1957 Frigidaire set in Charcoal!

[rickr]

Easta Special..

Here you go Mike. I finally replaced my 70 year old furnace last month, so I will have room to put these side by side. The washer had a bearing fail last Fall, so it is now out in the garage. It should be a Summer project to get it up and running again, so I can finally displace these as they should be.
The dryer came from the Aberdeen farm. Robert spent many hours on the dryer restoration years ago.

 

[mickeyd]

Just look at those things.....

THEY'RE GORGEOUS. You know what, Rick, when I thought about asking you the other day, in my mind I called them your towers in Easter egg colors, and today you call them the "Easta Special." Love it when that stuff happens. I hope they last as long as your furnace--70 Years. Thanks. Be dreamin' tonight about a set in sunset shades of red and orange. Hey, Just thought of a cool second career, painting Tower sets in brilliant color combos, tangerine and lemon.....

 

[supremewhirlpol]

PeterH770: your mat looks very good! I thought you had Wasco Gen 6 machines. Maybe you could take one ore two of those dryers out to a cornfield and "officespace" them.

 

[polkanut]

Rick,

Too bad about the furnace, what made you replace it?

 

[goatfarmer]

Ricks tower set...

...look fantastic in pictures, but absolutely stunning up close and personal! If you're ever in this area, I strongly suggest taking the tour of his estate. Not to be missed!!

 

[mixfinder]

Truth Serum

John, I didn't expect you to "sing" so early in the interrogation. I was thinking that the Kelvinator went into the Kenmore so easily it wouldn't take nearly as much effort to photoshop a Gray Tower Set.

 

[jetcone]

Rick

nice to see your Easta Special set there!

Did the washer come via Greg, via Lee Maxwell?

Jon

 

[rickr]

Hi Jon! Yes, the washer came via Greg, from Lee Maxwell. The washer has a bad bearing, and is out in the garage right now. Be a project for this summer, or fall.

The old gravity furnace just used too much gas. There was not a thing wrong with it otherwise. (took up too much room too) I'll post before and after pics sometime in Super. I have more room in the basement now, so look out!

Does anyone know who got the charcoal set yet??? I would sure hope that someone will share pics with us....

Thanks for the kind words Kenny! You know you are always welcome here anytime.

 

[jetcone]

Rick

The lock ring on those spin bearings is a beast to get out, I made a custom tool if you would like to borrow it.
The bearing is standard and easy to replace after you get the lock ring out.

Shoot me an email.

jon

 

[mickeyd]

Mum's the word, Rick

and speaking of Easta, still not a peep. Strange. I'd like to see pics and hear the good news too.

 

[jetcone]

Greg

You wrote "Well, the secret is out! This has been bounced from Facebook around in emails for nearly a week now. "

I went back and searched FB for any reference to these and couldn't find anything, where on FB did they appear?

 

[Unimatic1140]

Jon check my FB wall on April 18th.  Chad from the vacuum side of the family posted it.  I was planning on posting it here a week before the sale, but Dwight beat me to it.

 

Is it still a mystery as to who might have bought the set?  I hope it went to someone in the aw family.

 

[jetcone]

Yes me too!

Thanks. See you soon! YEHAW!