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GE Mobile Maid in metropolitian Cleveland |
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Post# 433059   5/4/2010 at 14:04 (5,076 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 433060 , Reply# 1   5/4/2010 at 14:04 (5,076 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 433061 , Reply# 2   5/4/2010 at 14:05 (5,076 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 433092 , Reply# 3   5/4/2010 at 16:37 (5,076 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 433101 , Reply# 4   5/4/2010 at 17:34 (5,076 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 433115 , Reply# 5   5/4/2010 at 18:48 (5,076 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 433122 , Reply# 6   5/4/2010 at 19:43 (5,076 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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and if it goes right i will drive to cleveland my next day off to get this one! can't believe i was just in toledo last week getting that g.e. top loader bowtie impeller model, cleveland is only 2 hours from toledo! oh well i love northern ohio anyway.
if i don't get it it's ok, i do have more than enough but this one looks so cute! is it a bowtie? anyone know the year or era? thanks for thinkin of me! |
Post# 433127 , Reply# 7   5/4/2010 at 20:07 (5,076 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 433135 , Reply# 8   5/4/2010 at 20:55 (5,076 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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the one i got in toledo has the stainless steel bowtie. wonder what shape this one is in? impeller especially, hope it's not cracked or broken, prob none around anymore. do these impeller models have a pump seal or is it like the impeller modern maid i have that simply has the shaft come up thru a stand tube and connect to the bakelite impeller at it's top, eliminating the need for a seal? guess i'll find out!
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Post# 433143 , Reply# 9   5/4/2010 at 21:35 (5,076 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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What a beautiful machine.
And, I imagine, a missing link between the blue vinyl racks of the bakelite impeller machines to the soon-to-be all pank bowtie impeller models . I hope this goes to a good home. Me, I'm holding out for a bowtie Mobile Maid. Preferably with four buttons, the magnetic detergent thingy and the coated wire silverware basket that looks, strangely enough, very much like the prototype in this model only rectangular. |
Post# 434301 , Reply# 10   5/10/2010 at 09:24 (5,070 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)   |   | |
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Just looking at my GE Parts Sheets - I believe that this GE Portable is a Model SP40M1 (could also have a designation of SP40N or SP45N). The part sheets are dated April 1957 - so we can speculate that these portables were built sometime perhaps in 1956 into 1957. The SP40P MobileMaid that I and other have, have Parts Sheets dated January 1958. I considered this machine too, since I was just in Cleveland this past Wednesday, but I did not have access to continuous email access during those few days, so I did not try to make contact. Mike |
Post# 434302 , Reply# 11   5/10/2010 at 09:26 (5,070 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 434364 , Reply# 12   5/10/2010 at 14:40 (5,070 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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i contacted the seller last week i think, sometime after the original posting and am driving to pick it up later this week. so it's still in the "family"!
was gonna e mail you anyway to ask if it uses a water seal around the shaft inlet to the tub or is it like my modern maid model that has a stand tube that rises up past the water level point? i know larry in parma at modern parts told me he has a motor for it if i need it but the people say it runs. we shall see. i'm sure i'll have questions for you when i get it. thanks |