We drove to Minneapolis this weekend and spent a few days with the boys and their beautiful machines, always a great time and always too short!
Don had some fun new things to show off, a few things I hadn't seen before and it's fun to see him rounding out his collection of appliances - many of the machines he only dreamed of a few short years ago have been found and are running beautifully!
Friday evening, we went over to John's to see his incredible collection of Bendix, Philco and Kenmore front-loading combos. The work he does on these machines is an art form. I have never seen vintage combos, washers and dryers restored to such perfection - incredible!!
Robert's 1947 GE washer was truly a sight to behold - what an incredible machine! The videos don't do the machine justice, it's really incredible. The '56 Hotpoint was also restored to showroom-new - a very different experience than my 64!
The most fun (for me) was had with the Thor-O-Matic washer Robert brought home a couple of months ago. That was one of my dream machines for a long, long time and lo and behold, two of them pop up in the same year, one in St Paul, MN and one in Tuscon, AZ. We ran a few loads through Robert's Thor-o-Matic and I was very impressed with the washing action and performance of it. Bearing in mind that it is more of "compact" washer, it seems to do a terrific job moving the clothes up, down and around...just like the advertising proclaims! What a thrill to finally be able to see this machine running!!
Thanks again guys, we had a great time all weekend and it was, as always, a great time!
Don had some fun new things to show off, a few things I hadn't seen before and it's fun to see him rounding out his collection of appliances - many of the machines he only dreamed of a few short years ago have been found and are running beautifully!
Friday evening, we went over to John's to see his incredible collection of Bendix, Philco and Kenmore front-loading combos. The work he does on these machines is an art form. I have never seen vintage combos, washers and dryers restored to such perfection - incredible!!
Robert's 1947 GE washer was truly a sight to behold - what an incredible machine! The videos don't do the machine justice, it's really incredible. The '56 Hotpoint was also restored to showroom-new - a very different experience than my 64!
The most fun (for me) was had with the Thor-O-Matic washer Robert brought home a couple of months ago. That was one of my dream machines for a long, long time and lo and behold, two of them pop up in the same year, one in St Paul, MN and one in Tuscon, AZ. We ran a few loads through Robert's Thor-o-Matic and I was very impressed with the washing action and performance of it. Bearing in mind that it is more of "compact" washer, it seems to do a terrific job moving the clothes up, down and around...just like the advertising proclaims! What a thrill to finally be able to see this machine running!!
Thanks again guys, we had a great time all weekend and it was, as always, a great time!
