Why is it so hard to come by any automatic washers or dryers made prior to 1970's? They are as rare as hens teeth ( a saying my grandad always says) I have been scoping out all the usual haunts but find nothing but new-old washers. But, alas i have found many of vintage refrigerators, my second love. I love 1945 or earlier refrigerators, anyone out there know of any in PA for sale? hehe thanks guys. Just thought i'd put in my two cents.
Vintage washers are hard to come by!!
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Hey there,
I know of a lady that owns a 1961 Whirlpool Imperial that she might want to sell. It needs a restoration, but is all there, and it does work. She has not made up her mind if she wants to bring it too me for a restoration and keep it, or just sell it as is.
She lives in New York State, so that would not be too far for you, if she does want to sell. If you want to know what the machine looks like check the one out in the cyber museum on this site.It is the same model as the machine in New York. They are a very cool looking machine. Let me know if you might be interested. I will pass it on to this lady.
Rick
I know of a lady that owns a 1961 Whirlpool Imperial that she might want to sell. It needs a restoration, but is all there, and it does work. She has not made up her mind if she wants to bring it too me for a restoration and keep it, or just sell it as is.
She lives in New York State, so that would not be too far for you, if she does want to sell. If you want to know what the machine looks like check the one out in the cyber museum on this site.It is the same model as the machine in New York. They are a very cool looking machine. Let me know if you might be interested. I will pass it on to this lady.
Rick
bingwsguy
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I don't know of any in PA, but in NY try www.monitortop.com I purchased a 1954 Maytag Wringer and a 1962 Maytag Automatic from Mike and he is great to deal with. He has great vintage refrigerators and ranges as well.
I don't know of any in PA, but in NY try www.monitortop.com I purchased a 1954 Maytag Wringer and a 1962 Maytag Automatic from Mike and he is great to deal with. He has great vintage refrigerators and ranges as well.
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I used live in Warminister PA and used to go a shop in the Sodderton shopping center that is a thrift shop and they used to have vintage stuff. If Sodderton is near you try it. but I left PA in 1998 so I am not sure if it is still their. the store was run by the quakers.it was a fun store bought many vintage vacuum cleaners their.
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I used live in Warminister PA and used to go a shop in the Sodderton shopping center that is a thrift shop and they used to have vintage stuff. If Sodderton is near you try it. but I left PA in 1998 so I am not sure if it is still their. the store was run by the quakers.it was a fun store bought many vintage vacuum cleaners their.
WCD63
A lot of vintage electrical gear over this side of the atlantic is increasingly difficult to come by due to trading standards regulations that impose safety requirements on the seller of any electrical appliances, including vintage / old stuff.
Hundreds of vintage machines are krushed every day now.
More and more rural municipalities are forcing people who have large outdoor "junkyards" to clear them out.
More and more "old timers" who have retired from either sales/repair or both are dying off and the families just want to clear out all those old appliances----they too, go to the krusher. Most would not, if only those families knew we were out there looking for them.
Are you out there looking?
Making those phone calls?
I never meet an elderly person I don't discuss my hobby with just in case they know of someone.
Unfortunately, it is looking more and more like the "golden age" of collecting these vintage machines has passed.
More and more rural municipalities are forcing people who have large outdoor "junkyards" to clear them out.
More and more "old timers" who have retired from either sales/repair or both are dying off and the families just want to clear out all those old appliances----they too, go to the krusher. Most would not, if only those families knew we were out there looking for them.
Are you out there looking?
Making those phone calls?
I never meet an elderly person I don't discuss my hobby with just in case they know of someone.
Unfortunately, it is looking more and more like the "golden age" of collecting these vintage machines has passed.
Unfortunately, it is looking more and more like the "golden age" of collecting these vintage machines has passed.
I couldn't agree more Steve. 11 years ago it was hard to find vintage machines, but now its 10 times more difficult. The big super stores like Best Buy have put the mom and pop appliance stores out of business. 10 Years ago there were over a dozen little appliance stores with a 20 mile radious of my house, now maybe there is 1 or 2 left. I'm thankful to have built my collection when I did.
I couldn't agree more Steve. 11 years ago it was hard to find vintage machines, but now its 10 times more difficult. The big super stores like Best Buy have put the mom and pop appliance stores out of business. 10 Years ago there were over a dozen little appliance stores with a 20 mile radious of my house, now maybe there is 1 or 2 left. I'm thankful to have built my collection when I did.
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Get out the Yellow pages call every listing in there under appliances or Junk dealers, etc. And don't be deterred of the word NO.
Also,check out scrap dealers,put the word out thay you pay $$$ for old washers.
I still pick up vintage appliances now and then. Most of them I try to post here in case people are interested in them.I have a few sets in storage now.
kennyGF
I still pick up vintage appliances now and then. Most of them I try to post here in case people are interested in them.I have a few sets in storage now.
kennyGF
christfr
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well dont feel to bad.. vintage machines are so few and far between here in st louis its not funny.. do see lots of toasters and mixers still around a a good handful of stoves and refrigderators..some i would love to have have no way to haul them.. but washers and dryers and dishwashers are very rare indeed.. i dont think its because they all died i think its because we are just a throw away city or state or world.. seems so sad to me what a waste
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The messages above are exactly on target. My father and mother had a TV & appliance business since 1938, in the same building. We lived in the same building, behind the store. At one time, I can remember that our back yard looked a lot like the Aberdeen farm. (The city made us clean it up.) When the big stores started selling washers, that was the end of our sales business. No more trucks delivering Blackstones direct from the factory to our store. Service work was good, but without the sales, there goes the supply of used machines. By not having used, reconditioned, machines to offer to customers, that further reduced business. After all, if a customer's only choice was an expensive repair bill (e.g., transmission repair), or purchase of a new, cheap, machine at Home Depot, then that started to kill even the service work. The spiral just continued downward.
What I do in the store now is try to find a good home for what is left. Seriously considering selling the entire building, too. It seems a paradox--there are more and more people, everyone has their own appliances, yet the business fades away.
The messages above are exactly on target. My father and mother had a TV & appliance business since 1938, in the same building. We lived in the same building, behind the store. At one time, I can remember that our back yard looked a lot like the Aberdeen farm. (The city made us clean it up.) When the big stores started selling washers, that was the end of our sales business. No more trucks delivering Blackstones direct from the factory to our store. Service work was good, but without the sales, there goes the supply of used machines. By not having used, reconditioned, machines to offer to customers, that further reduced business. After all, if a customer's only choice was an expensive repair bill (e.g., transmission repair), or purchase of a new, cheap, machine at Home Depot, then that started to kill even the service work. The spiral just continued downward.
What I do in the store now is try to find a good home for what is left. Seriously considering selling the entire building, too. It seems a paradox--there are more and more people, everyone has their own appliances, yet the business fades away.
Fred, that's gut-wrenching
