Maytag Brochure - "All set, lets go!"


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Maytag Brochure - "All set, lets go!"

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Post# 268670 3/9/2008 at 20:52 (5,889 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)
Checkrate/Likes Hey Gang, Due to an untimely failure of the DSL connection for several days - I had to postpone the next Maytag delight until now. While I wouldn't believe this to be the 'first' by any means - it is safe to say that it is an early AMP brochure. Notice the clothing, the car (split front windshield), and the emblem on the front of the AMP. With that in mind it could place this as a late 49 - early 1950 printing. A short fun brochure - and I do apologize about the quality. I had to do some doctoring with minimal tools (an old Mac program called GraphicConverter) to get the back side to appear as one full sheet. I have one final brochure to post - look forward to the 3rd installment!

Post# 268673 , Reply# 1 3/9/2008 at 20:55 (5,889 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)
Checkrate/Likes *"did our washing while we were away!"* As she says - it is just 4 easy steps and your work is done - the Maytag does the rest! Very cool as you can 'watch' what the Automatic Maytag can do with each cycle! Also - I'm not sure what he is so happy about - so giddy grabbing his suspender straps. Just more time he has to spend with her! ;-)

Post# 268674 , Reply# 2 3/9/2008 at 20:57 (5,889 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)
Checkrate/Likes All these ads have a kid - somewhere. This one even looks like Beaver. (Note - to get the whole page - I scanned the front page with the back.)

Post# 268675 , Reply# 3 3/9/2008 at 21:00 (5,889 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)
Checkrate/Likes *275 lb. of Maytag Quality Construction* It is good to see that, at one time, Maytag was able to bring the features we want in our automatic washer. What happened? This is a great sheet with wonderful specs. I'll have a really fun one for next time - till then enjoy! Ben

Post# 268678 , Reply# 4 3/9/2008 at 21:17 (5,889 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)
Checkrate/Likes Love these old brochures. Thanks for posting. A classic machine, no doubt!

Post# 268714 , Reply# 5 3/10/2008 at 06:16 (5,889 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)
Checkrate/Likes Ben, Thank you very much for posting this. Funny--a neighbor with an AMP said that she always stayed close by while she ran it because when they first had the machine, she started a load and left the house. She came back to find the motor burned out. Either Maytag could not or would not tell her why it happened, but she would challenge this manual's basic story. Funny how Maytag did not give their agitation strokes or oscillations per minute until they came out with the first two speed machines. They sort of show, but do not explain the flipper's role as the unbalance switch, but it is a sales brochure, not an owner's manual. Does anyone remember the scene in the movie version of A Chorus Line where the student sits down in a trash-strewn lot and picks up the booklet titled, "Welcome to the World (maybe Wonderful World) of the Maytag Washer" with the picture of the AMP on the front? Maytag shows the outer tub that prevents sediment from recirculating through the clothes. Maybe some sediment, but not sand. The neighbor with the AMP ran bathing suits through several rinses after a trip to the beach before deciding to just hang them to dry and shake out the sand when the suits were dry. Consumer reports showed the sand that remained between the two tubs. Frigidaires and other solid tub machines were not super good at sand removal either, but at least what remained in the tub could be wiped or vacuumed out and not trapped like in the Maytag. Maytag went to so much work with the AMP to have a metered fill (which, at first, unlike most time fill machines, could not operate with less than a full tub of water) and to avoid the appearance of a solid tub machine when that is actually what they had. The cheapest AMP machine with time fill, the narrow post wringer Gyrator and no safety lid proved less troublesome as it aged without all of those wires in the lid developing hardening of the rubber insulation which prevented the mercury switches from functioning properly. Timed fill also offered the option of using less than a full tub of water for small loads. When Maytag went to the Helical Drive mechanism, they were actually able to make the tub slightly wider. The larger tub increased the water consumption to 16 gallons for a high water level fill. Ben, sorry for your trouble with the DSL. Mine gave very erratic service. The cable service is much more reliable and, unlike the DSL, does not require that I boot up the modum each time I want to use the computer. There were times that I lost eBay auctions because the service would go down in the last minutes of an auction. It was mostly a no good modum, but they would not tell me that. I bought a second and when that one died, switched. The very nice lady at Verizon that I talked to when I stopped the DSL said that they would replace the modum free, but I did not get that story from the tech support people in heaven-only-knows how many different countries. I actually had to ask some of them to speak more slowly so that I could understand their directions.

Post# 268720 , Reply# 6 3/10/2008 at 07:46 (5,889 days old) by tlee618 ()
Checkrate/Likes Ben I really enjoy these brochures thank you so much for sharing them. Those were the days when people were excited about getting a new appliance and valued them.

Post# 268721 , Reply# 7 3/10/2008 at 07:50 (5,889 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes Good job scanning, Ben! Imagine shopping for a new Automatic washer back then - doing the research and getting the best price for your gray ghost trade-in... How exciting.

Post# 268732 , Reply# 8 3/10/2008 at 10:43 (5,889 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)
Checkrate/Likes Was Maytag the first automatic to have a safety lid switch? I don't remember having to deal with them until the early sixties, when we traded our 1956 Whirlpool Deluxe for a 1962 GE Filter-flo.

Post# 268864 , Reply# 9 3/10/2008 at 22:49 (5,888 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.)
Checkrate/Likes I was home today and caught an episode of General Hospital. In one scene which was set in a rustic looking cabin, there was a woman putting a load of clothes into a Maytag just like this. Have a good one, James

Post# 268875 , Reply# 10 3/10/2008 at 22:57 (5,888 days old) by brent-aucoin ()
Checkrate/Likes Ben, This is just great! Thanks Brent

Post# 268915 , Reply# 11 3/11/2008 at 03:34 (5,888 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)
Checkrate/Likes *Thanks,Ben* Thank you for not only the brochure, but the KitchenAid service manuel. They were a tremndous help with the repair of the KD2-P. Eddie

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