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Post# 243766   10/21/2007 at 14:27 (6,003 days old) by joeblow ()        

Found this in Craigslist in case anyone is interested. Looks to be circa 1960's, maybe made by GE for Eatons?

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Post# 243831 , Reply# 1   10/21/2007 at 21:33 (6,002 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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That's a very cool and high-end looking machine!

Post# 243865 , Reply# 2   10/21/2007 at 23:15 (6,002 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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The front service panel gives it away - looks like a Franklin/WCI design. I had a similar machine with the Kelvinator brand on it, angel wing agitator, recirculating filter, huge tub.

Post# 243913 , Reply# 3   10/22/2007 at 08:38 (6,002 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        
The Front Panel is Exactly a Franklin

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Look at that it's a Franklin Pig! That's the oldest Viking washer I have even seen, it might even be a solid basket. In the 70's and 80's Vikings were made by GE.

Post# 243966 , Reply# 4   10/22/2007 at 13:00 (6,002 days old) by joeblow ()        

Grandparents had a really old Viking dryer, older than this. It had the lint filter trap on top like a Whirlpool/Inglis but was definitely not made by them. No start button. As soon as you turned the dial, the machine started. Three buttons in the middle for reg, delicate & fluff I think. No automatic dry - time dry only. It was white and the console was raised by two short little chrome legs off the machine like an old GE. Console was pink and black in color with chrome trim. I think that Blackstone had made laundry for Eatons eons ago so this could have been one of them.

Post# 243969 , Reply# 5   10/22/2007 at 13:22 (6,002 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Another Franklin piggy...

Post# 243971 , Reply# 6   10/22/2007 at 13:34 (6,002 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Here is the Kelvinator washer I brought home from Iowa in October of 2005 - looks quite similar to the Viking, even the cycles on the dial is nearly the same...

Post# 243973 , Reply# 7   10/22/2007 at 13:36 (6,002 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Inside the nasty tub...

I didn't save this washer, the pump was shot and overall not worth saving. Despite it's ghastly build-quality, it could thrash clothes pretty clean.

Here's a link to the thread from 10/05


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Post# 243999 , Reply# 8   10/22/2007 at 15:15 (6,002 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)        
oh look at this

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My grandparents had this very same Viking washer bought from Eaton's in the 60's. Same as Greg's interior (sans the rust). Their agitator was missing some of it's angel fins as a result of washing Bijou (their Pomeranian's) large sleeping mat.


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