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Thread Number: 42192
Vintage Speed Queen Automatic in Mpls |
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| Post# 621033 8/29/2012 at 10:02 (4,250 days old) by mr-maytag (Minneapolis, MN) | ||
Anyone interested in this? What do you know about them?
CLICK HERE TO GO TO mr-maytag's LINK on Minneapolis Craigslist | ||
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Post# 621034 , Reply# 1 8/29/2012 at 10:22 (4,250 days old) by Unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 621038 , Reply# 2 8/29/2012 at 10:36 (4,250 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Seller just called me | ||
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Post# 621039 , Reply# 3 8/29/2012 at 10:39 (4,250 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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WOW Robert, Just like the simulated pick up in the show! Life imitates art. | ||
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Post# 621040 , Reply# 4 8/29/2012 at 10:41 (4,250 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 621041 , Reply# 5 8/29/2012 at 10:44 (4,250 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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It is a great save though. Glad you could do it. | ||
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Post# 621043 , Reply# 6 8/29/2012 at 10:45 (4,250 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 621044 , Reply# 7 8/29/2012 at 10:46 (4,250 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 621045 , Reply# 8 8/29/2012 at 10:49 (4,250 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 621052 , Reply# 9 8/29/2012 at 11:24 (4,250 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 621056 , Reply# 10 8/29/2012 at 11:32 (4,250 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York) |
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Post# 621057 , Reply# 11 8/29/2012 at 11:33 (4,250 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 621058 , Reply# 12 8/29/2012 at 11:37 (4,250 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York) |
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Post# 621062 , Reply# 13 8/29/2012 at 11:56 (4,250 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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Speed Queen timers | ||
| Post# 621064 , Reply# 14 8/29/2012 at 12:09 (4,250 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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| Post# 621070 , Reply# 15 8/29/2012 at 12:29 (4,250 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada) | ||
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Post# 621072 , Reply# 16 8/29/2012 at 12:36 (4,250 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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| Post# 621074 , Reply# 17 8/29/2012 at 12:49 (4,250 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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Post# 621078 , Reply# 18 8/29/2012 at 13:32 (4,250 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 621118 , Reply# 19 8/29/2012 at 16:28 (4,250 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Isn't Gregs SQ! Very much like this one...??? | ||
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Post# 621123 , Reply# 20 8/29/2012 at 16:47 (4,250 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Congrats Robert | ||
| Post# 621142 , Reply# 21 8/29/2012 at 18:12 (4,250 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
That is the first SQ -- weren't they late to the automatic game, so it isn't 1947, but close...... I had one, but sold it to Ted (bless his heart)... The tub was porcelain, and the agitator was also replaced with a newer black plastic number... The badge on the front was missing also... Ted also has the matching SS top dryer (from John Lefever)...
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Post# 621158 , Reply# 22 8/29/2012 at 19:04 (4,250 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 621161 , Reply# 23 8/29/2012 at 19:13 (4,250 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Frist SQ Automatic washer | ||
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Post# 621211 , Reply# 24 8/29/2012 at 22:57 (4,250 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 621213 , Reply# 25 8/29/2012 at 22:59 (4,250 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 621214 , Reply# 26 8/29/2012 at 23:00 (4,250 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City) |
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Congratulations! Very cool washer! I have been looking for a vintage SQ as well, but was beginning to lose hope that anymore existed. This has restored my faith! :) Have fun & be sure to stay up way too late playing with it! Sorry to hear about your arm. Hope your feeling better soon | ||
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Post# 621215 , Reply# 27 8/29/2012 at 23:01 (4,250 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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I put it an aluminum agitator for the first wash, but now I switched it back. I do now believe that the bakelite agitator might have been the original. The machine is clearly low use and seems to work well. The timer motor needed changing the pump is leaking, but otherwise it seems to be just fine. The Fluid Drive could use some oil as well, but it washes!
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Post# 621219 , Reply# 28 8/29/2012 at 23:30 (4,250 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles) |
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Wow . . . Beautiful photo of a beautiful queen! | ||
| Post# 621220 , Reply# 29 8/29/2012 at 23:34 (4,250 days old) by A440 () | ||
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What a great looking machine! | ||
| Post# 621221 , Reply# 30 8/29/2012 at 23:42 (4,250 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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| Post# 621222 , Reply# 31 8/29/2012 at 23:43 (4,250 days old) by stan (Napa CA) | ||
amazing find Robert | ||
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Post# 621224 , Reply# 32 8/30/2012 at 00:04 (4,250 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Gorgeaus! | ||
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Post# 621228 , Reply# 33 8/30/2012 at 00:30 (4,250 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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Nice find Robert | ||
| Post# 621230 , Reply# 34 8/30/2012 at 00:57 (4,250 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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| Post# 621231 , Reply# 35 8/30/2012 at 01:11 (4,250 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
Wow! | ||
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Post# 621251 , Reply# 36 8/30/2012 at 04:50 (4,250 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Speed Queen! | ||
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Post# 621253 , Reply# 37 8/30/2012 at 05:19 (4,249 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Speed Queen | ||
| Post# 621254 , Reply# 38 8/30/2012 at 05:35 (4,249 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Amazing Find | ||
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Post# 621293 , Reply# 39 8/30/2012 at 08:46 (4,249 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Another first of the automatics - | ||
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Post# 621305 , Reply# 40 8/30/2012 at 09:52 (4,249 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 621306 , Reply# 41 8/30/2012 at 10:17 (4,249 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 621318 , Reply# 42 8/30/2012 at 11:28 (4,249 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Wow Robert! I have to echo Ben's comments, truly an AMAZING find! Of course it's perfect that you are the one to get it too, another of the "first automatic" to go with the rest of the "firsts" in your collection!
I like that it has the speckled porcelain tub and the bakelite agitator, something I would not expect to see in a Speed Queen!
How does the size and shape of the black agitator compare to the aluminum from the '57?
CONGRATS again!
Kevin
P.S... I hope your injured arm heals quickly! | ||
| Post# 621332 , Reply# 43 8/30/2012 at 12:35 (4,249 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
ROBERT | ||
| Post# 621335 , Reply# 44 8/30/2012 at 12:51 (4,249 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada) | ||
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| Post# 621350 , Reply# 45 8/30/2012 at 14:19 (4,249 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Awesome | ||
| Post# 621355 , Reply# 46 8/30/2012 at 14:34 (4,249 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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I wonder if Alliance would be interested in this machine? | ||
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Post# 621356 , Reply# 47 8/30/2012 at 14:38 (4,249 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Robert----you rebuilt the timer on your other SQ and posted lots of great info, but where did you get the timer contact pads for repair/replace/resolder
I took those parts from other good used timers. Every time I strip a machine for parts I save the timer so I have a ton of old timers that are filled with good parts. Under the machine the mechanicals are amazingly clean and you can still read the text on the belts. It really does appear that this machine was used very little. To my shock the agitator pulled right out without having the use any pressure, even the agitator cap turned without much force. So I can only find four things that are wrong with the machine, otherwise it works perfectly and its amazingly quiet: #1 Timer motor wont run, very common for those little round black timer motors. I just swapped it out and it works fine. #2 Pump was leaking, a simple tightening of the thumb screw seems to have cured it, the thumb screw was very loose. #3 Water valve is leaking. Again it seems to be the case of loose screws in the valve. I tightened them so later I will check to see if that fixed the leak. The water valve is dated stamped April 1952! #4 Spin pick up was lethargic, so adding 1/2 bottle of Zoom Spout oil into the fluid drive increased pickup to proper levels. The way I do this without having to remove any parts from the machine is I remove the oil plug from the top of the Fluid Drive housing and I stick the long plastic hose of the Zoom Spout bottle down into the oil plug hole. Then I squeeze the bottle so it fills the drive. If you put in too much oil the circuit breaker will trip during the start of spin. What I do in that case is stick the hose down to the bottom of the Fluid Drive and siphon some of the oil back up the hose and into the bottle so it wont trip the breaker, but the spin pick up is at the proper speed. There is a fine line between nice fast spin pickup and tripping the breaker. Oh and here is what Consumer Reports said about this machine... 
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Post# 621360 , Reply# 48 8/30/2012 at 14:58 (4,249 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 621366 , Reply# 49 8/30/2012 at 15:56 (4,249 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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| Post# 621389 , Reply# 50 8/30/2012 at 17:36 (4,249 days old) by in2itdood () | ||
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Totally cool! How awesome is that? wow wow wow! | ||
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Post# 621431 , Reply# 51 8/30/2012 at 21:37 (4,249 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 621432 , Reply# 52 8/30/2012 at 21:37 (4,249 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 621434 , Reply# 53 8/30/2012 at 21:41 (4,249 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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And now this is interesting as well. In my '57 Speed Queen (image on the right) I put in a brand new centerpost. I maybe have washed 50 loads in that machine since and you can see the condition of the new centerpost already. Now on the left is the new early Speed Queen, while the centerpost looks like it has washed more loads, it really is not that much different. Usually these centerposts are in pretty rough shape, I think this was a super lucky find.
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| Post# 621449 , Reply# 54 8/30/2012 at 22:26 (4,249 days old) by in2itdood () | ||
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Its just damn sassy! Love it ... off to bed with a washer chubsie ubsie tonight for sure!! | ||
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Post# 621451 , Reply# 55 8/30/2012 at 22:34 (4,249 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Fantastic find, Robert Glad you were able to get this rare machine for your collection. Hope your arm is healed up very soon. | ||
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Post# 621456 , Reply# 56 8/30/2012 at 23:14 (4,249 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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| Post# 621458 , Reply# 57 8/30/2012 at 23:21 (4,249 days old) by AutoWasherFreak () | ||
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Beautiful SQ! | ||
| Post# 621465 , Reply# 58 8/31/2012 at 01:10 (4,249 days old) by badgerdx () | ||
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I can't wait to see a vid... The internet is for washer porn... | ||
| Post# 621466 , Reply# 59 8/31/2012 at 01:13 (4,249 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Oh Robert and Fred now you can have 1st year "Speed Queen clean" laundry. Does it pump loudly at the beginning, like the coin ops? It's very nice alr. | ||
| Post# 621518 , Reply# 60 8/31/2012 at 06:55 (4,248 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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The Internet is for WASHER PORN! | ||
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Post# 621523 , Reply# 61 8/31/2012 at 07:23 (4,248 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Thats so fantastic 
to find a low use machine. What condition it is in, but why is it so much quieter, are the belts different? And those consumer reports are hysterical, complaint- washer spins too long after cycle ends!! how many babushka's were standing over their machine at the end while fat baby was howling upstairs?? LOL!
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Post# 621525 , Reply# 62 8/31/2012 at 07:35 (4,248 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 621863 , Reply# 63 9/1/2012 at 18:38 (4,247 days old) by launderall (Minneapolis, MN Orig home to Listerine & pop up Toastmaster) | ||
!st & last
WOW, Does anyone know who was the last "White Goods" manufacture was to offer a machine in this catagory of home laundry?
Early players were ABC, Apex, Bendix, Blackstone, Easy, Frigidaire, GE , Launderall, Maytag, Kenmore/Whirlpool, Westinghouse and Thor. They were offering unique designs to efficently ease the burdensome weekly chore of laundry for the "moderne post-war family". Many names fell fast with mergers, some are still with us. | ||
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Post# 622004 , Reply# 64 9/2/2012 at 08:11 (4,246 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Frist SQ Automatic washer WOW Robert that is a great find, I had the matching electric dryer for years that came from Bob In Cleveland Oh. It now resides with Teds collection here in Md. I figured that we would never see the washer, but then again who would have ever thought that a pair of Westinghouse L&D 1000s would show up, it has certainly been a good year for appliance collecting. | ||
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Post# 622021 , Reply# 65 9/2/2012 at 10:02 (4,246 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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| Post# 622181 , Reply# 66 9/2/2012 at 21:26 (4,246 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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SQ Lighting | ||
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Post# 622199 , Reply# 67 9/2/2012 at 23:12 (4,246 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon) |
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Post# 622251 , Reply# 68 9/3/2012 at 08:36 (4,245 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 622309 , Reply# 69 9/3/2012 at 12:45 (4,245 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Do you think the Wizard is busy this morning | ||
| Post# 622354 , Reply# 70 9/3/2012 at 15:35 (4,245 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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One can... | ||
| Post# 622478 , Reply# 71 9/4/2012 at 03:56 (4,245 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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LOL, Mickeyd, i thought you were referring to that western auto pig/Wizard. I too am excited about the SQ video, when Robert and Fred have time. alr. | ||
| Post# 622571 , Reply# 72 9/4/2012 at 15:34 (4,244 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
Feel like I am in space light years ahead with stars with that basket !
Wow what a great addtion to your collection Robert. Could of not gone to a nicer person. Congratulation on a museum qulity washer. Darren k This post was last edited 09/04/2012 at 19:47 | ||
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