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I would say that it is a combo unit since one of the dials on the console refers to drying. Too bad the console glass has a crack in it around the cycle selector, and the fact that the door is slightly out of line. They say it's attached but it doesn't "connect" at the bottom. Wonder how that will affect the machines operation. But they do say that it is functional.
 
Whoa! A gas combo, at that! I wonder if this was the type of machine that had little to no spin action and kicked in a really high BTU gas burner to dry clothes...

I hope some someone with a museum (cough... Mr. Lefever??) can save this!!
 
 
There has been previous discussion of these machines.  There's no Spin designation on the timer (D for Drain, perhaps a tumble-drip-drain?), so maybe it doesn't spin and that's how the design doesn't involve a flexible boot.  Vaguely recall from the discussions that the drying heat is ferocious?
 
There is no boot because there is no suspension; it's more like a dryer than a washer. There is no spin either, just a 90,000 BTU burner. It tumbles at one speed and goes from the drain after the last rinse to incineration, I mean ignition.

Note that this timer also has the two knobs for selecting the dry sequence.
 
Yikes, WOW! I don't think anyone had ever seen one!!! It's like the one in the Bob Hope/Lana Turner movie 'Bachelor in Paradise'!!!

Speak up, one of us must have won the auction!!! Who won this amazing one of a kind combo!!!
 
What a great looking Combo!
Is this one of the combo's with the 100,000 btu burner?
I hope someone from the club got it!
 
 

 

OH EM GEE and WOW!!! 

 

I damn near fell off my chair when I saw this.   I think I remember hearing mention of an O'Keefe & Merritt combo, but have never seen any photos of one, HOLY MOLY!

 

I live close to Costa Mesa and will be picking this up this rare combo for the buyer.... and no I'm not the buyer! 

 

YAY another very rare machine saved!

 

Kevin
 
Oh wow!!  I can't even begin to ...  Didn't Donna Stone (Reed) have one of these on the set for a time?  Talk about a holy grail!!!   I hope one of us got it!!
 
Ahh the logistics, I have a hunch its not UPS-able... 
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It will be awesome if it is Jon!
Jon does such an awesome breakdown of his rebuilding and running his re-manufactured creation! So I am hoping it is Jon!
Although...if you remember....the Ebay ad said this unit was plug and play....
LOL!
Whoever got it. It is a beauty. I can't even imagine the exhaust vent of this being! My goodness...it will be the size of most furnaces!
 
OKeefe & Merritt Gas Combo

Yes indeed it is coming to the combo collection in Maryland where it will be on display for any AW members to see and experance.

Sorry to keep everyone in suspense about us buying this combo, I was talking to Tom and he alerted me that this was for sale and we immediately decided to try to buy this combo. I was trying to get out the door to do 7 service calls on Capital Hill so I only attended to the purchasing details and didn't get back home and start dinner till after 8PM.

The real Star in this transaction is Kevin in California, as soon as I had confirmed that the payment had gone through to the seller I was reaching for my address book to look for Kevin's # and before I even got the book in hand my CP started ringing and it was Kevin asking if I had purchased the combo and offering to pick it up, this is another great example of how we all help each other out at AW with each others appliances. YAY.

This combo will get installed in the rear of building in the combo line-up, this way it can be vented directly through the rear wall and will not have to use the common vent system some of the other combos will use. I may have to contact the gas company about increasing the size of the supply line for this combo, LOL, but it will be fairly close to a commercial extractor that we are going to install in the rear of the museum. I figure if we stop the machine after the last rinse and spin the clothing in the extractor most loads should dry in 15 minutes or less @ 100,000 BTUs.

John L.
 
Congratulations John! This will be a great addition to your Combo Collection.
Just curious if you have the Service Manual for this unit? Was wondering if it used a White Rogers Modulating Gas Valve like the Kenmore's? Although it would start out at 100,000 Btu's it could kick down to 10,000 Btu's or less as the temperature of the drum increased. I doubt that it stayed at the full Btu's for very long.
 
 

 

Thank you for the kind words John!  
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I'm happy to help out friends here on AW if I can!   If that means picking up a machine locally and storing it briefly until shipping can be arranged, I'm happy to do so!   
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I'm really pleased you were able to grab this for the museum John, this will no doubt be one of the shining stars of the collection!  
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Kevin 
 
WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!

CONGRATULATIONS combo52 for getting that okeefe & merritt. i don't know much about combos myself, but it is a neat looking machine!!! i LOVE the windowed doors on these combos!!!

and HATS OFF TO YOU revvinkevin, for helping combo52 out with getting this okeefe & merritt rarity. you my dear kevin are like an appliance angel in california, helping others get their vintage appliances if you can.
and for that, thank you.....

:o)
 
When One Saw The Listing & How Fast It Went

Knew at once there was but a handful of appliance "high rollers" that could pull it off. Of them attention quickly focused upon one individual as the "usual suspect". *LOL*

Congrats Combo52, you know you are just what it needs!

Kudos to Kevin for being an upstanding sort of guy and a general all around peach!
 

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