Grab 'em. Love that Superba.

The 806 washer and KDS-15 dishwasher are TOL models. The Maytag DE500 is one step down from TOL and has the early designed electronic moisture control system. All three units are well known for being extremely reliable in their heyday.

The bad news.....the DE500 is 60 years old and the other 2 are very close behind. They have also been sitting for 30+ years, which is not ideal. These are not machines the one immeadilty slams into daily service right off the bat.

The dryer will need to be completely disassembled, drum bearings, blower bearings, and idler pulley bearing oiled. The motor is probably the round style which can be disassembled and oiled. Probably needs a front seal. Will need new belts, for sure. Slip ring will need polishing for proper contact. Don't lose the spring and carbon brush during the removal process. The electronic system may or may not work from the get go.

The dishwasher will need new hoses, probably a new inlet valve. Best to immediately replace the lower seal at minimum or water intrusion will take out the motor bearings. You don't want to hunt down a motor for this machine. Everything else may work fine, might have to fiddle with the detergent bi metals to get them functioning correctly.

The washer will probably need lots of works to get it functioning up to par. The oil is probably sludged up in the transmission at this point. New stem and boot seal and probably tub bearing while you're in there. Replace the belts. I'd remove the front panel and keep a close eye on the original pump top cover seal. These can dry out and leak. Will definitely need a motor carriage kit, springs (original springs are tiny and too light), rollers/glides, tracks cleaned and lubed. The original rollers have probably crumbled at this point. New tub to pump hose is critical unless you want a flood. The original is probably rock hard by now. Should have the extremely rare 8 finned agitator that was only used on the 906/806/606 models in 1966-1967. These older agitators have a metal insert that likes to weld itself to the agitator shaft, making it a real pain to remove. A 30 year nap may be to your advantage in that area, making it easier to remove. 

It would be a shame to part out that Maytag washer. Not too many of those early designs are still around anymore. That agitator is extremely rare! It has a bigger tub than the one you currently have.

The DE500 dryer is the same as the TOL versions minus the lighted console and drum light. These are about the most accurate dryers around with 3 sensors in the path of the clothing. The later Stream of Heat dryers have a small sensor near the exhaust and not in the path of the clothing, like most designs today. It can under dry smaller items that don't rub up against the sensor. These dryers are really not that complicated to work on, they just take a bit longer to tear down as the entire cabinet has to be removed to service items in the front of the machine (door switch, heating element, front seal). Once they're gone through, you shouldn't have to do that for a long time. Don't be afraid to work on one, there's plenty of threads here to source and we'll help guide you.

The timer for the dishwasher looks like it's there, the knob was probably removed to take off the lower panel during the removal process. I bet the lower panel and knob are still there.

Since you don't rely on these machines as daily drivers, you can take time to fiddle around and learn to work on them at your leisure...which is ideal. They're also a great backup incase your current ones give you trouble.

This dryer would be a nice machine to complement your collection. Both the HOH and SOH designs have their strengths and weaknesses where they are superior in their own ways.

I don't find the electric HOH's to be slow when everything is functioning properly and the vent is clean. They dry large items light comforters faster than Whirlpool/Kenmore 29 inchers and even the SOH models. All large items go in my electronic control HOH machines for fast, dead on accurate drying.

This is an early 806 model, built somewhere between Jan 1966 and Oct 1967. These early 606/806/906 models had that rare 8 finned agitator which was changed out to the common skirtless 4 fin agitator in Nov 1967 (used through mid 1989). That's a rare 806 washer!

There's a placard on the back of the cabinet that has a serial #. Take a picture of it and we can decode the month and year of this unit.

As far as the motor goes, supposedly in Feb 1968, Maytag incorporated a better high torque motor. I have an early version of this machine built in 1967 and the original motor performs EXACTLY like the rest of the motors on all of my Maytag washers through the 90's. Not sure exactly what changes were made but I can't tell a difference.

Post the timer part# and I'll verify if it's the correct one for this early machine.

The early 806 was built in Feb, 1966. It's the 2nd oldest 806 known on this site as far as I am aware of.

The later 806 was built in Dec, 1979.

I'm not familiar with the sudsaver models or if it could easily be added on and the effort required to do so. Someone here should have an answer.

Something that caught my attention while looking at the placard on the early 806....

It's rated at 7 amps, which includes running the console light.

The Speed Queen TC5 which has the same capacity rating, using the same EXACT 19 gallon full fill sucks down 9.8 amps....and it isn't even running a console light. The Speed Queen also doesn't get up to speed as fast as the helical Maytags during the spin cycle, burns through belts several times faster than a helical Maytag, uses a center seal the last half the life of the Maytag (if not less), and has a transmission that can't match the Maytags longevity. Servicing is definitely more complex and involved vs the 'Tag. We haven't even began on the severe restrictions and flexibility of the TC5.

So much for progress, efficiency, flexibility, and durability on a product that shoddily stole Maytags design, which goes back to the 1950's.

Proof that it's impossible to improve on perfection.

Wondering how to see if she has the inside tub light..

Oh, it definitely has a tub light :) Plug the washer in, pull the timer knob out and open the lid. The light will shine at the 3 o'clock position if the light bulb is good and the lid switch is functioning properly.

If the bulb isn't working, remove the front panel, remove the 2 screws at the corners of the top panel, and lift the top up (the top is hinged on 1966-2006 Maytag washers).