what a find!
Did you also see the Foodarama he was selling?
Did you also see the Foodarama he was selling?
1955 GE Combo Rescued!
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Wow, what a find! Congratulations! I'm looking forward to see it next to the 56 toploader!
Congratulations Jon! It looks amazing. Yay that you have a wiring diagram already!!
Congratulations
Wow, another great find, vintage washing & drying, with a supple boot, programme options and a spinning drum - all that is missing is Artys blanket and Rosalies....Enjoy!!!
Wow, another great find, vintage washing & drying, with a supple boot, programme options and a spinning drum - all that is missing is Artys blanket and Rosalies....Enjoy!!!
Yay Jon!!!!! Congratulations, its beautiful, and especially wonderful since this machine spins between the wash and the rinses unlike the later non-transmission machines! A rare find for sure!
Thanks all!
RCD - the wrecking ball is coming to a theater near you!
John- thanks for the heads up on dry setting, I hate crunchy underwear!! But really I can broil the wash??
Rich- I have to ask did you have anything to do with the guy who ships "hose clamp wrenches" in the new Postal Ad??
Moparwash- I did see the Foodarama and its really in mint shape too, no rust,all the logo badges look great, and supple gaskets right down to the floor! And he also has a similar model in a GE Monitor top which is also immaculate for its age! It has wooden door surrounds.
Mike- The GE will be getting Artey's blanket real soon and a good dose of Rosalie's too,and some vintage DASH!!
Robert - I cant' wait to see the whole cycle!!
RCD - the wrecking ball is coming to a theater near you!
John- thanks for the heads up on dry setting, I hate crunchy underwear!! But really I can broil the wash??
Rich- I have to ask did you have anything to do with the guy who ships "hose clamp wrenches" in the new Postal Ad??
Moparwash- I did see the Foodarama and its really in mint shape too, no rust,all the logo badges look great, and supple gaskets right down to the floor! And he also has a similar model in a GE Monitor top which is also immaculate for its age! It has wooden door surrounds.
Mike- The GE will be getting Artey's blanket real soon and a good dose of Rosalie's too,and some vintage DASH!!
Robert - I cant' wait to see the whole cycle!!
Yeah Tom about the floor cups>>
a floor cup came off when moving it, were there originally 2 or 4 cups with these machines??
a floor cup came off when moving it, were there originally 2 or 4 cups with these machines??
The best part of this machine - all of that shiny stuff is real, honest-to-God metal with a chrome finish.
None of this plastic "chrome" in 1955!
lawrence
None of this plastic "chrome" in 1955!
lawrence
Jon I am happy and thrilled!!!!
The rinse cycle is so long because there are spins after each rinse.
I hope so Tom
I am reading the 1956 doctrine and it says nothing of spins but I know this is a 1955 machine, the M designation proves that!
I am reading the 1956 doctrine and it says nothing of spins but I know this is a 1955 machine, the M designation proves that!
maytag63
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Very nice, congratulations!
Nice save, Jon!
Looks to be in great shape!
Now for those who know about GE Combinations, did they ever make a gas heated combination?
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Looks to be in great shape!
Now for those who know about GE Combinations, did they ever make a gas heated combination?
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Gas GE Condenser Combos
GE tried to make a gas condenser combo, but because it is a sealed system the gas flame kept going out as the oxygen was depleted very quickly, please don't believe a word of this, LOL.
Seriously GE only made condenser electric combos.
GE tried to make a gas condenser combo, but because it is a sealed system the gas flame kept going out as the oxygen was depleted very quickly, please don't believe a word of this, LOL.
Seriously GE only made condenser electric combos.
Gas condensing dryer
Decades ago, John and I happened on an estate sale in Chevy Chase, MD where the children walked away from the house and left it in the hands of an estate sale agent. It was packed, literally. The ladies, whom we got to know, had to clear the living & dining rooms and then work their way through the accumulation in the rest of the house to bring stuff out to sell. When they were able to open the door to the basement stairs, the basement was packed to the ceiling; there were no discernable stairs. As they got stuff out of there, we went into the basement. The early 50s chest freezer was locked, of course, but frost and ice was coming out between the lid and the chest where the gasket was damaged and growing down the side of the cabinet. The husband had made some arrangement with with the vent from the early 50s Bendix gas dryer that looked like he vented it over and down into the laundry tubs. I think there was some cold water tubing involved, but the best we could come up with was that he was trying to condense the water vapor. It was a sad place. He lived there alone after his wife died. He had portable electric space heaters because the furnace was packed away in all of the accumulation. Lots of cookware and utensils were hung from the kitchen ceiling. I don't know if he used the water heater or not. There was a Jenn-Air range in the kitchen, but he had a two element hot plate on top of it so it might have stopped working. The children had watched his derangement grow over the years. They came back for the funeral, but did not enter the house and left the whole thing in the hands of the lawyer. There was some neat stuff buried (literally) there but it took months to clean out the house and each weekend there were more things to look at. It was an estate sale to which they could have sold season tickets, but it did give us a glimpse of an attempt to fashion a gas condensing dryer. It just did not involve an internal condenser.
Decades ago, John and I happened on an estate sale in Chevy Chase, MD where the children walked away from the house and left it in the hands of an estate sale agent. It was packed, literally. The ladies, whom we got to know, had to clear the living & dining rooms and then work their way through the accumulation in the rest of the house to bring stuff out to sell. When they were able to open the door to the basement stairs, the basement was packed to the ceiling; there were no discernable stairs. As they got stuff out of there, we went into the basement. The early 50s chest freezer was locked, of course, but frost and ice was coming out between the lid and the chest where the gasket was damaged and growing down the side of the cabinet. The husband had made some arrangement with with the vent from the early 50s Bendix gas dryer that looked like he vented it over and down into the laundry tubs. I think there was some cold water tubing involved, but the best we could come up with was that he was trying to condense the water vapor. It was a sad place. He lived there alone after his wife died. He had portable electric space heaters because the furnace was packed away in all of the accumulation. Lots of cookware and utensils were hung from the kitchen ceiling. I don't know if he used the water heater or not. There was a Jenn-Air range in the kitchen, but he had a two element hot plate on top of it so it might have stopped working. The children had watched his derangement grow over the years. They came back for the funeral, but did not enter the house and left the whole thing in the hands of the lawyer. There was some neat stuff buried (literally) there but it took months to clean out the house and each weekend there were more things to look at. It was an estate sale to which they could have sold season tickets, but it did give us a glimpse of an attempt to fashion a gas condensing dryer. It just did not involve an internal condenser.
Jon!
Congratulations on the GE Combination. I guess your collection is complete now.
Cant wait to see the machine when it arrives!
Patrick
Congratulations on the GE Combination. I guess your collection is complete now.
Cant wait to see the machine when it arrives!
Patrick
Arrival!
Finally home safe and sound!
Finally home safe and sound!
Got into it yesterday
she is a 1955 for sure , the first GE Combo and she is different even from the 1956 models that Robert scanned in the ephemera section. This machine is unique for several reasons evidently. First it has its own motor pump, the pump in later models 56>>onwards have direct connect of the pump to the drive motor.
How 1999 to have a pump motor--shades of the future!
[this post was last edited: 9/17/2012-08:30]
she is a 1955 for sure , the first GE Combo and she is different even from the 1956 models that Robert scanned in the ephemera section. This machine is unique for several reasons evidently. First it has its own motor pump, the pump in later models 56>>onwards have direct connect of the pump to the drive motor.
How 1999 to have a pump motor--shades of the future!
[this post was last edited: 9/17/2012-08:30]
