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Thread Number: 59661
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
We have colour on automatics! Avocado green and 'Mod Yellow' |
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Post# 822718 5/10/2015 at 01:35 (3,268 days old) by mayfan69  (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Hi guys,
Well, finally finished a project sometime in the making: I now have colour in my Wilkins Servis automatics. WS introduced colour in 1976 on their fully automatics: Avocado Green and what they called 'Mod Yellow'. The twin tubs came in other colours as well. It was going to take sometime to get the actual machines in those colours so I decided to get the cabinets sprayed as close as possible to the original colours. The only thing I couldn't do was have any shading done: it was going to be too expensive Finally finished putting them back together today...I think they look pretty damn good!! Enjoy the pics. Cheers Leon | ||
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| Post# 822720 , Reply# 1 5/10/2015 at 01:58 (3,268 days old) by midcentnurse (Lake Charles, La) | ||
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Post# 822721 , Reply# 2 5/10/2015 at 02:32 (3,268 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Really nice--they are like Maytags from the "drum" money shots!Have agitators like Maytags that I used to know. | ||
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Post# 822723 , Reply# 3 5/10/2015 at 02:59 (3,268 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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I was | ||
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Post# 822724 , Reply# 4 5/10/2015 at 03:19 (3,268 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Maytags | ||
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Post# 822725 , Reply# 5 5/10/2015 at 03:27 (3,268 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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Post# 822726 , Reply# 6 5/10/2015 at 03:35 (3,268 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Baffle plate | ||
| Post# 822728 , Reply# 7 5/10/2015 at 03:43 (3,268 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Beautiful Machines | ||
| Post# 822733 , Reply# 8 5/10/2015 at 06:49 (3,267 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore) | ||
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Both of those machines look great! Like the way they have stainless tubs with those agitators. Maybe you could post a video or two of them in action. | ||
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Post# 822735 , Reply# 9 5/10/2015 at 06:57 (3,267 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 822737 , Reply# 10 5/10/2015 at 07:27 (3,267 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Years made | ||
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Post# 822738 , Reply# 11 5/10/2015 at 07:35 (3,267 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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Nicely done! | ||
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Post# 822742 , Reply# 12 5/10/2015 at 08:22 (3,267 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 822825 , Reply# 14 5/10/2015 at 16:26 (3,267 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia) |
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Hi Leon, That is so worth the time and money you've put into them. The colours really pop together. I can imagine them in a showroom with the Purple twinnie in front. As always your work is amazing. Regards Nathan | ||
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Post# 822868 , Reply# 15 5/11/2015 at 00:15 (3,267 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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I wonder | ||
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Post# 822877 , Reply# 16 5/11/2015 at 01:39 (3,267 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Stainless steel bowl swap
Yes, they are a direct swap for a Maytag.....check out my link below for the conversion I did a while ago:
CLICK HERE TO GO TO mayfan69's LINK | ||
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Post# 822882 , Reply# 17 5/11/2015 at 03:00 (3,267 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia) |
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They look Smashing Leon! Also, would I be correct in guessing that there are some new machines on the way? | ||
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Post# 822883 , Reply# 18 5/11/2015 at 03:04 (3,267 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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New machines | ||
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Post# 822896 , Reply# 19 5/11/2015 at 06:44 (3,266 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Leon stunning job there! Those are two stellar machines. I just love the colours and always loved those backsplashes- so stylish!!! Must get down under to play !! The Avocado one looks like a TOL model with all those buttons, what do they do?? I can't quite make out the "Wash And Spin" buttons. Love the marketing as "Fashiontone Colours"
Nylon hinges on the lids!! Somebody knew their stuff at WS !!
Does the Kelvinator beside them have the centric action dasher??
My cousin and mates are twisting my arm to get my butt back to Oz.
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Post# 822904 , Reply# 20 5/11/2015 at 07:10 (3,266 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Kelvy
Hey Jon,
Thanks! Here's a better shot of the control panel before the paint job. And yes...the TWO Kelvinators next to the Wilkins machines have the concentric action. You might be keen to know I have a solid tub Speed Queen fluid drive commercial machine on its way in the next couple of weeks! Cheers Leon
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Post# 822905 , Reply# 21 5/11/2015 at 07:10 (3,266 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 822908 , Reply# 22 5/11/2015 at 08:05 (3,266 days old) by wilkinsservis (Melbourne Australia) |
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Close to my dream machine! | ||
| Post# 822917 , Reply# 23 5/11/2015 at 09:42 (3,266 days old) by Northwesty (Renton, WA) | ||
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Those are great colors. Personally I like them without the shading anyway. Good job. | ||
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Post# 822928 , Reply# 24 5/11/2015 at 10:49 (3,266 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WOW Beautiful job Leon, I know you put a lot of time and money into this project, so it is really great to see it done.
I love the colors, they remind me of the SQ commercial laundry colors SQ made for a while in the 70s.
I love the SS wash bowl with the white agitator, can't wait to get one someday for one of our A806s.
With the other good changes WS made to the MT DC design it is a shame they just used the old mold for the Power-Fin agitator, although the orignal PFA did work a little better and was not quite as hard on clothing as the later cheaper to build PFA. We have one AW member here in Ohio who tried several different MTAs in his A806 and finely ended up installing a Kenmore Roto-Swril from a KM washer and it works much better in terms of both roll over and less fabric damage, I wish I could get him to post a video.
I look forward to seeing your collection one day, maybe I will even bring Jon C. along. | ||
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Post# 822933 , Reply# 25 5/11/2015 at 11:08 (3,266 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Beautiful machines Your machines remind me of many dreams I used to have about finding familiar US machines like Maytags with different and "exchanged" innards. I hope you have a wash-in some day; it would be the perfect excuse for some of us to sample the antipodean world. Plus I love your bridge.
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Post# 822951 , Reply# 26 5/11/2015 at 14:02 (3,266 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 822963 , Reply# 27 5/11/2015 at 15:27 (3,266 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Thank you | ||
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Post# 826140 , Reply# 29 6/1/2015 at 19:56 (3,245 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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