I will try to go and take better pics, I don't know why these came out so poor, sorry everyone. I just bought this dig cam and must have had something set wrong. Anyways, I am almost positive this is a '76. It is MINT !! and works great. Pics 33-37.

Nice washer, Greg. Do you like the straight vane Activator?

Here's the link to the other pictures of GregM's machine.

I'll have to look,but I think I gave a similar set in a storage building I've got.

kennyGF

Looks like it it in very good shape!
And you got the complete mini basket with it!
I bet you will have fun with this one!
Just make sure everyone has taken a shower before you do a hot water wash.
Where did you find this one? Looks well taken cared of.
Brent

Hi Greg, oh that's a nice find and they are getting rarer and rarer! By the way, is it really a '76, I think that machine could be earlier, like early 70's???

That was the prevous version of my 1978 model. I really like the blue rather than the whie activator and stuff I had. And even the fabric softener dispenser.

BOLD didn't come out until about 1965, not late 50's

the straight vane actually does turn them over, I was surprised and it does a great job. Of course I have used the "ramp" style which has even better turnover. I was wondering when they started with the "ramp" ?? then to the "straight-vane", then back to the "ramp" ?

I liked the recent post of the 1976 GE. I'm curious about the agitation speed of the GE machines with this straight 4-vane agitator. The straight 3-vane machine that my neighbors had in the '70s (probably made in the mid-60s) had an agitator stroke similar to the early BD Kenmores. My 1993 GE filter flow with the 3-vane ramp Activator had a familiar belt-drive stroke, but was slightly quicker, with a tighter arc, than the old belt drives - though nowhere near the agitation mechanism of the new direct drives. Does anyone have any info on the 1976 model, or a live tape clip?

Pete

Hi! I remember the first time I saw one with the turquoise straight vane agitator was back in about 1966. A neighbor got a TOL model with one. -Steve

Lovely! My mom has '70s GE in the basement as a "spare." My cousin's wife has a circa '64 V16 with a black straight-vane Activator and super fast agitation. Nothing gets the cat hair off your clothes like a FilterFlo!

The agitation stoke in these GE's is about 130-140 degrees at about 100 SPM. Shorter and faster than most machines of the era.

When GE first went to a perforated wash basket, the ramp agitator was introduced. Later they switched to the straight vane "low-boy" agitator, then the straight vane "hi-boy" agitator as shown here. I believe this was done because the short vane didn't turn over well. Note that the vanes also don't reach the end of the skirt, probably to reduce roughness. After a while, they went back to the ramp.

The standard capacity straight vane had 3 vanes up the barrel and 6 short vanes on the skirt. The large capacity short vane had 4 on the barrel and 8 on the skirt. I don't think they had a high vane version for the standard capacity models.

-ph

Hi Peter:
So do you think my 1956 has 100 SPM? I was trying to figure it out last nite since I don't have any Doctrine on her to consult for the speeds. I was going to ask Jeff if I could borrow his strobe gun to check that and the really rapid Dry cycle spin speed.

jon