Thread Number: 88858
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
My birth washer |
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Post# 1134247 , Reply# 1   11/22/2021 at 19:17 (882 days old) by MaytagNeptune (FireAlarmTechGuy4444 on YouTube. Interlochen MI)   |   | |
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ScantPear1985 has recovered the washer that started his obsession. It's not the exact same as it but very similar. I also Recovered mine. The only difference between the one I got now and the one I had in the past is there is no pause in the timer on Permanent Press Cycle. Anyway, ScantPear1985 is looking for those parts to make it the exact same. Mine is close enough.
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Post# 1134250 , Reply# 2   11/22/2021 at 20:45 (882 days old) by Pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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this inglis superb set from 1972 1973 is the set of my birth would love to find some mint with fabric softner dispenser matching dryer in arvest gold with blue sticker on both washer dryer set
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Post# 1134253 , Reply# 3   11/22/2021 at 21:32 (882 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 1134254 , Reply# 4   11/22/2021 at 21:57 (882 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)   |   | |
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Is it JUST the washer and dryer that were present in your household at the time of your birth that you're looking for?
How about the other appliances, furniture, automobile, dishes, etc.? If after one is born, a month later your parents received a new laundry pair because they realized with kids clothes they'd need something reliable, is THAT new set void and not count because it wasn't present at your birth? Are we believing that the washer and dryer that were present at your birth are some how responsible for your life and ....you have a unique bond with such? Or do you have a womb based discrepancy that needs to be battled out with this yet undiscovered/recovered laundry pair? Just asking for a friend... |
Post# 1134256 , Reply# 5   11/22/2021 at 22:19 (882 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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What's up with all of the negativity? I'm personally happy for the OP who is piecing together and re-experiencing good childhood memories.
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Post# 1134257 , Reply# 6   11/22/2021 at 22:36 (882 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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My parents had the $119 pump model Kenmore when I was born. I now have the $129 '48 "semi-automatic" now that runs fine and washes my animal towels and blankets.
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Post# 1134259 , Reply# 7   11/22/2021 at 23:25 (882 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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This is the washer I grew up with until I moved in 2006. Wasn’t a matched set since it was paired up with a Kenmore 60 series (?) electric dryer from 1987 but closest photo I could find to my childhood/birth washer.
One sound that’s nostalgic to me is when it would engage into the spin cycle and distinctly remember hearing it engage into the spin whenever I happened to be near it and that is one of the reasons that got me into vintage machines even though it was from 1997. All Maytags from 1966 to 2006 if I am not mistaken all make the same or similar sound when they engage into the spin.
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Post# 1134260 , Reply# 8   11/22/2021 at 23:58 (882 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)   |   | |
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I hope no one's being negative. We just need to know the rules here.
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Post# 1134264 , Reply# 9   11/23/2021 at 00:20 (882 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 1134267 , Reply# 10   11/23/2021 at 00:28 (882 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)   |   | |
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Post# 1134289 , Reply# 11   11/23/2021 at 09:26 (881 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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I was incredibly lucky to have found a washer similar to, not the very same as, the automatic washer I have my earliest recollections of. Here's the Canadian 1964 GE that surfaced outside of Québec City this summer! The one I found is way fancier than the one I recall - I know it didn't have a speed selection or the fluorescent light above the controls - it may not have had a load size selector either, but I can't recall... Got the matched dryer with it, too - bonus! |
Post# 1134305 , Reply# 12   11/23/2021 at 11:05 (881 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 1134329 , Reply# 14   11/23/2021 at 16:29 (881 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 1134410 , Reply# 15   11/24/2021 at 15:30 (880 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Bradfordwhite, I too, grew up with a ‘62 Frigidaire Custom Deluxe washer and a mid ‘50s BOL Maytag dryer. I always hated the fact that they didn’t match!
My folks said that they went in with a couple of the neighbors to purchase the dryer and even though it was housed on my parent’s back porch, they all shared it. They ended up buying the dryer after my older brother was born in 1956. And this was in Eureka, CA where it’s always either raining or drizzly fog. Not the best climate for a clothes line! |