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Does anyone remember washers or dryers of thier childhood? |
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Post# 228202   8/6/2007 at 23:28 (6,079 days old) by hooverboy1 ()   |   | |
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The ones that stand out the most in my mind are my grandmother's old Maytag center dial washer and dryer. |
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Post# 228210 , Reply# 2   8/7/2007 at 00:21 (6,079 days old) by gewa1054wguy ()   |   | |
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Hunting for and then finding the set you grew up with! |
Post# 228218 , Reply# 5   8/7/2007 at 00:48 (6,079 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Surely. My family had a 1962 Whirlpool LJA3200 and a 1964 LME4600. Then in 1976 an LDA7800, with an LDE7800 dryer in 1977. Now my parents have a 1994 KitchenAid set. Paternal grandparents had a 1950-something Whirlpool, with a pop-the-top lid. Then a late 1960s Supreme 80 washer in white, mated a few years later with a Supreme 80 dryer in avocado. One of the paternal aunts had a late 1960s Kenmore 800 washer, mated with an early 1960s dryer that went into the early 70s when they got a Whirly dryer. That Kenmore 800 went into the late 1980s or early 1990s when a matching direct-drive set came along. Another aunt had an 1960s Kenmore with a cartridge waterfall filter. The third aunt had a 1960s Speed Queen pair. The washer was replaced with a belt-drive Whirlpool in the early 1980s. Then a Maytag. Now they have another Maytag pair. When my dad's uncle married in the early 1970s, his wife brought along a Wizard. Maternal grandmother had a 1950s flat-top Kenmore (with a Kenmore wringer still hanging around), then a 1960s Kelvinator (given to her by neighbors) that had an ongoing electrical problem. A 1970/71 Kenmore 70, mated in 1972 with a Whirlpool dryer. Then a Whirlpool Design2000. She got my KA 760 pair in 1999. Now she has my F&P GWL08 & DE04. Granny's sister had a Whirlpool LPA-series washer for many years, then a lower-end Roper. She never had a dryer. Various sets remembered from neighbors .... a 1960s coppertone Kenmore 70 pair. Lots of Whirlpools in town. A couple neighbors had Catalina. Family friends had a 1960s Philco pair, then an Easy set. My kindergarten teacher (private school at her house) had a stacked Westy SpaceMates set. A couple of granny's friends had Maytags, and there were a couple GEs. |
Post# 228222 , Reply# 6   8/7/2007 at 01:02 (6,078 days old) by goprog ()   |   | |
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You scare me! ;) |
Post# 228233 , Reply# 8   8/7/2007 at 06:11 (6,078 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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ha ha mom had a 59 baby yellow GE set that ate socks all the time.. then in 63 she got a pool washer that ran till we gave it away in like 1990.. but do remember putting my little brother into the dryer when he was about 3 and turning it on thill he cried.. i know it was a bad thing to do but i liked it.. my bad
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Post# 228244 , Reply# 9   8/7/2007 at 06:47 (6,078 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Too funny! |
Post# 228251 , Reply# 10   8/7/2007 at 07:51 (6,078 days old) by saltysam ()   |   | |
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Gyrafoam you just don't know how true that statement is......ROFL! |
Post# 228254 , Reply# 11   8/7/2007 at 08:02 (6,078 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 228262 , Reply# 13   8/7/2007 at 08:44 (6,078 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!)   |   | |
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Post# 228263 , Reply# 14   8/7/2007 at 08:44 (6,078 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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I grew up with a 1968 Kenmore Model 70 set, lasted from 1968 until 1996. Grandmother had a Bendix Deluxe and an original Hamilton dryer until the early 1970's when she also got a Kenmore Model 70 washer and later a Kenmore "match all" dryer. I remember 2 aunts with early GE's, one with a Norge, one with an Imperial Whirlpool, one with a Westy SpaceMates set. |
Post# 228286 , Reply# 16   8/7/2007 at 09:54 (6,078 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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It's interesting, the first washer we ever owned was the one that got me hooked; it was a 1956 or 57 Whirlpool BOL (that I've seen pictured on this site) that was illegally hooked up to our apartment sink. While I remember the pleasure of watching it spin (the days before safety switches), I can't clearly remember the control panel except that it had a blue plastic dial and it had a very simple straight vane Whirlpool black agitator that I have yet to see pictured on this site. It looked very similar to ones in Whirlpool and Sears wringer washers, but it had no "taper" before the cap. The washer I do remember from childhood, because I picked it out from the store, was a used GE 1960 solid tub that I'm still looking for and I'm still trying to verify the model number of. This one (we didn't have the dryer--it's an assumption): |
Post# 228296 , Reply# 18   8/7/2007 at 10:40 (6,078 days old) by tlee618 ()   |   | |
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You all need to stop picking on Chris, he is a good guy!!!!I am sure he just wanted to give his little brother a thrill! |
Post# 228299 , Reply# 19   8/7/2007 at 10:49 (6,078 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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We had only one automatic washer from 1960-1985, which was a Kenmore Model 80, with the colorful toggle-pushbuttons and rhythmic rapid-advance timer. There were so many times I wanted that damn thing to konk out so I could talk my parents into a Frigidaire, but it kept on working. And working. And working. Oh, it needed service plenty of times during its life, but my stepfather (who came into the picture in 1974) thought the machine was cool and wanted to preserve it. So, he'd find parts at junk yards and kept it running. After college, I returned to the family home. Within a year my Mom passed and my stepfather moved to Arizona. As soon as I'd saved up the money, I went to our local Frigidaire dealership, opened the lid on a 1-18 and found....A WCI!! I was crushed. I settled on a large-capacity Whirlpool with a winged Surgilator (and matching dryer). Only had them until mid-'86 when I moved; they stayed with the house. As did my TOL KitchenAid dishwasher. |
Post# 228304 , Reply# 20   8/7/2007 at 11:13 (6,078 days old) by saltysam ()   |   | |
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LOL......but he's so cute when he gets flustered.....Still coming over Sunday Chris? |
Post# 228308 , Reply# 21   8/7/2007 at 11:45 (6,078 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 228309 , Reply# 22   8/7/2007 at 12:34 (6,078 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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I guess when I was growing up just about everyone in my family had Kenmores. The very first machine I have any recollection of was a portable/convertable Kenmore beltdrive from the mid 1970's. I have the same machine now but from 1984. Mom and Dad then upgraded to full-size Kenmores in 1980 or so with Kenmore 80 series machines. Nothing fancy though. My aunt had a 70 series and my Mom's parents also had 80 series. Dual-Action Agitators...blah! I eventually did a swap with a neighbors machine and put the penta-swirl in ours and it was at least a little more fun. I guess with all of the boring Kenmores around me it is no wonder why, to this day, I still lust over a 1960's GE pair. My Dad's mother had that absolutely beautiful 1968/69 GE pair that was near TOL. There is a picture on the site of me as a very young boy watching these. The filter-flo fascinated me to no end as well as a washer that actually spun out the water. (Everything else neutral drained in my life.) And THREE washing speeds!!! Made my head spin!!! Loved those. One day I'm going to find them again I know it! Thanks for reading. Jon |
Post# 228313 , Reply# 24   8/7/2007 at 13:00 (6,078 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!)   |   | |
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Post# 228319 , Reply# 25   8/7/2007 at 13:41 (6,078 days old) by volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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My mom had an almond 1981 Wards pair. Large size, but I don't remember the model. No bleach dispenser so I guess they were near BOL for their size, but it did have the huge almond or white burpalator with the lint filter pan and a fabric softener dispensor. The dryer could hardly turn the drum without coating everything nearby with lint. The washer had so many clunks and bangs, it was like listening to a war while washing, and when it spun, it shook the house. The dryer had only one heat setting, scortch! It had only the timer knob, and the end of cycle buzzer seemed to be the only thing on it that wouldn't die! This set was replaced in January 1994 with a Kenmore 80 series pair. They were boring, but were effective, and lots quieter than the MW pair. They were also noticeably lighter in their construction. The dryer's timer failed around 1998 or so, so you had to manyally stop the thing (my dad was too cheap to fix it). A fuse or a thermostat failed around 2001 or 2002 and my father threw it away and got a new one. I have since majored in, and dedicated my life to, historic preservation and believe me, it was through no influence of my parents who firmly believe that because something is new, it must be better. The dryer was replaced with a new Kenmore dryer with the lint filter in front. It had a light in the back of the drum which never worked right. This dryer wasn't as good as the one it replaced. In 2006, my parents gave away the pair when they renovated the kitchen and got a GE Adora? front loading pair. The dryer, while effective, has the worst lint filter I have ever encountered. Lint sticks to it like glue! The washer, for lack of a better term, sucks! I can wash 3 loads in my Maytag A208 in the time it takes her new GE to wash 1. Also, the Maytag is better at washing, the clothes come out of the GE with every piece of lint and cat hair they had when they went in. I hope that GE Adora dies a horrible, painful, and rapid death in the very near future! It gets the clothes wet, but it won't clean or rinse. My mother's parents have a mid 1970s GE Filter Flo with a black control panel and toggle switches. It also has a straight vane agitator. It is very well equipped and does a great job washing. They have had it all my life and it just got a new pump, but is still going strong. It was originally paired with an unknown Kenmore dryer, vintage 1966? It had a metal-style handle on the door. It was replaced around 1985 with a Kenmore center-dial, large capacity gas dryer. That dryer is still going strong. My father's parents had a Whirlpoo of unknown model from about 1971. It lasted into the late 1990s, but the matching dryer is still going strong. The washer's lid had a metal handle, and the surgilator was either beige or white. The dryer has a plastic door over the lint filter. The washer was replaced with an unknown post-Filter Flo GE of poor quality. That's all I can remember for now, Dave (Maytag A208 & DE308) |
Post# 228324 , Reply# 27   8/7/2007 at 14:10 (6,078 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)   |   | |
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My Mom's 1956 GE, Top and Filter pan |
Post# 228325 , Reply# 28   8/7/2007 at 14:11 (6,078 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)   |   | |
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GE FilterFlo 1956, Controls...... |
Post# 228327 , Reply# 29   8/7/2007 at 14:20 (6,078 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)   |   | |
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Post# 228362 , Reply# 34   8/7/2007 at 18:34 (6,078 days old) by zipdang (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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Right before I was born my parents bought a new 1973 Whirlpool set. I think the washer was an Imperial, but I'm not certain. It had a lighted console and a shiny chrome agitator cap. I so wished it had a recirculating waterfall filter instead of a Magic Clean filter. The dryer was a '73 purchased at the same time, but didn't match the washer due to an appliance store mistake. My mom told me it was a nicer dryer than the one they'd originally paid for, so they kept it. In 1986 the Whirlpools were replaced with 90-series Kenmores, which was pretty much a step backwards in the excitement department. In late 2001 the washer emitted a loud bang that rendered it past tense and the Kenmores were replaced with a Frigidaire Gallery front-load pair, which are still in use. Finally, something somewhat exciting. (It figures it would eventually happen years after I'd moved out of my parents house.) My paternal grandparents had a coppertone Westinghouse pair from the '60s or very early '70s. The washer was a front-load model with the side swinging door, and a little sticker near the tub seal that recommended using Dash. The sticker was still on there when the machines were replaced in 1984 with an MOL Maytag set. My maternal grandparents had a center-dial Maytag with suds saver and lighted console mated to a slant-front Westinghouse dryer (the one with the colorful toggle switches). The dryer was replaced around 1985 with a GE dryer, and the washer replaced a couple years later with a Maytag. My great-grandmother had a fancier Maytag center-dial than my grandparents had, but no dryer. She also had a wringer washer pushed into a corner of the basement, and I think the center-dial was the only automatic she ever owned. Odd, but with all the Maytags in my family neither my parents nor I have ever owned one. |
Post# 228407 , Reply# 38   8/7/2007 at 21:03 (6,078 days old) by hoover1060 ()   |   | |
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from 1993, after the new floors were installed. The original kitchen was remodeled in 1978, and the bar added in 1982, featuring a new Maytag dishwasher, which faced the sink |
Post# 228479 , Reply# 39   8/7/2007 at 23:51 (6,078 days old) by washertalk ()   |   | |
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Jeff, I like your 70s kitchen. Yes, like the all matching Harvest gold appliances. Those 70s cabinets, and the paneling that was added behind the Maytags. And the wallpaper. What year was this? |
Post# 228481 , Reply# 40   8/7/2007 at 23:55 (6,078 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 228487 , Reply# 41   8/8/2007 at 00:28 (6,078 days old) by lasvegasrox ()   |   | |
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my child hood washer was a 1997 whirlpool 7 cycle supreme with super capicity plus with a 3 temp in timer gas dryer |
Post# 228506 , Reply# 43   8/8/2007 at 04:49 (6,077 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Servis Slimline 308 Auto with 209 dryer...!! 9lb load, 850rpm, H&C fill, you need sunglasses with all that optical aerobics..LOl, This was mums first automatic after 18 yrs with a Servis MK2 Twinny...this machine is still going strong at my Great Aunts house who is 94yrs young...having been given to my Gran inbetween....
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Post# 228885 , Reply# 49   8/9/2007 at 00:12 (6,077 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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My Mom used to have a Norge "Burpilator"Then came a GE,Maytag,then Kenmore.She still has the Kenmore-has a Penta-Swirl agitator.she has a Maytag dryer that used to go with the Maytag washer. |
Post# 228887 , Reply# 50   8/9/2007 at 00:22 (6,077 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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My parents had a 1948 Bendix. Started my love of washers. Was replaced by a 1955 or 1956 GE (like JetCone's), but doesn't have FF. Found out that was most likely a special model. There was an early 1950s Norge TimeLine dryer. The GE washer was replaced with a 1964 Norge DispensoMat washer and matching dryer. The washer was replaced with a 1970 Kenmore 800. That washer & dryer were replaced with a MOL GE set in 1978. My parents replaced that set with a next to TOL Maytag set in 1995 and were sold when my parents moved into a retirement apartment in 2002.
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Post# 228915 , Reply# 51   8/9/2007 at 06:40 (6,076 days old) by mathewhebailey0 (port arthur tx)   |   | |
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Late 1960's/early 1970's avocado Norge/Wards MOL or TOL Signature pair with fan behind drum. They were replaced with a white early 1980's Maytag pair The Maytags lasted until late 1990's early 2000's. |
Post# 229211 , Reply# 54   8/10/2007 at 01:22 (6,075 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Oh yes-my Grandmother had a Kenmore with the fat black "pregnant" Roto-Swirl Agitator.My Stepmoms washer also had a large black Roto-Swirl agitator.Liked watching them.also remember the Big "K" on the agitator caps! |
Post# 229320 , Reply# 55   8/10/2007 at 11:57 (6,075 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Seems like the washers of my early childhood didn't last very long. I'm pretty sure there was at least one Norge in there somewhere. Going back to 1960 we had a mismatched pair. My parents bought a basket case fixer upper house in a very desirable neighborhood. Its 1925 service porch only had room for the washer. Had to go down some steps and through a door to the attached garage to the dryer, a 50's Norge timeline with push-button door opener whose timer no longer worked and with lint screen on the bottom. Dryer worked fine otherwise but I guess the washer failed so both were replaced by a 1968 Monkey Wards Signature (Norge) pair, the absolutely worst, loudest, shred-o-matic washer I've ever known. Hated, hated, hated it! The gas dryer was OK but after several years you could smell the carbon monoxide from it inside the house. I'm surprised nobody passed out or worse on a cold winter day with all the windows closed. In 1975 when that POS washer got so loud you couldn't hear yourself think, I convinced my mom to start shopping for a new washer. I had been checking Consumer Reports and with Maytags being far too expensive I pursued Kenmore. Ended up with that offbeat skinny belt model that Trainguy Rich had posted here last week. Best washer my mom ever owned, so quiet during agitation, and lasted 3 times longer than that POS from MW.
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Post# 229395 , Reply# 56   8/10/2007 at 18:36 (6,075 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Our first automatic washer when I was a child was a 1957 Westinghouse Laundromat. It was not the fancy top of the line model, but the mid-economy model. I loved watching washers and now I had a window to look through...better than TV! But what really got me hooked was my grandmother's 1955 Frigidaire Unimatic -- that spin cycle! wow!
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Post# 229420 , Reply# 57   8/10/2007 at 19:43 (6,075 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 229422 , Reply# 58   8/10/2007 at 19:44 (6,075 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 229427 , Reply# 59   8/10/2007 at 19:52 (6,075 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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None other... |
Post# 229431 , Reply# 60   8/10/2007 at 19:58 (6,075 days old) by funguy10 ()   |   | |
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What is that? |
Post# 229434 , Reply# 61   8/10/2007 at 20:01 (6,075 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 229435 , Reply# 62   8/10/2007 at 20:04 (6,075 days old) by bingwsguy (Binghamton NY)   |   | |
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My Mom's was a Maytag model?? Hot/Warm/Cold, Regular/Gentle Action, Small/Medium /Normal buttons. My Dad's Mom was maybe a Maytag AMP, then a 606 pair. My Mom's Mom was a Maytag model E which she had until she was about 82 years old. |
Post# 229437 , Reply# 63   8/10/2007 at 20:07 (6,075 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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The beautiful Kenmore 800 |
Post# 229462 , Reply# 64   8/10/2007 at 21:07 (6,075 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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The Blackstone model 350, with stainless steel top and tub. My father, who had the TV & appliance store in front of the house, had that washer in service for 50 years. It still works, but is resting in my cellar for the time being. Matching dryer also still works. I used to climb inside that dryer drum, although it was frowned upon. I also remember the Westinghouse frontloader. My father took out the tubs, put the inner tub into the back of the outer tub, standing on the ground, which made a cool merry-go-round for us in the back yard. And who else used round wringer covers for sliding down snowy hills? |
Post# 229572 , Reply# 65   8/11/2007 at 08:00 (6,074 days old) by abcomatic (Bradford, Illinois)   |   | |
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In the 1950's on the farm. Mom had used washers because we washed in salt water from the well. Wringers: Maytag Grey ghost, 1930's Thor, Montgomery and Wards,Speed Queen Automatics: 1963 Cornado, 1971 Kenmore, 1987 Hotpoint, 1999 Kenmore. |
Post# 229625 , Reply# 68   8/11/2007 at 14:21 (6,074 days old) by mielew4840 ()   |   | |
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This Is the brandnew washer my Grandma got around 1987: AEG Öko Lavamat 530 |
Post# 229768 , Reply# 72   8/12/2007 at 04:51 (6,073 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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My mother's first washer was a twintub, I think it was a DRU, made in the Netherlands. She also used a laundry service while she had that twintub. Then in 1965 she got a Candy frontloader that didn't have a long life. In 1966 she bought a Bosch V550 frontloader. In 1976 that was replaced by a Miele W423. In 1997 she bought a Miele Frontstar that she still has.
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Post# 235345 , Reply# 80   9/6/2007 at 23:09 (6,048 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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The first washer I remember was a Bendix Economat with a rubber tub.I can't tell you how many times my grandfather cussed that machine out after replacing the tub just weeks earlier and having to replace it again from it imploding during the wringing out of the clothes.He finaly got rid of it and bought an Easy Rivera automatic.We already had a 1954 Kenmore gas dryer.After replacing the pump 7 or 8 times in 6 years,My mother wanted another washer.Now mind you,the home we had in B'more was a rancher with 4 bedrooms,1 bath and nowhere other than the utility room which was seperate from any entrance in the house and had to be entered by going out the back door into the cold,wet,raw winter air with a basket of wet or dry vclothes to take to and from the dryer.Mom hated that as well as my grandmother who had a sister in law that ahd a Bendix combination washer dryer. We went to Sears and as we escalated down to the appliance department,I saw a washer dryer combination that looked different but did the same functions as my Aunt lou's Bendix.As my mom and grandmother looked around,I saw a saleslady and pointed to my mom telling (begging)her to sell them on the Lady Kenmore gas combination washer-dryer.On my birthday while my smartalec dad took me out to learn how to rollerscate,Sears had come to our house and installed that gem.By the time we got home,all the laundry had been washed,dried and out away.I knew there was a raeson to have dad take me away from home but mom could hsve at least saved a load for me to watch.Nontheless,I did get many chances to watch it and was able to bring home my schoolmates gym clothes to show off to them how great it was.we owned it from 1963 to 1981.My dad remaried after mom died and Betty(my stepmom) hated it.She came from a Jet Action 12 pound tub Frigidaire Gold crown model in coppertone.She and my dad went and replaced the combo with a Montgomery Ward (norge)washer and a cheap ass Whirlpool gas dryer. |
Post# 235374 , Reply# 82   9/7/2007 at 09:21 (6,047 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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When I was first born my dad bought my mom a bottom of the line 1962 Kenmore. In the fall of 1968 the white coated lever of the safety lid switch had fallen out so it would not spin anymore. So my mom sent my dad and my 5 year old self out to get a new washer and my mom's only request was that it be a "large capacity" machine. So my dad got her a middle of the line 1968 Kenmore, the only difference in the tub between the old and the new machine was was the new tub was white. I remeber her reaction when the machine was delievered, "wow this tub looks a lot bigger". |
Post# 235388 , Reply# 83   9/7/2007 at 11:17 (6,047 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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My parents bought the house in 1964, they also bought a new Maytag A700 in pink. It had the backlit console, a tub light (VERY neat!!) and a little knob on the top right of the control console to select the rinse temperature (automatic or cold). I used to wedge anything I could between the lid and the safety switch (car keys, wooden ruler, a spoon) so I could watch it with the lid open. At some point my parents had to do a repair (themselves!!), which was either a bearing or seal at the bottom of the tub (not sure). After that repair (and one drive belt later) it worked fine for many years. It was eventually replaced in the mid 80's (with a used late 70's Maytag, also adding a used Maytag dryer too) but ONLY because I wanted machine with a larger capacity. That large cap Maytag lasted until about 2 years ago (something finally failed) when it was replaced by a new Whirlpool Duet front loader. My Grandparents had a mid-50's(?) Westinghouse front loader (I LOVED to watch it), probably a near the B.O.L. as (from what I can remember) it only had only one control knob and "Laundromat" printed in red across the window glass. Unfortunately something happened to it and was replaced in the late 70's with a new (basic) Maytag washer. They never had a dryer other then the sun and the wind. |
Post# 235408 , Reply# 84   9/7/2007 at 13:35 (6,047 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 235466 , Reply# 85   9/7/2007 at 21:29 (6,047 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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inglis libarator push to start pull to stop (do not know the year) (my grand mother) inglis superb washer and dryer bought before my birth 1988 kenmore (grand mother) broke recently Ps: is it possible to see inglis libarator washer push to start pull to stop picture and inglis superb washer and dryer pictures. tank you |
Post# 236773 , Reply# 89   9/15/2007 at 15:40 (6,039 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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