One of the Worlds first Un-Automatics!! From its original home too!
Rescued !! 1938 Bendix
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A 1938 Bendix
semi-automatic in MINT condition too!
semi-automatic in MINT condition too!
Evidently
the Original owner of the house used the machine then had it rebuilt with a NEW tub and then covered it and never used it again. So its a Bendix service rebuild that has never been reused, the current owner Louie, decided to sell it and take it off its platform in the basement after living with it for 28 years. But his wife said Somebody may want that put it on Ebay. Which of course Everybody KNOWS I wanted it.
Thank god it was in my backyard, Valley Stream Long Island!! A hop skip and a jump!
I got to thank Louie for not turning it into a Hyundai!! He was glad to see it go to a collector I could tell!
the Original owner of the house used the machine then had it rebuilt with a NEW tub and then covered it and never used it again. So its a Bendix service rebuild that has never been reused, the current owner Louie, decided to sell it and take it off its platform in the basement after living with it for 28 years. But his wife said Somebody may want that put it on Ebay. Which of course Everybody KNOWS I wanted it.
Thank god it was in my backyard, Valley Stream Long Island!! A hop skip and a jump!
I got to thank Louie for not turning it into a Hyundai!! He was glad to see it go to a collector I could tell!
more money shots
the Original owner of the house used the machine then had it rebuilt with a NEW tub and then covered it and never used it again. So its a Bendix service rebuild that has never been reused, the current owner Louie, decided to sell it and take it off its platform in the basement after living with it for 28 years. But his wife said Somebody may want that put it on Ebay. Which of course Everybody KNOWS I wanted it.
Thank god it was in my backyard, Valley Stream Long Island!! A hop skip and a jump!
I got to thank Louie for not turning it into a Hyundai!! He was glad to see it go to a collector I could tell!
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Thank god it was in my backyard, Valley Stream Long Island!! A hop skip and a jump!
I got to thank Louie for not turning it into a Hyundai!! He was glad to see it go to a collector I could tell!
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more eye candy
the controls are very basic
I haven't had time to
go over it completely but it appears there is no fill valve either, its manual fill like a wringah!!
go over it completely but it appears there is no fill valve either, its manual fill like a wringah!!
I love the
Tuxedo look of these machines, don't you??
Tuxedo look of these machines, don't you??
hooverwheelaway
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Very cool Jon! Good save! Can't wait to see it all restored!!
Cool bit of history! Good eye for the rare bird, too.
rollermatic
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looking at it! another save!
looking at it! another save!
I really like the look of these early Bendix machines.
Thanks for saving it, and thanks for sharing the photos. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this as you go through it.
Thanks for saving it, and thanks for sharing the photos. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this as you go through it.
Matt
It was a nice little neighborhood of postage stamp houses, they were tight in together but all had little neat lawns you could use a hand mower on, and the high school was down the street and built the same time and it was an impressive building. It was a planned community from the 30's. It would have been real good living for the depression years. We had bigger lawns but it was very similar to my childhood neighborhood.
It made me homesick for NY I have to admit. I love Boston but still.
And for the 30's this would have been upper middle class as every house had a driveway and bendix!!!
It was a nice little neighborhood of postage stamp houses, they were tight in together but all had little neat lawns you could use a hand mower on, and the high school was down the street and built the same time and it was an impressive building. It was a planned community from the 30's. It would have been real good living for the depression years. We had bigger lawns but it was very similar to my childhood neighborhood.
It made me homesick for NY I have to admit. I love Boston but still.
And for the 30's this would have been upper middle class as every house had a driveway and bendix!!!
What else I like ...
Tudors generally don't have covered front porches. But I do like at least a little bit of shelter from the weather for guests as they wait outside the front door. What you've got there is a perfect compromise: just the hint of a porch roof, without detracting from the overall aesthetic.
Tudors generally don't have covered front porches. But I do like at least a little bit of shelter from the weather for guests as they wait outside the front door. What you've got there is a perfect compromise: just the hint of a porch roof, without detracting from the overall aesthetic.
turquoisedude
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Well! That's quite the find Jon!! Can't wait to see this one up and running - I'll let you do the legwork, then you can tell ME what to do with the 47 or 48 Bendix I got from Vermont in January... LOL
So, Jon, it did not still have the special fill hose with the flattened metal portion that slipped into the soap hole on top? It was nice in that you did not have to hold the hose. In the Bendix manuals that John and I got from Annapolis Bendix, I read the operating instructions for this model. It even told how to give the flush rinse after the wash drain and how high on the glass to fill it with water. I have been hoping that someone would find this model. Congratulations!
Very KEWL find Jon! Looks like it would be fun to play with since it's a "semi-automatic".
On the control, it looks like the lower left says "To soak or rinse, use wash setting", what does it say on the lower right?
CONGRATS Jon!
Kevin
Cool Bendix
I had never seen one of these rare machines, but when you think about it why would you buy a manually controlled washer from the company that brought the world Automatic Washers and the very first Combination Washer-Dryer.
When you think about it having to stand there and turn that knob and fill the machine it is almost as bad as having to transfer the clothing from a washer to the dryer, LOL. But it did eliminate handling sopping wet laundry and you could let it wash long enough that it might actually get something clean, this will be lots of fun for your next wash-in.
I had never seen one of these rare machines, but when you think about it why would you buy a manually controlled washer from the company that brought the world Automatic Washers and the very first Combination Washer-Dryer.
When you think about it having to stand there and turn that knob and fill the machine it is almost as bad as having to transfer the clothing from a washer to the dryer, LOL. But it did eliminate handling sopping wet laundry and you could let it wash long enough that it might actually get something clean, this will be lots of fun for your next wash-in.
philr
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Nice find! I didn't know that a semi-automatic version of the Bendix front-loaders existed! Manual fill and manual drain too?! Maybe it's not even semi-automatic then!
OkaY FOUND DOCTRINE
I thought I had Doctrine on this machine, after some digging Bingo. There were 3 machines offered in 1938, the Deluxe we all know as the little white Box, the Standard which looks like a diving bell and the Utility model, which is the one I found.
The Utility has no water valve, no timer. It had a gooseneck hose and a fill port. The hose was pushed down then turned to jet the water into the tub area.
Heres the doctrine:
I thought I had Doctrine on this machine, after some digging Bingo. There were 3 machines offered in 1938, the Deluxe we all know as the little white Box, the Standard which looks like a diving bell and the Utility model, which is the one I found.
The Utility has no water valve, no timer. It had a gooseneck hose and a fill port. The hose was pushed down then turned to jet the water into the tub area.
Heres the doctrine:
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The reason for this model was to be able to get the cost as low as possible without the timer, water valve and water level control. Perhaps people would come in and look at this model and see what using it involved and decide to go for the slightly more expensive Standard model, but people who were used to using a wringer washer would still find that this saved them a lot of work and mess and, maybe even more importantly, was much safer than a wringer washer. When this was offered in 1938, the Duomatic was still an undreamt dream, so it has no bearing on the purchasing of any model in the line.
Bendix!
wow I never realized a semi auto FL was ever made. this is real Kool!
Best Of Luck with it.
Peter
wow I never realized a semi auto FL was ever made. this is real Kool!
Best Of Luck with it.
Peter
Great find Jon!!! I think this is the first and only of this model to be found as of yet. Now you can tumble your towels for over an hour like a modern Front Loader 
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.... tumble your towels for over an hour like a modern FL...
Oh Robert, that is SO funny, but also SO true!
LOL
Oh Robert, that is SO funny, but also SO true!
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