Question about early 60's Maytag colors

[kenmore71]

Sandy, there is also the electrified barbed wire and land mines...

And then you have to drag the machines up those damned stairs!!!

 

[alr2903]

Kevin thanks for posting a link to the old thread.   alr

 

[lesto]

Sunny yellow was my favorite Maytag color but you don't see nearly as many of those as you do turquoise and pink.

 

[moparguy]

Great information on the availability of colors...

Philco offered dash (control) panels on their ranges in colors in the mid-50s. The stove was white, but there was a panel of color on the control panel.

Thanks Mark and Pat for that very interesting history of colors!

 

[turquoisedude]

Don actually left me alone in his house last June... Of course, Hubby was with me so sneaking anything into the car was impossible, alas. But, wow, that 'Tag set of his is FAB!

 

[danemodsandy]

Mark:

"Actually, all you would have to do is get a set of operational 906 control panels...."

You know, the possible implication of this remark just dawned on me!

Are you saying that if, by some wildest chance, I found 906 control panels, they'd transfer over to the 806 pair? As in plug-and-play?

Hmm. HMMMM.

 

[kenmore71]

Sandy, yup it really is that simple.  The rest of the machine was identical.  What year is your 806?  If it's post-Nov. 1967 then the only difference was the panel design and timer.  Between Jan. 1966 and Nov. 1967 the machines used different unbalance mechanisms.  That problem has several relatively simple solutions.

 

[danemodsandy]

Mark:

My A806 washer is 1968 - June, IIRC.

So if I stumble on any control panels, I'm good!

I am not, of course, holding my breath, but this is nice to know.

Thank you!

 

[ddfan92]

Reply #17

Upon searching for a panel for a 1990 Whirlpool washer on searspartsdirect, I found the color codes listed for that part but there was one listed there which I still can't figure out what it meant!

I already understood that W = White, AL = Almond, TO = Toast and PL = platinum. But then it showed another color code "NG" which either is some sort of prototype color? Or does it just essentially mean "N/A"? I didn't think there were ever any direct drives made in any sort of green color?

Steven

 

[combo52]

Whirlpool NG color code, is New Harvest or non shaded harvest gold.

 

John L.

 

[ddfan92]

New Harvest or non shaded harvest gold

Thanks John. Did they ever actually make a direct drive that color?

Steven

 

[combo52]

I would guess yes, but don't recall seeing one, Sears would have been more likely to have sold some.

 

John L.

 

[Libby GW]

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





When (what year) did they start offering Sunny Yellow as part of the available color options?



Was it available at the same time as the other colors or was it introduced later?



For example, was it available in 1962?



Thanks!

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My dad worked at Western Auto and brought my Mother the yellow one as a surprise in 1963 or 1964. She was using an old washer with a wringer on the top that you used then put the clothes in a tub of rinse water. All this on the back porch.
She refused to use the new one because it was YELLOW and they were married for 25 years and he STILL didn’t know she hated yellow.
She told him if he couldn’t replace it, just save it for me when I moved out.
And he did.
You could not tear that thing up. I used it for 10 years then gave it to an old boyfriend to put in a rental proper. I bet it’s still working. Haha