vintage maytag date info please

[thedrycleaner]

hello fellow washer friends, I have a 1960 maytag commander or model J as it is known also. I would like to look for one of the same model but from the early days of when they began making the J in 1941. can anyone tell me what numbers I would look for ect? thanks the drycleaner

 

[dnastrau]

Maytag serial number suffix to date charts

Greetings:

Here is an old thread with the later date code suffixes (back to 1949):

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?41918

This other site has an early chart (looks like back to 1929):

http://www.davesrepair.com/pdfmanuals/maytagwrngrid.htm

Hope this helps.

Andrew S.