Duomatic for 1963

[mayken4now]

Steve,

How much fun. I will have to just block out time to come up. Those are wonderful machines you bought. The duomatic is way too cool.

Steve

 

[gansky1]

I have more photos to post, will try to do that in the next couple of days.

The Duomatic gas combo is so cool. In 1959 Philco had redesigned the Duomatic from the larger, 36" version down to this 27" wide model. Toggle, the mechanism you see between the water valve and the main drive pulley is indeed a blower damper. The blower is driven directly from the transmission by a "jack shaft" and runs continuously through the cycle. To keep water out of the blower mechanism, there is a damper that seals the blower opening in the tub until the drying cycle when it opens and allows air to flow through the burner (which is below the tub on the right side looking from the back - behind the blower at about 5 o'clock). It's a very cool design and should give Steve hours of fun.

 

[gyrafoam]

Just spent about an hour tinkering with the Duomatic. What a kool machine! The noises it makes really takes me back in time. Many thanks to Kim (Washndry) for a WONDERFUL toweeeee!

 

[lesto]

Hey Steve, I hear you have the 63 Kenmore Greg had on ebay awhile back. I'd love to watch a load sometime and see all the othe goodies you've gotten since my last trip over. That duomatic is a beauty!

Les

 

[filterflo]

Great washer Steve, oh I mean great dryer Steve, Oh Great Washer-Dryer! My favorite brand!

 

[Unimatic1140]

Wow Nice Find

Now that's a beautiful machine! I think there has been a POD with Dash showing the Top loader version of this machine, but this is the first I've seen of the Duomatic, congrats Steve!

 

[toggleswitch]

Thanks for the info Greg and all!

 

[ricky5050]

just like what i did this easter too!

your macine is very similar to mine, but yours appears to be more advanced with auto dry feature and different drying temperatures. I decided to service mine this easter and removed the pannels to check all was well. It was,

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[ricky5050]

re just like what i did this easter too!!

sorry guys, my camera must have reset itself to higher definition, so i cannot upload the photos of my washer dryer Duo being stripped down this easter, however i have managed to add them to my put file website , the latest ones are the top 6. I have great difficulty with digital micro chip blue tooth blah blah blah technology, spanners, belts, pulleys i understand!

http://www.putfile.com/hoover1973

 

[mrcleanjeans]

what year was the last Duomatic?

 

[washendry]

Duomatic

Hi Guys, just home from EMS, glad to see the pics of the PhilcoBendix and all the other toys, Sorry the visit was so short, the Pink spacmates made it back to Michigan, hopefully will get to them next week, still looking for center control knobs, seller doesn't remember them on machines,
Greg, thanks for storing them and the manuals, heating element and stuff, I'll get books back to you sooon!!
Steven, Glad baby made it to Atlanta, she's a northener and might sputter every now and then, Hi to Killer!!!
Kim

 

[westytoploader]

Thanks Greg for posting...looked like a lot of fun!!! That Duomatic is in great shape--congrats Steve!! That will definitely be something to play with!

And is that a Maytag Commander wringer I see behind the Duo? Greg, I don't think you mentioned anything to us about that one...;-)

 

[westytoploader]

Oops...somehow my post got cut off. Kim, glad you got the Westinghouse SpaceMates. Hopefully they won't need much work to get them going; keep us posted on the progress!

 

[mistervain]

ricky5050 how'd you acquire the duo that hadnt been used until 2002??

kind of like meeting a unicorn i would imagine....

the kitchen is gorgeous btw.

 

[mrcleanjeans]

so what year WAS the last DuoMatic?

 

[brisnat81]

In the UK and AU

They were available until the mid to late 70's.

I dont know about the US

 

[ricky5050]

Hi mistervain my bendix had been delivered to a house in Leeds north england, brand new and sat in the owners pantry until a property developer bought the house after the previous owner died, he then sold it on ebay. It had all original as new papers taps soap etc. the only thng i need is the badge that sits on the front right hand side. its my only day to day washer and is used 3 times a week and works very well.

 

[westyslantfront]

Hi Steve. Congratulations on the new addition! Look forward to pictures of it washing and spinning.

Ross

 

[angus]

Robert - the top load washer version of that machine (Miss America of course)was indeed featured in the 1967 Dash detergent ad. It was also featured in the 1963 Tide ad (haven't seen that as a pic of the day in quite a long time) with Mrs Leon Thompson of Westerly, NY and her 6 athletic children.

The dryer version was the one recently found by Jimmy (Filter-Flo) at that revolting house...

Those machines do still take my breath away....