When in Melbourne a couple of days ago I stopped at a demolition yard looking at some building related stuff. To my surprise they had an big old appliance labelled "Old Dryer - $180"
I was looking at it when a worker came over and chatted to me about it. I said "you don't have the matching washer do you, I'm not really interested in dryers."
He said no but said "look at this, its pretty cool how the controls are hidden..."
He then lifted up the flap on top (I had't realized it was an openable panel) to show its controls - hot/warm temp selector, load size selector, timer showing wash, rinse 1,2,3, spin... yes, it IS a washer! A Bendix.
It has unmarked white enamel top and top flap, the front and side panels are painted and badly faded/yellowed, the door boot is hardened and deteriorated but I couldn't see any holes, the top seal around the detergent hole is destroyed. The chrome around the porthole is pitted and the whole machine is filthy. The drum looked fine and turned freely without bearing noise, turning easily one way and some resistance as it it is turning a geared mechanism. Despite having warm/hot fill selector, it had only one inlet valve on the back. It is a washer only, not a duomatic. To open the porthole door you lift the flap on top, press a button underneath whilst simultaneously sliding a trigger to one side.
I'd imagine it is late 50's???
It has a plate attached at the front behind the front lower drop down panel, it says "Made in Sydney by James Kirby P/L under license to Philco USA."
A couple of questions for the experts:
-Are porthole seals and detergent hole seals still available, and what is the approx. cost?
-Does this machine reverse tumble or only tumble one way?
-What is the likely load size? The machine is HUGE but the drum seems pretty small.
- Is this likely to be a bolt down or free standing?
I haven't bought it yet, I am continuing spousal negotiations and the price would have to drop substantially.
Thanks
Chris.
I was looking at it when a worker came over and chatted to me about it. I said "you don't have the matching washer do you, I'm not really interested in dryers."
He said no but said "look at this, its pretty cool how the controls are hidden..."
He then lifted up the flap on top (I had't realized it was an openable panel) to show its controls - hot/warm temp selector, load size selector, timer showing wash, rinse 1,2,3, spin... yes, it IS a washer! A Bendix.
It has unmarked white enamel top and top flap, the front and side panels are painted and badly faded/yellowed, the door boot is hardened and deteriorated but I couldn't see any holes, the top seal around the detergent hole is destroyed. The chrome around the porthole is pitted and the whole machine is filthy. The drum looked fine and turned freely without bearing noise, turning easily one way and some resistance as it it is turning a geared mechanism. Despite having warm/hot fill selector, it had only one inlet valve on the back. It is a washer only, not a duomatic. To open the porthole door you lift the flap on top, press a button underneath whilst simultaneously sliding a trigger to one side.
I'd imagine it is late 50's???
It has a plate attached at the front behind the front lower drop down panel, it says "Made in Sydney by James Kirby P/L under license to Philco USA."
A couple of questions for the experts:
-Are porthole seals and detergent hole seals still available, and what is the approx. cost?
-Does this machine reverse tumble or only tumble one way?
-What is the likely load size? The machine is HUGE but the drum seems pretty small.
- Is this likely to be a bolt down or free standing?
I haven't bought it yet, I am continuing spousal negotiations and the price would have to drop substantially.
Thanks
Chris.
