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Thread Number: 51524
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Post# 738906 , Reply# 1 3/3/2014 at 00:00 (3,701 days old) by d-jones  (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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 Nice looking dryer and a good price. There's a handle for sale on eBay right now for about twenty dollars. See the link below. If you do decide to get this one the hard part will be finding the matching washer. This dryer looks like a 642C, but I may be wrong about that. If it is, a good companion washer would be a 142, but you'll need a 142 with the early glass panels that have the horizontal lines if you want to match this dryer. Unfortunately, they've been known to turn up with the later style glass panels found in the 700 series machines that have a pattern of gold dots and a gold Maytag script.
It's odd that the seller couldn't be bothered to move the stuff off the dryer before taking the picture. 
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Post# 738908 , Reply# 2 3/3/2014 at 00:19 (3,701 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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 Nice old dryer. What's not to like about the look and substance of a center dial Maytag?
My $.02: You might want to wait for a later model center dial to come along. You'll have an easier time of matching up a washer and dryer that way, or could even find a set with both. As David said above, finding a matching washer for a 642 dryer will likely require a lot of searching.
David, what's that round thing above the Maytag logo on the glass panel? | ||
| Post# 738923 , Reply# 3 3/3/2014 at 05:20 (3,700 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Lisa:
This is a very nice dryer, and you could definitely have it back in prime condition.
However, I'm going to second Ralph (rp2813) here and say that this is not going to be an easy machine to match with a washer. And if you do find the match, parts could be a problem, particularly those pretty glass panels and some other cosmetic items. If you want a really great vintage pair that will keep up with today's laundry and be relatively easy to find, I would suggest a "New Generation" pair of 806s, which were Maytag's top-of-the-line machines for a long time. They are rugged, good-looking, still have decent parts availability and they're not too hard to find. I have two 806 pairs - a late pair in Almond I'm using, and an early White pair I'm still working on as time permits, which it does not right now due to snow-shoveling. :( From the AW.org Archives, here's a shot of an A806 washer belonging to Mark, whose handle here is kenmore71: 
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| Post# 738924 , Reply# 4 3/3/2014 at 05:25 (3,700 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Matching 806 Dryer:
This is also Mark's machine. This one is gas, but electric ones are out there, and probably easier to find. The model number on this is DG806 (Dryer, Gas, Model 806). Note that the run of "New Generation" machines began in 1966, so the first year or so of production had colors available you don't often find on "modern" machines - Coppertone, Yellow and Turquoise. They're quite rare, but at least theoretically, they're out there. Later, Maytag offered Harvest and Avocado:
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Post# 738976 , Reply# 5 3/3/2014 at 10:49 (3,700 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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Ralph
Based on the fuzzy photo it's hard to say what that thing on the panel is, but it's most likely a sticker of some sort.
Lisa - I somehow managed to screw up the link I wanted to post above and it didn't even show up. So here it is now. CLICK HERE TO GO TO d-jones's LINK on eBay | ||
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Post# 739029 , Reply# 7 3/3/2014 at 14:34 (3,700 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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The ad says "sold" | ||
| Post# 739097 , Reply# 8 3/3/2014 at 19:51 (3,700 days old) by DigAPony () | ||
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it says "The WASHER is sold..." So it does, I stand corrected. Now how about that MT washer in my link? I say it is either a A408 or A608, the latter being one step down from TOL. | ||
| Post# 739157 , Reply# 10 3/4/2014 at 05:06 (3,699 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Lisa:
The "match" to an A 107 would be any Maytag dryer of the same era, except the 806, which had a lighted control panel. Maytag styled its control panels so that most washers and dryers appeared to match, so the customer who only wanted, say, a basic washer, but who wanted an automatic control dryer, could have an attractively matched pair.
That having been said, the A 107 is a verrrry basic machine, with no bells or whistles. If you'll keep looking, you'll find something with more features without too much effort. I would suggest going over to AW.org's "sister" site, Automatic Ephemera, where you can buy original sales and service literature in PDF format. You'll find Maytag brochures from several years; the 1966 one is the first year of the "New Generation" machines. Having the sales brochure will familiarize you with available models and their features - or lack thereof. I am amused that the seller of that 642 dryer claimed it was 20 years old. Closer to 50. Not that we hold that against nice appliances around here! CLICK HERE TO GO TO danemodsandy's LINK | ||
| Post# 739169 , Reply# 11 3/4/2014 at 06:39 (3,699 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia) | ||
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| Post# 739240 , Reply# 12 3/4/2014 at 14:01 (3,699 days old) by DigAPony () | ||
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A 107 is a verrrry basic machine Yes, and small capacity as well. I'd hold out for something closer to TOL, at this point they're all in the same price range. I picked up two nice A712 washers free last year, one was a matched set. | ||
| Post# 739278 , Reply# 15 3/4/2014 at 18:08 (3,699 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Lisa:
Your '57 Combination should have a door marked "Cheese" on the compartment next to the butter compartment. Inside each compartment was originally a glass dish, rectangular with handles on each of the short sides; the glass was textured on the outside and bottom, and smooth on the inside for easy cleaning. The cheese compartment door is exactly like the one for the butter compartment, except wider.
The Shopper's Square forum here on AW.org is where goodies are posted for sale, both appliances and parts. You are also welcome to post requests in that forum for things you'd like to buy. When posting those, beginning your thread title with "WTB" (Wanted to Buy) is helpful, like so: WTB: Cheese Compartment Door for 1957 GE Combination | ||
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Post# 739975 , Reply# 17 3/7/2014 at 00:58 (3,697 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Lisa, I would love to see pix of your fridge! I'm hoping a bottom freezer model with swing-out shelves will come my way one of these days.
My understanding is that the swing-out shelves showed up on GE Combinations in 1959 or later, but perhaps the larger capacity ones got the swing-outs even earlier. I've just always associated swing-out shelving with Frost Guard models.
Here's a picture of my '57 Combination, a 12 cf top freezer model with revolving shelves (the angle is deceptive but there are crispers under the lowest shelf): 
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| Post# 740003 , Reply# 18 3/7/2014 at 07:09 (3,696 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Ralph: | ||
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