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Frigidaire 1-18 matched pair/original owner!
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Post# 761713   6/5/2014 at 14:38 (3,606 days old) by rm23j8g (Virginia)        

I bought this set new in late '77. They performed reliably for about 20 years until the washer started spinning slow. I liked it so much that I looked into having it fixed or fixing it myself and ran into dead ends on repair people and parts. I couldn't bear to part with them as I had hoped someday to fix it because it washed so well.
I had replaced a few rollers in the dryer and I kept using that for another five years or so until I wanted a matching dryer for my Maytag Neptune.
It looks like I'm going to be moving before long and I realized I'll never get around to fixing these. I'm pretty sure I have the original owner's manuals as well.
I'm just a few miles west of Richmond, VA, and I'm open to any offers!


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Post# 761728 , Reply# 1   6/5/2014 at 15:19 (3,606 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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OOoooh I'd love a chocolate pair like these! Does the dryer have an interior light?

Post# 761730 , Reply# 2   6/5/2014 at 15:33 (3,606 days old) by rm23j8g (Virginia)        

Ya had to ask....I can't remember! :)

Post# 761758 , Reply# 3   6/5/2014 at 18:04 (3,606 days old) by rm23j8g (Virginia)        

Just went through my file cabinet and found all this original paperwork. Check this out!

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Post# 761766 , Reply# 4   6/5/2014 at 18:37 (3,606 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN)        
Window in Washer Lid

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I understand the need for a window in a 50's appliance - to demonstrate cleaning action to doubtful housewives. But this is clearly a much later unit, so why the window? and what are the silver bars across the face of the glass?

Post# 761769 , Reply# 5   6/5/2014 at 18:48 (3,606 days old) by rm23j8g (Virginia)        

On the window, I have no idea. That's the way it's been since the day I bought them at (I think) Sears.

Post# 761784 , Reply# 6   6/5/2014 at 19:51 (3,606 days old) by appnut (TX)        
Why the windowed lid

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Because it's a Frigidaire by GM.  That's all that has to be said.  There's too much action and fun going on in there to not be able to see it.  As far the bars on the glass?  It's called style!!!   And that is one beautiful color finish on that set!!!


Post# 761791 , Reply# 7   6/5/2014 at 20:22 (3,606 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia)        

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Nice set. If I had the space, I'd consider it. Sadly, I may be moving myself!

Post# 761795 , Reply# 8   6/5/2014 at 20:29 (3,606 days old) by ken (NYS)        
Will

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Didnt I read an older post from not that long ago that you bought your house not that long ago?

Post# 761799 , Reply# 9   6/5/2014 at 20:39 (3,606 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia)        

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I bought the house in 2007.

Post# 761846 , Reply# 10   6/6/2014 at 07:10 (3,605 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia)        

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If you can't find them a home and fear the crusher is the next step, give me a call and we'll work out something. If you get an offer, any offer, please take that one!

Post# 761848 , Reply# 11   6/6/2014 at 07:23 (3,605 days old) by rm23j8g (Virginia)        

Fear not....I've had these 37 years and the crusher is not an option.

Post# 761870 , Reply# 12   6/6/2014 at 09:26 (3,605 days old) by mitch (Atlanta)        
Nice set

I have to ask--do my eyes deceive me or is that a snake skin in picture 3 of the washer?? I would be scared to death if I had to open it up :)

Post# 761873 , Reply# 13   6/6/2014 at 09:30 (3,605 days old) by rm23j8g (Virginia)        

Yep....snake skin was optional that year! I was wondering how long it would take to be noticed....:)

Post# 761877 , Reply# 14   6/6/2014 at 09:37 (3,605 days old) by mitch (Atlanta)        
LOL

I would have had to have the washer operational in order to clean my undergarments as I would have "lost it" when I raised the lid to be greeted by that sight :).

If I were closer to VA, I would snatch these up in a second! A windowed lid and that color are the bomb!


Post# 761889 , Reply# 15   6/6/2014 at 10:50 (3,605 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)        
Hey Mitch

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I wholeheartedly agree! Better get a machine with automatic 2nd or 3rd rinse option and plenty of bleach dispensers. And how well does the 1-18 do my tennis shoes after everything leaks down my leg?

Post# 761899 , Reply# 16   6/6/2014 at 11:57 (3,605 days old) by rm23j8g (Virginia)        

That's why the lint filter and the agitator cap are still there....guard snakes.

Post# 761910 , Reply# 17   6/6/2014 at 12:55 (3,605 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )        
the agitator.....

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i must be needing glasses cuz in picture #3 (with the snake skin) it looks like the agitator is solid & smooth all the way down. is it just because of the angle that you took the picture??? or are there "ridges" down the sides of the agitator, to push the clothes down, when the agitator is moving up & down??

i don't know why, but this agitator looks like it doesn't have any of the grooves or "rings" like other agitators i've seen on the frigidaire "thumpers"???

i'll be waiting for any replies.

as for that snake skin, YIKES!!!
if i would of opened the lid and seen that, i probably would of jumped back 2 feet and clutched my chest!!!
LOL.......
(i do not like snakes or reptiles! something about their skin just makes me cringe!!!)

:oD



Post# 761936 , Reply# 18   6/6/2014 at 15:29 (3,605 days old) by rm23j8g (Virginia)        
agitator

I'm going over to the building they're in this evening, so I'll take a couple more detail pics of the agitator.
I have to call ahead and tell the snakes I'm coming......
Anyone want any other detail shots while I'm there?


Post# 761951 , Reply# 19   6/6/2014 at 16:27 (3,605 days old) by rm23j8g (Virginia)        
more pics

Okay, tried to get a decent shot of the agitator, but limited with my phone. It was too dark in there for no flash, and the flash kinda blows out the image. I'm posting what I shot, however, along with some of the lint filter.
The snakes only allowed me five minutes with the machine today.
Oh, there are definitely ridges on the agitator!
By the way....ever hear a snake growl? Hint: It ain't pretty.


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Post# 761963 , Reply# 20   6/6/2014 at 17:14 (3,605 days old) by Travis ()        

Very nice set, though not interested in hearing a snake growl at all!


Post# 761971 , Reply# 21   6/6/2014 at 17:36 (3,605 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )        
rm23j8g...

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thank you for taking pictures of the agitator. now i see how the ridges are designed on the agitator. sorry about the snakes "growling" at you though. scarey!!!

i wonder if there will be any snakes hiding in the washer???

again, sorry about you having to go over there to deal with snakes, just to take pictures of the agitator. i thought you had these in an extra backroom in your house or something.

thank you again for the pictures. i greatly appreciate you taking them so that i could see the design & ridges of the agitator.

:o)


Post# 761974 , Reply# 22   6/6/2014 at 17:54 (3,605 days old) by rm23j8g (Virginia)        

No problem...I had to go over there anyway this afternoon to show some people other stuff I'm clearing out of that building.
Snakes said I can't come back before Monday, however. Seems these Frigidaire snakes are a bit "uppity".


Post# 761978 , Reply# 23   6/6/2014 at 18:28 (3,605 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia)        

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Lol. Ok, I still stand by my comment, I'll take them if you have no alternative. ;). Cool machines.

Post# 761989 , Reply# 24   6/6/2014 at 20:05 (3,605 days old) by ken (NYS)        

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Christina's earlier question concerning the agitator brings to mind something Ive often thought about. Did that later style agitator create as good of a roll over as the earlier style with the rings?

Post# 761993 , Reply# 25   6/6/2014 at 20:30 (3,605 days old) by mitch (Atlanta)        
Jon, this is a fun thread!

Growling snakes...hmmm, none for me, thank you! Snakes be darned, I LOVE this set!! The more I look the more I want!!! That is one fine set of Frigidaires!!! I am really tempted to get the check book out!! Atlanta to Richmond--a day trip, right :)

Mitch


Post# 762027 , Reply# 26   6/7/2014 at 01:00 (3,604 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)        

I would guess that this W&D set was stored in a barn. If you have snakes you have mice. While there may not be any snakes inside the machines, there probably are mice.

I once helped save a 1957 VW Bug from a barn in the Texas Hill Country. We removed it from the barn, trailered it back to Houston. When we opened the passenger door just before putting it into a storage shed literally hundreds of mice came flowing out the passenger door. And then we heard a rattlesnake rattling inside of the car.
The car was filled with all kinds of straw and barn debris. I left and never went back as I was only helping a friend out with moving it.

BTW, why is there so much debris inside the washer? You do know that kind of reduces the price of offers you'll get for the set. Is the dryer also filled with more of the same debris?


Post# 762276 , Reply# 27   6/8/2014 at 13:52 (3,603 days old) by rm23j8g (Virginia)        
Deadline.....tonight.

I'm going to let these go for the best offer I receive before midnight EDT tonight...Sunday, June 8th.
Monday morning, they'll have a new home!


Post# 762438 , Reply# 28   6/9/2014 at 04:53 (3,602 days old) by rm23j8g (Virginia)        
All done

They have a new home!

Post# 782158 , Reply# 29   9/7/2014 at 14:55 (3,512 days old) by rm23j8g (Virginia)        
Take 2....

Sadly, it looks like the original buyer is not going to come through on this set. It's sort of funny, in retrospect, that he warned me that some on this site would probably talk a good game to me about buying these, and then never follow through....hmmm.
Anyone want to step forward on these? First $400 takes 'em. Otherwise, I'll probably put them on eBay.
Live and learn.....



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Post# 782160 , Reply# 30   9/7/2014 at 15:15 (3,512 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)        

$400 for the set? Broken spin, snakes & possible mouse nests inside machines? Stored outside in unheated/un air conditioned spaces for lord only knows how long?

Dream on brother, dream on. I think you'd be lucky to see $125.00 for this set.


Post# 782217 , Reply# 31   9/7/2014 at 21:57 (3,511 days old) by bwoods ()        
beware of mice damage

Mice can do great harm to wiring. I had a GE Elec-Trak lawn mower and had a rather incompetant person paint it for me. He had it almost a year in his barn. When I got it back (rather badly painted) I found a mouse nest under the hood next to the control panel and the mice had chewed through many of the wires in the wiring harness.

 

You may have mice or rat or snake nest in those machines and may have wires where the insulation may be chewed.  Even if not chewed through their knawing on it may cause a short later.  I would beware.

 

I agree, $400 is a way too ambitious price for this set.  They haven't been taken care of at all. 



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