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Post# 123046 4/18/2006 at 21:34 (6,572 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Steve Riley drove out to Omaha last week for a few days, we had a really fun time with him and extend our thanks not only for a great weekend, but taking a whole truckload of appliances too! One of the things that was on the truck was this incredible 1963 Philco-Bendix gas Duomatic. Kim from Michigan drove in for a very short stop (wish you could have stayed longer, Kim) to pick up his Westinghouse spacemate set. He brought this along for Steve - what a beautiful combo this is! 
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Post# 123048 , Reply# 1 4/18/2006 at 21:37 (6,572 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 123050 , Reply# 2 4/18/2006 at 21:37 (6,572 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 123051 , Reply# 3 4/18/2006 at 21:38 (6,572 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 123052 , Reply# 4 4/18/2006 at 21:39 (6,572 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 123053 , Reply# 5 4/18/2006 at 21:43 (6,572 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 123054 , Reply# 6 4/18/2006 at 21:48 (6,572 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 123056 , Reply# 7 4/18/2006 at 21:50 (6,572 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 123057 , Reply# 8 4/18/2006 at 21:52 (6,572 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 123066 , Reply# 9 4/18/2006 at 22:13 (6,572 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Duomatic | ||
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Post# 123067 , Reply# 10 4/18/2006 at 22:16 (6,572 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 123074 , Reply# 11 4/18/2006 at 22:41 (6,572 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Steve congratulations on all those neat machines. Can't wait to hear how you like the Duomatic. Yay for Greg as well, I bet there is a lot more room in your garage. Terry | ||
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Post# 123162 , Reply# 12 4/19/2006 at 04:03 (6,572 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Gas!! | ||
| Post# 123172 , Reply# 13 4/19/2006 at 04:26 (6,572 days old) by mistervain () | ||
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I am incredibly jealous!!!! Wish I had a Duomatic. Please upload more photos! | ||
| Post# 123189 , Reply# 17 4/19/2006 at 06:40 (6,572 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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Post# 123190 , Reply# 18 4/19/2006 at 06:41 (6,572 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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A boy and his toys. 
What an aswesome machine! What is that round cut-out between the water inlet solenoid valves and the main pulley/flywheel? Is that a motorized ...... can't be........ an air inlet, can it be? Where is the gas burner located? What is the ariflow pattern during the dry cycle? Overall very fascinating mechanics. | ||
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Post# 123191 , Reply# 19 4/19/2006 at 06:43 (6,572 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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How dry I am........ | ||
| Post# 123197 , Reply# 20 4/19/2006 at 07:23 (6,572 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Post# 123199 , Reply# 21 4/19/2006 at 07:43 (6,572 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I have more photos to post, will try to do that in the next couple of days. The Duomatic gas combo is so cool. In 1959 Philco had redesigned the Duomatic from the larger, 36" version down to this 27" wide model. Toggle, the mechanism you see between the water valve and the main drive pulley is indeed a blower damper. The blower is driven directly from the transmission by a "jack shaft" and runs continuously through the cycle. To keep water out of the blower mechanism, there is a damper that seals the blower opening in the tub until the drying cycle when it opens and allows air to flow through the burner (which is below the tub on the right side looking from the back - behind the blower at about 5 o'clock). It's a very cool design and should give Steve hours of fun. | ||
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Post# 123202 , Reply# 22 4/19/2006 at 07:48 (6,572 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Just spent about an hour tinkering with the Duomatic. What a kool machine! The noises it makes really takes me back in time. Many thanks to Kim (Washndry) for a WONDERFUL toweeeee! | ||
| Post# 123221 , Reply# 23 4/19/2006 at 08:31 (6,572 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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Hey Steve, I hear you have the 63 Kenmore Greg had on ebay awhile back. I'd love to watch a load sometime and see all the othe goodies you've gotten since my last trip over. That duomatic is a beauty! Les | ||
| Post# 123224 , Reply# 24 4/19/2006 at 08:41 (6,572 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area) | ||
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Great washer Steve, oh I mean great dryer Steve, Oh Great Washer-Dryer! My favorite brand! | ||
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Post# 123229 , Reply# 25 4/19/2006 at 09:01 (6,572 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Wow Nice Find | ||
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Post# 123262 , Reply# 26 4/19/2006 at 11:35 (6,572 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 123263 , Reply# 27 4/19/2006 at 11:46 (6,572 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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just like what i did this easter too! | ||
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Post# 123264 , Reply# 28 4/19/2006 at 12:11 (6,572 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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re just like what i did this easter too!!
sorry guys, my camera must have reset itself to higher definition, so i cannot upload the photos of my washer dryer Duo being stripped down this easter, however i have managed to add them to my put file website , the latest ones are the top 6. I have great difficulty with digital micro chip blue tooth blah blah blah technology, spanners, belts, pulleys i understand!
CLICK HERE TO GO TO ricky5050's LINK | ||
| Post# 123285 , Reply# 29 4/19/2006 at 14:33 (6,571 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi) | ||
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what year was the last Duomatic? | ||
| Post# 123322 , Reply# 32 4/19/2006 at 19:05 (6,571 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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Oops...somehow my post got cut off. Kim, glad you got the Westinghouse SpaceMates. Hopefully they won't need much work to get them going; keep us posted on the progress! | ||
| Post# 123369 , Reply# 33 4/20/2006 at 00:08 (6,571 days old) by mistervain () | ||
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ricky5050 how'd you acquire the duo that hadnt been used until 2002?? kind of like meeting a unicorn i would imagine.... the kitchen is gorgeous btw. | ||
| Post# 123377 , Reply# 34 4/20/2006 at 01:48 (6,571 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi) | ||
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so what year WAS the last DuoMatic? | ||
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Post# 123378 , Reply# 35 4/20/2006 at 01:51 (6,571 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia) |
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In the UK and AU They were available until the mid to late 70's. I dont know about the US | ||
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Post# 123384 , Reply# 36 4/20/2006 at 05:16 (6,571 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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Hi mistervain my bendix had been delivered to a house in Leeds north england, brand new and sat in the owners pantry until a property developer bought the house after the previous owner died, he then sold it on ebay. It had all original as new papers taps soap etc. the only thng i need is the badge that sits on the front right hand side. its my only day to day washer and is used 3 times a week and works very well.
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| Post# 123390 , Reply# 37 4/20/2006 at 07:34 (6,571 days old) by westyslantfront () | ||
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Hi Steve. Congratulations on the new addition! Look forward to pictures of it washing and spinning. Ross | ||
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