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Thread Number: 52321
Rescued !! 1938 Bendix |
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Post# 746620 3/31/2014 at 20:39 (3,677 days old) by jetcone  (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Post# 746621 , Reply# 1 3/31/2014 at 20:40 (3,677 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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A 1938 Bendix | ||
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Post# 746625 , Reply# 2 3/31/2014 at 20:47 (3,677 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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the Original owner of the house used the machine then had it rebuilt with a NEW tub and then covered it and never used it again. So its a Bendix service rebuild that has never been reused, the current owner Louie, decided to sell it and take it off its platform in the basement after living with it for 28 years. But his wife said Somebody may want that put it on Ebay. Which of course Everybody KNOWS I wanted it.
Thank god it was in my backyard, Valley Stream Long Island!! A hop skip and a jump!
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Post# 746628 , Reply# 3 3/31/2014 at 20:50 (3,677 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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the controls are very basic | ||
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Post# 746630 , Reply# 4 3/31/2014 at 20:53 (3,677 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I haven't had time to | ||
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Post# 746631 , Reply# 5 3/31/2014 at 20:54 (3,677 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I love the | ||
| Post# 746652 , Reply# 6 3/31/2014 at 22:03 (3,677 days old) by HooverWheelAway () | ||
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Very cool Jon! Good save! Can't wait to see it all restored!! | ||
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Post# 746665 , Reply# 7 3/31/2014 at 22:43 (3,677 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 746671 , Reply# 8 3/31/2014 at 23:20 (3,677 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati) | ||
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Post# 746672 , Reply# 9 3/31/2014 at 23:30 (3,677 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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I really like the look of these early Bendix machines. | ||
| Post# 746680 , Reply# 10 4/1/2014 at 00:29 (3,677 days old) by NYCWriter () | ||
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Jon ... ... that is a BEAUTIFUL house. LOVE the green trim! | ||
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Post# 746690 , Reply# 11 4/1/2014 at 03:03 (3,677 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Matt It was a nice little neighborhood of postage stamp houses, they were tight in together but all had little neat lawns you could use a hand mower on, and the high school was down the street and built the same time and it was an impressive building. It was a planned community from the 30's. It would have been real good living for the depression years. We had bigger lawns but it was very similar to my childhood neighborhood. It made me homesick for NY I have to admit. I love Boston but still.
And for the 30's this would have been upper middle class as every house had a driveway and bendix!!!
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Post# 746720 , Reply# 13 4/1/2014 at 06:01 (3,677 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 746763 , Reply# 15 4/1/2014 at 10:57 (3,677 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 746778 , Reply# 16 4/1/2014 at 11:36 (3,677 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Cool Bendix
I had never seen one of these rare machines, but when you think about it why would you buy a manually controlled washer from the company that brought the world Automatic Washers and the very first Combination Washer-Dryer.
When you think about it having to stand there and turn that knob and fill the machine it is almost as bad as having to transfer the clothing from a washer to the dryer, LOL. But it did eliminate handling sopping wet laundry and you could let it wash long enough that it might actually get something clean, this will be lots of fun for your next wash-in. | ||
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Post# 746985 , Reply# 18 4/2/2014 at 03:08 (3,676 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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OkaY FOUND DOCTRINE I thought I had Doctrine on this machine, after some digging Bingo. There were 3 machines offered in 1938, the Deluxe we all know as the little white Box, the Standard which looks like a diving bell and the Utility model, which is the one I found. The Utility has no water valve, no timer. It had a gooseneck hose and a fill port. The hose was pushed down then turned to jet the water into the tub area. 
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Post# 746986 , Reply# 19 4/2/2014 at 03:08 (3,676 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Post# 746988 , Reply# 20 4/2/2014 at 03:11 (3,676 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Post# 746989 , Reply# 21 4/2/2014 at 03:12 (3,676 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Post# 747030 , Reply# 23 4/2/2014 at 08:12 (3,676 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Bendix! | ||
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Post# 747100 , Reply# 24 4/2/2014 at 14:19 (3,675 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Great find Jon!!! I think this is the first and only of this model to be found as of yet. Now you can tumble your towels for over an hour like a modern Front Loader :-)
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Post# 747105 , Reply# 25 4/2/2014 at 14:56 (3,675 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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.... tumble your towels for over an hour like a modern FL... | ||
| Post# 747198 , Reply# 26 4/2/2014 at 22:09 (3,675 days old) by perc-o-prince (Southboro, Mass) | ||
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Great looking machine!! Congrats on the super find. I would love to see it in action some day! Rich | ||
| Post# 747361 , Reply# 27 4/3/2014 at 17:18 (3,674 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
 Jon when you do it you do it well . Congrates on the find. That machine should be alot of fun, Since I rarely ever leave my washers when washing ever.
From your manual : Operator to gauge the water temprature quite accuratley by placeing HER hand.. Funny how sexist that was lol. Enjoy looking forward of hookups. Darren k 
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Post# 747381 , Reply# 28 4/3/2014 at 19:09 (3,674 days old) by earthling177 (Boston, MA) |
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Congratulations, Jon, enjoy it in good health! | ||
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Post# 747477 , Reply# 29 4/4/2014 at 04:07 (3,674 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Thanks Everybody | ||
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Post# 747480 , Reply# 30 4/4/2014 at 05:39 (3,674 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 748358 , Reply# 31 4/7/2014 at 07:59 (3,671 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Bendixxii...
Well it all comes to those who wait, and search....congratulations on this find Jon, I`m sure it will be up and running asap complete with fill flume, which would have been a great help with filling etc....When you get time could we have a pic of underneath through the two front inspection hatches!!
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Post# 749464 , Reply# 32 4/12/2014 at 07:32 (3,666 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Certainly Mike anything for you dear!! He ran it while I was there and its quiet! Evidently the whole thing was rebuilt before it was stored away and never used again- how do you like them apples! The tub is bristling porcelain!! I got ahold of the seller again this week, he is looking in his basement to see if the fill flume is still hanging there!!
fingers crossed- that would be a FIND!
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