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My first vintage wringer washer |
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Post# 237844 9/22/2007 at 13:53 (6,053 days old) by petek  (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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I was out garage saling this morning and happened upon this little number. It's quite interesting, the guy who had it said he used it in his garage for cleaning rags etc and I'm wondering if that's in fact what it was built for in the first place, shop stuff. It's called the Monitor and made by a company called Monitor in Toronto. Works like charm, he said he replaced the drain hose (gravity drain) and I noticed it's leaking every so slightly probaly where that drain hose is connected. It's quiet too with the belt drive side mounted agitator disk much like on the Hoovers. Here's some pics It needs some rust paint or somethhing especially on the belt drive side. 
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Post# 237845 , Reply# 1 9/22/2007 at 13:54 (6,053 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 237846 , Reply# 2 9/22/2007 at 13:56 (6,053 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 237847 , Reply# 3 9/22/2007 at 13:57 (6,053 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 237848 , Reply# 4 9/22/2007 at 13:58 (6,053 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 237849 , Reply# 5 9/22/2007 at 14:04 (6,053 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 237851 , Reply# 6 9/22/2007 at 14:09 (6,053 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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And then I just finish posting all this stuff and find one on fleabay. Mine only cost $10 though. CLICK HERE TO GO TO petek's LINK on eBay | ||
| Post# 237857 , Reply# 7 9/22/2007 at 15:57 (6,053 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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Very cool, Pete! Enjoy. Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
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Post# 238384 , Reply# 9 9/25/2007 at 10:39 (6,050 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Hmmm very well could be it's very similar but I have no idea when mine was made. I'm not even familiar with the name Monitor except that I have seen a cylinder vacuum cleaner with the name on it which obviously looked to be from the 40's or early 50's. I'll have to do a little researching. Could be that Hoover bought the firm at sometime
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Post# 239162 , Reply# 10 9/28/2007 at 19:44 (6,047 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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I have the Hoover version of this!
Hey, Pete, cool machine! I have the Hoover-made version that I think was made in the early 50's. Sadly, I will have to try and sell off mine - I will find out on Monday if I am going to be moving from two houses in the lower Laurentians to one kinda small house on the Quebec-Vermont border... Enjoy the Monitor!! | ||
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Post# 239197 , Reply# 11 9/29/2007 at 00:09 (6,047 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 239692 , Reply# 12 9/30/2007 at 21:41 (6,045 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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For sure - I will get some pix next week when I head back up to the houses that are going to be sold. I am also going to have to figure out what to do with a late '60s Simplicity wringer washer that lives in the garage right now. I wish had kept a 1950 Hotpoint wringer washer that I saved from the trash. I scrapped it when the pump drive wheel wore out - if I'd tried looking on eBay or something I'll bet I could have fixed it. Oh well, live and learn...
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Post# 241506 , Reply# 13 10/10/2007 at 10:12 (6,035 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Finally found some history on this and the company under Monitor Equipment Corp. Looks like it's from the 40's
CLICK HERE TO GO TO petek's LINK | ||
| Post# 241564 , Reply# 14 10/10/2007 at 14:21 (6,035 days old) by 74simon () | ||
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Hey pete, here's a picture from the Science museum website of the 1948 0307 with the side-mounted impeller, and link to further images of it: CLICK HERE TO GO TO 74simon's LINK 
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| Post# 241566 , Reply# 15 10/10/2007 at 14:24 (6,035 days old) by 74simon () | ||
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And this is my 1976 power wringer version, with a pedal controlling the wringer. I'd love to know when Hoover stopped making these, as the pedal was introduced in 1975 AFAIK to comply with a new safety legislation. 
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Post# 241610 , Reply# 16 10/10/2007 at 17:59 (6,035 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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