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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - May 04 2008 : 08:35:09 AM
And set up my new washing machine???? LOL!!!!!:D
Bought it yesterday at a Salvation Army store in Indiana. My dh almost ran away from home at the sight of it. I've wanted one for a long time. Wonder if I can get a manual somewhere online? When I checked it over and saw it has very little rust inside or outside, I tore off the price tag, pulled the money out of my jeans pocket and marched over to the guy at the counter and said: "I want this washing machine!". Boy, is it HEAVY! And hard to load on the truck(dh still not happy)!
 It was made in 1953. After we got it off the truck, I spent the remaining daylight hours cleaning it. I was almost as excited as when I used to wash and wax my old muscle car in the driveway(1966 SS Chevelle)!  The inside is in very good shape, too!
I'm so excited! I hope it works, because I want to use it. My Grandma had one like this and I can still remember how steamy it got in her basement on washday! :D
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| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - May 04 2008 : 6:40:48 PM
Janice, that is just the coolest!!!! I'm Soooooo jealous, I can hardly stand it!
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| Farmtopia |
Posted - May 04 2008 : 3:07:41 PM
Wow Janice, good for you, I definitely hope it works when you install it. Keep us updated! :D
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| electricdunce |
Posted - May 04 2008 : 11:52:31 AM
Wow isn't that machine a beauty! What a lucky find...Karin
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - May 04 2008 : 10:25:07 AM
What a great find, Janice! I'd call the local maytag guy and ask just for s&g's!
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| Alee |
Posted - May 04 2008 : 10:18:54 AM
That's awesome Janice! Aw- He will either like it or forget about it once it doesn't have to be moved around any more. At least that is how Doug is. He grouses about things until his involvement is done and then he doesn't care- as long as I am happy. Silly guys!
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - May 04 2008 : 09:48:40 AM
I'm afraid to tell him you like it, because he just might haul it to Burlington and GIVE it to you! HAHAHAHA!!!!!:D I'm so proud of it I don't know what to do with myself. We took the wringer arm off yesterday, but we had to try to get it on the truck so it would stand up and the oil wouldn't leak out. That was hard to do.
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - May 04 2008 : 09:43:14 AM
OH wow!! That is so cool!! And such great condition!! How fun.
Heather
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - May 04 2008 : 09:39:54 AM
Janice,
Look at you a proud owner of a Maytag wringer!! We had one like that when I lived on the farm, Grandma did her wash on the side porch then hung the clothes right on a pulley clothesline that ran right off the porch over the field. Women must seem like a pretty strange breed to men, when we get excited over an old washing machine.
NANCY JO
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| miss wilma |
Posted - May 04 2008 : 09:25:34 AM
Janice if you pull the wringer off its easier to handle, also when you go to wring BE SURE to make sure the wringer is locked in place, Tell David I will give you HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR IT AND NOT EVEN plug it up
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| miss wilma |
Posted - May 04 2008 : 09:22:46 AM
Janice you tell DH that you have just bought one of the best buys you will ever find, I have a square tub and ROUND TUB, iF YOU FIND a good one for 100.00, knock on wood, cheaper than that jump up and hollar. I wouldnt do with out mine for 300.00 You are going to love this baby
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