Norge Combo for sale on ebay

[kenbarthel]

Just spotted a Norge combo by Borg/Warner for sale on ebay, I think the owners manual is the one on the combo thread #37489. The ebay listing number is 130607740156 ends in 2-days starting bid is $100.00, though someone in the club would like to have. Happy Holidays to All, Kenny

 

[cadman]

Under the Radar.......

I wondered when someone might spot this!

I plan on bidding since it's not very often a combo turns up that's within a decent drive of me, but if someone has their heart set on this shoot me a message. -Cory

 

[akronman]

here it is

pretty exciting

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...akeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

 

[jetcone]

Cory

Go for it! I wanna play with this machine, and  you can come play with the Charcoal Frigidiares!!!

 

I desperately want to see what that 3 ball balance system is ALL ABOUT!

 

jet

 

 

 

[gansky1]

Somewhere I have parts manuals for the Norge combo - - will do some digging later to see if I can locate any info. IIRC, the Norge combo was very similar in design to the Hotpoint...

 

[tomturbomatic]

John and I talked about this machine this morning and we have placed a bid since no one else has. Thanks for pointing this auction out, Ken.

I scanned the 1960 Consumer Reports article on Combos and there is something interesting about the Norge. Even through it only spun at 225 rpm, it managed to finish a complete wash and dry program in 1 hour and 13 minutes, in both the gas and electric versions. That is as fast as the LK running on 50 amps and drying with about 8500 watts of heat or the gas version with its huge burner that eventually burned through the side wall of the porcelain tank below the cylinder and often charred floors beneath the burner cone. The Norge combo used a huge fan behind the cylinder, much like their dryers.

 

[Unimatic1140]

It appears to be from around 1958, looks like its not in bad shape either. As far as I know this is the first one ever to show up within our group.

 

[tomturbomatic]

I spent many an afternoon with this model at the Rich's Department Store branch near our house while my mom shopped at Kroger's. I would watch Superman and inspect all of the appliances. Interesting that the only dishwashers on the sales floor were portables. I loved the deep door glass on this machine. Decades ago, someone, maybe it was Jeff, found the glass being sold as an ice bucket in a thrift store or similar setting. I found a door glass for the original Duomatic being sold as a bowl for a dollar or so at a flea market in Silver Spring in the early 80s.

 

[revvinkevin]

Holy Combos Batman!

I had no idea any of these existed! I would LOVE to see this in person! If it wasn't for the cost of shipping AND that others here want it, I might consider bidding myself (but not gonna happen).

I hope whoever gets it posts some really GOOD photos of it for us and the archive!

Kevin

 

[peteski50]

Norge Combo!

I posted in the other thread - but I will post again!

 

[peteski50]

Norge Combo!!

Looks nice!

 

[peteski50]

Norge Combo!!!

I hope someone grabs it!

 

[mickeyd]

breathlessly quoting loosely.

FIVE cubic feet, 26 inches high, specially engineered lifters, big white lights, little colored lights, giant fans humming,

 

tumble rinsing, spray rinsing, spin rinsing, deep rinsing....... ahhhhhhh..... I can't stand it........

 

Pete, I did not want to have washer sex this early in the day, LOL, but THANKS, you elfin rascal!

 

What a Christmas present this will make. Good Luck, Guys. One way or another, it's going to stay in our family, and I'll bet a charcoal 58, good friends will work it out.

 

[westyslantfront]

I will look forward to a club member adding this machine to their collection, getting it up and running, and some videos of the machine in action.

Ross

 

[mickeyd]

Late to the Combo Club,

I think I understand why you guys appreciate them so much--Complexity and engineering challenge, and who solves the various problems best. So on a lark, passing by Sears, I peeled in. The arrestingly corpulent attendant was busy counting his money and ignored me. He was mouthing the numbers. I'm grinning and thinking of Scrooge.

 

Before finding him, I had been studying all the washers, looking for a combo, just to see. I found a lot of cavernous stainless steel tubs in the HE TL's . One was scalloped and honey combed, and more, very intricate. I was amazed at what I saw; it's been a while since I've been in Sears. The 700 dollar portable KM would look nice in any of our kitchens. Not really. Alas, no combos.

 

Back to Scrooge. I thought I saw some drool in the corners of his mouth. "Excuse me, do you have any washer-dryer combinations?"

 

"You mean a stacked washer and dryer?" he corrected me, not too happy to having his counting interrupted. I did respectfully wait till he finished his 20's and on to the tens.

 

"Ummm no," I said, "a washer-dryer combination, all in one, I sung, have you ever heard of them?

 

Yes we have one

 

Where? I can't find it.

 

It's not here, it's in the catalog, an LG, fifteen hundred dollars and it takes 4 hours to do a load.

 

My mouth went ppffttt

 

Cory and Company: Can't wait to see the Norge in action when you get it. This is very exciting. I hope you have it in time for Christmas.

 

[tomturbomatic]

From the first time I saw the shape of the large door on the SQ FL, I was reminded of the door of the Norge Combo.

 

[cycla-fabric]

Huge Drum

What a great combo, and it has a huge tub 4.8 cu ft I am sure you can do a 18 towels in one load in this machine.

Doug

 

[mrb627]

Speed Queen Combo?

Is this machine in any way related to the Speed Queen Combo?

Malcolm

 

[polkanut]

Where is Hans "Norgeway" in this discussion?  Yoo-hoo, Hans!

 

[easyspindry]

One of the most . . .

. . . fascinating discussions in a long while. I guess because no one's ever seen one or had one.

PLEASE get it and give us a report. I had no idea Norge even made a combo.

Videos would be awesome.

Jerry Gay

 

[launderess]

We've Been Robbed!

Just took a peek at the auction to see where the bidding was and to my surprise it is shut down.

Message from eBay states "seller ended auction... because item is no longer available"

Ok, who cut the side deal? *LOL*

 

[gansky1]

I IIRNC on the Norge-Speed Queen combo relation. The Norge was a completely unique design, it was the Speed Queen that shared much DNA with the Hotpoint combo - another machine that is rare as hen's teeth. Don't think anybody has seen one in person.

 

[cadman]

I assume it went to a club member...now how long before it comes out of hiding???

 

[launderess]

"how long before it comes out of hiding??? "

Usual MO is for the thing to lie low until the heat and potential furore dies down.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Probably due to a lack of confidence in a buyer's ability to compete in the marketplace so they don't play by the rules. Some people never overcome inadequacies they began to feel in childhood. It's sorta like men with big possessions to compensate for shortcomings elsewhere.

 

[kenmore58]

Unless I'm reading this incorrectly, the auction was ended by the seller after receiving two very high bids.

Ron

 

[tomturbomatic]

Where are you reading that? I have not seen anything about two very high bids and if there were two very high bids, they were not made via ebay; a crooked seller and a crooked buyer colluded to go outside the system.

 

[vacbear58]

Big bids

I wondered about this too, you can see it if you click on the bid history - I know it says no bids placed, just scroll on down the screen.

Al

 

[launderess]

Pipe:

Bid retraction and cancellation history

Bidder Action / Explanation Date of Bid and Retraction

Bidder i***6 Cancelled: US $1,000.00
Explanation: The seller ended the listing early and cancelled all bids. Bid: Dec-02-11 17:51:58 PST
Cancelled: Dec-02-11 18:12:09 PST
Bidder r***a Cancelled: US $2,359.99
Explanation: The seller ended the listing early and cancelled all bids. Bid: Dec-02-11 07:26:57 PST
Cancelled: Dec-02-11 18:12:09 P

 

[launderess]

This Is Not Our First Time At The Rodeo

For that reason one really no longer bothers listing active fleaPay auctions or classified adverts for rare and or unique items.

It's the same old story most every time now:

Seller lists something they pretty much consider one step up from scrap value. At once the vultures descend making contact with grad offers and the rest goes usually goes the way of the above auction. Listing vanishes and item turns up later in someone's collection usually when they either make the annoucement and or require assistance with parts/repair.

Cancelling an auction to cut side deals IIRC is acutally against eBay's policy, but then again they have few tools against it and even state in their terms they cannot force a seller to make the deal.

Am all for club camaraderie as far as that goes; but there are too many "silent" members who we only hear from when they have a problem wanting solved, or to glean information that benefits themselves.