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Thread Number: 54678
THE GIRLS ARE FINALLY ALL HOME AFTER 35 YRS!!! |
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| Post# 770626 , Reply# 1 7/13/2014 at 19:36 (3,567 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.) | ||
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| Post# 770628 , Reply# 2 7/13/2014 at 19:38 (3,567 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.) | ||
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| Post# 770629 , Reply# 3 7/13/2014 at 19:38 (3,567 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.) | ||
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| Post# 770630 , Reply# 4 7/13/2014 at 19:39 (3,567 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.) | ||
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| Post# 770631 , Reply# 5 7/13/2014 at 19:39 (3,567 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.) | ||
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| Post# 770632 , Reply# 6 7/13/2014 at 19:40 (3,567 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.) | ||
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| Post# 770633 , Reply# 7 7/13/2014 at 19:41 (3,567 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.) | ||
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| Post# 770634 , Reply# 8 7/13/2014 at 19:42 (3,567 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.) | ||
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| Post# 770635 , Reply# 9 7/13/2014 at 19:43 (3,567 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.) | ||
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| Post# 770637 , Reply# 10 7/13/2014 at 19:45 (3,567 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.) | ||
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| Post# 770639 , Reply# 11 7/13/2014 at 19:46 (3,567 days old) by Gyromatic (St. Paul MN.) | ||
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Post# 770700 , Reply# 13 7/13/2014 at 23:36 (3,566 days old) by hydralique  (Los Angeles) |
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Fantabulous! These are just beautiful, I love the fact that they're great to look at and so technically adventurous! Thanks for posting the detailed photos, now I need to go get a bib to keep the drool off my shirt . . . | ||
| Post# 770710 , Reply# 14 7/14/2014 at 01:07 (3,566 days old) by bluejay (Havre de Grace, MD) | ||
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| Post# 770726 , Reply# 15 7/14/2014 at 04:51 (3,566 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Stunning | ||
| Post# 770741 , Reply# 16 7/14/2014 at 06:57 (3,566 days old) by A440 () | ||
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Beautiful Combo's! | ||
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Post# 770743 , Reply# 17 7/14/2014 at 07:15 (3,566 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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The Big Bendix Combos
Thanks for posting the pictures and history of these first and greatest combos of the 1950s, the world had NEVER seen such an advanced laundry appliance that even the very critical Consumer Reports called [ An Impressive Achievement ] when they first tested them in 1953, they went on to say that it worked as well as the best separate washers and dryers of the time.
It was great seeing you and your increasing collection the other week. John L. | ||
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Post# 770755 , Reply# 18 7/14/2014 at 08:05 (3,566 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 Pictures cannot even begin to describe John's work on these amazing machines. When he says "rust free" he means it! They look like they're out of the box right from the South Bend, IN factory dock.
Congrats on getting the whole set of 36" combos, it must have been quite a challenge in patience but well worth the time and effort. | ||
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Post# 770759 , Reply# 19 7/14/2014 at 08:17 (3,566 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Bendix! | ||
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Post# 770761 , Reply# 20 7/14/2014 at 08:26 (3,566 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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John!  I am so glad to see you enjoying your complete collection and that I was able to help you get it there. You have been a great friend all along helping me when I got started collecting Bendix Combos! And you helped me get the first Bendix model just this year!! The beauty 1938 standard model I just love !!
I know "Flora" is in a good loving home and I will get out to see her run with her sisters soon!
-And it was Duo-nice snuggling with you at the Wedding too!
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Post# 770763 , Reply# 21 7/14/2014 at 08:44 (3,566 days old) by wiskybill (Canton, Ohio) |
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Congrats! They look fabulous! You are a proud papa and should be! | ||
| Post# 770793 , Reply# 22 7/14/2014 at 11:23 (3,566 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA) | ||
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| Post# 770814 , Reply# 23 7/14/2014 at 12:56 (3,566 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
Lot's of Duomatics came in as trades. I distinctly remember one in particular, the 1958 model pictured above. It looked like it just came out of the box. One of the service guys was a big Duomatic fan from years past so he took it home for his wife Ann. She had one of the early models back in Providence and she was delighted, almost as if you had bought her a new car. The machine (electric) needed no repairs and worked perfectly. She said it looked "patriotic" with it's red, white & blue lights. I was glad it got saved from the scrap guy, an automatic fate of any traded-in combo washer/dryer.
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Post# 770816 , Reply# 24 7/14/2014 at 13:03 (3,566 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 770835 , Reply# 25 7/14/2014 at 14:13 (3,566 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
wow! | ||
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Post# 770858 , Reply# 26 7/14/2014 at 15:29 (3,566 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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YAY JOHN, CONGRATS!!! | ||
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Post# 770888 , Reply# 27 7/14/2014 at 17:32 (3,566 days old) by newvista58 (Northern NJ) |
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ALL THE MACHINES ARE SO AWESOME..... | ||
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Post# 770949 , Reply# 28 7/14/2014 at 21:15 (3,566 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 770954 , Reply# 29 7/14/2014 at 21:34 (3,565 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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(holding breath) | ||
| Post# 770983 , Reply# 30 7/15/2014 at 00:56 (3,565 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
GREAT pics of BEAUTIFUL machines!!! | ||
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Post# 771260 , Reply# 31 7/16/2014 at 06:47 (3,564 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Gary | ||
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Post# 771281 , Reply# 32 7/16/2014 at 09:54 (3,564 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 804168 , Reply# 33 1/14/2015 at 21:09 (3,381 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Bombig! (wow)
It's truly sad that these are so rare because most were scrapped. (?) Are there any more around? You have been collecting for a long time, you experienced collectors. Where are all these duomatics? These were no doubt high end appliances at the time, so not many were purchased, guessing.
I'm signing up for mental rehabilitation; sensory overload. My favorite is the CD-788. Nice set of special appliances, congratulations and thanks for sharing the girls.
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Post# 804169 , Reply# 34 1/14/2015 at 21:10 (3,381 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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CE-788 - sorry | ||
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Post# 804241 , Reply# 35 1/15/2015 at 07:11 (3,381 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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CG-788 | ||
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Post# 804256 , Reply# 36 1/15/2015 at 07:54 (3,381 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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So nice to see the thread pop up again.
I think there is always hope for a Duo as these things were so heavy they all tended to sit in the basement because no one wanted to pay to have them moved out. Thats how I found all of mine except for the 1956 which came to my by Gregm. He got that one from a used dealer in CT.
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Post# 804313 , Reply# 37 1/15/2015 at 14:35 (3,381 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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"99%+ of all these machines were scrapped years ago."
"but those were my favorite - not happy"
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| Post# 804450 , Reply# 38 1/16/2015 at 13:04 (3,380 days old) by brib68 (Central Connecticut) | ||
When I was a kid, probably talking early to mid 70s here, my dad's parents had a big Bendix washer-dryer combo that sat in their kitchen. It was never used, so I guess it didn't work anymore. I never knew there was such a thing as a combo, and I'd never seen one since until I got on this site. My guess is it was probably early 50s--it didn't seem as fancy as any of yours, John. I remember clearly that it was a Bendix (not a brand that was familiar to me at the time, so it stuck in my brain) and it was a combo. Otherwise the memories are very fuzzy--probably because I never got to see it in use. I used to accompany my grandfather to the laundromat in their neighborhood sometimes, even from a pretty young age, so I have much clearer memories of the SQ machines there.
Is it possible that their Bendix could have had a bit of a slant front--not as slanty as a Westy, but maybe a bit slanted or curved, rather than a strictly cubed shape? I'm certain it did not have that lovely, very automotive-looking door ornamentation. | ||
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