Brings back bunches of memories.  This is the first washer my parents owned.  I don't know when they bought it, but I was born in 1951 and I know my diapers were washed in it.  Mom loved it because it had 2 deep rinses.  I loved it because it had the lighted 'Maytag' sign on the front!

Thanks for sharing the video - you both done good.

Lawrence

Oh, we want all the dirt!  Spill it!  Then we'll wash up in the Maytag.  I remember bringing this washer home with Ben after he bought it.   It's one of the nicest AMP washers I've ever seen.  This lighted badge was just captivating -

This was the first washer my brothers and I rebuilt, we did this in 1966. We completely dissembled the machine down to the last gear replacing any bad or worn parts. We then used this machine for a little over a year as our families only washer for all 7 of us. After about a year it was pretty clear to my Mother that this washer did not do nearly as good a job cleaning and did an especially poor job rinsing the laundry as compared to my parents 1955 Kelvinator or the 1960 Franklin built CO-OP washers did. So I replaced it with a 1959 LKM that a Friend of Moms gave me, this was the first WP built washer my brothers and I rebuilt, It was light years better in performance in all respects to the AMP.

I also have a 1951 AMP thanks to Bob of Hollywood and I have like Ben the matching water condensing dryer. Thanks for your wonderful post about this machine, maybe it will encourage me to check out the matching dryer.

Philco in the early 1960s also had a perforated liner in a solid basket washer.

Thanks for sharing!

AMP washers, Ben you should know me by now and I call appliances as I have experienced them, I am just as critical of WP, GE and WCI-Frigidair products as MT. I did exaggerate a little when I said that the 1959 LKM washer was superior to the AMP in all respects, because actually the AMP has a much better and faster spin brake, so the MT does indeed stop much faster than the LKM from what it is barely doing LOL. I know that you are a big fan of GM built automobiles and WP built laundry is truly the GM of laundry appliances. Both companies had nearly 50% of the market for years, they must have been doing something right.

Mark I to am very interested in trying out the early MT water condenser dryer, if you can't get Ben to get his running you can come visit anytime and we will fire up mine. As you probably know I have a 2nd generation MT water dryer from 1957 that is fully restored and it works very well. I would put it ahead of the original FD Filtrate-rs that were built through 1960, although the FD Filtrate rs from 1961-1968 were completely redesigned and much better performers.

You guys made history--a beloved spray rinsing, gyrating Maytag that can now do the coveted Frigidairian overflow rinse. This is pure bliss! I was so happy and exciting watching, that I longed to be there so I could flip the switches and initiate a static overflow to see how its sound compared to that of the Unimatic when the motor is off and the water starts flowing into the outer tub. I tired to imagine this historic sound. Some day I hope to be there to hear it.

Soon after this model, Maytag moved the fill flume to direct the water spray directly onto the load in the tub and extended the spray to a full minute, (not sure how long yours sprays--a half from the Maytag DDD chart a few days ago?). When they did this, and it was a very long time ago, this they accomplished one of the best spray rinses in the business. Mark, I think the turnover just needed another minute to adjust its pattern to the higher level. Have seen this in my Conventionals. And then there was that irksome air pocket being stubborn.

So you made a fantasy come true. A genuine Maytag overflow. Thank you. And extra buttons to play with too. For what more can one ask?

Dearest John, our first disagreement: a Maytag will out-rinse a WP/KM any day of the week. There is no contest! It spins more soapy water out, (660 vs. 525?) and it sprays twice as long, 60 seconds vs. 28 sec. ( I hear ya: there's another 28 sec. after the WP/KM rinse.) Still, "nolo contendere."

Love,

Mike

And while in the lake, I had a funny thought, thinking of the polished chrome dome gyrator rising higher and higher like a wiener swelling on the grill. YAY

And for the record, John's most sought after dream machine is a Maytag, a combo, yes, but a Maytag nonetheless.

I would like to apologize to Ben and Mark for the poorly timed and placed comparison that I made between our families 1951 MT AMP and our 1959 LKM washers. You guys put a lot of effort into documenting this very cool machine which everyone including me enjoyed seeing running. I have over $700.00 invested in my MT AMP washer and water condensing dryer and have no plans of selling them.

Even thought the AMP and 59 LKM are almost 10 years apart in design and build for my families experience they were only a year apart so I always associate these two washers and early experiences are often very powerful in our memories. So to me it is like comparing a 1953 Nash Rambler to a 1959 Chrysler New Yorker [ both really cool cars ] but certainty an unfair and poorly placed comparison.

So once again Sorry, and keep up the good work, now we can see who gets the matching MT water condensing dryer running first.