Duomatic for 1963

[gansky1]

Steve Riley drove out to Omaha last week for a few days, we had a really fun time with him and extend our thanks not only for a great weekend, but taking a whole truckload of appliances too!

One of the things that was on the truck was this incredible 1963 Philco-Bendix gas Duomatic. Kim from Michigan drove in for a very short stop (wish you could have stayed longer, Kim) to pick up his Westinghouse spacemate set. He brought this along for Steve - what a beautiful combo this is!

 

[gansky1]

behind, panel off.

 

[gansky1]

controls right

 

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controls left

 

[gansky1]

dispenser and dryer lint filter

 

[gansky1]

I've never seen a gas combo of this vintage before so it was fascinating to study and Kim has done an excellent job restoring and maintaining this machine, it's absolutely beautiful!

 

[gansky1]

Here is Steve with the truck all loaded Saturday night. The truck was really weighed down with six machines! The Duomatic alone must weigh 325 pounds.

 

[gansky1]

...hmmm

 

[appnut]

Greg, ttry that last pic again.

 

[peteski50]

Duomatic

This is a absolutely awsome machine. I wish I collected I would want one. Best Of Luck with this baby.
Thanks for the close up.
Peter

 

[appnut]

Will have to rely on Steve to show us who they are once the shower caps are removed.

 

[tlee618]

Steve congratulations on all those neat machines. Can't wait to hear how you like the Duomatic. Yay for Greg as well, I bet there is a lot more room in your garage. Terry

 

[chestermikeuk]

Gas!!

Looks like you all had a FAB time and all those appliances with new homes as well...

The duomatic is a fine beast....our Bendix 1966 model was exactly the same but electric, would love to see the gubbins of the gas heaters etc...

 

[mistervain]

I am incredibly jealous!!!! Wish I had a Duomatic.

Please upload more photos!

 

[gyrafoam]

As soon as the dust settles------

I will post some more photos as soon as I have a chance. Had a great visit with Greg and as you all can see returned home with a load of "toys" (pronounced tow-eeees here in the south).
1016 miles from Greg's driveway to mine! What a schlep! Left Omaha about 9am (local time) and drove directly to Atlanta arriving about 4:15 am the following morning. Honey, "sistah" ain't right! Thanks to Brent Aucoin who so graciously helped me unload the truck!

 

[gyrafoam]

Oh, yeah------

And on the Northbound leg of my journey I overnighted in St.Louis. Chris Rombach and his mother had me over to see Chris's "toweeees" (Toggle----don't go there) and a wonderful dinner. Chris is very particular about how he does his restorations, and they all look like brand new machines!

Chris has a rather novel way of replacing the original black rubber cap on the "unimatics" pulsator column-----he uses a standard black rubber 3" sewer cap! I got one while in Omaha for about $5, and it works perfectly! Not original equipment, but I don't sweat the small stuff, and it looks like it should have been original!

Thanks Chris! You are a great host and have a great collection!

 

[gyrafoam]

AND another thing----------

Greg is so much fun and such a great host-----but sets the stage for confusion-----which of his beautiful toys to play with! While he was at work one eveing, I found myself in his "showroom" in the basement with piles of laundry ready to wash and all those beautiful toys------what a dilemma!

Soooooo--- a load in the (55?) Kelvinator and one in the (63?) Hotpoint and another in that gorgeous (55?) Speed Queen and a load of towels in the '59 Frigidaire-----whew---- I worked up a sweat just running between all of 'em watching the show! Heaven on earth!

Thanks to Greg and Skylar for a great visit!

 

[christfr]

oh

steve your are more than welcome any time! was great to see ya..know you and greg prob had to much fun, wish i could have gone too. and yes i see the pic of your loaded truck for the trip home wow.. looks like some fun toys to me..pet killer for me (to cute) and you better keep in touch...hugs

 

[toggleswitch]

A boy and his toys.

What an aswesome machine!

What is that round cut-out between the water inlet solenoid valves and the main pulley/flywheel? Is that a motorized ...... can't be........ an air inlet, can it be?

Where is the gas burner located?
What is the ariflow pattern during the dry cycle?

Overall very fascinating mechanics.