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Maytag Coppertones...Not the Same
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Post# 104322   1/17/2006 at 21:04 (6,666 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Ironic that there's been so much coppertone posted here lately, but I thought this was appropriate. Tonight Ben stopped by to work on the Kelvy and noticed that the coppertone paint jobs on the two Maytags are NOT the same. Take a look at the attached pic- the '69 model has the dark coloring around the edges while the circa '76 machine is completely solid. Of course the front panels are identical, having light in the middle, dark around the edge. Anyone else familliar with this?

Cory
PS, Hey Filterflo, there's a shot of pinky!





Post# 104337 , Reply# 1   1/17/2006 at 21:48 (6,666 days old) by erkjoey ()        

Cory, according to my Maytag book, they dropped the "shading" and chrome trim piece in Oct. 1975. This was also the time they added the "SunGlow" console and timer dial color. Revised the bleach dispenser also.
Erik


Post# 104435 , Reply# 2   1/18/2006 at 13:25 (6,666 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)        
Colors

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In general, the shaded colors went away in the mid-70's. In the case of GE, when they introduced "The Naturals" in 1977, Avocado (shaded) became "Fresh Avocado" (no shading), Harvest Gold (shaded) became "Harvest" (no shading), and Coppertone (shaded) became "Coffee" (no shading).

Lawrence


Post# 104510 , Reply# 3   1/18/2006 at 20:07 (6,666 days old) by super32 (Blackstone Massachusetts)        
maytag colors

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If I remember, Maytag had 2 different names for "brown" I believe the 69 with the shaded edges was called Cordoba copper. The 76 with the solid color top was just called Coffee. We had a bottle of coffee touch up paint hanging around the store, i'll have to see if its still lingering.



Scott


Post# 104516 , Reply# 4   1/18/2006 at 20:48 (6,666 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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would this be a shaded version of avocado

sorry pictures bad


Post# 104523 , Reply# 5   1/18/2006 at 21:07 (6,665 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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As long as the top has the same dark to light effect as the front, you could call it shaded. The fronts are "shaded" on all the Maytags it appears...

Post# 104553 , Reply# 6   1/18/2006 at 23:01 (6,665 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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Post# 104673 , Reply# 7   1/19/2006 at 15:36 (6,665 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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I would imagine that with the process involved in applying porcelain, a solid color would be a step or two less and thus less expensive than shaded colors...


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