Dearest ~
This was the apple O' my eye, the pristine early 50's Visimatic below and I never got it. Then, a few winters back, either you or one of your generous finder/posters threaded one located in PA. I won the bid for peanuts, but the shipping was an embarrassing &650. When it arrived, Armageddon next ensued:
The box was upside down and the beautiful control panel was smashed to bits; dozens pf popcorn insulation pieces had worked their way into the motor at first unseen, until I started it which then smoked alarmingly; the wringer would not engage because a spring was missing after the shipper separated the wringer which arrived in a separate box, and tranny fluid had leaked all over everything.
I tweaked so bad after many hours of intense work all afternoon and evening that my mind/body shut down. Nightmare is not an overstatement, and I didn't it share with the club.
When I called the shipper, she was so accommodating, filing a complaint against UPS, and so diligent in pursuing them that we got a full refund. It was unbelievable, that last outcome ever imagined. What a relief!
So now I bid and won on this one in your post; it's only an hour's drive give or take, and if it doesn't work, I can scavage it to restore the free broken beast in my basement, or make a Frankenstein.
Thank you so very much for all you do here for all of us.
Michael
