mayken4now
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Oh My! FAINT!
Steve
Steve
If it's May, it MUST be ...
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Aferim! A dream delivered
I am such a Tag Hag!
I am such a Tag Hag!
The perfect fit......
Geoff and I have gotten to be good friends in the last year and I am thrilled for him! NIB is perfect for his collection, which is as mint as they come! Quality, dependability, style, and looking good-all describe Maytag and Geoff!
Geoff and I have gotten to be good friends in the last year and I am thrilled for him! NIB is perfect for his collection, which is as mint as they come! Quality, dependability, style, and looking good-all describe Maytag and Geoff!
geoffdelp
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Hi Everyone ...
WOW ... your responses are great; thank you!
Yes; this is a suds saver model. The buttons to the left are ... "Gentle Action, Regular Action, Save Suds, Drain Suds". The next set of buttons are "Cold, Warm, Hot" and then "Low, Medium, Full".
The hoses you see next to the pallet were in the tub; the drain and suds saver hoses. Incredible; they are totally pliable and BRAND NEW from 1964! The bleach measuring cup and some Maytag info were also in the tub. I have some photos I can post.
Dave ... this has been a dream machine of mine, too! Trust me, I will take excellent care of it. It should have a good life with me.
Eugene ... Good heavens! Did you get your 30th high school reunion info yet? Mine came a couple of weeks ago; it will be in late June. I'm going; reluctantly!
Mike ... The wringers welcomed her with open arms! Actually, they (wringers) will all be getting a break after this one is installed. I plan to detail each wringer washer out; complete with new gaskets. We're starting to get a few oil dribbles and need a little Rustoleum on the right angle drives. I want to get all of this done this summer while parts (gaskets and hoses) are still available from Maytag.
Alr2093 ... only one that I know of! I would have snagged up the second, too, if it were there!! I was kind of hoping for the matching dryer; no mention of it being there. This lady was a really "die-hard" wringer washer user.
Peter ... isn't that rinse switch, cool?
Kevin ... sounds like your folks had the A700, no "S" for suds saver and yes, there would have been only 2 buttons for the speed.
Brian ... thank you; I'll try that, too! I use the hair dryer on the decal from the car dealership when I get a new car. I tell them not to put it on (not into free advertising for them) but they do it anyway ... every time! Hair dryer works great on that; should work on this, too.
Austin ... No maiden load until mid June. I'm doing some changes to my laundry room to accomodate this machine and YES; I'm keeping my double tubs!!
Greg ... has that new agitator smell!! Actually, I can't WAIT to run HOT WATER and some Tide through her; there's a "musty-ness" from being in a basement, unused, for 43 years. Something that a little Tide and some Hi-Lex could easily remedy. I bought a new polypropylene agitator to use in her when I use chemicals; bleach, over time, was very hard on the bakelite. I try not to bleach when I use that 1963 Model N2LP; I want to keep that agitator looking new.
Scott ... Yes; that's a 1970's Whirlpool fridge that was in my house when I bought it 9 years ago. We replaced it with a bottom load Amana about 4 years ago and retired this one to the garage for summer beverages!
Steve ... Don't faint yet; we haven't even put water in her!! What if she's not "water worthy"; then we'll faint!!
WOW ... your responses are great; thank you!
Yes; this is a suds saver model. The buttons to the left are ... "Gentle Action, Regular Action, Save Suds, Drain Suds". The next set of buttons are "Cold, Warm, Hot" and then "Low, Medium, Full".
The hoses you see next to the pallet were in the tub; the drain and suds saver hoses. Incredible; they are totally pliable and BRAND NEW from 1964! The bleach measuring cup and some Maytag info were also in the tub. I have some photos I can post.
Dave ... this has been a dream machine of mine, too! Trust me, I will take excellent care of it. It should have a good life with me.
Eugene ... Good heavens! Did you get your 30th high school reunion info yet? Mine came a couple of weeks ago; it will be in late June. I'm going; reluctantly!
Mike ... The wringers welcomed her with open arms!
Actually, they (wringers) will all be getting a break after this one is installed. I plan to detail each wringer washer out; complete with new gaskets. We're starting to get a few oil dribbles and need a little Rustoleum on the right angle drives. I want to get all of this done this summer while parts (gaskets and hoses) are still available from Maytag. Alr2093 ... only one that I know of! I would have snagged up the second, too, if it were there!!
I was kind of hoping for the matching dryer; no mention of it being there. This lady was a really "die-hard" wringer washer user. Peter ... isn't that rinse switch, cool?
Kevin ... sounds like your folks had the A700, no "S" for suds saver and yes, there would have been only 2 buttons for the speed.
Brian ... thank you; I'll try that, too! I use the hair dryer on the decal from the car dealership when I get a new car. I tell them not to put it on (not into free advertising for them) but they do it anyway ... every time! Hair dryer works great on that; should work on this, too.
Austin ... No maiden load until mid June. I'm doing some changes to my laundry room to accomodate this machine and YES; I'm keeping my double tubs!!
Greg ... has that new agitator smell!!
Actually, I can't WAIT to run HOT WATER and some Tide through her; there's a "musty-ness" from being in a basement, unused, for 43 years. Something that a little Tide and some Hi-Lex could easily remedy. I bought a new polypropylene agitator to use in her when I use chemicals; bleach, over time, was very hard on the bakelite. I try not to bleach when I use that 1963 Model N2LP; I want to keep that agitator looking new. Scott ... Yes; that's a 1970's Whirlpool fridge that was in my house when I bought it 9 years ago. We replaced it with a bottom load Amana about 4 years ago and retired this one to the garage for summer beverages!
Steve ... Don't faint yet; we haven't even put water in her!! What if she's not "water worthy"; then we'll faint!!
geoffdelp
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Ken ... all appliances in my laundry room are ALL Maytag; even my little Porta-Washer ... does that make me a "Tag Hag", too? The only appliance that won't be Maytag is my freezer; that's an "Estate" upright that I bought at Sam's Club about 12 years ago. Works great!
Don ... you flatter me!! I've enjoyed our friendship, too!
The only appliance that won't be Maytag is my freezer; that's an "Estate" upright that I bought at Sam's Club about 12 years ago. Works great! Don ... you flatter me!! I've enjoyed our friendship, too!
geoffdelp
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Here's the bleach measuring cup and lint filter as I took them out of the tub.
geoffdelp
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Here's the literature that was packed in the tub.
geoffdelp
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If I mail this in to Clorox, do you think they'd send me a coupon for a free quart of bleach?
geoffdelp
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fa_f3_f20 ... yes; it was sitting in someone's basement for 43 years.
Apparently, the original owner's husband purchased this for his wife brand new in February 1964 and had it delivered.
She was a "die hard" Maytag wringer washer user and "refused" to hook up the automatic. She had two Maytag wringer washers she used every wash day.
The people who purchased this house from the original owners last year decided this machine needed to go somewhere where it would be appreciated.
It sat, still on the original Maytag pallet (which I've kept) until it was shipped to me a couple of weeks ago.
I was the first one to remove it from the pallet, open the back access panel and remove the power cord and water hoses since the machine came from Maytag.
When I plugged it in last weekend; it was the first time it had been turned on since it left Quality Control in Newton over 43 years ago!
I still can't believe this woman didn't want to use it. It has a suds saver on it and it could have been used "sort of" like her wringers.
Apparently, the original owner's husband purchased this for his wife brand new in February 1964 and had it delivered.
She was a "die hard" Maytag wringer washer user and "refused" to hook up the automatic. She had two Maytag wringer washers she used every wash day.
The people who purchased this house from the original owners last year decided this machine needed to go somewhere where it would be appreciated.
It sat, still on the original Maytag pallet (which I've kept) until it was shipped to me a couple of weeks ago.
I was the first one to remove it from the pallet, open the back access panel and remove the power cord and water hoses since the machine came from Maytag.
When I plugged it in last weekend; it was the first time it had been turned on since it left Quality Control in Newton over 43 years ago!
I still can't believe this woman didn't want to use it. It has a suds saver on it and it could have been used "sort of" like her wringers.
geoffdelp
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Thanks, Terry!
I can't wait to try it out either.
We grew up with an A502S (Super Highlander) from the same era; this will be a "blast from the past"!
I can't wait to try it out either.
We grew up with an A502S (Super Highlander) from the same era; this will be a "blast from the past"!
Very curious but vulgar question:
Would you be willing to let us know how much it cost to ship that?
Would you be willing to let us know how much it cost to ship that?
Hi Geoff, wow super cool. Congratulations on a wonderful new addition to your collection! I can't wait to come up to Foley to see the machine in person. That shiny new agitator is just amazing.
hoover1060
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She was a "die hard" Maytag wringer washer user an
Geoff that lady sounds like my mom!
My parent's moved into their first house in January of 1964, a brand new house they had built in a little town called Monroe Center Illinois.
My mom was expecting me when they moved in, and in anticipation of a baby and diapers and stuff, my dad wanted to buy my mom an automatic set(Dad was always trying to spoil mom with stuff, she was not then and still is not a gadget-y person) Mom would have no part of that, she'd never used an automatic before, so that was that. Instead she got a new Maytag wringer, pretty well identical to the one pictured above. Mom used the wringer for two years, they moved from that house in 1966 to where they still live today. Their current house had an A702(?) and once mom got used to using that, she forgot her wringer totally...the A702 lasted til 1977, and was replaced with an A608 set, which were replaced by a dependable care set in 1996.
I still have the control panel from the A702!
Thats a beautiful washer you have!
Geoff that lady sounds like my mom!
My parent's moved into their first house in January of 1964, a brand new house they had built in a little town called Monroe Center Illinois.
My mom was expecting me when they moved in, and in anticipation of a baby and diapers and stuff, my dad wanted to buy my mom an automatic set(Dad was always trying to spoil mom with stuff, she was not then and still is not a gadget-y person) Mom would have no part of that, she'd never used an automatic before, so that was that. Instead she got a new Maytag wringer, pretty well identical to the one pictured above. Mom used the wringer for two years, they moved from that house in 1966 to where they still live today. Their current house had an A702(?) and once mom got used to using that, she forgot her wringer totally...the A702 lasted til 1977, and was replaced with an A608 set, which were replaced by a dependable care set in 1996.
I still have the control panel from the A702!
Thats a beautiful washer you have!
bobbyderegis
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Geoff,
So amazing to see a brand new Maytag. Very similar to our well used later model 142. My mom had the matching dryer, DG700, in mint condition. It would have been the perfect match to yours.
Bobby in Boston
So amazing to see a brand new Maytag. Very similar to our well used later model 142. My mom had the matching dryer, DG700, in mint condition. It would have been the perfect match to yours.
Bobby in Boston
Interesting that Clorox offer return mail to Cincinnati...that may have been the same time Clorox was owned by P&G...a divestiture was forced under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Cantankerous parents/grandparents
hoover1060, your mom sounds just like my maternal grandmother. She wouldn't have any of those "new fangled contraptions" in the house. (She wouldn't have air conditioning either, which made the un-insulated house a miserable experience in the summer in central Alabama!) My parents were always trying to buy her an automatic washer, but she wouldn't use it. And of course no dryer. When weather was good, clothes were hung on the line in the back yard. When weather was bad, they were hung in the laundry room, which resulted in the floors eventually rotting out.
The only appliances she had, other than heat and a water heater, were that Maytag wringer, a Roper gas stove, and a Servel gas fridge. She eventually did consent to allowing my mom to buy her a mixer.
hoover1060, your mom sounds just like my maternal grandmother. She wouldn't have any of those "new fangled contraptions" in the house. (She wouldn't have air conditioning either, which made the un-insulated house a miserable experience in the summer in central Alabama!) My parents were always trying to buy her an automatic washer, but she wouldn't use it. And of course no dryer. When weather was good, clothes were hung on the line in the back yard. When weather was bad, they were hung in the laundry room, which resulted in the floors eventually rotting out.
The only appliances she had, other than heat and a water heater, were that Maytag wringer, a Roper gas stove, and a Servel gas fridge. She eventually did consent to allowing my mom to buy her a mixer.
geoffdelp
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Robert ... We're looking forward to seeing you, too!!
Jeff ... My parents were "sort of" that way, too. My Mom and Dad went to the local Maytag dealership after they were married in the mid 1950's and Mom picked out a wringer; Dad said, "NO; you're getting an automatic." Mom did not argue!! She was "very lucky", she said. My Mom had only two Maytag's in all her years of homemaking; she reluctantly let her 502S go after my Dad died and it was time to "move on". She LOVES my 1997 LAT that I bought new.
Bobby ... did your Mom keep her dryer, or is it long gone now?
fa_f3 ... my grandmother (my Dad's Mom) was like that. She had no running water (didn't want it) and LOVED living like that. She was in her early 80's when she passed away in 1967. I must say, however, I remember her coming to our house at Christmas vacation (Grandma was a school teacher in a one-room house)and loved our running water and loved it when Mom would do her laundry for her!!
Jeff ... My parents were "sort of" that way, too. My Mom and Dad went to the local Maytag dealership after they were married in the mid 1950's and Mom picked out a wringer; Dad said, "NO; you're getting an automatic." Mom did not argue!!
She was "very lucky", she said. My Mom had only two Maytag's in all her years of homemaking; she reluctantly let her 502S go after my Dad died and it was time to "move on". She LOVES my 1997 LAT that I bought new. Bobby ... did your Mom keep her dryer, or is it long gone now?
fa_f3 ... my grandmother (my Dad's Mom) was like that. She had no running water (didn't want it) and LOVED living like that. She was in her early 80's when she passed away in 1967. I must say, however, I remember her coming to our house at Christmas vacation (Grandma was a school teacher in a one-room house)and loved our running water and loved it when Mom would do her laundry for her!!
