repairguy
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This past week I took a road trip to pick up an eBay find where the ad read, “Maytag vintage 1960’s washer and dryer (Brown).” I’ve wanted a copper Maytag set for a long time but just never found the right one at the right time. Until now that is. I was surfing eBay one evening when I ran across the aforementioned ad. Turns out it was an 806 set that said they were from 1967. The listing was for auction or make an offer. Well you know I couldn’t let that auction end as this set looked great in the pictures. So I made an offer and the rest is history.
This set has been in the same house since 1967 when they were purchased from the brother of the lady of the house who was a Maytag dealer. Sadly she passed away at 89 about a year ago. I did get to meet her daughter and son in law who are great people. She said her mother would never let anyone operate her machines and when she got where she couldn’t she would allow someone to load the machine but she still had to be the one to push the buttons. There were many items in her home that she took very good care of through the years. The daughter contacted Maytag to see if they wanted them for archives but they turned her down saying they had plenty. She contacted the local Maytag dealer who turned her down as well. I think they were destined to retire in south east Texas. You really would have to see this set in person to really see how beautiful they are. They sat in the kitchen of the home across the street from where the lady of the house grew up so she spent most of her life on the same street in West Virginia.
Washer model: CA806
Serial: 217882DD
Dryer model: CDE806
Serial: 601741DD
This set has been in the same house since 1967 when they were purchased from the brother of the lady of the house who was a Maytag dealer. Sadly she passed away at 89 about a year ago. I did get to meet her daughter and son in law who are great people. She said her mother would never let anyone operate her machines and when she got where she couldn’t she would allow someone to load the machine but she still had to be the one to push the buttons. There were many items in her home that she took very good care of through the years. The daughter contacted Maytag to see if they wanted them for archives but they turned her down saying they had plenty. She contacted the local Maytag dealer who turned her down as well. I think they were destined to retire in south east Texas. You really would have to see this set in person to really see how beautiful they are. They sat in the kitchen of the home across the street from where the lady of the house grew up so she spent most of her life on the same street in West Virginia.
Washer model: CA806
Serial: 217882DD
Dryer model: CDE806
Serial: 601741DD
