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well that's different...

I never heard of a 1,000 RPM Bendix washer with square door. But, I use my new Maytag twin tub washer every day or two. I love the fact that it spins 2,000 RPM and the wash is only 5 minutes. It really fits ANYWHERE.
 
maytag GA208...

i had & loved my lil' hoover 0510 twin tub, for sentimental reasons, but i couldn't stand that it tangled up my clothes into a balled up mess. so after i put a new drain pump, new belts & new hoses on it, i gave it to my aunt to use in her apartment. and i bought myself a full sized automatic vintage maytag A208 in a dark yellow/gold color.

now i love my maytag A208 for the way that it looks with it's center dial, diamond-looking control knob. i love the flexibility of choosing the water temps, load size, washing time, and most of all the choice of either "normal" or "gentle" agitation speed. but there are 2 things that i don't like about it;
1. when i have the agitation speed set to normal, when the washer starts to drain, the water overflows out of the house's drain pipe.
2. would have to be the tub size. i wish i would have gotten the bigger tubbed (extra large load) maytag with the same choice options as my A208.
but other than that, i really LOVE my maytag GA208.
 
DIFFERENT...

That is pretty cool, but I got a Maytag TT that goes 2,000 RPM, getting them twice as dry. I can always understand, that drying jeans always takes forever, so you need a washer that goes 1000 RPM. Also, is Bendix still in business or not?
 
Solving drain problem

Your drain might have a clog, so you might need to pour drain cleaner to solve that problem.
 
solving drain problem....

the drain hose on my vintage maytag is wider/bigger than the drain hose on my mom's newer whirlpool. the whirlpool doesn't make the drain pipe overflow when draining it's water.

the solution:
we're going to install a utility/laundry sink so that both washers can drain into the sink & the sink can drain at it's own speed.

this way, i don't have to keep an ear out, to listen for my maytag to start draining when it's on "regular" speed agitation. problem solved (hopefully).
hm hm hm......

thanks for the drain cleaner suggestion though kitty :o)
 
another picture of the hoover twin tub...

here's picture #2 of the same hoover 0510 twin tub, that i gave to my aunt, with the cover part off showing the top of the compartments & control panel.

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lit up 806 & kenmore 800...

beautiful lit up A806 there electronicontrl!! and i like your coppertone kenmore 800!! do you have a closer pic of the control panel?? i like the colorful background. kinda looks like "tie-dye"!!! ;o)
 
My favorite washer is normally whichever one that I covet and don't yet own.

 

The more I think about it, however, the more I think that my all-time favorite washer was the solid tub 1960 BOL Filter-Flo that we had in a beach house in Old Saybrook, CT. And that's because, by some unbelievable fluke, not only did my Parents take me to Bombaci's appliance store in Centerbrook in 1964 on the buying trip, but by some even more unbelievable circumstance, they let me pick it out. Fortunately, my only criterion that day was a blue plastic filter-pan, and, as luck would have it, there was a used FF in the store that day and my Mother, the cheap-seat, was more than happy to buy a used machine at a discount. Had I chosen the 1964 TOL WA-1250Y that was in the store with a white filter-pan and a white Mini-Basket, it wouldn't have happened unless it was just me and Dad in the store . I will always have a place in my heart for that little machine. It washed the clothes; that's all it did. No dials lit up, no two speeds, no bells, no whistles, just a beautiful turquoise filter pan that you had to push hard to seat it on the top of the 3 straight-vaned activator with the weird cap. It had one of the first safety switches on the lid, but you could lift the lid more than halfway up before it cut the power. It stopped in the middle of the first spin; I never knew the reason why until it was explained by somebody, probably Tom Turbomatic on this very site.

 

We never had the dryer; nobody at the beach did, not even the rich family. Everybody's laundry was dried by on-shore breezes from the Long Island Sound. It was as close to Heaven as one could hope for; I will be forever grateful to my Parents for that luxury.

 

The model numbers are a guess; the Filter-Flo 600 series had about 9 variations. I can't even remember whether it had two wash cycles or one.

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