Thread Number: 15044
How Late Did Maytag Make Yellow? |
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Post# 254513   12/16/2007 at 13:34 (5,947 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 254516 , Reply# 1   12/16/2007 at 13:58 (5,947 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 254707 , Reply# 2   12/17/2007 at 13:05 (5,946 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 254758 , Reply# 3   12/17/2007 at 16:42 (5,946 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 254772 , Reply# 4   12/17/2007 at 17:53 (5,946 days old) by maytagmike (Burlington, Vt)   |   | |
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Post# 254845 , Reply# 5   12/17/2007 at 22:04 (5,946 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 254932 , Reply# 6   12/18/2007 at 06:27 (5,945 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)   |   | |
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You had a choice of Spanish Avacodo, Cordoba Copper and Castillian Yellow. For this reason I surmise 2 things. 1. Maytag must have only offerd turqouise for a short time in 1966. 2. Maytag more than likely offered Castillian Yellow until 1968 (Ge introduced the color harvest in 1967 and that color was never called harvest gold by GE). PAT COFFEY |
Post# 254959 , Reply# 7   12/18/2007 at 08:12 (5,945 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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GE's Harvest", by default, became Harvest Gold because, like all the other colors of that era, it was "edged" and I imagine salesmen didn't note the distinction. Appliance manufacturers must have given in to the reality that customers might not necessarily buy all their machines from one brand and thus it was better to coordinate colors with other brands for replacement sales, etc. In the late seventies GE replaced their "Harvest" with "Harvest Wheat" which was NOT edged and was looking ahead to the set of colors that would edge out "Coppertone" and the ill-conceived "Avocado". In my opinion, GE should have stayed with its color set of the late fifties. But, again, no one ever listens to me.
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Post# 254999 , Reply# 8   12/18/2007 at 12:50 (5,945 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 255005 , Reply# 9   12/18/2007 at 13:33 (5,945 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 255016 , Reply# 10   12/18/2007 at 14:51 (5,945 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 255026 , Reply# 11   12/18/2007 at 15:23 (5,945 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston)   |   | |
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The 08 series was the last of the harvest gold Maytags, 1979. Bobby in Boston |
Post# 255043 , Reply# 12   12/18/2007 at 17:13 (5,945 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)   |   | |
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Post# 255044 , Reply# 13   12/18/2007 at 17:35 (5,945 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston)   |   | |
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Pat, I stand corrected. It seems to my memory that harvest gold was not listed in the 10 series catalogue, but I am getting more flakey every day. I know for a fact that the 12 series did not offer gold. Bobby in Boston |
Post# 255270 , Reply# 14   12/19/2007 at 17:50 (5,944 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 255286 , Reply# 15   12/19/2007 at 19:25 (5,944 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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