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Post# 940264   5/25/2017 at 21:04 (2,520 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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Seller claims the thing is "dead stock", but I'm not so sure.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940s-Deadstock-...





Post# 940265 , Reply# 1   5/25/2017 at 21:14 (2,520 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)        

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Nope this is one of the later models made before the run ended. Same look, but different color and logo. Dead giveaway.

Post# 940271 , Reply# 2   5/25/2017 at 21:34 (2,520 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)        
"Never been used"...

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....Yet the plug has been replaced. Right.

Post# 940274 , Reply# 3   5/25/2017 at 21:51 (2,520 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
Nothing gets past you, does it!

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*LOL*

In defence of the changed plug my service manual for later model Maytag wringers does explain how and why to change plugs if required. This mainly had to do with grounding requirements.

As for the machine leaving aside the dull and pitted tub, small nicks/rust spots on outer enamel, the thing otherwise looks lightly used. If it were totally NIB the rollers would still have their coverings.

Close examination to our eyes does not show the dreaded oil leaks down legs. In fact all four casters look rather clean and shiny.

I'd say this is a "low use" machine. Certainly not "dead stock" from the 1940's.
To be fair perhaps the seller does not know Maytag sold wringer washers well into what? The 1980's? As such perhaps they are merely assuming it is from the 1940's.

Someone likely will decode the serial number and give us the low down.


Post# 940327 , Reply# 4   5/26/2017 at 11:44 (2,519 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        

Nope ... doesn't look new to me. I get February 1979 as the date. It has the dreaded safety pedal. Looks like the pedal hose and bulb were replaced. The originals were a gray hose and a gray pedal and by now, the safety pedal would have disintegrated.

Nice machine; wonder what it looks like underneath her "skirt"??!! Even with minimal usage, there was a lot of rusting that took place in the workings, unless conditions were extremely dry.

If it were new, you're right, Laundress ... it would have the Maytag paper on the rollers; those rollers look used, but not over used. Also, the front decal is looking a little faded. Those were silver in color, however.

Still will be a good, solid machine for someone!! :-)



Post# 940375 , Reply# 5   5/26/2017 at 18:32 (2,519 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
Did you ever have the feeling you was being, watched?

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Revision to listing made earlier today shows a price drop.

Wonder why that happened?

*LOL*




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