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It is so cool

When just as "you're driving away" something in a window on the second story "catches the corner of your eye".
Looks like it must have been a nice vintage appliance find
"rush"! Way to go Man!!!!
 
Hi Ben, a big huge congrats on the great new finds!!! I've never seen the early AMP agitator in Black before, I wonder if it is original?
 
Thanks for the responses!

Austin, I honestly don't know which clutch style this machine has. I was thinking it would be the early style too, until I looked at the data plate info here at the house. I took a snap of the data plate, but it came out horribly. Through the blur, I think it said GS, for 1953 - but I didn't know they made an original AMP that late? This may also explain the black agitator - but who knows! I think the Rollermatic is a Rapid Dry, at least I am crossing my fingers that it is!

Hey Patrick, I don't know if this has been previously mentioned, but I graduated high school in Fairfield, IA - just down the road - BIG Football rivals.... Washington vs. Fairfield

Steve, I wish the 64 had the correct agitator - as I've never seen a 64 with the actual correct 'three-ring' still remaining! I think my doctor may need to increase my blood pressure meds after this batch... hehe

Robert - I've never seen the early style in black either. I would imagine that it is a replacement, but why wouldn't they have replaced it with a black diaphragm version? Very interesting.

Gary - I didn't see any ABC items in this place - but I'm sure there out there! Just keep your eyes open for that ex-centric action!

Ben
 
Ben-----

Pass your e-mail on to Gansky so I can contact you about that "Three-Ring".

I don't know if the agitator in that AMP is a replacement or not. I do know that there were plenty of those things around Atlanta way back when, that had black agitators.
 
Hi Ben ...

CONGRATULATIONS on the fantastic finds! Boy, that must have taken you aback a bit when you discovered that store; how fun!

I haven't seen a black gyratator either; you've got a first!!

Geoff
 
Once you go black...

Ben - this is too cool! Glad to see the Frigidaires were good finds, not bad looking at all. Is the 64 a Multi-Matic or the first of the rollermatic? I read somewhere in the '64 Tech-Tips about the changeover to the Deep-Action agitator, perhaps it is original?

Didn't Maytag switch to all black bakelite gyratators somewhere in the very early 50's? Have you dated the serial number from the AMP? Time to scour those "Let's Talk Service" again!
 
The 1964 WCD is NOT a rapid dry. It looks like that machine has the delicate cycle where the soak cycle usually is on the bottom half of the timer display.
 
Congratulations Ben! What a treassure trove. In the picture of the 67-69 washer, there is a slice of what looks like an early 60s 30" Frigidaire range. If you have a chance when you go back, do you think you could snap a picture of it if you remember? That Frigidaire washer next to it had the most flexible speed selection of any of them. Normal agitate/fast spin (a little over 600 rpm), gentle agitate slow spin, Wash'n Wear is fast agitate & slow spin and that stupid Durable Press which was gentle agitate and fast spin. Good for woolens, but not much else. We had one of these and one of the 1010 spin models with three speed settings and that Durable Press was mostly good for nothing. The biggest disappointment with the space capsule style agitator was that the water jumped straight up out of the 4 openings in the top cone. The early drawings of that agitator in ads showed those 4 openings with little projections above them to direct the water sideways, but I guess they broke too easily. Somebody showed that agitator with a variable twist top (maybe in the patent of the day) that allowed for gentle or vigorous washing by opening or closing those 4 openings. I guess that was another dream that died. The water going straight up led to lots of rusting under the lid gasket; sad.

I am glad to see that you will have a dryer with an ash tray. That is what certain people thought the sprinkler drawer on the control panel of my DCI-60 was for.
 
Ben what a wonderful find!! I bet that you couldn't believe your eyes when you got into this place. Keep us posted. Terry
 
Say YAY for AMP's!

Hey Ben!!

What a fab find! Those AMP's are fun and splashy! You are definitely going to enjoy this one!!

Congrats!!

Venus :-D
 

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