verizonbear
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Wow !!! Check this out !!! O'Keefe & Merritt Pink Front Loading Washing Machine!!!
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Wow, it is interesting how they got away without having a traditional boot.
John - I hope you get this!!!
John - I hope you get this!!!
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.
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WOW
WOW
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!!
I hope some someone with a museum (cough... Mr. Lefever??) can save this!!
I just saw this and was collecting pics for a post. Flabbergasted is the right word. Gobsmacked.
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.
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!!!
Speak up, one of us must have won the auction!!! Who won this amazing one of a kind combo!!!
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
ovrphil
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EX-CEL-LENT! Very unique. Pink, no less, but a nice shade. Congrats to the buyer, whoever you are...it looks so new!
Phil
Phil
bluejay
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Congrats to the buyer of this! It looks like a tank! It's a beautiful combo.
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!!
This is an amazing find!!!! Probably the most rare combo with the possible exception of the Hotpoint and in Pink no less!
Good catch guys and congratulations to the new owner
Good catch guys and congratulations to the new owner
No Joke!
This has really turned out to be the year of the combos!
This has really turned out to be the year of the combos!
firedome
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OK...
so then who IS the buyer??? Step out of the shadows, please, obviously you are one of us, since Kevin is the go between, ne ce'st pas? We are not coming to rob you in the cover of night! Fess up!
so then who IS the buyer??? Step out of the shadows, please, obviously you are one of us, since Kevin is the go between, ne ce'st pas? We are not coming to rob you in the cover of night! Fess up!
My guess is that Kevin is assisting John with an addition to his museum.
Ahh the logistics, I have a hunch its not UPS-able...
