Another first of the automatics -
And it works! Amazing.
Love that porcelain tub!
And it works! Amazing.
Love that porcelain tub!
Vintage Speed Queen Automatic in Mpls
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Great find! I love Speed Queens!
What an amazing find and yet another addition for your 'firsts' collection. Can't wait to see this one Robert!
Ben
Ben
Wow Robert! I have to echo Ben's comments, truly an AMAZING find! Of course it's perfect that you are the one to get it too, another of the "first automatic" to go with the rest of the "firsts" in your collection!
I like that it has the speckled porcelain tub and the bakelite agitator, something I would not expect to see in a Speed Queen!
How does the size and shape of the black agitator compare to the aluminum from the '57?
CONGRATS again!
Kevin
P.S... I hope your injured arm heals quickly!
mickeyd
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ROBERT
<span style="font-size: x-large;">The blue ephemerasia is # 27 is so astonishing and breath-taking, I'm coming over. What an Oscar winner. It'll be in my head all day. T'anks!
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The blue ephemerasia is # 27 is so astonishing and breath-taking, I'm coming over. What an Oscar winner. It'll be in my head all day. T'anks!
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This is an incredible find! The very first SQ automatic in such great shape. It's amusing to see the stainless and porcelain portions reversed. That tub is so pristine. I look forward to a video too, Robert... especially of the interesting sequence of spray rinses this machine has.
mrb627
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Awesome
What an amazing find!
I wonder if Alliance would be interested in this machine?
Was there a dryer to go with it?
Malcolm
What an amazing find!
I wonder if Alliance would be interested in this machine?
Was there a dryer to go with it?
Malcolm
Robert----you rebuilt the timer on your other SQ and posted lots of great info, but where did you get the timer contact pads for repair/replace/resolder
I took those parts from other good used timers. Every time I strip a machine for parts I save the timer so I have a ton of old timers that are filled with good parts.
Under the machine the mechanicals are amazingly clean and you can still read the text on the belts. It really does appear that this machine was used very little. To my shock the agitator pulled right out without having the use any pressure, even the agitator cap turned without much force.
So I can only find four things that are wrong with the machine, otherwise it works perfectly and its amazingly quiet:
#1 Timer motor wont run, very common for those little round black timer motors. I just swapped it out and it works fine.
#2 Pump was leaking, a simple tightening of the thumb screw seems to have cured it, the thumb screw was very loose.
#3 Water valve is leaking. Again it seems to be the case of loose screws in the valve. I tightened them so later I will check to see if that fixed the leak. The water valve is dated stamped April 1952!
#4 Spin pick up was lethargic, so adding 1/2 bottle of Zoom Spout oil into the fluid drive increased pickup to proper levels. The way I do this without having to remove any parts from the machine is I remove the oil plug from the top of the Fluid Drive housing and I stick the long plastic hose of the Zoom Spout bottle down into the oil plug hole. Then I squeeze the bottle so it fills the drive. If you put in too much oil the circuit breaker will trip during the start of spin. What I do in that case is stick the hose down to the bottom of the Fluid Drive and siphon some of the oil back up the hose and into the bottle so it wont trip the breaker, but the spin pick up is at the proper speed. There is a fine line between nice fast spin pickup and tripping the breaker.
Oh and here is what Consumer Reports said about this machine...
I took those parts from other good used timers. Every time I strip a machine for parts I save the timer so I have a ton of old timers that are filled with good parts.
Under the machine the mechanicals are amazingly clean and you can still read the text on the belts. It really does appear that this machine was used very little. To my shock the agitator pulled right out without having the use any pressure, even the agitator cap turned without much force.
So I can only find four things that are wrong with the machine, otherwise it works perfectly and its amazingly quiet:
#1 Timer motor wont run, very common for those little round black timer motors. I just swapped it out and it works fine.
#2 Pump was leaking, a simple tightening of the thumb screw seems to have cured it, the thumb screw was very loose.
#3 Water valve is leaking. Again it seems to be the case of loose screws in the valve. I tightened them so later I will check to see if that fixed the leak. The water valve is dated stamped April 1952!
#4 Spin pick up was lethargic, so adding 1/2 bottle of Zoom Spout oil into the fluid drive increased pickup to proper levels. The way I do this without having to remove any parts from the machine is I remove the oil plug from the top of the Fluid Drive housing and I stick the long plastic hose of the Zoom Spout bottle down into the oil plug hole. Then I squeeze the bottle so it fills the drive. If you put in too much oil the circuit breaker will trip during the start of spin. What I do in that case is stick the hose down to the bottom of the Fluid Drive and siphon some of the oil back up the hose and into the bottle so it wont trip the breaker, but the spin pick up is at the proper speed. There is a fine line between nice fast spin pickup and tripping the breaker.
Oh and here is what Consumer Reports said about this machine...
And adding to the CU report above, here is what Consumer Bulletin had to say...
kenmoreguy89
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Awesome! Congrats again!
Looking forward for a video!
Looking forward for a video!
Washed a couple of loads tonight and I'm still in shock over how smooth and quite the machine is. The house had a view of Lake Minnetonka, so there is a chance that this house was used as the summertime lake house and not lived in all year long.
Look at the condition of the bakelite agitator...
Look at the condition of the bakelite agitator...
Underneath it is even more amazing...
And now this is interesting as well. In my '57 Speed Queen (image on the right) I put in a brand new centerpost. I maybe have washed 50 loads in that machine since and you can see the condition of the new centerpost already. Now on the left is the new early Speed Queen, while the centerpost looks like it has washed more loads, it really is not that much different. Usually these centerposts are in pretty rough shape, I think this was a super lucky find.
Fantastic find, Robert
Glad you were able to get this rare machine for your collection.
Hope your arm is healed up very soon.
Glad you were able to get this rare machine for your collection.
Hope your arm is healed up very soon.
WOW Robert, that is really amazing it's in SUCH fantastic and amazing condition!
Kevin
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Beautiful SQ!
