let me explain my decision to seriously downsize a bit more!
I started collecting in 2007 and found this great site soon after! for the next 5 years I searched like mad and took many road trips to get all the machines I could!
met a lot of nice people here as well, both local to cinti and as far away as California!
by the time I was done I had collected and still have
maytag washer late 60's in harvest gold
speed queen solid tub washer in harvest gold from around 1970
Frigidaire 1-18 from 1974
6 rollermatics from 1965-1967 (in various states of repair)
the bendix front loader I put on e bay today
3 kitchanaid kd-12's
a kd-11
a kd-14
several kd-15's
3 kd-16's
about 10 kds-17's including one with a stainless steel tub
several kitchanaid portable front loaders
a kdc-17
a kd-i 17
several kd-15's
a kd-s 18
several topload kitchanids
a Frigidaire spin tube in sunny yellow
a Frigidaire dishmobile in coppertone from late 60's.
maytag jet clean dishwasher from the 70's. my daily driver as you guys say!
4 g.e. mobile maid topload dishwashers
a g.e. bowtie top loader
a kelvinator d&m dishwasher front loader in coppertone
several sears d&m Kenmore dishwasher
a lady Kenmore topload dishwasher with a top roto rack
a hotpoint 1965 era front loader portable
a hotpoint early 70's front loader
a g.e. impeller top loader (non bowtie)
a d&m impeller dishwasher (modern maid)
maytag 1960's front loader in harvest gold
a countertop dishwasher
2 Frigidaire dryers
now I am sure I have left out several machines but the point is I did pretty good in 5 years and spent way too much money that looking back I most probably would not have spent! but I did and that's that! don't really regret it.
my house is basically a mobile home that was added on to! 800 sq feet with a barn/shed in the backyard. 2 rooms in the house and the barn are packed full! I have 5 washers in my laundry room and 19 dishwashers in my kitchen area! and they all work.
I took the first step by listing the bendix today on e bay and contacting a member here tonite about the 18 series kitchenaid. as much as I love my machines I am done collecting and have desire to grab anymore machines (unless it was something really special like a norge washer or maybe another 1-18. I need my house back! I am not a hoarder at all,i give stuff to st Vincent all the time! I like sparseness and open spaces in the house! this is impossible now! it's my own fault I know!
I really hate to pitch, I don't think I actually can although I get frustrated and say I will! I am going to put more on e bay, in fact I have enough stuff I could easilyopen an e bay store which I may do later this year. i have tons of parts!
some of my favorite machines I don't want to sell yet but a lot I am ok with getting rid of. I am not after making a lot of money,i enjoy giving things away actually! but some stuff I do feel I should get a few bucks for. I remember paying up to $200 for some of my machines (which I know was my choice). $50.00 is about all I would ask for some of my stuff.
I can't really ship the big stuff but the little stuff like parts I could. i will have to check more on shipping costs etc. never done it yet.
if you are interested in something drop me a line please. I didn't think I was ready to get rid of my kds-18 in avocado but tonite when a member contacted me I decided I could do it. I agreed to sell it to him for $50.00 as it's in great shape! some of the kitchanaids I would give away.
I'm not always on line,i usually disconnectmy internet for about 3 to 4 months a year as I don't want to be sitting in front of a computer when I should be doing something active like working on my car (or a machine). I have a love/hate relationship with the internet. I don't do any of the social media sites and could rant about them for hours! I think they are terrible, especially for young kids.
I will check e mail from work even if I don't have internet later this year.i always have a phone but I have never text anyone in mylife and hopefully never will! I don't even look at a text that comes into my phone if one does.if someone wants to talk to me they can call me I say. I am a stubborn old fart anymore and the older I get the more crotchedy i get!
but I do love history and antiques and old appliances from the 40's thru the 70's! but I love my house too and am determined to take it back! this is ridiculous! all this stuff plus 2 dogs and 6 homeless cats I feed in an 800 sq ft home!
after the bendix the next one's I want to go "bye bye" are the dryers, a few kitchenaids, a range hood I will gladly give away, the countertop dishwasher I will give away, maybe a later model Frigidaire front loader I forgot to mention above that has a plastic tub (not a steel with plastic coating tub) that I will give away, and some kitchanaid parts like racks! my barn is full of racks! I don't even know where I got them all.
so that's the scoop and I will pop in periodically to remind people that I do have stuff, mostly free for the taking!
thanks to everyone who helped me over the years when I was collecting! it was a very special experience!
