WAKE THE DEAD: TOL Maytag washer and dryer - $50 (Cedar Rapids)

[mayfan69]

8 Vane Power Fin agitators

I have a few of those 8 Vane Power Fins here in Australia as the Oz "Wilkins Servis" Maytag cloned machines were still using them up till 1978.

 

My Maytag LAT9800 conversion with a Wilkins SS bowl and white 8 Vane Power fin agitator.

 

Cheers

Leon

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Stainless steel inner tub!

Ooohhhhh! Jealousy abounds! Talk about pimp your Dependable Care. Nice!

RCD

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Wake up and look at it?

More like wake up next to it... LOL! Now I'm wondering if that healthy looking PowerFin will more likely rip my camera right out of my hands.

RCD

 

[mayfan69]

White Powerfin

Hey Drew

As it happens I'll be dropping by my contact with all the Wilkins machines over the Easter break...could always see if he has any spare white ones??

I'm sure it would be possible to ship one over to you...

Leon.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Thanks. I almost wondering if a stainless one like in your pic would be more fun.

RCD

 

[mayfan69]

SS Bowls

Well, I've already asked him to save any Wilkins machines with the stainless bowls. I want another one for myself and so does one other member from here, so that would be 3 machines.

 

I know he had at least one machine there the last time I visited.

 

Leon

 

[washer111]

Spectacular!

These machines are in absolutely SUPERB condition for their age!

And you just can't beat a touch of Coppertone to drab-down your day!

 

I'm wondering if it might be time to ring up the professional photographers (and/or videographers!) to encapsulate these machines in all their glory in a laundry, doing their job and looking quite fine in the process?

 

But still, this is a wonderful find for such a small amount of money - and I can see here the pictures certainly didn't do these machines the slightest bit of justice. Its also so great to see friends on the forum here extending the helping hand as necessary when another is in need. 

 

 

 

[bajaespuma]

What about a couple of shots of the bottom of this fictitious agitator?

 

Leon, thanks for the shot of the Antipodean Maytag! What a cool version of this Powerfin, looks just like Iowa, but the chrome top looks like it was manufactured someplace else. Any chance of more pictures of it broken down?

 

 

 

 

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

Ken, I always wanted to ask you, how do you come up with all those jaw dropping images of appliances?

 

[mitch]

Wow!

Just wow! Great machines and a great story!

Mitch

 

[bajaespuma]

OK, Louie, it's official, you're in the will...

The simple answer is: Asperger's Syndrome.

 

I have been painter, draughtsman and sculptor since I got outta the crib (according to my Mother, I was quite the Abstract Expressionist, while still in the crib).

 

When I discovered computer graphics, I started drawing everything I wanted to have with MacPaint. When I discovered there were other people out there like myself who found vintage appliances interesting, it took off. I found this site doing nostalgia and "grief" research for drawings of washing machines and dishwashers that we had owned through the years. I needed to see pictures of them to correct and fill in gaps of the images I was doing strictly from memory. I did most of the drawings that you've seen with a wonderful, now-extinct, program called Freehand Graphics. When I switched computers recently, the new system couldn't run that program(probably intentional on the part of Adobe).  Now I do the drawings with Adobe Illustrator because it was able to translate the old documents into its format, which is very powerful and I'm still learning how to control.

 

 

 

[bajaespuma]

By the way, Leon..

I love y'alls Bridge! It is to our Queensborough Bridge what your Wilkins-Service is to our Maytag.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

I'm honored!

The 906's are the subjects for a damn good artist. At least they held still for you. Next picture for you to do will be the one of me laid out cold on the floor after laying eyes on them for the first time. Between the teaser pics and the picture you did, I'm just a huge ball of nervous excitement!

RCD

 

[hippiedoll]

i'm excited.....

for you too RCD!!! i can't wait to see pictures & videos!!!

)

 

[bajaespuma]

OK, so when's the Wash-In? I've always wanted to see the wealthier parts of Nevada.

 

[mayfan69]

Morning Ken....

Hi Ken

 

It's 7.47am Sunday morning here, so will get some pics of the Wilkins white Power fin sometime this morning for you and post, so keep a look out for them.

 

Have always been very impressed with your graphics, a real talent there!

 

And the Queensboro bridge: well, you guys can claim bragging rights, I reckon Brisbane copied it considering the Story Bridge wasn't built till 1940. Can you climb your bridge? There are regular climbs up the Story Bridge, I did with a friend a couple of years ago...

 

Cheers

Leon

 

[mayfan69]

For Ken

Hi Ken

 

As promised, a couple of pics of the Wilkins white Power-Fin for you and Drew.

 

Please note I even removed the baffle plate for you.....how's that for service?? Lol

 

Cheers

Leon

 

[mayfan69]

Another pic

Closer pic of the lint filter with the chrome cap removed.

 

 

 

[redcarpetdrew]

I've always wanted to see the wealthier parts of Nevada.

*snort*

And you'll see them before you get to my neck of the woods. I'm actually around 40 or so miles east of Reno. Very rural but then again I grew up in small towns and I adore my neighbors which is most of the battle when enjoying where one lives.

RCD

 

[beekeyknee]

Hi Leon,

That washer those agitator parts are setting on is just like the one I restored for my Mother a couple of years back. I didn't know you guys got those machines down there. The thread # is 38714. You've probably seen it before, though.

B.