Nice Maytag Set

The washer is a 606 with an early 8 fin agitator installed that ran production from Jan 1966 through Nov 1967 for the 606/806/906 models. Maytag went from a 3 button to 4 button water level switch in Dec 1968 and crystal timer dial knobs in late 1971, so the agitator is most likely not original to the machine. The timer dial on the dryer console is too blurred for me to decipher the exact model but easily narrowed down to either a DE306 or DE406.....leaning towards a DE406 for what little can be seen.

Coatings Paints and Fading:

Paint colors and their attractiveness is purely subjective, not based on factual information. As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I'm a big fan of pre 1966 Coppertone color Maytag produced but not a fan of that shading used on the 06 series. It's just my opinion though.

All makes, models, years, colors, and coatings are prone to fading and that includes porcelain. Laundry room locations with windows, sizing and placement of windows, as well as sun positioning all have a large effect on this regardless of make. This becomes incredibly apparent from all colored appliances that have been sitting outside for long periods of time. I've seen it occur with all makes and models new or old in regularly visited haul away piles in less than one months time when placed in direct sunlight.

Speaking of coatings, perhaps this is a good time to bring up manufactures that porcelain coated their top panels back in the day. Lets see, GM Frigidaire did it. GE did it with most of their models if not all of 'em. It was the standard for all Maytag models BOL to TOL. Whirlpool/Kenmore? Nope, that was for TOL models only and not all TOL models were granted that blessing. Makes me think back to when a liquid detergent bottle developed a pinhole leak that sat on top on my 1981 Kenmore Series 70 dryer. Paint bubbled up in less than 24 hours and the rusting process immediately began. Pondering about it now, I wonder how many millions of WP/KM washers/dryers were crushed simply due to the fact that the owner didn't want to look at or deal with a cheaply painted rusting pile of functional metal in their laundry room which was a non existent problem in other makes. What an incredible waste of precious resources.


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Post# 1022203 1/23/2019 at 18:38 (1,916 days old) by gregingotham (New York)
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Post# 1022205 , Reply# 1 1/23/2019 at 18:53 (1,916 days old) by LowEfficiency (Iowa)
Checkrate/Likes That's interesting... Maybe it's just the photo angle, but it looks like they are both plugged in to 120V outlets... yet I don't see the gas access door that would have been on a gas dryer. Maybe it's an electric dryer that has been running on 120V for most of its life?

Post# 1022212 , Reply# 2 1/23/2019 at 19:27 (1,916 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)
Checkrate/Likes 2 *don't think so* the cord on the left is red. Maybe an extention cord to something?

Post# 1022281 , Reply# 3 1/24/2019 at 10:42 (1,915 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)
Checkrate/Likes 1 *Shaded Avocado Maytag Pair* MT always had such ugly color contrast on their shaded appliances, WP-KM used a much better looking subtle contrast between the light and darker edges. Maytag also had problems with their Avocado color fading to gray, you can really see it here on the washers front panel. John L.

Post# 1022313 , Reply# 4 1/24/2019 at 17:12 (1,915 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)
Checkrate/Likes deleted.....who bought 'em?

Post# 1022318 , Reply# 5 1/24/2019 at 17:47 (1,915 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)
Checkrate/Likes 9 *Turban Oil, Anyone?* Yes, these are poor quality through and through, even on the surface with the shitty Maytag paint job. Hasn't everybody here heard the countless indisputable proclamations that Whirlpool is king of all things that wash? Send these graying machines to the crusher where they have always belonged!

Post# 1022327 , Reply# 6 1/24/2019 at 19:18 (1,915 days old) by Jasonlittle (Southern iowa)
Checkrate/Likes 2 Wow that�s harsh. !!

Post# 1022335 , Reply# 7 1/24/2019 at 20:41 (1,915 days old) by Sudsomatic (Indiana)
Checkrate/Likes I think the Maytag Repairman would dispute those claims RP :)

Post# 1022337 , Reply# 8 1/24/2019 at 20:54 (1,915 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)
Checkrate/Likes 2 ; )

Post# 1022374 , Reply# 10 1/25/2019 at 01:02 (1,914 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)
Checkrate/Likes 5 Thanks Dan. I had considered including in my tweet-emulating post above that paint is far more durable than porcelain enamel.

Post# 1022482 , Reply# 11 1/25/2019 at 20:36 (1,914 days old) by potatochips ( )
Checkrate/Likes 9 Yeah, why does John never admit Whirlpool dryer tops can rust so easily? Hmm... Never had that issue with a Maytag. Dan and Ralph, Im glad you called John out. This John-Maytag-negativity has reached a point with me where I just dont care to browse and post here as much as I used to. Calling him out only causes a rude, belittling response about how much experience he has. It offers no benefit to crap on Maytag at every chance possible and only drives members of this community away. Valuable knowledge or not, that kind of behavior and mentality isnt beneficial.

Post# 1022627 , Reply# 12 1/27/2019 at 00:01 (1,912 days old) by Jasonlittle (Southern iowa)
Checkrate/Likes 3 Most of the time I just scroll through and read the posts here. I don�t like to argue at all. But just because someone favors one brand doesn�t make all the others garbage. I favor Maytag�s. But I Also like whirlpool and many other brands. That is our right to have our own opinions. Just because I favor Maytag doesn�t mean I trash talk all the other brands and declare Maytag better than everything else. Maybe I�m partial to Maytag because I have lived in Iowa my whole life and Newton is only an hour and a half away from where I live. So naturally Maytag�s are going to be more abundant in my area. I actually seen this set before it was ever posted here and almost considered going after them. But I just don�t have room for anymore at the moment. But I thought this set was pretty cool and was really surprised with such a negative response to the posting. Personally when I come across a whirlpool set of the same time era as a Maytag set the Maytag�s are in much better shape. Whirlpools are usually rusting and as mentioned above the dryers are of what my observations are much less quality. I would much rather work on a Maytag any day then a whirlpool simply by the way they are designed. Basically I think it was pretty harsh to say that Maytag�s deserve to be crushed just because some of them might have fading paint....

Post# 1022628 , Reply# 13 1/27/2019 at 00:12 (1,912 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)
Checkrate/Likes 1 Anybody? OK, I'll go. Jason, bless your heart. I wasn't being serious with that crusher post.

Post# 1022371 , Reply# 9 1/25/2019 at 00:14 (1,914 days old) by qsd-dan (West)
Checkrate/Likes 13 *Pics have been removed but.......* The washer is a 606 with an early 8 fin agitator installed that ran production from Jan 1966 through Nov 1967 for the 606/806/906 models. Maytag went from a 3 button to 4 button water level switch in Dec 1968 and crystal timer dial knobs in late 1971, so the agitator is most likely not original to the machine. The timer dial on the dryer console is too blurred for me to decipher the exact model but easily narrowed down to either a DE306 or DE406.....leaning towards a DE406 for what little can be seen. Coatings Paints and Fading: Paint colors and their attractiveness is purely subjective, not based on factual information. As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I'm a big fan of pre 1966 Coppertone color Maytag produced but not a fan of that shading used on the 06 series. It's just my opinion though. All makes, models, years, colors, and coatings are prone to fading and that includes porcelain. Laundry room locations with windows, sizing and placement of windows, as well as sun positioning all have a large effect on this regardless of make. This becomes incredibly apparent from all colored appliances that have been sitting outside for long periods of time. I've seen it occur with all makes and models new or old in regularly visited haul away piles in less than one months time when placed in direct sunlight. Speaking of coatings, perhaps this is a good time to bring up manufactures that porcelain coated their top panels back in the day. Lets see, GM Frigidaire did it. GE did it with most of their models if not all of 'em. It was the standard for all Maytag models BOL to TOL. Whirlpool/Kenmore? Nope, that was for TOL models only and not all TOL models were granted that blessing. Makes me think back to when a liquid detergent bottle developed a pinhole leak that sat on top on my 1981 Kenmore Series 70 dryer. Paint bubbled up in less than 24 hours and the rusting process immediately began. Pondering about it now, I wonder how many millions of WP/KM washers/dryers were crushed simply due to the fact that the owner didn't want to look at or deal with a cheaply painted rusting pile of functional metal in their laundry room which was a non existent problem in other makes. What an incredible waste of precious resources.

Post# 1022630 , Reply# 14 1/27/2019 at 00:27 (1,912 days old) by Jasonlittle (Southern iowa)
Checkrate/Likes 3 Sorry. Was just bothering me. I do love my Maytags. 😁

Post# 1022632 , Reply# 15 1/27/2019 at 01:44 (1,912 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)
Checkrate/Likes 1 *Jason --* As well you should! Me too!