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Thread Number: 3700
gansky1 & gyrafoam visit Iowa and bring a riddle |
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Post# 90056 10/22/2005 at 00:12 (6,755 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Steve (gyrafoam) flew into Omaha on Thursday and we drove up to Early, Iowa today for a day of appliance hunting. Steve brought back a Maytag Super Highlander A200 time-fill, helical drive washer among other fun small odds and ends and I brought back a NIB KitchenAid KD-18 series plexiglas display panel and a "mystery machine." Since we all love the washer-riddles so much, we thought than rather unveil the washer that I bagged today, we'd test everyone's knowlege of washer manufacturing history with a guessing game. I'll post the first hint after a couple of the sights we saw today... Here is a picture of the Hardware Hank store where the owner, in business since 1959 selling hardware, Hoover, Maytag and a little KitchenAid has been stockpiling stuff for 46 years.(OK, it's a junkyard inside and out) 
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Post# 90057 , Reply# 1 10/22/2005 at 00:14 (6,755 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 90058 , Reply# 2 10/22/2005 at 00:15 (6,755 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 90059 , Reply# 3 10/22/2005 at 00:18 (6,755 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 90060 , Reply# 4 10/22/2005 at 00:19 (6,755 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 90061 , Reply# 5 10/22/2005 at 00:21 (6,755 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 90063 , Reply# 6 10/22/2005 at 00:32 (6,754 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Cool and interesting place---Lots of disembodied wringer washers.Any vacuums amongst all of those treasures?Good appliance hunting spot. | ||
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Post# 90066 , Reply# 7 10/22/2005 at 01:50 (6,754 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 90078 , Reply# 8 10/22/2005 at 05:42 (6,754 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 90084 , Reply# 9 10/22/2005 at 06:32 (6,754 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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turning negative to positive. | ||
| Post# 90087 , Reply# 10 10/22/2005 at 08:02 (6,754 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
Steve (Gyrafoam) is to blame for finding these kinds of places to enter! Remeber last month with Steve 1-18? Remember how nasty and dirty those pix were? OY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have fun guys and Steve, the Highlander is an awsome find! Now make another connection and when I come to Atlanta, I want the Rollermatic and the Highlander next to each other - working and washing! Steve | ||
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Post# 90105 , Reply# 11 10/22/2005 at 14:30 (6,754 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Great find Greg! | ||
| Post# 90126 , Reply# 12 10/22/2005 at 17:36 (6,754 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 90128 , Reply# 13 10/22/2005 at 18:03 (6,754 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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Wow, great finds guys!! Interesting place too, and I bet they have some NIB steel-tank Shop-Vacs there!! Would love to check it out! Did you see any Hoover twinnies by any chance? | ||
| Post# 90135 , Reply# 14 10/22/2005 at 18:34 (6,754 days old) by bostonwash () | ||
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now this is shopping! that place is like a dream come true. | ||
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Post# 90138 , Reply# 15 10/22/2005 at 18:43 (6,754 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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It is a fun place, the couple who own the store are very nice people. We didn't have time to do much digging to get a couple more things out we wanted but are planning another trip up there soon to fetch a couple more things - Ben, you and Cory are more than welcome to go along too! There are many more washers and dryers around there, mostly Maytag. Here's one I 'peed around' while we were climbing about. There are also a couple of Kelvinator dishwashers (D&M) and a Frigidaire d/w back in a corner, a similar Kenmore washer to the 63 I found this summer but maybe a lower end model, I think it said 517 or 518 on the panel (??) a 67-68 Lady Kenmore w/gold vari-flex and as you probably saw, many, many wringer washers. Steve and I have been cooking and baking all afternoon today, the sales were mostly a bust, but we're loading up the never-used avocado Kenmore dishwasher for it's virgin load tonight. We'll post more pics later of the fun! 
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| Post# 90139 , Reply# 16 10/22/2005 at 18:48 (6,754 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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517-518...that's definitely a large-capacity model with the BIG 3-vane agitator! I found a 518 in OK shape, but the centerpost was rusted and it had fallen victim to hard water. Did keep the top panel and that cool agitator though! | ||
| Post# 90141 , Reply# 17 10/22/2005 at 18:54 (6,754 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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I've never seen a time-filled Maytag before. I can't wait to see it when you get it home, Steve. That old 55 in the warehouse would be a beauty all cleaned up too. Les | ||
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Post# 90150 , Reply# 18 10/22/2005 at 20:17 (6,754 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 90151 , Reply# 19 10/22/2005 at 20:20 (6,754 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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And isn't Greg's P102 Highlander a timed-fill machine? | ||
| Post# 90191 , Reply# 20 10/23/2005 at 00:28 (6,753 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington) | ||
yes I have time-fill Maytag
I got it about a year ago. I think its about a '56, BOL, black bakelite agitator, 3 water-temps, 1 speed, 1 cycle.(the water levels is preset on the timer dial, 1/2,3/4,Full.) you turn the timer dial to the water level you want to start the washer,and when the water level has been reached, it goes into the wash cycle(timer advances every 30 seconds from from the start of filling, through the cycle.) when I can get my timer to energize,(I need a new timer for it.. it takes a while to get the timer to start running after it sits overnight etc.)its a great washer other wise. It's a bit noisey but does the job well!! Rich | ||
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Post# 90227 , Reply# 21 10/23/2005 at 08:09 (6,753 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 90306 , Reply# 22 10/23/2005 at 18:08 (6,753 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
aw man | ||
| Post# 90347 , Reply# 23 10/23/2005 at 22:55 (6,753 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Hi Greg and Steve, Sure looks like you guys had some fun at that place!! Would love to go digging in there too. What a neat find in the Kitchen Aid glass front. Can't wait to see that one in action. Terry | ||
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Post# 90352 , Reply# 24 10/23/2005 at 23:08 (6,753 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Yes, Peter, the place has gotten worse! No more appliances added to the piles in the warehouse, but there are certainly more outside the store. It's amazing really, I don't know how he's able to keep that stuff around like that being a safety and fire hazzard, definitely a "good 'ol boy network" around there! Louis, the picture is of the back of a school bus converted to a camper. It no longer runs, but that probably goes without saying ;-) I don't think much of anything runs in that warehouse anymore. There are more Hoover & Maytag twinnies around the place, lots of them actually, but they are all in need of much work - mostly pumps. | ||
| Post# 90407 , Reply# 25 10/24/2005 at 08:24 (6,752 days old) by retromom () | ||
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WOW! You guys are going right down my alley! I love scavenging through places like this. If you can get past the crap....the treasures are yours for the taking. Absolutely love the Kitchen Aid! FAB! Venus :-D | ||
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Post# 90427 , Reply# 26 10/24/2005 at 09:31 (6,752 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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