An Easy Combo Travels East to Maryland

Automatic Washer - The world's coolest Washing Machines, Dryers and Dishwashers

Help Support AutomaticWasher.org:

combo52

combo52

Well-known member
Platinum Member
Joined
Apr 4, 2008
Messages
17,436
Location
50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md
Yes thanks to Jeff [ moparguy ] who spotted this on Oregon's Craigslist a few months ago and Tom [ TurboMatic ] for paying the shipping we now have an Easy combo here in Beltsville, Md. The machine is a 1960 vented electric model, probably the most basic version. The machine needed very little work and seems to function as it should, it is a very unique machine that employed many interesting ideas.

combo52++5-30-2012-07-54-31.jpg
 
 

 

YAY and CONGRATS John! Thanks for posting the photos, what a neat little machine!   Looks like it's in UH-MAY-ZING condition!   WOW!

It looks like it probably has 6 baffles in the drum?

No suspension... 200 or so RPM spin?

Do you have any video?

YAY!
Kevin
 
Hey John!

That is a excellent looking machine. Great find, and the condition is on par with show room condition.

I really like the mechanics of the machine, I spent a good 5-10 minutes trying to figure out how it worked.

I second the motion for a video!
 
John - what an amazing machine to find! Very, very cool that it is in such great shape.

Love the dual motors, with not only various types of belts being driven but that pump belt is out of this world - I can't believe how long it is! So much stuff to play with under the hood, with everything accessible from the top. Servicing appears to be much more tolerable than what it would be on a pesky Maytag combo.... ;)

Thanks for sharing ---

Ben[this post was last edited: 5/30/2012-10:45]
 
COOL!  John, that combo is in fantastic shape.   I am floored by the two-motor design - I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like it. 

 

Congratulations on a great find!!   Must come visit and check it out this summer.... LOL
 
I'll take a "Fine" wash and a "Fine" dry

But I don't get the second motor. Does it cycle on and off to increase the spin speed or to does it pump out the water? I'll go back and study some more.

 

So happy you guys got this.
 
Wow,

Great find there, and look at the back, it looks like the drum is wedged into those side panels and locked into place with the guides on the base...

And I suppose all those motors and gubbins are perfect on the top of the drum to weigh it down so reducing and UP movement!!!

All becomes a lot clearer after the other recent thread!!
 
What a beauty . . .

I love the control panel that says "Combomatic"! It could only be better if it were turquoise, but then I think that about all old appliances. Interesting internal shots too, how is this puppy at extraction with the 2nd motor?

[this post was last edited: 5/30/2012-14:36]
 
Amazing find, John . . .

. . . and thanks for sharing with all of us. That must be the only one in existence. I have seen only one Easy combo in my life and I was able to only look at it. Never got to see it run.

A video with sound would be wonderful.

Thanks again for all you do for us.

Jerry Gay
 
The New Easy Combo

As mentioned Jeff M found this on Oregon's Craigslist for $175.00 and I contacted the seller immediately. He said he had listed a week or so earlier for $350.00 and got no responses. He told me that they were fixing up a house that had sat vacant for 3 years and when he and his wife first went in the house after dark with no power at the house with flash lights and started looking around and when they spotted the Easy they thought it was a new FL washer. After the power was on days later they realized that it was not a new machine. But with lots of cleaning up to do she decided to try it out and it actually worked and then she was really shocked when she realized that it could be set to also dry the clothing and this actually worked also. She told me that she had never seen such a machine and couldn't understand why these were not being built today.

 

Will all good things come to an end and on the 10th load the water would not shut off and it flooded. So her husband disconnected it and was taking it to the dump and on a whim he stopped at a small appliance repair shop he knew of on the way to the dump. The guy at the shop said it was just a stuck inlet valve and suggested that he could disassemble it and clean and it might work again. So it took it back home and got it to work again and they continued to use it a while longer. But they found the original instruction book and realized how old it was and decided to try and sell it.

 

When I talked to him and he told me the story I immediately said I would give him his original asking price of $350.00 and sent a check, with Jeff's help we found a shipper in a few weeks who got it here in great shape a few weeks later. Tom offered and paid for shipping which cost more than the machine but was reasonable considering the distance. And that's how it came to be part of Combo collection where folks can come and see it run. I will try to get someone to do a video as I an still mastering the posting of pictures, LOL.
 
Easy Combo!

John
This is really a great combo. And it is a pleasure to see water in a washer. BTW how do you set the dry control with that one dial? Do you have the instruction booklet with it?
Best Of Luck
Peter
 
That was the first combo I ever got for my collection. it was tossed out but was their gas version and seamed to work o.k. even though I never did get to connect it to gas.Graet shape fab. score!!!!! It ain't that easy to find THAT Easy! LOL
 
We always HOPE for a satsfying story on a mint find

and tonight we got a grand slam along with his characteristic self-deprecating humor--"I am still mastering the posting of pictures, LOL"

 

Thank you, John

 

Another Satisfied Customer

 

PS: I get it now. When Combo fever struck, every major brand scrambled to engineer a Combo, the most complex laundry machine ever conceived. Once understood and appreciated, a washer lover can't resist their attraction. Now hooked, too!
 
Wow! What an awesome find and awesome looking machine!
Love the motors and belts! I bet it is not only wonderful to watch but
fantastic to hear!
Great story about how it was saved!
Thanks for sharing!
Brent
 

Similar threads

jeff_adelphi
Development of the Automatic Washer Club
Replies
23
Views
708
easyspindry
E
stricklybojack
Magic Mill - Electrolux 8 qt mixer - $450
Replies
5
Views
245
petek
petek
M
Speed Queen Front Load AFN50 Washer Review - Long Post
Replies
15
Views
700
jetcone
jetcone

Latest posts

Back
Top