Thread Number: 89792
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
What year exactly did Maytag switch from the classic center-dial design to the brown panel? |
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Post# 1144142   3/9/2022 at 12:08 (750 days old) by WoodJack99 (Massachusetts/Virginia, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 1144143 , Reply# 1   3/9/2022 at 12:13 (750 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 1144144 , Reply# 2   3/9/2022 at 12:21 (750 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Peter is spot on.
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Post# 1144147 , Reply# 3   3/9/2022 at 12:53 (750 days old) by robbinsandmyers (Conn)   |   | |
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Post# 1144154 , Reply# 4   3/9/2022 at 14:08 (750 days old) by WoodJack99 (Massachusetts/Virginia, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 1144160 , Reply# 5   3/9/2022 at 15:20 (750 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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Post# 1144183 , Reply# 6   3/9/2022 at 19:26 (749 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 1144195 , Reply# 7   3/9/2022 at 22:30 (749 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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The story was that they wanted them to look like the dishwasher control panel. I thought that it made them look like Montgomery Ward machines. |
Post# 1144218 , Reply# 8   3/10/2022 at 08:00 (749 days old) by woodjack99 (Massachusetts/Virginia, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 1144219 , Reply# 9   3/10/2022 at 08:01 (749 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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We went to purchase a new washer to replace the 72 GE FF and a new dishwasher to replace the months-gone KM Roto-Rack in February 1981. The store was clearing out the last of the center-dial models, mostly dryers by that point. We bought a 110, BOL washer and a Maytag portable dishwasher. Maytag offered two port/conv models, one with sani-wash and the low end with just a heat dry option (two buttons). Naturally, to prevent "trouble with all the doo-dads" bought the lower end model. |
Post# 1144238 , Reply# 10   3/10/2022 at 13:05 (749 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 1144294 , Reply# 13   3/11/2022 at 12:07 (748 days old) by Good-Shepherd (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Glossy consoles were also more durable. Center dial switches yellowed, lettering would wear off, paint faded. Glossy consoles clean up nicely with polishing compound and some elbow grease. |
Post# 1144299 , Reply# 14   3/11/2022 at 12:34 (748 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Agreed, the 80's consoles...most notably the 84-89 era...were the most durable Maytag ever produced and they age very gracefully.
As noted above, the buttons on the 66-79 center dials would yellow under the wrong conditions and the lettering on the buttons would wear under high use or from the OCD housewife. The console paint from 1957-1979 would easily wear through with too many cleanings, aggressive cleaners, or just a hint too much scrubbing. The early 90's flat black consoles didn't wear very well and were prone to fading, especially if pretreatments of garments were sprayed near the console. Some consoles of the white era of the mid 90's to the end of production, especially the grained hard plastic surroundings, would yellow overtime. |
Post# 1144301 , Reply# 15   3/11/2022 at 12:49 (748 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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To add to what Dan stated directly above, the logos on the CD models didn't hold up well to cleaning. As much as I like the classic look of CD machines, particularly the 806 models with fully lit consoles, I have to agree that the 12 series consoles were upscale with their gold trim, but I still prefer the look of the white buttons on the 10 series.
I jumped on a 712 machine five or six years ago after determining that it wasn't an orbital model and have no regrets. I have plenty of overhead lighting in the basement where the 712 and my mostly analog Neptune stacked set live. |
Post# 1144376 , Reply# 17   3/12/2022 at 13:15 (747 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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the Delayed Bleach Injection System fill port was moved to the other side of the opening and the reservoir which slowly metered bleach into the machine through the pump was eliminated and the hose from the fill opening on the left went directly down to the outer tub.
That was already implemented in early 1975. |
Post# 1144379 , Reply# 18   3/12/2022 at 14:08 (747 days old) by Hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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Post# 1144394 , Reply# 19   3/12/2022 at 16:40 (747 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 1144460 , Reply# 20   3/13/2022 at 14:42 (746 days old) by chaskelljr2 (Washington, D. C.)   |   | |
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1980 —Charles— |