Vintage Appliance Lovers, COME ON DOWN!

[danmantn]

I was recently catching up on some DVDs and popped in "Best of The Price is Right", which is a collection of shows from the 1950s until Bob's final week. Mostly features 1970s episodes, although there is a DVD that's mostly from the 50s and 60s years. Anyway, great "product shots" from those vintage appliances from the 70s. I'm sure there are some from the 50s, but I haven't scanned through all those yet. This DVD is still available on Amazon.com I believe. Brilliant restoration of the film makes all these appliance looks sparkling new! Enjoy! Some of the brands I noted:

Westinghouse Laundry Center (Avacado Green) - featuring the "higher dryer" - where the dryer is on a pedestal
Tappan Galary Gas Range feature warming shelf (with harvest gold canisters)
Admiral Television Console
Hardwick Range from the famous Spiegel Catalog
Eureka Hand Vac (baby blue)
Teledyne Packard Bell TV
Whirlpool Wood Grain window AC
Original Red Crockpot with Bakelite handles
Amana Side by Side Avacado
GE electric range (yellow) "electrically cleans the entire oven" "GE - makes the minutes count."
Kelvinator Dish Washer (yellow) Automatic Portable/Convertible model Family size with double spray arms
Speed Queen Washer and Dryer (yellow) - Deluxe 2 cycle with stainless steel tub in washer and dryer.
Maytag Silver Anniversary Edition (single knob) - 25 years of the Automatic Washer - even washes today's "Miracle Fabrics"
Maytag Food Waste Disposal - never knew they made these (yellow)
Gibson Freezer - avacado
Amana "Freezer on the Bottom" yellow
Gibson's Freezer - Featuring Gibson's exclusive "Frost Clear" system
Mr. Coffee woodgrain coffee maker with 2 buttons ($40)
Hamilton Beach "Baconer" - bacon maker ($27)
Tappan Trash Compactor - yellow - from Tappan, since 1881
TV TIME popcorn (yum!) the kind that had the separate chamber for the butter in the plastic bag.

Also had a great Corvette Stingray and Triumph from the 70s.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Maytag disposals...

You bet they made disposals. Those were the FC series. I actually have a FC-20 disposal. It will eat just about anything. In fact, one way they were sold was with a demonstrator that was fed nails to show the potential customer how strong they were. Just about the only disposal that you actually took apart to repair...

RCD

 

[tolivac]

I also remember the Maytag disposers-yes they were tough-would shred just about anything you threw into it.Hammermill rotating shredder-Microm Shred ring and had undercutters.One of the last of the cast shred ring disposers.They had motor problems though according to a dealer I saw them at.He was mentioning the motor used in the machine was not originally designed to be used in a disposer-the motor has to withstand impact to the motor's shaft.He had to replace several under warranty.Maybe why the FC design was dropped and Maytag simply had ISE make disposers for them and have the "Maytag" name put on them.I had one at one time-a pull that the Maytag fellow removed from service-got lost in one of my moves.It would still run.also these machines had a rubber hammer "bumper" in the middle of the rotating shredder that would wear.That was the problem with the one I had.

 

[easyspindry]

I've had my Maytag garbage disposer . . .

. . . for at least 25 years and never a minute's trouble out of it. It's dealt with everything from t-bones to vegetable and fruit peelings. It's the batch-feed model. Used it at supper last night.

I had had a Kitchen Aid before which did not last very long. What sold me on the Maytag was the salesman telling me the motor could be repaired or replaced separately from the grinder mechanism. Of course, these days, good luck on finding a motor if you need one.

Jerry Gay

 

[lesto]

Last weekend I was sipping a margharita at my favorite hangout and "Houseboat" was on the big screen tv where I saw Cary Grant doing a load of wash at a Westinghouse laundromat in a blue coin-op Westy circa 1958. When the load was done a bell rang and a red light on top of the machine next to the coin slot came on. I believe Cary paid a quarter for one wash load.

 

[danmantn]

Coin Laundry on TV

I saw an old episode of The Andy Griffith Show on the other day. He had started a "LaundroCoin" business. Pink TLs with viewing windows...which I later found out (thanks to the archives on this board) that the units were Fridgidaire commercial units. Cost 25c.

 

[danmantn]

I also saw an "InSinkerator" dishwasher on YouTube Sale of the Century (ahh, the 80s). I never knew that they were in the dishwasher business either. Of course, I was 9 at the time.

 

[rp2813]

Maytag Disposers

When we were remodeling our kitchen back in 1990, we bought our KA KDI21 series dishwasher at an appliance dealer that sold to contractors. In their back room they had some contractor returns, like if they bought more than they needed of a particular item. We got our KA for less than a new Whirlpool. Down low on a shelf in its original box was a "new" harvest gold Maytag FC disposer. It weighed a ton. My partner and I had never even heard of a Maytag disposer but at the time, we had a center dial laundry pair and knew about Maytag dependability. For $29 we decided we couldn't go wrong. That disposer did take anything you could throw down it, and the literature did indeed say it would grind nails. Never tried that, but it was a quiet and dependable machine that never gave us a moment of trouble. I presume it, and the KA dishwasher continue to serve the new owner of our house with the same level of reliability. I really wish I had snagged the FC disposer I saw at Urban Ore last year. You just don't see them out there anymore. And I loved seeing the Maytag logo every time I washed dishes by hand.

 

[ptcruiser51]

Still Available

According to my catalogue here at THD.

Maytag models DFC1500, DFC5500 and DFC7500 all continuous feed, and batch-feed model DFB6500

 

[redcarpetdrew]

DFC1500, DFC5500 and DFC7500

Those are the ISE design, imported into the lineup by Maytag and rebadged. The FC models were actually Maytag made.

RCD