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Thread Number: 70739
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
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Post# 937195 5/8/2017 at 19:27 (2,542 days old) by countryford  (Austin, MN) |
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My husband and I drove from Phoenix Arizona to Spokane Washington to see his family and friends. While up here, we stopped to visit with his aunt. She lives out in the middle of nowhere on a farm. In the shed was this Apex dryer and in the spare house, was this Westinghouse washer. I asked her about them and she said I could have them. We were planning on renting a trailer to bring a couple of jukeboxes back with us, so I'll be bringing these too. The dryer is rusty and will be a bit difficult to remove from where it's at. Anyways, here are the pictures of them. I also added a picture of the view from their house. The next picture is of the farm, as your coming in from the road. The last picture is of her refrigerator in her garage, that she still uses. Avocado green Frigidaire.
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Post# 937210 , Reply# 1 5/8/2017 at 21:11 (2,542 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Great finds! That Westy washer is definitely worth bringing home and the Apex is certainly a rare bird as well. Not sure you'll love it as a daily driver, but you'll probably have the only one known to exist. Thanks for sharing and keep us updated on the jukes as well! Take care and have a safe trip.
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Post# 937215 , Reply# 2 5/8/2017 at 22:04 (2,542 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Lovely Finds! | ||
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Post# 937239 , Reply# 3 5/9/2017 at 00:16 (2,542 days old) by abcomatic (Bradford, Illinois) |
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HI, Is that a Maytag wringer washer next to the dryer? Have fun, Gary | ||
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Post# 937256 , Reply# 4 5/9/2017 at 01:31 (2,542 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 937482 , Reply# 6 5/10/2017 at 06:27 (2,540 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Late 60s WH Top Load washer Wow that really brings back memories to see that, hopefully it may still be in working condition. We saw a ton of these still working in the mid 70s but they seldom lasted very long with heavy use.
We always figured there were only two repairs that made economic sense to do on these washers, the inlet valve or the drive belt any thing else was just too expensive to repair even back in the 70s. Even a timer replacement cost over $100 in the early 70s because WH parts prices were about the most expensive in the industry as WH was trying to stay in the appliance business before they sold out to WCI in 1975.
Usually you would see a water pump seal failure that would take out the motor [ pump was assembled directly and on top of the motor ] or a transmission oil seal failure or other mechanical failure and unlike a GE FF the transmission was not easily replaceable.
Hope you found a working one Justin. | ||
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Post# 937503 , Reply# 7 5/10/2017 at 11:10 (2,540 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 937521 , Reply# 8 5/10/2017 at 14:49 (2,540 days old) by newvista58 (Northern NJ) | ||
VERY COOL JUSTIN.... | ||
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Post# 937562 , Reply# 9 5/10/2017 at 19:08 (2,540 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Nice find, Justin. I'm sure you can get that dryer looking good again. The scenery there is beautiful; I've never been to the Pacific Northwest, but have always wanted to go. Have a good trip! | ||
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Post# 938388 , Reply# 10 5/13/2017 at 21:44 (2,537 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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Went back to Steve's aunts for the washer and dryer. The shed the dryer was in has a very uneven floor. It was sitting on top of a wooden pedestal in the corner. Here are pictures of the shed it was in. It was still plugged in, although I doubt power was still to the shed. I also included a picture of both the machines in the trailer. Behind them are 2 jukeboxes.
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| Post# 938550 , Reply# 11 5/14/2017 at 19:31 (2,536 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
Justin | ||
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Post# 938732 , Reply# 12 5/15/2017 at 18:50 (2,535 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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| Post# 938734 , Reply# 13 5/15/2017 at 19:27 (2,535 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia) | ||
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| Post# 949609 , Reply# 14 7/23/2017 at 10:19 (2,466 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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What about pics of the jukes?????? | ||
| Post# 949648 , Reply# 15 7/23/2017 at 15:27 (2,466 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
Cool finds Justin!  | ||
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Post# 949816 , Reply# 16 7/24/2017 at 12:10 (2,465 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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Right now everything is on hold. We are in the middle of selling our other house. We had stuff stored there and it all got brought to our current house. Not to mention, around the first of the year I had to empty out the contents of a storage unit we had. Then add all this heat in the mix, it gets too hot in the garage to do anything, let alone move heavy stuff around.
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| Post# 949820 , Reply# 17 7/24/2017 at 12:26 (2,465 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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Still waiting on pics of the jukeboxes!!! .......................... | ||
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