink Maytag E2L's. I ran across an interesting article in the "Maytag Merchandiser" for dealers that said you could get the pink for no additional cost...