I broke down

[mayken4now]

with all the Maytag controversey, I decided yesterday that I needed these as part of what will be forgotten.

Only because they were the harvest gold.

Steve

 

[DADoES]

Nice pair! Lotsa buttons, TOL?

 

[swestoyz]

Wow - I always see these 10/12 series in almond or white - but NEVER Harvest Gold! Those guys are keepers! Nice set, are they A810/D810's?

Ben

 

[maytagbear]

Dryer-

DE or DG?

Nice set, too!

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[peterh770]

Wonderful washer, except for the 1.5 minute rinse! Congrats on the beautiful set!

 

[petek]

Lovely set

I can picture those in a catalog getting a whole or half page to themselves, so very 60's.

 

[appnut]

Steven, beautiful. Pete, these are late 1970s. And Glenn, these are TOL: 4 speed combo, 5 water combos, variable water level, extra rinse. Dryer is electronic control, hi/low/air, and I think the other two sets of two buttons are press care & signal. Steven, so glad you saved these. These were the epitome of the new-style Maytags when they first came out.

 

[foraloysius]

Very nice set, great you saved it. I love TOL sets!

 

[peteski50]

Maytag

Beautiful - My Mom had the same exat set in white for many years. they started to make these in 1980 and she got her set in 1981. Best of Luck with a real cool set.
Peter

 

[spiraclean]

Harvest Gold

Hi Steve,
Congratulations on your new Harvest Gold set.
I hope you enjoy many years of happy washing and drying in them.

All the best.
Hugh

 

[toggleswitch]

Enjoy-- fabulous set.

Will you be running a second electrical line for the electric dryer?

PeterH770:
I thought the rinse was 1.5 minutes in duration only with the commercial (coin-op)version.....

Mom's second (out of two to date) dryer is a MOL version of that machine bought in the early 90's. Her first was a Maytag DG in service from +/- 1966 to 1990.

[BTW her washer is a 1984 MOL DD 24" Kenmore. Never a repair.]

 

[Unimatic1140]

Nice Find Steve! Enjoy, do they need much work or are they hook up and go?

 

[mayken4now]

Answers to my new Maytag questions:

Glen - DADoES - yes TOL

Ben - swestoyz - GA810 & GDE810 ( I don't know much about the "G")

Lawrence/Maytagbear - DE

Steve - toggleswitch - No for the extra 220V line. I can easily switch the A608's around, and I will be either buying a laundromat or building my OWN!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

Robert - Unimatic1140 - The dryer has a broken belt. The washer might need a new tub bearing. General in-cabinet cleaning of course. Not real sure, but will play with them today.

Other than that, I received a call from the Maytag dealer here in Pensacola and this lady was wanted to trade out after 25 years. She bought the new Neptune MAH8700's. the sales clerk gave me her number to call her as she listens and watches for me. I went over and met this very nice lady and she told me she had purchased them in 1981(that would make them 24 years old) from the same place, they had always been right there with her and had never been moved. That was very obvious. I offered her $20 and she said sure, will you take care of them for me. "Please don't let them be destroyed" she begged.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments. I called Maytag with the serial numbers to find out when these were actually manufactured and those folks were clueless, as usual.

Will post more pics when I install and run them.

PS, owners manuals, washer tub brace for moving and original receipt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve

 

[swestoyz]

The

Cool story about the original owner. I too would beg for them to not be destroyed!

If I remember right, the "G" stands for Harvest gold.

Ben

 

[goatfarmer]

Nice set! Never saw that style in Harvest Gold.Is that the only other color offered,besides White and Almond?

kennyGF

 

[bpetersxx]

Maytag laundry

I also picked out a Harvest Gold set

 

[toggleswitch]

I still shake my head at the thought of Maytag dropping their "Dependable Care" engineering, ya know the one that made them famous and put them on the map.....

and who the freik approved that move?

 

[gansky1]

Beautiful set - Maytag always had a very rich looking line of colors. I saw a similar TOL set in almond at a sale last week, mint condition as well - $75 for both. A similar vintage Fabric Matic set at St.Vincent's today went for $90.

Congrats on a great washer and dryer find!

 

[hoover1060]

When?

When did Maytag switch from the center dial to this design?
I have alot to learn! Beautiful machines!

 

[appliguy]

Maytag stopped making the center dial machines in 1980

and then they made the ones that looked like the ones in the pic above until circa 1989 after that they changed the color of the control panel and the style of the knobs and dryer door knob before going to a more round and soft looking panel all together circa 1996 PAT COFFEY

 

[mayken4now]

kennyGF, I had never seen this either. I thought it was only white or almond like you did.

All, I ran the washer last night and it does need a few things which I will hope to find today. Nothing real majore, just a tub bearing that is really dry, a brake, fill injector, and belts!. About 6 hours. Really strong tranny and motor. The dryer has a broken belt only and is in perfect shape beyond that.

bpetersxx - post a pic of your machines.

toggleswitch - they must have lost thier brains??????????

gansky1 - buy them and take a road trip to my house in Florida!

hoover1060 - thanks and you will learn a lot here. These are 1981's.

You guys are so supportive, thanks.

Steve

 

[repair-man]

I have also seen (only once) this style in avacado green. Probably a first year (1980) model.

As applyguy said, this control panel shape ran through 1996. From 1980 through 1984 it was exactly like Steve's in the picture. In late 1984 through 1989 the buttons and timer knob changed to brown. (also a very mild change to the graphics on the panel but still basically woodgrain) Then in 1990 the panel color and buttons changed to black. In 1994 (late 1993?) everything changed to all white. Another significant change on the 1994 line was the first use of knobs instead of buttons. Only the upper models had all buttons. Then in late 1996 came the new more slanted and rounded control panel.

I just have to make a comment about Maytag's switch from the helical drive design. I have sold Maytag all through the 90's and up until recently. I own a small appliance dealership to go along with my repair business. I have spent way too many hours on my sales floor through the years. But through those years I watched the customers slowly move away from those machines. I also watched Maytag do everything to keep it. I/we may not agree with all the changes they made (i.e. Loadsensor Agitator, etc.) but it was all in a move designed to recapture slowing sales. Believe me I watched it in front of my very eyes. Every year for almost 5 years the price was lowered until a point where a well featured model retailed at $399. This same featured machine was $549 five years earlier. Small dealers like myself who understood the value of the machine could sell them but they didn't have a chance at Sears or Circuit City, etc. You had to show the customer the difference. Even then, customers would come in to replace a 30 yr old A606 and still prefer the bigger tub machine. Bottom line is I could show you 50 old props that we used to push these machines but in the end it didn't hold up. Maytag even shipped us little clear plastic boxes that were .3 cu ft in volume to show the customer the difference between the biggest and smallest tub. It was the equivalent of a pair of socks. Year after year Consumers Reports would give the machines a poor rating. You can say what you want about CR but they do have a lot of influence over peoples buying decisions.

Anyway, this was my observation of what happened. I'm not saying that Maytag didn't make mistakes but it was by no means all their fault.

ED

 

[mayken4now]

Very good ED - You are right!

Steve