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Thread Number: 29472
10-July-10 Maytag POD |
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| Post# 448264 7/10/2010 at 11:16 (5,039 days old) by gowest84 (Phoenix, AZ) | ||
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I'm not an expert with the older Maytags but I thought that series of Maytag had the 906 that was all pushbutton? Did that stop when they went to the center dial machines or was that more of a special order machine? | ||
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Post# 448306 , Reply# 1 7/10/2010 at 14:14 (5,039 days old) by bajaespuma  (Connecticut) |
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Somebody else can refine my answer, but I think when the Maytags adopted the plastic "crystal" knob for the control dial in the last year or two that "seafoam blue" control panels were offered, they phased out the pushbutton 906. I think this happened a year or so before the control panels became "sunburst gold".
A tragedy, IMHO, and an indication of what was to come. ...and then, after having said all that, how great would it be if someone finds a pair that looks like this: 
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| Post# 448427 , Reply# 2 7/11/2010 at 09:56 (5,038 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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Just out of curiousity, what would that set have sold for back in the day? | ||
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Post# 448430 , Reply# 3 7/11/2010 at 10:12 (5,038 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Maytags were the most expensive machines on the selling floor from the late 50's to the early 80's. These would have been, hands down, the most expensive for-the-home machine available in America. At the time, in the mid-70's, the A906 would have approached $500.00. It was more money than most consumers would shell out for a washing machine at the time. Remember that back then you could buy a car for about 4K.
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Post# 448447 , Reply# 4 7/11/2010 at 11:21 (5,038 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA) |
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Maytag pricing
You can check out this thread I posted a little while back. I have the A806 shown in the brochure. Apparently it was priced at $410.00 at this particular appliance dealer back in 1970. You can see the prices written in on a few models. No price for the A906 but I would suspect it was closer to the $450 range. That was quite a bit of money in 1970!
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| Post# 448523 , Reply# 7 7/11/2010 at 17:25 (5,038 days old) by strongenough78 (California) | ||
WOW! | ||
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Post# 448669 , Reply# 9 7/12/2010 at 12:27 (5,037 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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A207 My Mom bought a new Maytag A207 and DE406 in the Summer of 1973. I sold the washer several years ago, but still have the dryer. As Maytag didn't change model numbers by year, you will need to post the serial number. Several members here know the code used, and can tell you the date it was made. | ||
| Post# 448749 , Reply# 10 7/12/2010 at 19:25 (5,036 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
I need to know what year the A207 was NEW | ||
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