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Thread Number: 62477
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Maytag Model 80 |
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| Post# 850662 11/9/2015 at 12:05 (3,083 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
So before I went to get the Maytag A4MP the seller sent me a couple pictures of a Maytag wringer he thought Id be interested in. I told him I already had two. He stated he would probably end up scrapping it which I thought a shame but I still wasn't planning on bringing it home.
So after loading the A4MP on the truck he asks if I wanted to look at the wringer as long as Im there. He said he hated the idea of scrapping it and would I like it for scrap price. So it came home along with the automatic. I thought it worth the $55.00 I paid. Its in nice shape with the original Maytag motor. The drain hose is missing. Will need a new cord. From info I found on Maytag Collectors Club site the Serial #853941 would put build date somewhere between Oct and Dec 1926. I had sent the pictures the seller sent to me to our fellow member Brad Ross. In his opinion the wringers are from a later Model 30. Please excuse my finger in the first picture! This post was last edited 11/09/2015 at 17:06 | ||
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| Post# 850675 , Reply# 1 11/9/2015 at 13:37 (3,083 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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| Post# 850695 , Reply# 2 11/9/2015 at 17:37 (3,083 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada) | ||
Yeay, another one saved!
I got your e-mail, Ken. Thanks for posting these photos! Glad you have the room (unlike me) to save another Gray Ghost from the scrapper!
I've attached a photo of the wringer assembly from a model 80 (photo courtesy of Smokstak.com). You can see the "primitive" nature of it compared with the upgraded version for later model 90, when the larger, balloon-type roll was introduced, and the tension springs were hidden behind the frame. Also, the gear box and on/off handle was changed. Further enhancements and changes came with the assembly for the model 30, which is what you have. I'm guessing it would have been fairly common for people to upgrade the wringer assembly when the "new and improved" version was introduced, especially if the rest of the machine was still in good working order.
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| Post# 850742 , Reply# 3 11/9/2015 at 21:25 (3,083 days old) by stan (Napa CA) | ||
Ken | ||
| Post# 850806 , Reply# 4 11/10/2015 at 08:14 (3,083 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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