NOS Hotpoint W&D Set - Circa 1955

[launderess]

Not sure if this was posted previously.

Seller will be holding onto this set for a long time at that price.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-vinta...937705?hash=item2f57e2b329:g:rvAAAOSwHnNgaRdF

 

[repairguy]

Nice! That is incredibly amazing that a brand new set can go unused for over 60 years.

 

[combo52]

Wow New 1950s Hotpoint W&D

I would say they are easily worth around $2,500 and they will probably get at least close to that amount or possibility more.

 

I would pay it in a minute if I did not already have a Pink pair of 1957 minty Hotpoints at the museum.

 

Hope someone here gets them.

 

John L.

 

[jetaction]

Exciting news this morning!

How cool is this? I love these very rare finds and at that price they won't last long.

 

[swestoyz]

This is absolutely amazing. The asking price is fair for what they are - a band new 1956 Hotpoint set! The dryer is indeed a condensing dryer (10LG11), and I have to wonder if the tub guard was flipped up like it is on the washer for shipping.

I hope whoever does save this fantastic set shares their save here on AW.

Ben

 

[appnut]

The button on the dryer on the far right, I cannot quite make out the first word, but the bottom word is "only" I believe. The wonder dial. Harriet Nelson would be so proud of her new set.

 

[swestoyz]

Bob, it appears to say "Tumble Only". Pretty nice features for a 1956 dryer - four fixed temps plus a no heat option. Not too far off from a '56 Kenmore.

While it wasn’t requested, here are the specs for the dryer

 

[peteski50]

Hotpoint!

What a awsome set. Our 1st washer was a 55 Hotpoint but BOL model. I hope this will go to a good home!

 

[swestoyz]

1956 Hotpoint 10LK11 automatic washer / 10LG11 condensing dryer

Photos from the auction for archival purposes.

 

[appnut]

Ben, thank you. And I agree, a very nicely-featured dryer for 1956. So it's the condenser model. Hmm.

 

[goatfarmer]

It says Make an Offer.....

 

[brisnat81]

Is that a water condenser or an air to air heat exchanger?

 

[swestoyz]

Condensing or Heat Pump?

Closed system condensing.

 

[launderess]

Well all right then....

Since some of you lot seem to believe this set is worth $2,500 lets see which one of you buys....

 

[lorainfurniture]

Although I’m not interested in this set if they were sitting on my showroom floor I’d ask every bit of that and honestly probably closer to double. The BIG assumption is that the units are in fact, cosmetically perfect and in 100% working condition.

Wouldn’t there be a lot of hard/ rotten rubber?

 

[maytag85]

Not sure what the condition of the rubber hoses are in but I ended up having to replace a rubber hose on my 1963 Whirlpool Imperial Mark XII since the rubber was hard and compromised and was leaking on the pump outlet to the lint filter but all the other rubber hoses seemed to be in decent shape.

More than likely will need some sort of work done to them if someone wants to get them up and going again and will need a oil change on the transmission since the oil has sat for close to 66 years.

 

[circlew]

Those look like the machines my former neighbors Nelson and Thelma had from when they moved in, in 1958, until they got the GE Versatronic set in the late 60's.

 

[swestoyz]

Wouldn’t there be a lot of hard/ rotten rubber?

That's always a crapshoot (what environment was it stored in, did anyone smoke nearby the machines, etc.). I've seen some NOS machines or barely used machines where all the rubber was as soft as it was new, some where all the rubber had turned to fossil, and then you get the machines were everything is fine except the outer tub boot.

Once the vintage appliances groups on FB find this, it won't take long. And for the record, since the OP threw out a challenge to us who felt it was priced appropriately, if I didn't have an already found new Hotpoint solid tub washer I most certainly would have hit the BIN button yesterday morning.

Ben

 

[turquoisedude]

OH MY EFFING GAWD....

Wow!  An used set, still together after all this time!!  Y'all know I can't even think about this due to that border thing...  But if I could.... Sigh. 

 

But I concur with Ben... 60+ years in storage can do very bad things to rubber and other components.  I had to replace just about every hose and belt on the unused '56 GE combo before I installed it in 2009.  Added bonus that all the wiring and the dry thermostat sensor wire had been chewed to fragments by mice.  Don't get me going about the dishwasher... LOL