Very nice finds - a truckload of Maytag long before May! That 142 is too cool, congrats.
Starting the year out right...
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redcarpetdrew
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Thanks for the link, Ben. Simply wonderful. In honor of that picture of the yellow 142/641c set, I'm gonna have to get mine in the same pose... I'll bet that Blackstone layout puts our MickeyD in a tizzy... LOL!
RCD
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YAY Andy, CONGRATS! Looks like you have your work cut out for you... but it's a GOOD kind of work!
Kevin
Kevin
VERY COOL Andy, couldn't happen to a better guy, and I know for a fact that those machines are forunate to have been found by the RCD master himself.
Have fun with them! Seems like it is already beginning.
G
Have fun with them! Seems like it is already beginning.
G
redcarpetdrew
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I don't remember the black PowerFin agitators being almost see thru at the fins... This can't be period correct for this machine...
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Ben, Isn't it amazing that Maytag could get Salvador Dali to do the art for that pink 142 brochure?
"I don't remember the black PowerFin agitators being almost see thru at the fins... This can't be period correct for this machine..."
This is why I want to hear from Paul to see if he has tried swapping the Power Fin from his 206 into his 701 and running it at the regular agitation speed. I did that in my baby bol 102, but with the 50 cycle pulley and the results were amazing. I'll bet they would even be superior to the high fin Bakelite agitator at the slower agitation speed of that machine. The PF agitator is shaped to promote much better turnover and combined with the large unperforated section of the tub opposite the fins, it really sends water currents up along the perimeter of the tub to carry items in that zone back up to the top. I am thinking that when we restore the 702, we will leave the original motor pulley on it so that I can try it with a Power Fin. Even though the New Generation Power Fin-equipped machines had a slightly faster agitation speed, they also had perforations in the area where the older tubs were solid so I hope that the Power Fin in the original Helical Drive machine will be a net gain.
The way Maytag used up the remaining tops from the AMP machines on the first Helical Drive models reminds me of the thriftiness of homemakers who, upon discovering that milk had soured, immediately planned on doing some baking. It was not wasted.
This is why I want to hear from Paul to see if he has tried swapping the Power Fin from his 206 into his 701 and running it at the regular agitation speed. I did that in my baby bol 102, but with the 50 cycle pulley and the results were amazing. I'll bet they would even be superior to the high fin Bakelite agitator at the slower agitation speed of that machine. The PF agitator is shaped to promote much better turnover and combined with the large unperforated section of the tub opposite the fins, it really sends water currents up along the perimeter of the tub to carry items in that zone back up to the top. I am thinking that when we restore the 702, we will leave the original motor pulley on it so that I can try it with a Power Fin. Even though the New Generation Power Fin-equipped machines had a slightly faster agitation speed, they also had perforations in the area where the older tubs were solid so I hope that the Power Fin in the original Helical Drive machine will be a net gain.
The way Maytag used up the remaining tops from the AMP machines on the first Helical Drive models reminds me of the thriftiness of homemakers who, upon discovering that milk had soured, immediately planned on doing some baking. It was not wasted.
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Looks like a great way to start out the new year, sorry that the AMP got lost maybe it is still around ? I would try to find who got it. Once you get these done you can come and rebuild several MTs that we have at the museum. I actually got the CA900 all together last weekend and working and now the matching CDE750 is next on the list I will try to post pictures. When I put the dryer together I will also finish the pink 1958 HOH gas dryer that Bob of Hollywood and I started working on last year, it is the match to the 641C that you have good luck with all your projects hope to talk soon.
Looks like a great way to start out the new year, sorry that the AMP got lost maybe it is still around ? I would try to find who got it. Once you get these done you can come and rebuild several MTs that we have at the museum. I actually got the CA900 all together last weekend and working and now the matching CDE750 is next on the list I will try to post pictures. When I put the dryer together I will also finish the pink 1958 HOH gas dryer that Bob of Hollywood and I started working on last year, it is the match to the 641C that you have good luck with all your projects hope to talk soon.
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Tizzy Indeed, Redcarpet Lizzy LOL
Goin' nuts for the convertible semi-automatic Blackstone. Will have to ask Ben what's going on with the control panel which he can see in the full-sized pic. Here, it looks like an old stereo is suspended atop the machine. Maybe Fred has seen a few of these pass through his old store. Would love to hear about them.
Those drawings of the Maytag filtered agitator with the water currents flowing, squirting, and squishing helter-skelter--aren't they amazing?....pure washer porn, and from a modest, chaste Maytag no less. Ben's thread: was there in the beginning then somehow missed the glorious end. What a treat, now. Thank you both, very much!
The carpet's been empty for a while, Andy, and now you grace us with a slew of Tags. How they endure. What did the Wards WRINGER look like--that would have been cool to see.
Nice story about your wife's Mom & Dad. Guessing they--the machines-- were still working when retired to the porch.
Glad you got John out talking about working on HIS 900; he's been contracted to fix MY 906s, the only automatic Tag I own... tap...tap... tap,..
Maybe I should contract you, Drew.
Goin' nuts for the convertible semi-automatic Blackstone. Will have to ask Ben what's going on with the control panel which he can see in the full-sized pic. Here, it looks like an old stereo is suspended atop the machine. Maybe Fred has seen a few of these pass through his old store. Would love to hear about them.
Those drawings of the Maytag filtered agitator with the water currents flowing, squirting, and squishing helter-skelter--aren't they amazing?....pure washer porn, and from a modest, chaste Maytag no less. Ben's thread: was there in the beginning then somehow missed the glorious end. What a treat, now. Thank you both, very much!
The carpet's been empty for a while, Andy, and now you grace us with a slew of Tags. How they endure. What did the Wards WRINGER look like--that would have been cool to see.
Nice story about your wife's Mom & Dad. Guessing they--the machines-- were still working when retired to the porch.
Glad you got John out talking about working on HIS 900; he's been contracted to fix MY 906s, the only automatic Tag I own... tap...tap... tap,..
Maybe I should contract you, Drew.
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That LG sticks out like a sore thumb
Very nice finds Andrew! How many machines do you have now?
Very nice finds Andrew! How many machines do you have now?
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Nice group of Tags!
redcarpetdrew
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How many machines do you have now?
THAT will take a while to count as I have my own machines AND others 'just passing thru' (Yes, I'm talking to you Gordon and Kevin... LOL!) Sometimes having free access to several Piles can be a small problem. I'll end up being the crazy cat lady of the washer world...
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THAT will take a while to count as I have my own machines AND others 'just passing thru' (Yes, I'm talking to you Gordon and Kevin... LOL!) Sometimes having free access to several Piles can be a small problem. I'll end up being the crazy cat lady of the washer world...
RCD
Nice saves, Andrew!
Hey, hey, I could have given those lovely Maytag twins a lovely home and they wouldn't have had to travel far, here in beautiful, EUREKA, CA! Congrats, and am always happy to see these great machines being saved, but I could have saved them the trip to Reno! Don't forget I'm up here, always on the look out, and don't have any Maytags or Frigidaires in my collection...
Don't forget I'm up here, always on the look out, and don't have any Maytags or Frigidaires in my collection...
redcarpetdrew
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Hey, Todd. Sorry about that but since they were my wife's parent's set, they were coming to stay here. I actually did think of you but the wife would have killed me!
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Tom, I had not thought to associate soured milk with the AMP topped 141/142's - but it makes sense!
I pulled out the old Electrical Merchandising tonight to make some scans for you guys. Since the mag is more of a 11x13 I wasn't able to grab a whole page on a flat bed scanner. Certainly better than photographs.
Enjoy!
I pulled out the old Electrical Merchandising tonight to make some scans for you guys. Since the mag is more of a 11x13 I wasn't able to grab a whole page on a flat bed scanner. Certainly better than photographs.
Enjoy!
I'll take a yellow set with the matching No-Vent dryer please!
Love the art work on these. *hat tip to Tom!*
Love the art work on these. *hat tip to Tom!*
Off topic but what the hell - Mike, here is the skinny on that semi-automatic Blackstone. (these were not cheep appliances for January of 1958.)
the semi-auto 251 turns into an automatic 252 with a 50 dollar face lift! Incredible.
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