Thread Number: 72465
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Here it is - The Great New Maytag Automatic Washer |
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Post# 957586   9/14/2017 at 21:09 (2,387 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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A big thank you goes out to Ben who lent me this adorable guide to ad to the Ephemera Library. It was produced when Maytag introduced their very first automatic washer in the late 1940's. This was given to dealers and service personnel to introduce Maytag's very first automatic washer. It contains adorable mid-century style illustrations describing the new machine in great detail. Explains how it works, what the cycle does and how to take it apart and troubleshoot any issue.
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Post# 957593 , Reply# 1   9/14/2017 at 22:42 (2,387 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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I have always loved Maytag washers and dryers for a long time. It all started with the memories of my mother's old 1997 Maytag Depedable Care washer. The old Maytags clean better than those HE Washing Machines, and they were built to last forever. If Maytag didn't build those Neptune front loaders, and did not cheapen up on their products in the early 2000's, Maytag would still be Maytag, and would be still making quality products.
Here is a picture of my Maytag A810 washer and DG810 gas dryer.
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Post# 957598 , Reply# 2   9/15/2017 at 00:55 (2,387 days old) by Helicaldrive (St. Louis)   |   | |
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Cheapening their products by 1990 when I bought my first ones. There was no comparison between those and the 1976 models I grew up with. |
Post# 957637 , Reply# 4   9/15/2017 at 08:14 (2,386 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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YAY - I'm glad this really neat brochure made the honors of being archived in AE.org! Certainly one of the more unique and odd, very early Maytag lit I have found over the years, for the introduction of the AMP.
What is also interesting is the copyright date is 1948. I wish we had a better idea of the official date the AMP was introduced in 1949. Ben |
Post# 957638 , Reply# 5   9/15/2017 at 08:16 (2,386 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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Post# 957639 , Reply# 6   9/15/2017 at 08:41 (2,386 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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Was suffering from the same problems as all American companies - screw the workers, screw the customers, short term profit is all that counts. I remember the difference in customer service between Toyota and GM back then. Alternator went out in my Toyota. Had just over 200,000K on it. Toyota replaced it, no charge and apologized for it failing. Our Buick was on it's third water pump, the transmission had already locked up and been replaced once and we were still under warranty...not even 10,000 MILES.
To be sure, Whirlpool and Maytag of that era were still far better machines than what was to come. And, yes, Neptune was FUBAR. The arrogance of Maytag to not pay attention to what the Europeans had done since the 1950s was unpardonable - and it ultimately killed the company. Maytag today is nothing but a hot Maytag Man and gussied up Roper/Estate. |