1947 Jacobs Launderall

[gearpower]

Hi everybody

I'm new on the forum

I'm not a collector of vintage appliances, but I'm looking for some good ones to have advices...

My father own a Jacobs Launderall 1947 Full Automatic Washing Machine.
It's brand new, never been installed, never turned, never got water inside. Still on original wood base. With warranty certificate, service and parts manual.

Some minor rust on the body but still in really great shape!

He is looking to sell it, but he doesn't know what it's value. Any of you could help us with this??

Pictures:

http://imageshack.us/g/1/10276400/

Thanks

 

[Ultramatic]

That is one incredibly rare machine!

<span style="font-size: medium;">And the stampede begins!</span>

 

[whirlcool]

Oh my goodness, an H axis top loader! I wonder if they sold these in France?

 

[a440]

Incredible!

 

[launderess]

Ah There's Good News Tonight

Someone's IRA/401K fund is about to get huge boost! *LOL*

 

[xpanam]

NO WAY!!!!!! Dose it still have the new car smell?

 

[revvinkevin]

CALLING TURQUOISEDUDE..........

 

 

AMAZING!

 

This is in YOUR neighborhood!   If you don't grab it for yourself, drab it to hold for one of us!!!!

 

Kevin

 

[arbilab]

As seen (disguised) on I Love Lucy.

 

[rp2813]

Delete While You Still Can

Launderess nailed it.

 

I don't play poker, but I think I could win against this bunch.

 

So much for anyone getting a good deal on this machine.

 

[foraloysius]

No, these were not sold in France AFAIK. The automatics came later on the market in France. I believe they weren't very long on the market anyway, IIRC there were some problems with it. A few members have one of these in their collection.

Robert scanned a service manual for these machines. It's in this thread:

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?19152

 

[easyspindry]

As a kid . . .

. . . MANY years ago, I remember using one of these. It was fascinating to me. It must be bolted to the floor. It reverses in the wash and rinse.

It would be a treasure for whoever is lucky enough to get it.

Jerry Gay

 

[launderess]

My Two Pence

While obviously it *may* come down to whom has the biggest wallet or credit card, a rare treasure like this really needs to go to the number of "qualified" members and or persons that know what to do with this washer.

Am *NOT* casting dispersions but our Fearless Leader/Webmaster, RevvinKevin, Combo52, etc... and others that have seasoned experience with coaxing a 40 year old appliance back to life and how to maintain including parts and or repair are obvious choices. This is not the sort of plug and play appliance you can use as a daily driver without knowing how to go about things.

That being said it is almost certain scheming and planning is going on! *LOL* The one saving mercy is the thing is located in Canada. Had it been in the Lower 48, then Whooaa Nellie! There would be more excitement than a mouse at a burlesque show.

 

[jetcone]

HahahAh

very funny Launderess!

 

WOwweee how did this remain on its skid all these years? What is that story gearpower? I want to know!

 

 

Paul has been alerted- -- He was Sleeping Everybody! Can you imagine??

 

 

 

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[akronman]

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[turquoisedude]

Oh my!

Wow, I missed this thread - shame on me!!

I am going to contact the seller - if anyone else has, though, please let me know.

I'm not sure I'd be interested in this one myself, but I'd be more than happy to help someone here get it. I can store it for a short time, but it would have to be out of the garage before the snow falls.

 

[combo52]

New Launderall

WOW, It is amazing what is still turning up in the classic appliance world.

 

I for one will not be getting in the bidding for this very cool rare machine, I heard a little too much about all the problems that these machines from an older appliance tech that Tom and I had the pleasure of meeting and knowing years ago, Mr Hunter of Slatteries Appliance in NW Washington DC.

 

The stories he told of trying to get these machines to work at all and all the major reworks that had to be done would make the worst piece of junk built today look like the most reliable machine ever built. If I did get this machine I would probably hook it up and try to run it and do a video for the future, but would differently not try to use it on an ongoing basses.

 

Good Luck to who ever is lucky enough to buy it and I would love it see one someday that is actually running. John

 

[gansky1]

That certainly is a rare find, I'd love to hear the story about how it was kept unused all these years.

My Launderall dealer here talked about his experience as a dealer for Jacobs and this machine, obviously it didn't end well for most of the dealers or customers.

 

[danemodsandy]

Could We....

....Please watch the hyperbole?

This is a washing machine, not an all-original, zero-miles 1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible with factory fuel injection. It is a rare washing machine, and it will fetch good money - for a washing machine, that is - but no one's going to retire on the proceeds.

As much as I love AW and all the people here, I can get a little vexed at the tendency of some members to start shrieking like Shirley Temple in a birthday cake factory whenever something particularly desirable turns up. I know of one instance where a member discovered something very rare, fairly priced, on CL, and was making arrangements to close the deal on it. By the time our drama divas discovered it and got through shouting from the housetops, the item had been withdrawn from CL, the price went totally through the roof, and another, deep-pockets member ended up with it. Someone whose love for the hobby and frequent help of others is legendary around here got totally screwed by this horsetwaddle.

Again, it's a freaking washing machine. The next time some of you shriekers want to make derogatory comments about a fairly ordinary set of pink or turquoise Maytags in crappy condition priced in the thousands, you might stop to think that AW is the first place to which Google will direct the non-hobbyist; this sort of discussion can fuel an unknowledgeable seller's delusions.

What the general public ought to see here is reasonable discussion based in realistic pricing, not posts that make a rare item sound like a freaking Powerball win.

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[revvinkevin]

Here here Sandy!!!! VERY well put!

 

 

I agree with you 100 percent!!!

 

I've seen it too many times before... and it has affected me directly on one or two occasions when I had an interest in a machine that came up for sale.

 

When I see some exciting machine (like this), I may posts my "excitement" about it, but I don't want to effect someone's chance at aquiring it.

 

I really think people forget this is a totally public forum which can be viewed by anyone anywhere, not just a private club that only we can see.

 

Kevin

 

[tomturbomatic]

Jon did a dramatic Launderall Flambe some years back. It was not the plan, but was the result.

 

[Ultramatic]

 

<span style="font-size: medium;">Well, if there is something I've learned here, it's to never post and comment about a machine that you are interested in purchasing yourself. In a blink of an eye, someone else will grab it. So much for courtesy.</span>

 

<span style="font-size: medium;">So shrieking aside, lets be honest here, this machine was never going to be a bargain. It's going to go to the one with the deepest pockets.  End of story.
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[gearpower]

History

Here is the story:

This washer was found in an old appliances store in 1983. We suppose it haven't been sold because of it's high price, 399 Canadian dollars in 1947 (wrote on the AD).
We bought it and never used it to keep it original.

 

[turquoisedude]

Wow!! That's really cool!

gearpower: I've sent you an email about this machine. I'd love to know where it's located, 'cause I'd love to come see it! Merci!

 

[mickeyd]

Gosh !

I've had several people yield machines to me, and I have yielded a few myself. Most recently Greg alerted me to a machine we both wanted that I didn't know was still available. Have found that to be the rule here rather than the exception.

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[tomturbomatic]

You so have to wonder at the demented reasoning behind locating the timer in the transmission. The one I touched as a kid left me cold because you could not really watch the clothes tumbling. That was in the late 50s, though, and it was still working so some of them must have worked or must have been re-engineered to work. I am sure that if the mother and I had been in the kitchen together, I would have found out a lot of information. Instead it was their teenage children, me, at about 9 or 10 and my little brother, a conversational condition like a wheel with missing spokes: hard to get rolling smoothly.

 

[mickeyd]

That's great that Paul's on the case. With his pics, his texts, it'll all end well. And he can tell hubby it's a giant cheese grater-refrigerator which is exactly what that tub looks like.

 

[turquoisedude]

Giant Cheese Grater

Oh, lord no, if I told Hubby that, he'd expect me to turn out 16 pounds of grated romano with it... LOL

It took me a LONG time to convince him not to use the 53 Westy Laundromat as a rock polisher.

 

[rpms]

I can see why they were not a hot seller. Using the inflation calculator,that washer would have cost $4,046.83. Think of how many wringer washers and laundressessessessess you could buy or hire.