Bygted is downsizing around D.C.

[classiccaprice]

All Dryers

~1956 Norge, 1960 Kenmore, early 50's Kenmore, early 60's Kenmore 800, 60's Whrilpool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[this post was last edited: 4/27/2013-23:16]

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/atq/3720005391.html

 

[classiccaprice]

tons of agitators

 

 

 

 

 

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/atq/3719077362.html

 

[appliguy]

Will he is a member here on this site

he goes by bygted.....PAT COFFEY

 

[rp2813]

That Norge Dryer Is Beautiful!

My mom's '56 Norge dryer looked nothing like that.  Maybe it was older than I'm thinking?  It had the blue & gold scheme on the panel with red Time Line knob, and the big "N" badge on the front.

 

[classiccaprice]

Pat--

Thanks for letting me know.  I knew it had to be a member.  I've talked to Ted before, I just didn't realize he was the seller.  

 

 

 

[rollermatic]

he has a huge collection!!!

i met him 3 years ago when i drove over and bought a 1965 rollermatic washer and 1963 frigdaire dryer from him. i was amazed at the scope of his collection! and he's a very nice guy too!

 

[classiccaprice]

If that 800 series were the washer, I'd be there now... Even though not an exact match, it would look cool with my 70 series of the same era.  I like that early 60s design.  Then again that 1960 model is sweet too...

 

[rickr]

The Norge dryer is from 1958.

 

[gansky1]

I thought of you, Rick, when I saw that dryer. I saw a 58 in gas at a sale some years ago now but they wouldn't let me buy it, they had a compmely irrational fear of gas and were scared to touch it.

Is that your daily driver, Ralph? Cool.

 

[rickr]

Hi Greg, I have been working on the 58 Norge off and on since winter. Just got the end caps for the console back from the plating shop this week. Still a long road ahead, but it should be finished sometime this year. I think the 58 model is just beautiful. It is a good thing that I had the 56 Norge to use as a donor....

 

[goatfarmer]

Rick, I thought that dryer looked familiar!

 

[rickr]

Kenny, remember the day we hauled those out of the junkyard? I wondered at the time if I was crazy, and I knew you thought I was...

 

[goatfarmer]

Remember Rick, I'm the one who showed you the place to begin with, so, if anyone is crazy, it would be me!

 

[classiccaprice]

Norge!

Ted posted more!

 

 

 

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/atq/3810623915.html

 

[classiccaprice]

 

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/app/3798249954.html

 

[firedome]

what's up ...

with the '59 Buick and what looks like a '57-8 Plymouth (?)
Those are 2 of my favorites...

 

[classiccaprice]

Roger

Ted's house is amazing!

26 great photos of Ted and Stella's dreamy retro ranch house - with an appliance museum in the basement - Retro Renovation

“In my heart I want to be a minimalist with my decor — but there are just too many fun things that are a joy to have around — it’s tough.” Ted — who is a collector of all things retro — and his main squeeze Stella recently let me take a virtual tour of…

retrorenovation.com

 

[danemodsandy]

After The Downsizing....

....Should we call him lytlted?

 

[bygted]

norges and stuff

It's killing me to let go of some of these machines... but just like all of us, I have only so much space. I have had some machines stored away for years that I would love to be able to see every day and the only way to do that is to make some room in the house or garage.

If I just collected washers and dryers I would be fine, but my love for fridges, stoves, coin op, signs and 50's furn really makes it tough.
I need an airplane hangar

Maybe someone out there can tell me if I am wrong on this - but I have a 56 advertisment somewhere that shows that norge dryer being a 56 model - I think that they ran it for a couple few years and then it got bumped to BOL for 58. Because I have the 58 Norge TOL and it looks nothing like that - 58 was the dispensomat design with the high plexi dash.
Also of interest was the fact that they put out 2 different dash heights with the same design as the dryer I have listed.
I have a matching dryer and washer that I am keeping in the slightly shorter dash.
In either configuration though it's a really pretty design especially when lit.