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Post# 78087 8/13/2005 at 15:44 (6,829 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 78089 , Reply# 1 8/13/2005 at 15:45 (6,829 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 78090 , Reply# 2 8/13/2005 at 15:45 (6,829 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 78104 , Reply# 3 8/13/2005 at 16:55 (6,829 days old) by Spiraclean (UK) | ||
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| Post# 78106 , Reply# 4 8/13/2005 at 17:02 (6,829 days old) by wmlask (Spring Grove, IL) | ||
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Hotpoint Greg: That is a beauty. Where did you find it? Hope all is well. Bill | ||
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Post# 78109 , Reply# 5 8/13/2005 at 17:41 (6,829 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 78112 , Reply# 6 8/13/2005 at 17:52 (6,829 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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| Post# 78118 , Reply# 7 8/13/2005 at 18:54 (6,829 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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Post# 78135 , Reply# 8 8/13/2005 at 19:45 (6,829 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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This was another estate sale find. I walked down the basement stairs and from the corner of my eye, caught the glow of (dirty) porcelain from behind the furnace. I fully expected it to be a dryer but there was the Hotpoint washer - and no dryer at all. This machine obviously hadn't been used in years and very likely was never wiped or cleaned, ever. I brought it home, gave it quick cleaning with dish detergent & water and here we have it. As soon as I saw it, I knew where it was going - I gave Robert a TOL 1956 Hotpoint a few years ago which he's spent hours trying to restore to running condition with no luck. You might remember the many trials a tribulations he's been through trying to make the clutch spider work again so now he'll have a working machine to use for parts and most likely, to restore this one and put the TOL top and panel on as I think this cabinet and mechanism are in much better condition. Dig the sticker still on the machine! I'm beginning to wonder about this lucky streak too, I've been going to sales for around 15 years and never have I found this many vintage machines in such a short period. The 55 Kelvinator, the 60 Maytag pushbutton washer & gas dryer, a mint 63 Kenmore and now this - all within 6 months. Just shows we need to keep going! That being said, a friend of mine asked if I picked up the "Frigidaire pump-agitator" set a couple of weeks ago. Apparently, there was a 1-18 set - in green, TOL with lighted panels at a sale very near me. I remember the seeing the sale and deciding not to go. D'OH! | ||
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Post# 78140 , Reply# 9 8/13/2005 at 20:10 (6,829 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 78144 , Reply# 10 8/13/2005 at 20:33 (6,829 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Wow -
Where do you find these things? Machine looks fantastic. Sounds like if this one looks as good as it does on the outside, that you would have no problem with the parts on the inside for the transplant. Robert, it is funny you mention Better Homes and Garden's. Cory and I went to an estate sale sale today, and there were stackes of BHG's, McCalls, Lady's Home Journal, in mint shape. We then spent the next hour looking for the ads! I'd be surprised if we DIDN'T see this awesome Hotpoint in an ad... | ||
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Post# 78147 , Reply# 11 8/13/2005 at 21:02 (6,829 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 78148 , Reply# 12 8/13/2005 at 21:02 (6,829 days old) by Brent-Aucoin () | ||
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Greg! That is wonderful! I bet you could not get over what your eyes were seeing! Did it have a price on it? What did they say when you said that you would buy it? You are a magnet these days! Brent | ||
| Post# 78150 , Reply# 13 8/13/2005 at 21:04 (6,829 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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BEAUTIFUL, MINT machine...YAY for Estate Sale Finds!!! I wonder if this has the same timer escapement problem that Robert's did? Who says they don't have good washers in the Midwest? ;-) | ||
| Post# 78177 , Reply# 14 8/14/2005 at 00:12 (6,829 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Greg, You sure weren't kidding when you told me it was in excellent condition. It is amazing that an appliance 50 years old could still be in that good of shape. That porcelain looks so shinny. Robert I know that you are very happy with this find. Terry | ||
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Post# 78187 , Reply# 15 8/14/2005 at 01:13 (6,829 days old) by Petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Luck
Isn't it strange how all of a sudden things start turning up when they're in the back of your mind.. I had a run of good luck lately in other things, I'd be reading about someting and the very next day there it was. BTW.. do you all find that washers, like cars, are more likely to be found in better shape when they've lived their lives in the dry west as opposed to stuff from the east where it's quite humid. My GE is still as clean and rust free as new | ||
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Post# 78207 , Reply# 17 8/14/2005 at 10:11 (6,829 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Kool Blue | ||
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Post# 78235 , Reply# 18 8/14/2005 at 13:10 (6,828 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 78236 , Reply# 19 8/14/2005 at 13:28 (6,828 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Great Find!! | ||
| Post# 78422 , Reply# 20 8/15/2005 at 09:57 (6,828 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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