Thread Number: 7195
A Little Maytag Fun ... |
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Post# 141699 , Reply# 2   7/12/2006 at 14:56 (6,469 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 141710 , Reply# 4   7/12/2006 at 15:20 (6,469 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)   |   | |
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Greg ... I would have taken an AMP in cello, too!! :-) That's a cool idea; a laundry room decorated for Christmas! In 1950's/1960's vintage stuff, of course. Geoff |
Post# 141742 , Reply# 5   7/12/2006 at 17:36 (6,468 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston)   |   | |
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Geoff, These old clippings and adverts are such a blast. Keep 'em coming. Bobby in Boston |
Post# 141765 , Reply# 6   7/12/2006 at 18:24 (6,468 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Hey Geoff - these clippings are fantastic! Did you happen to pick up an earlier copy of Maytag News? One thing I really liked was Maytag promoting carload sales. They would have big banners and signs on the trains as the carloads came into town - a big deal at the time for dealers and their customers! Look at all of those AMP's new in the box - and some conventional washers in the back of that truck - in crates! This clip is from late of '52. Ben |
Post# 141810 , Reply# 7   7/12/2006 at 20:48 (6,468 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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My great-aunt and uncle won the "Oldest Maytag in Marathon County, WI" contest in 1949. Aunt Adele hated that new Maytag and traded it in a year later for a Speed Queen. The old Maytag was bought in 1917 by her in-laws. It had the agitator attached to the cover and looked like a cow's udder. It had the handle on the side you moved back and forth to agitate the clothes.
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Post# 141950 , Reply# 9   7/13/2006 at 08:33 (6,468 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 141992 , Reply# 13   7/13/2006 at 11:12 (6,468 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 142011 , Reply# 16   7/13/2006 at 12:20 (6,468 days old) by brettsomers ()   |   | |
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now im wanting to read the entire series of AMP articles!! |
Post# 142038 , Reply# 19   7/13/2006 at 14:50 (6,468 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 142279 , Reply# 23   7/14/2006 at 10:40 (6,467 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 142285 , Reply# 24   7/14/2006 at 10:47 (6,467 days old) by westytoploader ()   |   | |
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Thanks Geoff for posting...yet another reason I love the AMP machines!!! How cool would that be to find an NIB model from 1949! |
Post# 142326 , Reply# 26   7/14/2006 at 12:32 (6,467 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 142357 , Reply# 27   7/14/2006 at 15:06 (6,467 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)   |   | |
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Eugene ... I have been enjoying these magazines for quite a while now; it's time everyone else gets a chance, too! :-) Here's how to do a proper in-home Maytag Automatic demonstration ... circa December 1952. It's on two pages ... page one ... |
Post# 142358 , Reply# 28   7/14/2006 at 15:07 (6,467 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)   |   | |
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... the other half ... |
Post# 142370 , Reply# 30   7/14/2006 at 15:30 (6,467 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)   |   | |
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Well; if we're all good for the rest of the year, maybe we'll find that Santa brought us these! I would take each one, wrapped in cellophane, please!! :-) |
Post# 142387 , Reply# 31   7/14/2006 at 16:15 (6,467 days old) by partscounterman (Cortez, Colorado)   |   | |
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That suds system reminds me of the one Whirlpool used on the early direct drive machines |
Post# 142398 , Reply# 32   7/14/2006 at 17:01 (6,467 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)   |   | |
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Post# 142403 , Reply# 33   7/14/2006 at 18:48 (6,466 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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Post# 142576 , Reply# 35   7/15/2006 at 16:33 (6,466 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)   |   | |
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Tom ... The A4MP would operate with the lid up? Wow!! How did they do that with the mercury switch system? Was the A4MP the precursor to the 101P? |
Post# 142613 , Reply# 37   7/15/2006 at 18:49 (6,465 days old) by mrtide ()   |   | |
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I really have enjoyed looking at these old brochures and papers. Maytag was a great company in those days. I would love to have some of those old maytags. |
Post# 143078 , Reply# 39   7/17/2006 at 13:25 (6,464 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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I never knew a timer model Maytag Wringer existed till a few months ago when you mentioned it. Wondered why with all their skill they didn't make a motor kill which really enhances a wringer. On my Norge, the automatic shut-off timer really makes the machine, but the Maytag wringer is so vastly superior to other wringers--especially in wringing--that I had hoped to get a Maytag with a timer. Are you sure, Geoff, that there was no timer with a HOLD setting? Loved the wringer board. The fact that mine will take anything made me think it was just stuck permanently. You brochure explains it all. Thanks. Like you, I have wringer mania , along with many other washing machine pathologies. ;-D Your work here is amazing and inspiring. I have almost 40 photos entered into my computer (took hours to get it down), but they're too big for this site. Working on reducing their size so I can give back a tiny fraction of all I've been given by the many people like you who post so bountifully. Mikey |
Post# 143084 , Reply# 40   7/17/2006 at 13:35 (6,464 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Geoff, yes, it would complete the cycle with the lid up and the lid could be opened at any point. There was no shut off unless you unplugged it or mashed the timer dial. The owner's manual also makes a big deal about turning the timer by the knob, not the dial skirt. |
Post# 143129 , Reply# 41   7/17/2006 at 16:21 (6,464 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 143149 , Reply# 43   7/17/2006 at 18:16 (6,463 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Norge, Kenmore and some others have a "HOLD" setting just to the left of "OFF" It's just a funny word and I have no idea why designers used it. It means ON, that the motor is running. Excuse the confusion, but I can't imagine why people as bright as Maytag people were, never had a shut-off when the other big players, Kenmore, Speed Queen, Norge, etc, did. I thought my release system was stuck, frozen: i.e, it never pops; it always accepts and successfully wrings anything i give it, that because of its old age, it had hardening of the wringer arteries. This was all before I read your post; now I understand . My wringer works perfectly. |
Post# 143297 , Reply# 48   7/18/2006 at 10:39 (6,463 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 143548 , Reply# 51   7/19/2006 at 12:36 (6,462 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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How many dozens and dozens of Maytag Wringers have I seen in my life, and not once did I see a timer model. The timersticks right out in that "ad for the month" Do you think Geoff, that there are any of these times models around? I love suds-returns and in a while I'll find my magnifing glass because I can't wait to read the text, although the pictures suggest a marriage between a sump pump and guts of a toilet tank ;-D. Still trying to figure out why there was no auto shut-off on the Maytag until I realized that my much beloved Easy has a 20 minte bell timer with no shut off for anything. My aunts, too, told us to stay away, except for wonderful Aunt Lenore (Mickey) --my namesake--who let me play with and help her do the wash in her Easy Spin to my heart's content. Sure the she's in heaven, I pray to her often. And my Mom would hold me up to watch the fabulous Unimatic when I was a toddler. By the way, that machine like the early Maytag you've been talking about had no lid switch either. |
Post# 143587 , Reply# 53   7/19/2006 at 14:59 (6,462 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 143793 , Reply# 55   7/20/2006 at 09:59 (6,461 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Maybe they used too much fertilizer in it when it was outside with flowers growing in it. |
Post# 143837 , Reply# 56   7/20/2006 at 13:20 (6,461 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)   |   | |
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Tom ... :-) |