Celebrating the 1,000,000th Bendix Washer

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YAY for 1,000,000

Fabulous Greg, I'm so glad you went to Kansas City and got it. Now that is a Living Room washer if I've ever seen one!
 
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Hi Greg, glad you all survived the trip, now the Bendix special has arrived home!!!...I`m not sure about the living room...I cant think of anything better than getting the washer all set up in prime location, lovingly connected up and having a wash-in to toast its " First Maiden Wash"....special washer special occasion,

Enjoy, Mike
 
Amazing find, and a real piece of history

I don't think swagged velvet drapes and a spotlight would be 'too much.'

-kevin
 
Amazing!!!!

Greg,
This is such a find! I think it is the find of the year for the club!
I do think you should put it in your living room! You should take the "guts" out, and put a vintage round screen television in it!
Just kidding!
You are going to use it right?
I am happy for you getting this! I am just in shock that these actually exist, and you found one!!!
You find the Rarest of them all!!!!
Brent
 
Greg, I am happy for you. There must have been several of these machines made to celebrate the milestone because the one in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn looks different than the dealers' machines. It has really heavy plating on the gold & silver parts. John and I had no idea that such a milestone machine existed until we saw the one at the museum in 1985. I have the same full color ad featuring that machine. The velvet draperies were green. Maybe, you could have the whole cabinet chromed and have the gold door and plate around the timer for highlights. I guess that they never had a chance to make a million of any of the newer machines because the models began changing each year and then Bendix was sold. I wonder if Maytag had a special looking Millionth Conventional washer and if it would have been the Master E2L ?
 
Greg,

That's my favorite style Bendix - we had one in the early 50's - and of course congratulations on finding one, especially such a special, new old stock, commemorative one.

I think it would look nice if you were to have the "silver" parts nickel plated, and the gold parts replated gold.
 
Ding! Ding! Ding! Toggleswitch wins!

I'm not thinking of using this machine as I have another pre-war Bendix and lighted (fabulous) sign that goes with it (see picture for sign - Mike K and I were being naughty with Robert's SU-Bendix hybrid - Only use Rinso for best results in your SuperBendiMatic!) Perhaps someday I'll let "Goldie" do a washing - for a special wash-in....

Replating had crossed my mind - there is a plating shop here that I used for the 57 Control Tower that was really taken with the design of that, I wonder what they'd think of this machine! (after they stopped rejoicing at the $400 bill ;-)

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Went With the Wind

"It's curtains for you Miss Scarlet, curtains!"
Greg- Wha'd I win?

~I have the 2,000,000th Bendix Gyrator w/ water rationer.
Vas ist das? What is that Mr. Kim?

PIC PICS PICS! Pretty please with a virgin never-been-used washer on top.
 

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