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Oh, oh ... another Maytag AMP
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Post# 78397   8/15/2005 at 08:16 (6,829 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        

OK everyone; this one is unique! Check out the Delicate Fabric cycle.

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Post# 78400 , Reply# 1   8/15/2005 at 08:26 (6,829 days old) by westytoploader ()        

Wow, very neat, and it works too! After a good thorough cleaning inside and out it's set for ages!

102P? I don't believe it's a 1957. Another '55 maybe?


Post# 78403 , Reply# 2   8/15/2005 at 08:35 (6,829 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        
Oh my!

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If it were only closer, I'd be grabing up this guy. It looks so clean! And it is an AMP! Thanks for posting Geoff.

Ben


Post# 78405 , Reply# 3   8/15/2005 at 08:40 (6,829 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        

Austin ... I think you're right. It has to be from around 1955. Didn't they stop making this style right after 1955? It seems like they added the push buttons for the water temperature and had a center dial around 1956/1957. Is that right?

Ben ... I'm tempted. I was able to work a little on my 101P this weekend and I'm getting excited!! I have to just slow down and finish what I've started. Did you get your light bulb?



Post# 78406 , Reply# 4   8/15/2005 at 08:42 (6,829 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        
1956

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The 1955 is on the one that Geoff has, this model on eBay is a 1956 Model as it has they added the delicate cycle. The 1957 Model was the one with the center dial and push buttons.

Post# 78407 , Reply# 5   8/15/2005 at 08:47 (6,829 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Hey Robert, thanks for the help on what year this guy is.

Geoff - Yes! I picked up a blub at Menard's, per Greg's instruction. The 25w really looks good in the A702 and the A806!


Post# 78411 , Reply# 6   8/15/2005 at 09:08 (6,829 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        

Yes, thanks Robert!!

Ben ... can I ask what you paid for your bulb? I paid $2.49 for the one I got (I thought it was a little "spendy").


Post# 78412 , Reply# 7   8/15/2005 at 09:15 (6,829 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Not a problem - I think the prices were:

$1.79 for the 15w
$1.99 for the 25w

They were branded Westinghouse. I'll post the PN's here next time I get to Cory's house.

They also have a 12w version in the line-up, and there may have been a 6 or 9, I can't remember. The only difference between the 15w and the 25w was the actual glass portion was physically bigger than the 15w, but it still fits just fine in the housing.

Ben


Post# 78415 , Reply# 8   8/15/2005 at 09:31 (6,829 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

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Close enough for a day trip to go get... Hmmm... Am I crazy enough to try?

Post# 78434 , Reply# 9   8/15/2005 at 10:50 (6,829 days old) by westytoploader ()        

"Hmmm...Am I crazy enough to try?"

I'd say go for it!! ;-)


Post# 78447 , Reply# 10   8/15/2005 at 11:53 (6,829 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Peter GO FOR IT!

John LeFever has one like this in one of his warehouses I saw in 2002. I too noticed the delicate cycle at the time. Probably 1-speed with this cycle just being very quick.


Post# 78456 , Reply# 11   8/15/2005 at 12:58 (6,829 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        

Peter ... GO FOR IT!!! Take the temptation away from me!! :-) Actually, I have room for just one at a time; they are so cool to look at, however.



Post# 78459 , Reply# 12   8/15/2005 at 13:14 (6,829 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

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You guys are NOT helping me!!!

Of all the Maytags out there, this is the one I would want because the styling is like no other.


Post# 78461 , Reply# 13   8/15/2005 at 13:22 (6,829 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        

I know what you mean, Peter!! I LOVE the styling of my 101P. It is unique, isn't it? These were only made for a few years before the center dial.

Robert's original 1949 AMP is also unique with the control dials on the top of the machine.

I like the idea of maintaining a bit of Maytag history. They were quite good machines.


Post# 78493 , Reply# 14   8/15/2005 at 14:50 (6,829 days old) by scott55405 ()        

Fun, fun, fun! You should get it if you like the style Peter, it would be good for it to be saved.

Does anyone know if this delicate cycle is a speed-related thing, or is it just a shorter version of the regular cycle?


Post# 78523 , Reply# 15   8/15/2005 at 17:44 (6,829 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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I emailed the seller about shipping and/or holding it for pick up in order to have time to plan a short trip (well, not so short at $2.50/gal for gas - thanks George!) and she said it would be no problem.

You go for it Peter - that will let me hold out for one a little older ;-)


Post# 78555 , Reply# 16   8/15/2005 at 19:17 (6,829 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Peter, please come take me home. I wanna reside with the rest of the classic washers. I will continue to feel wanted and needed rather than sent to the krusher. OWWW IT HURTS!!!"

Post# 78595 , Reply# 17   8/15/2005 at 21:46 (6,828 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
Product line

I assume there were "regular" Maytags at the same time they were making AMP's, so what was the difference and why would a customer buy one over the other?

Post# 78617 , Reply# 18   8/15/2005 at 22:42 (6,828 days old) by thirtyater ()        

Wow, how sweet and very close too! Is the logo in the middle of the control panel lighted?

Post# 78621 , Reply# 19   8/15/2005 at 23:02 (6,828 days old) by wmlask (Spring Grove, IL)        
AMP

Can anyone explain what AMP means?
Thanks,


Post# 78658 , Reply# 20   8/16/2005 at 07:42 (6,828 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        

AMP = Automatic Maytag Pump!!

They also had AM's ... Automatic Maytag ... with a gravity drain.


Post# 78660 , Reply# 21   8/16/2005 at 08:09 (6,828 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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The AMP style machines were intro'd in 1949, the perforated tub helical drive washers were intro'd in 1958 and the AMP style machines were no longer made after the helical drive style came out.

Post# 78668 , Reply# 22   8/16/2005 at 08:54 (6,828 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

We found our 102P back in the 80s and have moved it to at least 3 different storage situations, each move involved renting the longest truck we could rent, hiring strong people to help load it and the pickup and needing to make more than one trip. It had to sit on cardboard for years because the tranny was leaking, but that has ceased. The delicate cycle is 18 minutes long; most of that is filling, very short agitation periods. It was Fabric-Matic 101. The Ebay machine is only the second 102P to turn up in a long time, pretty rare among Maytags.

Post# 78679 , Reply# 23   8/16/2005 at 10:02 (6,828 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        

Thirtyater ... yep ... the Maytag logo lights up when the machine is on.


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