Beautiful Frigidaire Set Up North
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firedome
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Here's your chance Phil!!
they're not far away!!!
they're not far away!!!
If only...
Oh, I'd love to have these!!! I'd pay the asking price if they were Custom Imperials.
Oh, I'd love to have these!!! I'd pay the asking price if they were Custom Imperials.
brucelucenta
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Somebody who is WAY too proud of them.
stricklybojack
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Here is a Frigidaire Washer & Dryer from 1965. These two pieces are in mint condition. There is not even a scratch on them. They are in mint condition! The washer is model #Wi-65 and dryer is model #DI-65. They have just been gone over professionally and have had new belts, hoses, fans, piping, etc. installed and tweaked up to work perfectly. They are porcelain and ceramic coated outside and inside as well. They have working lights on top as well which you can see in the pictures. This is a rare find in every way including their vintage blue color. Whether you want to use them for clothes, making a bar with them or showcasing them, they will look and work great for anything. A beautiful and very rare pair! Made by Frigidaire in 1965 in U.S.A.
My thought:
What is it worth going over a set like this top to bottom?
If you're not interested in wrenching, or are unable, and you found and paid a quality shop to do the work for you, with parts, what might that add up to?
Let's assume these are fully restored with all rubber bits, bulbs, seals, grease, etc. properly replaced with quality new components.
I would ask the same as i see here, if not more. That's days of work not counting the cost of the set to begin with, plus hauling it around, and storing it.
Seems if you have the money, love the set, and can somehow know the work is up to scratch, this would be a good buy.
The text:
Here is a Frigidaire Washer & Dryer from 1965. These two pieces are in mint condition. There is not even a scratch on them. They are in mint condition! The washer is model #Wi-65 and dryer is model #DI-65. They have just been gone over professionally and have had new belts, hoses, fans, piping, etc. installed and tweaked up to work perfectly. They are porcelain and ceramic coated outside and inside as well. They have working lights on top as well which you can see in the pictures. This is a rare find in every way including their vintage blue color. Whether you want to use them for clothes, making a bar with them or showcasing them, they will look and work great for anything. A beautiful and very rare pair! Made by Frigidaire in 1965 in U.S.A.
My thought:
What is it worth going over a set like this top to bottom?
If you're not interested in wrenching, or are unable, and you found and paid a quality shop to do the work for you, with parts, what might that add up to?
Let's assume these are fully restored with all rubber bits, bulbs, seals, grease, etc. properly replaced with quality new components.
I would ask the same as i see here, if not more. That's days of work not counting the cost of the set to begin with, plus hauling it around, and storing it.
Seems if you have the money, love the set, and can somehow know the work is up to scratch, this would be a good buy.
brucelucenta
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Maybe because I have had so many in the past and recall paying $5 per machine when I wanted to buy one. Then again, maybe because if something breaks on them, it would be nearly impossible to replace. Things like this are worth whatever someone is willing to pay I guess.
I am not the seller or someone that would buy these. I do think we can all agree that they days of finding something like this for free are gone or very seldom.
I have learned a long time ago, that you're better off to find a good example of whatever you want than to buy a piece of crap. There are exceptions to that. I am rebuilding a worn example of a piano, when I would have probably been better off buying one in better shape to start with.
I have learned a long time ago, that you're better off to find a good example of whatever you want than to buy a piece of crap. There are exceptions to that. I am rebuilding a worn example of a piano, when I would have probably been better off buying one in better shape to start with.
The washer appears to have a tiny tub like the coppertone one that came with my sister's house in Berkeley when she bought it in 1976.
What was the capacity rating on this model?
What was the capacity rating on this model?
The capacity was like 10-12 pounds.
Sometimes you eat the bear & sometimes the bear eats you...
Can't fault someone who knows what they have and tries to get a maximum price. Such is the nature of a free market economy.
A week or so ago posted a like to a vintage Frigidaire washer going for $50 and it was gone in seconds. Then you have things like this.....
If the seller is way off base price wise, those units will still be for sale months or years from now. Lord knows we've all seen clapped out rusted shells of appliances going for large money. At least here there is decent curb appeal.
Can't fault someone who knows what they have and tries to get a maximum price. Such is the nature of a free market economy.
A week or so ago posted a like to a vintage Frigidaire washer going for $50 and it was gone in seconds. Then you have things like this.....
If the seller is way off base price wise, those units will still be for sale months or years from now. Lord knows we've all seen clapped out rusted shells of appliances going for large money. At least here there is decent curb appeal.
price aside...
Whomever the seller is, they should be very careful about using descriptives like "mint" and "perfect." There could be trouble if they turn out to be misleading and false. The pictures of the washer's tub already don't hold up to these claims. Buyer beware. As always.
Whomever the seller is, they should be very careful about using descriptives like "mint" and "perfect." There could be trouble if they turn out to be misleading and false. The pictures of the washer's tub already don't hold up to these claims. Buyer beware. As always.
norgeway
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Dont let
The tiny tub fool you. you can wash more in it than a extra large Maytag, pack it full and the clothes still turnover!
The tiny tub fool you. you can wash more in it than a extra large Maytag, pack it full and the clothes still turnover!
whirlcool
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I wonder who did the restoration and how they found all the needed parts? It's not like parts for these machines are readily available.
Nice Frigidaire Pair
We have about the same pair at our Museum, it would be interesting to know how much was really done to them, I like " all belts were replaced " only the dryer has a belt, and only one at that. The dryer cabinet is not porclean but baked enamel.
On a more positive note they do look great [ I don't see anything wrong with the washers tub ] and if I were to put the time into making ours look and run like new I would certainly think $2000 is not an unreasonable price to ask.
We have about the same pair at our Museum, it would be interesting to know how much was really done to them, I like " all belts were replaced " only the dryer has a belt, and only one at that. The dryer cabinet is not porclean but baked enamel.
On a more positive note they do look great [ I don't see anything wrong with the washers tub ] and if I were to put the time into making ours look and run like new I would certainly think $2000 is not an unreasonable price to ask.
Thats
Just 20 kilometers from me. Unfortunately, the ad is no longer coming up. How much were they asking for the pair?
Just 20 kilometers from me. Unfortunately, the ad is no longer coming up. How much were they asking for the pair?
Well that took longer than one expected
Seller was asking two thousand in Canadian money. What he got we'll probably never know....
Seller was asking two thousand in Canadian money. What he got we'll probably never know....
At today's exchange rates
It works out to $1521.14 in USD, to there is a bit of a discount. You'd still have to get the units down south however. However if someone has means of transport and lives close enough to that part of Canada it could have worked... That is if someone truly wanted the set.
Moi personally would require a quick on site testing before handing over that much money. If the units weren't connected then that would have to change. *LOL*
It works out to $1521.14 in USD, to there is a bit of a discount. You'd still have to get the units down south however. However if someone has means of transport and lives close enough to that part of Canada it could have worked... That is if someone truly wanted the set.
Moi personally would require a quick on site testing before handing over that much money. If the units weren't connected then that would have to change. *LOL*
I hope they found a new home
There seems to be two groups of collectors:
Those that recognize quality and rarity and will go after it and those that sit and whine that whatever item should be saved, but are themselves unwilling to get off their butts and do the saving. Granted, I realize the problem if something is all the way across the country.
I highly doubt the seller got their asking price. You can always negotiate.
There seems to be two groups of collectors:
Those that recognize quality and rarity and will go after it and those that sit and whine that whatever item should be saved, but are themselves unwilling to get off their butts and do the saving. Granted, I realize the problem if something is all the way across the country.
I highly doubt the seller got their asking price. You can always negotiate.
philr
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When I first saw this pair for sale (they have been on Kijiji for a while), I was quite enthusiastic about getting it as I badly want a Turquoise set like that.
But I wanted a set of Canadian-made machines and these were not. I wasn't very surprised by that because the 1965 Canadian Imperial dryers were no-vent only according to my literature (in the US, the Imperial series was vented only).
And while the seller had made me an interesting counter-offer, it was still way above my budget! I couldn't afford driving there and paying about 1/4 of the asking price. I'm poor, I have to deal with that!
But I wanted a set of Canadian-made machines and these were not. I wasn't very surprised by that because the 1965 Canadian Imperial dryers were no-vent only according to my literature (in the US, the Imperial series was vented only).
And while the seller had made me an interesting counter-offer, it was still way above my budget! I couldn't afford driving there and paying about 1/4 of the asking price. I'm poor, I have to deal with that!
