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A Graveyard of Washing Machines |
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Post# 322354   1/4/2009 at 05:01 (5,562 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Hi guys, I was contacted by a washer repairer who said he had a "graveyard" of machines, some of which he said i might be interested in. So, on a recent trip interstate, i decided to pay him a visit. Here are a couple of pics of some of the more older machines. This first pic is a Wilkins Servis 506 (pretty much a helical drive Maytag) in Avocado. I have already purchased it. Defintely will require some work and more than likely a re-spray. I already have a nice spare control panel which hasn't faded. Cheers Leon |
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Post# 322355 , Reply# 1   1/4/2009 at 05:02 (5,562 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 322356 , Reply# 2   1/4/2009 at 05:06 (5,562 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 322357 , Reply# 3   1/4/2009 at 05:07 (5,562 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 322358 , Reply# 4   1/4/2009 at 05:12 (5,562 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 322359 , Reply# 5   1/4/2009 at 05:13 (5,562 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 322360 , Reply# 6   1/4/2009 at 05:14 (5,562 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 322361 , Reply# 7   1/4/2009 at 05:15 (5,562 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 322362 , Reply# 8   1/4/2009 at 05:17 (5,562 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 322363 , Reply# 9   1/4/2009 at 05:21 (5,562 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Hi Chris Yes, that's a Hoover Zodiac. He had a few Hoover's there, plus lots of Simpsons and Kelvinator's of various vintages. Unfortunately, we were both on timetables, so i couldn't take pics of everything. I will more than likely be going back sometime this year and decide exactly what else i might want....defintely one of the Frigidaires above thats for sure. Cheers Leon |
Post# 322372 , Reply# 10   1/4/2009 at 05:39 (5,562 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 322373 , Reply# 11   1/4/2009 at 05:45 (5,562 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Hey Chris Well....you could always try and advertise for a Hoover Keymatic. Nathan found his that way, although it wasn't initially the machine he wanted, but there are still some out there. As for the Four Speed programmed Fluid Drive: Yes, it does work, however, the timer will need a repair as apparently its not completing the entire cycle and the gearbox will need to be swapped over with a spare one i have as during transit, it unfortunately leaked oil on the way back from interstate. The owner was an elderly woman who bought it new in about 1970 and when it started give timer problems, bought a new one and put this one in the shed. Cheers Leon |
Post# 322375 , Reply# 12   1/4/2009 at 05:58 (5,562 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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Well mum got hers in 1968...August to be exact as they moved into the house on the bank holiday long weekend (she worked for the Bank of NSW) ...and it is interesting that mum did the timer in hers at least twice in the time she owned it and then something happened to the 'spin'. When it was fixed it would spin rather slowly and you could still wring water out....so that coupled with the hotwater solinoid going meant the machine went... |
Post# 322376 , Reply# 13   1/4/2009 at 06:07 (5,562 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 322378 , Reply# 14   1/4/2009 at 06:19 (5,562 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 322416 , Reply# 15   1/4/2009 at 12:11 (5,562 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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That looks like a very interesting place to wonder around! I would love to rescue some of (or all of?) those machines! Being that they are all out in the weather, it looks like some (most?) are not in that great of condition.... but hopefully with a little TLC.......? That Lightburn "King Size", I've never seen anything like that, pretty neat! And the photo of the 1965 Frigidaire Multimatic "Deluxe", what is that growing out from around the lid? Mold, fungus, moss? Eeew! LOL |
Post# 322457 , Reply# 17   1/4/2009 at 15:57 (5,562 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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Post# 322458 , Reply# 18   1/4/2009 at 16:04 (5,562 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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Post# 322488 , Reply# 19   1/4/2009 at 19:27 (5,562 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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The main difference between our machines and the British ones were that we kept the basic design of the post 'slant front' keymatic and ditched the detergent drawer. A shame really as we didn't get it back until the Electra 530/535.... A really good Zodiac is a very good and capable machine with its' 5 rinses.... |
Post# 322668 , Reply# 20   1/5/2009 at 19:57 (5,561 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 322677 , Reply# 21   1/5/2009 at 21:04 (5,561 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 322692 , Reply# 22   1/5/2009 at 22:12 (5,561 days old) by phamq ()   |   | |
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There're got to be close to a hundred to choose from. Most probably just need painting job. There should be 1 in the state. |
Post# 323860 , Reply# 23   1/12/2009 at 20:42 (5,554 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)   |   | |
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WOW! Where is this "graveyard"? What is growing under the lids of those Frigidaires? I wonder if the owner would be tempted to repair them for a paying customer? |
Post# 708539 , Reply# 24   10/11/2013 at 04:06 (3,821 days old) by BlogShag ()   |   | |
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OMG! No. 322361 is sooo ugly. It looks like a freakin' toilet |
Post# 878250 , Reply# 25   4/23/2016 at 02:40 (2,897 days old) by Hoover525 (Sydney Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 878261 , Reply# 26   4/23/2016 at 06:30 (2,896 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 878387 , Reply# 28   4/24/2016 at 15:55 (2,895 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 878393 , Reply# 29   4/24/2016 at 17:25 (2,895 days old) by simpsomatic (Melb, Aust-now Palm Springs,US)   |   | |
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If I am not mistaken this graveyard is in plain eyesight along a major thoroughfare in Melbourne. Growing up those Frigidaire's and our Thor trimatic were my favorite machines. |
Post# 878397 , Reply# 30   4/24/2016 at 18:15 (2,895 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 878421 , Reply# 31   4/24/2016 at 23:00 (2,895 days old) by Hoover525 (Sydney Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 878431 , Reply# 32   4/24/2016 at 23:49 (2,895 days old) by Tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Makes me think of the appliance graveyards in Aberdeen, motive parts in Rapid City South Dakota.Pthose are gone,now. |
Post# 878544 , Reply# 34   4/25/2016 at 18:19 (2,894 days old) by Blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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Using Google Earth, I scanned around the Tullarmarine Freeway. Couldn't find the graveyard on the current images.
However, I did find something that I would consider to be unusual--how close the houses are to each other. Barely just a driveway separating them. One normally thinks of Australia as being a land of wide-open land. Not everywhere, I guess. |
Post# 878555 , Reply# 36   4/25/2016 at 20:50 (2,894 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 878874 , Reply# 37   4/28/2016 at 07:44 (2,891 days old) by Hoover525 (Sydney Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 879229 , Reply# 39   5/1/2016 at 15:28 (2,888 days old) by Hoover525 (Sydney Australia)   |   | |
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