New Maytag A102 Washer in Bristol, TN

[swestoyz]

The shinny tub certainly looks unused. I'd suspect the oil in the transmission isn't in the best of shape, but they are only new once!

The QZ serial number puts it December 1965. This would be one of the last 02 series machines made, and it possibly has a poly agitator (I know the wringers switched over in '65, and I would suspect the skinny posts in these did as well).

"Vintage Old Maytag Washer A102 brand new never used.was a maytag dealer fo 35 years was given to me by Maytag at branch meeting at my store, I have no place for it will sell it was made Newto Iowa 1972 this very rare I've check can't find any even used. Would be great for store display or even to use. Asking $600, or BO"

https://tricities.craigslist.org/atq/6123211913.html

 

[launderess]

Any Takers?

For die hard Maytag fans it is "NEW" so the price isn't too out of line.

Fact seller seems to know what he has (and took good care of it while in "storage") gives a few points. I mean that tub and agitator shine, not a bit of rust on cabinet (going by pictures), no scuffs or marks.

 

[gyrafoam]

The end of the run for timed-fill machines?

A few years before I moved away from Atlanta, I found a "floor model" A300 from 1964. The original box was turned upside down on top of it shoved into an obscure recess of a warehouse.
For $100.00 it was a great find. It's been a daily driver ever since.

What a great collector find! Not too far away either. Hmmmmmm

 

[launderess]

"Not too far away either. Hmmmmmm "

You know you're just what that machine needs! *LOL*

 

[goatfarmer]

1972?

 Still a nice find.

 

[gyrafoam]

Kenny

I don't know where the 1972 fits in!
As you already know, that one dates to the sixties!
The seller must be confused.

Laundress----

I've been in the basement trying to figure out where to put it.

 

[launderess]

"I've been in the basement trying to figure out where to put it."

Well give you credit for that; our MO in past was to usually sort out where a thing goes *after* it arrives. *LOL*

To wit that Maytag wringer still has not found a permanent spot.

 

[launderess]

Just hope someone moves on this machine.

Hate to see the thing land into the hands of someone who will promptly abuse the thing.

We all know, but not many otherwise that even NIB washing machines have to be carefully coaxed into life after sitting for decades. Often simply plug in and play just won't do.

By the way what would be the matching dryer to this washer?

 

[bajaespuma]

This is the last thing I need right now

...but this was, I believe, the first Maytag I ever saw and I'd love to have a Maytag with the speckled porcelain tub. It was one of many automatic washers in our apartment complex, Peter Cooper/Stuyvesant Town (a wonderful "project" that was built by Metropolitan Life{when corporations actually cared about their employees} for their WWII vets and their families in the mid Forties) that was installed on casters so the tenants could wheel it away into a closet (gives you an idea how generous the closets in these apartments were) when the supers or other agents came through. Our friends Jerry and Florence Simon had this machine and, like all of us, they'd hook a special hose connected to both the HOT and COLD inlets to the faucet of this wonderful farm sink that all the apartments had with one regular sink and an extra large and deep sink (that I suppose was what they planned for hand-washing laundry).

 

This machine fascinated me as a kid because the machines I knew were Filter-Flo's and Whirlpools. This Maytag was very quiet and had this same diminutive agitator that became buried under the suds after the machine filled; the wash water looked to be agitating itself during the cycle.

 

What a beautiful specimen but is it worth close to 1K when all is said and done? Do any of you know what year this was produced?

 

[bajaespuma]

Matching dryer?

probably a BOL from this Highlander series without the heat buttons:

 

[easy]

matching dryer

I have the matching dryer to this washer (model 67C) that I bought on this site.
Other than the slightly different console design of the previously pictured highlander, it has identical controls - timer and three temperature buttons.

I would LOVE to get this washer. I live on the edge of Boston - is there anyone heading this way that can transport it? I'll certainly pay for your gas, put you up at my house, and throw in a perfectly functional Easy spindrier for your troubles.

Thanks, David

 

[ovrphil]

Photo was easy to miss - good find

A 10hr/535 mile trip ~$75 in gas. Affordability meter reading: BZZ..but I send best

wishes to its next owner, hopefully someone who would like to preserve....

...what ELSE is out there unused! ?

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

Gee, I just did that Phil! LOL!

 

[ovrphil]

Marathon Man

Louie, you get one of the distance-runner trophies for fetching appliances. But it was free. I love it.

 

[turquoisedude]

Gasp!  It's amazing that there are still appliances like this that have never been used out there.  Hmmm.... maybe I DO stand a chance of finding a '56 GE FilterFlo in turquoise still in the box... LOL  I can dream, right??

 

[bajaespuma]

Oh Nemesis:

... there's one I won't be competing with you for. What do you like about that year's model?? Support your answer with examples and photos.

 

... and, yes, I owe you and Eddie correspondence. No excuse other than dementia and laziness.

 

Here's what I'd like to find NOS and inside their shipping crates:

 

[moparwash]

The QZ serial number puts it December 1965.

Just as old as me right down to the month! (though it's aged more gracefully than yours truly)

 

[launderess]

You lot must be slipping

Eleven days and that washer is still up for sale. *LOL*

 

[yogitunes]

I have seen members travel farther, for less....

sometimes a 2 or 3 day excursion....sleeping along side the road....and still trenching on...

it would take some doing, but how hard would it be to actually get this?...if you want it bad enough, distance is only a number.....

make an adventure out of it, and visit some members along the way.....

not only from the machine, but think of the story of your road trip to acquire this gem.......