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Oh Gee uff Gee uff Gee uff--What a great Mayday Indeed

Please tell me the "S" means suds-return and that the beautiful tubulation Jon refers to is that coil of hoses next to the machine..

If so, this is a high speed Maytag pump we're talking about which you know only too well from your Model XXX's etc. What fun you'll have with that.

Good luck, Buddy. What a great day?

Are the wringers showing any jealousy or are they welcoming their new sibling with open tubs?
 
Geoff, NOW thats something, you don't see everyday. Best wishes enjoy. They didn't mention havin" two of them did they? Your collection always just looks like a time tunnel showroom, even the ones you show that you run often look brand new :-)
 
Maytag!

I never noticed before that any of these models had the rinse selector like on this model the top right. This is a real smokin machine.
Best Of Luck with it
Peter
 
I grew up with one almost exactly like this!!!!!!!!!

What an AMAZING FIND!!! That machine is incredible!!

My parents had a Maytag similar to this one (almost EXACTLY the same) but was PINK and (from what I can remember) only had two buttons for the speed control to the left of the dial. Is that possible and does anyone know what model that would have been???

THANKS!!
 
Geoff, what a FABULOUS machine, congratulations! Those A700s definitely have a lot of glitz and glamour, and this one is no exception...it cleaned up beautifully. Are you going to run a maiden load anytime soon? ;-)

I'd say keep the sales sticker on too, unless it starts peeling that is.
 
Geoff this is a wonderful machine! Enjoy. Fun to see it with the wringer, just as they may have appeared in stores at the time.

Also spied a "vintage" Whirlpool refrigerator from probably the late 70s?
 
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!
 
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!! :-)
 
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!
 
I gotta ask... what were the circumstances of this still being NIB? You say it sat in someone's basement?
 
OMG!!!!! Geoff that is just beautiful!!! Loved the shots with the tub light and of course the console all glowing in its glory. Can't wait to hear about it's first load!!
 
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.
 
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"!

:-)
 
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.
 
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,
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
 
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.
 
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!! :-)
 
decapitated

I think this was an A702... it was in the house when my parent's bought it in 1966. I've been saving this panel since 1977, hoping to make a lamp out of it.

My mom was never much for appliances, she was/is a great cook, but never really embraced the modern stuff. She grew to love her automatic washer and dryer, and today loves the microwave. The rest od the stuff(dishwasher, disposal, mixer, blender, electric can opener ect...) she could probably do without.

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