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Thread Number: 94326
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
1967 Maytag 806 Set in Cordoba Copper |
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| Post# 1190174 9/17/2023 at 20:19 by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
This past week I took a road trip to pick up an eBay find where the ad read, “Maytag vintage 1960’s washer and dryer (Brown).” I’ve wanted a copper Maytag set for a long time but just never found the right one at the right time. Until now that is. I was surfing eBay one evening when I ran across the aforementioned ad. Turns out it was an 806 set that said they were from 1967. The listing was for auction or make an offer. Well you know I couldn’t let that auction end as this set looked great in the pictures. So I made an offer and the rest is history.
This set has been in the same house since 1967 when they were purchased from the brother of the lady of the house who was a Maytag dealer. Sadly she passed away at 89 about a year ago. I did get to meet her daughter and son in law who are great people. She said her mother would never let anyone operate her machines and when she got where she couldn’t she would allow someone to load the machine but she still had to be the one to push the buttons. There were many items in her home that she took very good care of through the years. The daughter contacted Maytag to see if they wanted them for archives but they turned her down saying they had plenty. She contacted the local Maytag dealer who turned her down as well. I think they were destined to retire in south east Texas. You really would have to see this set in person to really see how beautiful they are. They sat in the kitchen of the home across the street from where the lady of the house grew up so she spent most of her life on the same street in West Virginia. Washer model: CA806 Serial: 217882DD Dryer model: CDE806 Serial: 601741DD | ||
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Post# 1190180 , Reply# 1 9/17/2023 at 21:08 by stuftrock1  (Kentucky) |
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Post# 1190183 , Reply# 2 9/17/2023 at 21:27 by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1190186 , Reply# 3 9/17/2023 at 22:58 by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 1190187 , Reply# 4 9/17/2023 at 23:01 by stuftrock1 (Kentucky) |
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Post# 1190188 , Reply# 5 9/17/2023 at 23:09 by qsd-dan (West) |
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Was that standard on 1960's models? | ||
| Post# 1190191 , Reply# 6 9/17/2023 at 23:47 by Delco1946 (Oregon) | ||
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Simply stunning! | ||
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Post# 1190196 , Reply# 7 9/18/2023 at 00:45 by marky_mark (From Liverpool. Now living in Palm Springs and Dublin) |
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Post# 1190197 , Reply# 8 9/18/2023 at 00:57 by appnut (TX) |
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Melvin these are definitely show stoppers. Had a former coworker, nearing retirement age and had moved to NW Houston joining us at headquarters from St. Louis. When he found out my appliance/washer fsscination he would sinnk the praises of his wife & her Maytags. I got to go to their house once and her Maytag set was a 606 set in this same color and they looked like they'd just come off the sales floor and this was in 1979-1981. Only time I've seen a Cordoba Copper set in the wild.
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Post# 1190201 , Reply# 9 9/18/2023 at 07:34 by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Post# 1190203 , Reply# 10 9/18/2023 at 07:54 by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Wow, beautiful condition pair of 806s | ||
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Post# 1190205 , Reply# 11 9/18/2023 at 08:11 by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 1190208 , Reply# 12 9/18/2023 at 08:47 by peteski50 (New York) |
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Maytag! | ||
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Post# 1190209 , Reply# 13 9/18/2023 at 09:10 by luxflairguy (Wilmington NC) |
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Stunning is the word! Way to go!! | ||
| Post# 1190222 , Reply# 14 9/18/2023 at 13:36 by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1190235 , Reply# 15 9/18/2023 at 17:53 by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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I've seen them.... | ||
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Post# 1190261 , Reply# 16 9/19/2023 at 07:52 by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 1190283 , Reply# 17 9/19/2023 at 16:16 by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Aferim! | ||
| Post# 1190287 , Reply# 18 9/19/2023 at 17:36 by Hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
WOWZERS... | ||
| Post# 1190294 , Reply# 19 9/19/2023 at 19:18 by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Thanks! I’m excited to get a chance to check them out. First order of business will be to get all of the lights working. Everyone knows that an appliance equipped with lighting can not possibly work correctly without the lights shining. The drum bulb in the dryer is the only one working at the moment. I’d like to get a wax job on them as well. That will do until I can get more time to go through them. I know the damper on the washer feels a little tight.
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Post# 1190296 , Reply# 20 9/19/2023 at 19:28 by lotsosudz (Sacramento, CA) |
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Gorgeous Maytags | ||
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Post# 1190425 , Reply# 21 9/21/2023 at 18:31 by electronicontrl (Grand Rapids, MI) |
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Beautiful ! | ||
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