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Thread Number: 8639
1958 Philco-Bendix finds a new home... |
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Post# 162425 10/24/2006 at 21:23 (6,392 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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The 58 Bendix Duomatic that has been resting in my garage for the summer has found a new home, Steve 1-18 from Augusta, GA was in Temple, Texas visiting with Bob (appnut) when I told him on the phone the other night this machine was available. He jumped in the van and drove 14 hours yesterday to grab it! Here he is with his new baby - a very nice combo in gas and a dry-run in the garage seems to check out pretty good so far...
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Post# 162426 , Reply# 1 10/24/2006 at 21:24 (6,392 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 162431 , Reply# 2 10/24/2006 at 21:32 (6,392 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Steve I am so very happy for you!!! What a great machine. So good to see you again as well. Have fun. Terry | ||
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Post# 162438 , Reply# 3 10/24/2006 at 21:36 (6,392 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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YAY for Steve | ||
| Post# 162450 , Reply# 4 10/24/2006 at 21:46 (6,392 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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YAY! Congratulations Steve, what a beautiful machine! Love those "jet-engine" controls! Greg, let's see some more pictures of your new "ride" on the Super forum! ;-) | ||
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Post# 162462 , Reply# 5 10/24/2006 at 21:54 (6,392 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 162469 , Reply# 6 10/24/2006 at 22:09 (6,392 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA) | ||
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Behind the scenes Wow Looks to be in fantastic shape. Congratulations it looks like a lot of fun. | ||
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Post# 162473 , Reply# 7 10/24/2006 at 22:12 (6,392 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 162500 , Reply# 9 10/25/2006 at 00:15 (6,392 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon) |
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Beautiful machine | ||
| Post# 162526 , Reply# 10 10/25/2006 at 06:30 (6,392 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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Post# 162531 , Reply# 11 10/25/2006 at 06:49 (6,392 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Combo`s | ||
| Post# 162536 , Reply# 12 10/25/2006 at 07:28 (6,392 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 162545 , Reply# 13 10/25/2006 at 08:22 (6,392 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 162553 , Reply# 14 10/25/2006 at 08:44 (6,392 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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Way cool, Steve! That multi-colored push button control panel is Bendix best I think. Brent and I both need onen so we can have a real duomatic get together here in Atlanta! Les | ||
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Post# 162607 , Reply# 15 10/25/2006 at 13:37 (6,392 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 163753 , Reply# 16 10/29/2006 at 20:43 (6,387 days old) by brent-aucoin () | ||
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So much Fun! Looks like a great machine! Can't wait to see it wash in person! And dry of course, by GAS! Brent | ||
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Post# 164550 , Reply# 19 11/2/2006 at 00:40 (6,384 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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The machine began it's life in South Bend, IN as did all Bendix appliances and then apparently was sold and used in the San Fransisco area until it was bought by a guy in Kansas City, MO. He had it shipped there, played with it for a while and then ownership came to Kim (washndry) in Michigan. Kim arranged for Steve (gyrafoam) and Chris from St. Louis to pick it up on their way to Omaha to pick up some other machines from in back in June. It's been in my garage since then until Kim decided it needed a new owner and that's how Steve ended up with it. Steve left Bob's (appnut) in Temple, TX last week - drove to Omaha and then back to Temple. From there, they carted it to the wash-in at Glen's and Austin's and now Steve is driving it to Rhinnie's family's for his memorial service and internment and then it will be on the road again to it's (hopefully) final home in Augusta, Georgia. That's a lot of miles for even a Bendix! | ||
| Post# 164567 , Reply# 20 11/2/2006 at 07:25 (6,384 days old) by brent-aucoin () | ||
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Amazing! This is one Bendix that got around. Wonder if there is a section in The Guinness Book of Records for this? Brent | ||
| Post# 164570 , Reply# 21 11/2/2006 at 07:34 (6,384 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Post# 164581 , Reply# 22 11/2/2006 at 08:23 (6,384 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Well Steve, your rollermatic began it's life in Dayton, OH, ended up in Tulsa, OK, brought to Omaha by me from Tulsa, then Steve R. brought it back with him to Atlanta and now it's with you down on the Redneck Riviera (I love that!) so it may not have as many miles on it as the Bendix, the blood,sweat and tears you have in it has got to be worth something! It's interesting that there are a quite a few machines that in one way or another can be credited to Steve (gyrafoam) for lending a hand in saving, rescuing and finding good homes for. He's like a one-man Sally Struthers for washers! Just fifty cents a day... | ||
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