the semi-auto 251 turns into an automatic 252 with a 50 dollar face lift! Incredible.
Starting the year out right...
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Lastly, I couldn't resist. I foresee this being Photoshop fodder someday.
mickeyd
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Ben, Thanks so much for solving two mysteries.
Wow! I was NOT hallucinating; the control panel is detached. Imagine that! Now I'll be able to go to sleep tonight.
1958~ No clue the Royalists were 58's. My set and booklets have no date anywhere to be found. What a banner year that was for washers. Think of the pink Frigidaire on our home page.
Good Night Senator from Iowa, and thanks again. (How 'bout that sweet Deluxe wringer with a pump and a timer.) And say good night to Betty in her nice sleeping goggles ;->
Mike
Wow! I was NOT hallucinating; the control panel is detached. Imagine that! Now I'll be able to go to sleep tonight.
1958~ No clue the Royalists were 58's. My set and booklets have no date anywhere to be found. What a banner year that was for washers. Think of the pink Frigidaire on our home page.
Good Night Senator from Iowa, and thanks again. (How 'bout that sweet Deluxe wringer with a pump and a timer.) And say good night to Betty in her nice sleeping goggles ;->
Mike
1958 BLACKSTONE ROYALIST WASHER&DRYERS
Wow! Ben I had never seen the 1958 Blackstone brosure before, its interesting that the 299.95 price for the 1958 Royalist gas dryer is exactly what Fred in Springfield Mass. charged me for the new still in the box one that I bought from him about 5 years ago. I say that was a pretty good deal, I often dream of going back in time and buying all kinds of appliances and cars at the original prices but you don't get to do that too often. Thanks again Fred I intend to keep that dryer for ever.
Wow! Ben I had never seen the 1958 Blackstone brosure before, its interesting that the 299.95 price for the 1958 Royalist gas dryer is exactly what Fred in Springfield Mass. charged me for the new still in the box one that I bought from him about 5 years ago. I say that was a pretty good deal, I often dream of going back in time and buying all kinds of appliances and cars at the original prices but you don't get to do that too often. Thanks again Fred I intend to keep that dryer for ever.
Just like Maytag finished using up the AMP tops on the first Helical Drive machines, those early HOH dryers were in the super wide old cabinets of the perforated drum dryers.
On the day we were going to the Maytag dealer to buy a 142, daddy suggested we see what they had at SEARS and that's how we wound up with the 58 green LK. I wonder if we had made it to the Maytag dealer if we might have been convinced to buy another suds saver machine. We still had the little tub we bought from Sears in 1955. It was galvanized on the inside, white on the outside with a shelf between the wheels for structural integrity and it had a little drain spigot. Until the suds valve failed, we used it, but I don't think there was the need with cheaper hot water. The Maytag suds saver system as well as the 58 Kenmore's would have been easier to use than the old Kenmore one which always drained the wash water through the suds hose. My mother did not think to stop the washer at the end of the last wash and advance the timer to the rinse drain so that the last wash water of the day would have drained that way. Instead, we put the suds hose in the standpipe and then had to switch it back to the tub and put the black drain hose in the standpipe to drain the rinse water. I know that with set tubs, you just would have pulled the plug out of the suds tub drain and it would drain away. With both new systems, however, you could choose to drain or save suds and if you drained the suds, it went out through the regular drain hose. The green lady did not have a suds saver and was on closeout because the green color was being discontinued, but I wonder now, if we had gone up to the Maytag dealer, would the dealer be able to explain the convenience of the newer suds saver system to them and get them to pop for it? It's moot more than 50 years later except that if we had not bought the Kenmore, I would not have enjoyed the parade of 9 washing machines we had between 1952 and 1976 when I left home.
On the day we were going to the Maytag dealer to buy a 142, daddy suggested we see what they had at SEARS and that's how we wound up with the 58 green LK. I wonder if we had made it to the Maytag dealer if we might have been convinced to buy another suds saver machine. We still had the little tub we bought from Sears in 1955. It was galvanized on the inside, white on the outside with a shelf between the wheels for structural integrity and it had a little drain spigot. Until the suds valve failed, we used it, but I don't think there was the need with cheaper hot water. The Maytag suds saver system as well as the 58 Kenmore's would have been easier to use than the old Kenmore one which always drained the wash water through the suds hose. My mother did not think to stop the washer at the end of the last wash and advance the timer to the rinse drain so that the last wash water of the day would have drained that way. Instead, we put the suds hose in the standpipe and then had to switch it back to the tub and put the black drain hose in the standpipe to drain the rinse water. I know that with set tubs, you just would have pulled the plug out of the suds tub drain and it would drain away. With both new systems, however, you could choose to drain or save suds and if you drained the suds, it went out through the regular drain hose. The green lady did not have a suds saver and was on closeout because the green color was being discontinued, but I wonder now, if we had gone up to the Maytag dealer, would the dealer be able to explain the convenience of the newer suds saver system to them and get them to pop for it? It's moot more than 50 years later except that if we had not bought the Kenmore, I would not have enjoyed the parade of 9 washing machines we had between 1952 and 1976 when I left home.
RCD: no hard feelings...just giving you a bad time. I know those machines will have a nice home in Reno!
redcarpetdrew
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just giving you a bad time
I know you were. But, I wasn't kidding when I said I had thought of you when that set first looked like it was becoming available. I guess the threat of painfull death kinda shot that in the foot... LOL!
RCD
I know you were. But, I wasn't kidding when I said I had thought of you when that set first looked like it was becoming available. I guess the threat of painfull death kinda shot that in the foot... LOL!
RCD
aldspinboy
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Congratulations Drew Fantastic washers
Darren.
Darren.
andrewwww
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Maytag LA608 washing machine
Hello, I have a beautiful Maytag washing machine that needs repair in the Alhambra, LA area, model LA 608, would anyone know who I can call to fix, and if parts are still available. Love this classic machine and want to keep it forever! Thank you
Hello, I have a beautiful Maytag washing machine that needs repair in the Alhambra, LA area, model LA 608, would anyone know who I can call to fix, and if parts are still available. Love this classic machine and want to keep it forever! Thank you
