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Post# 512466   4/19/2011 at 20:43 (4,748 days old) by sharples ()        

Evening my appliance buddies, well i haven't had much luck with vintage washers/dryer recently until i saw an auction add in my local paper. It said old appliances, well this could mean a million different things but since it had listings for tons of scrap metal i knew i had to go (TIP: always a good sign of a hoarder!!!). So i took a personal day and low and behold, (not one of my million wasted wild goose chases) i caught these beauties!!! Yay, 3 control tower washers, 1 control tower dryer and 2 really old frigidaire washers...more pictures to come tomorrow.




Post# 512469 , Reply# 1   4/19/2011 at 20:45 (4,748 days old) by sharples ()        
another pic from the other side,,,

You only see 5 in this picture but the sixth washer is in the barn...yet to be bought (when this picture was taken, i got it trust me), but i got them all home about a second ago. :) Oh and with that lot i got an old thermador wall oven, i thought it was cute. It seems unusually small so i think it might have been made for a travel trailer???

Post# 512471 , Reply# 2   4/19/2011 at 20:49 (4,748 days old) by sharples ()        
Pic's

They look a lot more battered then they really are...i think i good scrub will make them look like a million bucks... BTW they weren't originally stored outside, they were in a dilapidated old car shed. Go figure.

Post# 512472 , Reply# 3   4/19/2011 at 20:50 (4,748 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)        
Wow

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Congratulations to you man!  Quite a find there.  Looks like you got a lot of cleaning to do Smile


Post# 512473 , Reply# 4   4/19/2011 at 20:52 (4,748 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Awesome!  Your retirement fund is fully vested now Laughing


Post# 512476 , Reply# 5   4/19/2011 at 20:56 (4,748 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Hot-diggity dawg!!  You hit the motherload!!!  I for one, cannot express my joy and gratituide you saved this from the clutches of the scrappers and crusher!!!  Just the thought of that happening makes me nauseated!!!  Graham you da man!!


Post# 512486 , Reply# 6   4/19/2011 at 21:33 (4,748 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
OMG

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You did hit the Motherload !!!

Post# 512489 , Reply# 7   4/19/2011 at 21:53 (4,748 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        
Um, wow?

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Not one, not two, not three, but SIX pre '59 Frigidaire washers? You'd better go buy a lotto ticket!

Are any of the '57 Control Towers Pulsamatics? The '57 in the second photo, in the forefront, could go either way. I can't tell which timer glass it has.

Ben


Post# 512491 , Reply# 8   4/19/2011 at 21:57 (4,748 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)        
Wow.

Just WOW.


I hope they all can be restored, or at worst,(?) harvested for parts.



Lawrence/Maytagbear


Post# 512500 , Reply# 9   4/19/2011 at 22:13 (4,748 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Yay Graham, wow get scrubbing mister!   Those are fabulous, can't wait to see more.  Congratulations. 

 

Good question about the Pulsamatic Ben???  The agitator is the instant give away.


Post# 512513 , Reply# 10   4/19/2011 at 22:45 (4,748 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
An old Frigidaire Hoarder--AMAZING

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a 49, and we only know of one of those

 

TWO custom deluxe and a custom imperial Tower

 

a WO-2

 

mother lode indeed--of Frigidaires!!! How unusual is this? Do you know the story?

 

Did not know Pulsamatics came in the Tower version. Learned something new today.


Post# 512521 , Reply# 11   4/19/2011 at 23:10 (4,748 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

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Impressive haul!!! Congrats!!!

Post# 512527 , Reply# 12   4/19/2011 at 23:31 (4,748 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)        
Wow

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That's quite the haul, congrats on finding these!  This doesn't happen very often these days.


Post# 512534 , Reply# 13   4/20/2011 at 01:11 (4,748 days old) by westingman123 ()        
wow!

Hey, send some of that Karma this way--absolutely astounding!

Post# 512538 , Reply# 14   4/20/2011 at 02:37 (4,748 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Wow..!!!

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Congratulations Graham, just goes to show it always pays off in the end, what you think is "Just Another Auction" turns up trumps.....now wheres that can of elbow grease!!!

Enjoy, Mike



Post# 512578 , Reply# 15   4/20/2011 at 08:30 (4,748 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

I am so happy for you! With porcelain cabinets, those will clean up super easy.

Post# 512590 , Reply# 16   4/20/2011 at 09:09 (4,748 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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A real treasure trove!!  What a great find!   I can't believe there's a control tower set there!! 

I'll come down and scrub them if you need the help!  LOL


Post# 512595 , Reply# 17   4/20/2011 at 09:44 (4,748 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)        

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I would love to see one of those Control Tower machines fully restored in model condition, too!

Pin 'em up when you get done! Great find, there...


-- Dave


Post# 512596 , Reply# 18   4/20/2011 at 09:44 (4,748 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
FRIGIDARE WASHER FIND

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Good haul Graham, that TD wall oven was thier standard size oven, in fact it was thier only size wall oven. It would be from the early to mid 1950s. Looks like a lot of fun I will talk to you soon. 


Post# 512611 , Reply# 19   4/20/2011 at 12:03 (4,747 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )        

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What I want to know is how many scrappers did you piss off by getting them all?


Post# 512618 , Reply# 20   4/20/2011 at 12:47 (4,747 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa)        

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Way to go Graham.  I had too much work to do yesterday or I would have been there.  The auction was about 2 miniutes from my house.   

 

With all the rain we had, wasn't that old farm just a LITTLE muddy?  How was the crowd?

 

Congrats.




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Post# 512621 , Reply# 21   4/20/2011 at 13:09 (4,747 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)        

I'd say you hit the jackpot for sure!

Post# 512700 , Reply# 22   4/20/2011 at 20:40 (4,747 days old) by danelto (State College, PA)        

Hey Graham:

Wanna split a Powerball ticket?


Post# 512707 , Reply# 23   4/20/2011 at 21:32 (4,747 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa)        

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Graham I had a friend who lived near Manhaim but on the out skirts near his family's farm.

It is so beuatiful out there in Lancaster Pa. Amish Country as well.

 He would take me to the farmers show, I never knew there are so many variety of vegitables and how a string bean really suppose to look like lol it was fascinating.

 

So ther must be jackpots of stuff hidden up there do you think... BOY YOU GOT SOME TRESSURES THERE !

I'm glad you found them it was ment to be... Cant wait to see when you get them together and cleaned up and testing GOOD LUCK !

How are you doing this one machine at a time  ?

 

 

Darren k.

 


Post# 512746 , Reply# 24   4/21/2011 at 03:37 (4,747 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California)        

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Good job with the Control Towers! Hang on to those as long as you can, those seem to be pretty rare. And by the way.....where are the money shots???

Post# 512752 , Reply# 25   4/21/2011 at 06:10 (4,747 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

Congratulations, its been quite a while  since we have enjoyed seeing such a large score of beauties at ONE time.  Just as others have posted, it may not take much elbow grease for the cleaning.  Dawn and hot water can perform near miracles on that old porcelain. Did the previous owner seem to have a soft spot for Frigidaire, or was there several of everything?. Best of luck.  WOW.  alr2903


Post# 512986 , Reply# 26   4/22/2011 at 07:06 (4,746 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
I'll say you hit the jackpot

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3 tower tops in one sitting,last time I saw that was over 10 years ago in S.Dakota! Get scrubbing we wanna see waves of washing action!
Be careful, those Unimatics spin at 1140!


Post# 513859 , Reply# 27   4/26/2011 at 08:08 (4,742 days old) by sharples ()        
Charcoal Set

Wow, if the Charcoal set went for $2,000. I have a gold mine, LOL J/K If anyone wants to know, i paid $70. for all 7 appliances. $60. to a couple guys to help me get them out of the barn and $70. for fuel. (So i got all mine for a total of $200.) So just keep your eyes out, we find em much cheaper.

Post# 514058 , Reply# 28   4/26/2011 at 21:15 (4,741 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)        

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I'm still drooling over my keyboard at those photos. Why can't we find those here in "CA" instead of "PA?" Looking forward to more pics. Congratulations!

Post# 515755 , Reply# 29   5/5/2011 at 01:15 (4,733 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California)        
Hey Washerlover......

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Are there any scrapyards like that up there? I've looked on the internet for places like that here in Fresno, and all I get results for are car wrecking yards.

Post# 515772 , Reply# 30   5/5/2011 at 06:55 (4,733 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
OLD APPLIANCE JUNK YARDS

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Vern it sometimes pays to ask or if you are there to look in old auto junk yards, some also took old appliances. I have spent a lot with my partner in old auto yards in the past few years. Last fall at a yard in Fresno Ca. I spotted the last solid tub SQ washer in a yard there that was in very good shape [ no rust at all ] and Kevin went and rescued it for his collection. You never know what you will find, the owner of the yard was only too happy to give me the washer for free.


Post# 515824 , Reply# 31   5/5/2011 at 12:30 (4,732 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)        

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Not any places like that up here that I know of. I do need to get chummier with the local appliances stores so I can pilfer thru what they pick up when they deliver a new machine...

Post# 516119 , Reply# 32   5/6/2011 at 23:57 (4,731 days old) by A440 ()        
Awesome Finds!

I don't know how I missed this post.

Great finds and all at one place!  Amazing!

Have you had a chance to clean any of them up?  I bet they clean up easy.

Steve Riley (Gyrofoam) has a very nice 1947 & 1949 Frigidaire Flattop Unimatic in his collection.  In mint condition.  Up and running last time I visited.  Very rare machines!

These are such great finds you have there!

Brent



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