My Weekend Adventure (Oct 1-2)

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Kevin explores the Blackstone

The Blackstone (and all the bits underneath) provided entertainment, as its wonderfully effective--but completely unorthodox--mechanism was observed carefully above and below.

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We had a great time on Saturday. Kevin it was good to meet you finally. Glad you got home with your truckload of goodies which(another clue)were not made in China. Come back anytime.
Roger
 
Lights Lights Lights

They have a lighted backsplash and now the reveal will tell if they have dials or preselected programmed cycles with push buttons.  Drum Roll..............
 
And the answer is.............. (cymbal crash) TADA!

 

 

BOTH!   YAY!

 

They are SO CLEAN... that other then removing two small stains on the washers lid, I did not, I repeat, I DID NOT wipe them down OR clean them before taking these photos!!!   These are in awesome condition!   The chrome and control panels are perfect!

 

(BTW Nate.... that was very, VERY FUNNY!)

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But wait... there is more to the story.....

 

 

Saturday evening I checked my e-mail and got one from my friend Rich sending me a CraigsList link for a Westinghouse Spacemate washer in Fontana, Ca.   It was on my way home, so I called the seller as I was leaving Tucson and made arrangements to stop by to take a look.

 

Here's what I found.   This pail yellow Westinghouse Spacemate washer that had been taken out of a 1957, 60 foot, split lever, Pacemaker mobile home.   I was tempted to bring it home, after all I had room in the truck, I do really like front loaders and made sure I kept enough cash to buy it, just in case.

 

But..............

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But............

 

 

The door/tub boot was way beyond toast.    Since I would eventually want to make it functional again (and not knowing where I would EVER find a door boot) I decided to pass.

 

But wait there's more............

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But wait there's more............

 

 

As I was talking to the guy about the washer, the mobile home, etc... and young male black Lab and a pit bull pup wondered over.  They were both very friendly and playful.   At one point the guy was trying to "shoo" them off.   I asked "Those are not yours?"  "No.... they're strays and they just come around and eat my dogs food,  you can take them home!"   And that's what I did, well one of them anyway..... the black Lab.

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I'd not been able to come up with a name for him the last 24 hours, since bringing home.... that is until about an hour ago............

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I'm going to call him Westy.    Rather appropriate, don't you think?

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Amazing story Kevin. You've done a great thing by giving that dog a good home and I'm sure he will be well loved. Westy is a great name. Too bad you didn't get those machines to go with him but I know how it goes. You can't save them all.

Congrats on the wonderful light yellow Maytag's, too. They are stunning and in a not so easy to find color. Hope to see your collection in person one day.

Patrick
 
Tails of a black lab and yellow Tags

Now, more than ever, I know that I made the right decision to pass that email & link on to you! Those Maytags are to die for and Westy is to live for. All of them are so shiney and healthy looking! My yellow Tags will come and in the meantime, once my leg is healed and my life back in order, Jacqui and I will just have to come down and visit all three. Question is, who will I try to smuggle back home; the Tags or Westy?

RCD
 
Oh Kevin...

How wonderful you saved Westy let alone the Tags (which by the way are pristine).I bet he'll be Loyal to the end (just like any Maytag) !!! We are Long overdue for a catch up phone call, and we close the Restaurant for the season in just 306 hours ummmmmm I mean 13 days. (Who's counting ?)
Good Luck with the New "Guys" in your life and we'll catch up soon. Eddie
 
Those 'Tags are beautiful, Kevin - congrats on a great find. Do you know anything of their history? They look like they were a "vacation" set, so clean!

Westy will make a wonderful dog, Labs are some of the most loyal and fun dogs. Hope you like playing "fetch" - for hours and hours! We'll have to get Westy and Newton together to play. Newton was named after Newton, Iowa as we go him right around the time the Maytag factories were all closing down.

The Q4689 door boot for the Westy was in stock at Modern Parts the last I knew, seems like that one wasn't as hard to find as the slant-front boot. Our UK friends have also been a terrific source of those older boots as well. You can still go back! :-)
 

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