Los Angeles CL: Rheem Wedgwood gas dryer

[biasvoltage]

Saw this unusual dryer in Los Angeles craigslist today:

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/app/1475201015.html
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/app/1475201015.html

 

[sharples]

Gorgeous

Darn i wish that thing was closer, that dryer is amazing!!!!

 

[a440]

Very cool Dryer!

I think we talked about this dryer years ago on the club.
Was it manufactured by Rheem?
Impressive that it has an electronic pilot. I wonder if that is original.

Tom what do you know about this beauty?

Brent

 

[travlincub321]

Does kevin know about this?? Kevin, if you dont want it but you can get it for me, i will take it along with my kenmore washer...

 

[macboy91si]

Dryer is right at home...

...in that laundry room. I agree that is a neat dryer, but I know where there is one in use nearby actually. I don't recall if it's gas or not, but a neat machine. The one on CL is in great shape.

 

[revvinkevin]

Does Kevin know about this?

T-cub, yes I did see the posting thru this thread. It is a unique dryer and I think I remember seeing that other thread about it.

I just sent the seller an e-mail and I'll go look at it if it's still available, BUT the biggest problem I have right now is my truck is out if commission (clutch slave cylinder), so it will be rather difficult to bring it home!!

 

[travlincub321]

Ahhhhh Ok

I was to tired to call last night, but i will call later

If you can't get it thats fine.. LoL... I understand that

 

[Unimatic1140]

That is a very cool dryer and extremely rare dryer. It had no matching washing. I hope someone can save this.

 

[ingliscanada]

No matching washer??

Hard to believe, that Rheem was mostly noted for their water heaters, yet they made no washer to use it with!

 

[foraloysius]

Very nice dryer, beautiful design. Indeed somebody should save this one.

As for not building a matching washer, I guess Rheem focussed on heat, not on water.

 

[macboy91si]

A little old lady

The one nearby is in use by an old lady in her 80's, she has a round Maytag wringer (model?) with the red agitator and knob that she uses. Both the washer and dryer are in OK condition. The dryer is in a room by itself, and it's pretty dingy looking. I *THINK* it works. There is no room to hang clothes in this tiny apartment, so I assume that's why she even has a dryer to begin with.

-Tim

 

[jamiel]

I suspect that these dryers were marketed more through the gas companies rather than through appliance stores. My grandmother had this dryer paired with a Whirlpool washer with the button lid release which comes up on some of the PODs. The left pink square on the backsplash was a high/low pushbutton switch with pilot lights behind. The right square was a timer (clockwork...tick tick tick). The exhaust was behind the grille on the center back of the backsplash---vented straight out the back up at the top of the dryer. I suspect that she got this not before 1953, when they moved from Chicago out to the suburbs.

 

[travlincub321]

If i wasnt here on my trip it would be in Vegas right now.. I attempted to contact the seller but no word back

 

[combo52]

Electric ignition GAS DRYERS

Almost all early gas dryers had electric ignition. In-fact most early manual defrost referators and window ACs and some early automatic washers were very energy effenctent they would earn an ENERGY STAR rating if on the market today.

 

[travlincub321]

It HAS Been Saved! Big thanks to Kevin.. It will find its way to NEvada in January...

WHOOO HOOOOO