Pink GE 1955 Combination

[pulltostart]

In Irvine, CA.  Nice looking, kinda pricey - BUT - if you read on down in the listing, the seller states:

 

"We also have a built in oven, electric stove top-4 burner, washer and dryer ALL PINK Vintage"

 

Some of our CA folks might want to look into this one.....

 

lawrence

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GE-General-...aultDomain_0&hash=item3ce6d0912f#ht_417wt_900

 

[funktionalart]

So pricey....but wonder about those other items

There are at least 3 of these (but white) out here in Phoenix. All are in the $100-150 range. Someday folks will learn that "old" does not = priceless. :/

 

[bluejay]

But it's old.  And pink.  So it must be rarer than hen's teeth!

 

[bluejay]

The same sellers

listed the washer and dryer.  I'm thinking these were a custom paint job.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261570724000

 

[funktionalart]

Probably a repaint...

not only mismatched deck/body on washer dryer but looks like a wide strip of painted tape on the left side of fridge door. That looks a more "candy" pink than factory to me.

 

[bluejay]

Allen, I think you're right.  There's a shot of the model tag and the pink fades to white.  So unless GE didn't paint the entire exterior the same color, it appears someone had it repainted.

 

[turquoisedude]

The washer and dryer are definitely a repaint.  Those machines look like early 70s models and to the best of my knowledge, Maytag never had a two-tone paint job on their machines even in the heyday of the 'holy trinity' (pink, turquoise, and yellow... LOL).

 

 

[pulltostart]

Crap!

Well that's disappointing.  I wonder if the sellers did this "retro" paint-thing, or if maybe they've purchased a house and all this stuff came with the house.

 

Oh well - the Maytags demonstrate what I've suggested before as a way to get color on new appliances.  This is the 1956 Frigidaire answer to "color" - all washer and dryer tops were white, cabinets were offered in colors (at least this is the only colored configuration that I've seen - others feel free to correct me if this is known to be inaccurate).

 

lawrence