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Thread Number: 20606
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
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Post# 327220 , Reply# 1 1/27/2009 at 22:01 (5,559 days old) by kenmoreguy64  (Charlotte, NC) |
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| Post# 327230 , Reply# 3 1/27/2009 at 22:18 (5,559 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
We had a Kenmore.... | ||
| Post# 327234 , Reply# 4 1/27/2009 at 22:39 (5,559 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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The machine that started it all My Maytag 206! (I can tell this is from our old house from before we moved to Minnesota so I couldn't have been more than 3) 
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| Post# 327235 , Reply# 5 1/27/2009 at 22:41 (5,559 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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And my Grandma's Whirlpool I don't remember this machine at all 
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| Post# 327237 , Reply# 6 1/27/2009 at 22:57 (5,559 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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Mine shows up as a POD every so often. Whirlpool Imperial, with the mother and the very dirty twin sons. It lasted from '64 to '78. Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
| Post# 327238 , Reply# 7 1/27/2009 at 23:27 (5,559 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.) | ||
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Copy the 206 That Maytag was my childhood washer too, which was also paired with a Whirlpool dryer, although the dryer came along years after we got the washer. Have a good one, James | ||
| Post# 327282 , Reply# 11 1/28/2009 at 06:01 (5,559 days old) by samsungfl (United Kingdom/London ) | ||
Mine was a Bendix "Home Laundry Centre" 800 vented washer dryer! This was a great machine and even to this day I miss it loads! Would love to hunt one down sometime soon! The one in the pic below has a few less option buttons than I remember ours having, but other than that its the same! We only got rid of it in 98' because the timer started sticking slightly! Thinking about it now it probably would of been an easy fix, but at the time I was only young LOL!:( The rest of the machine still worked like a dream :-) Great Thread :-) Richard 
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Post# 327293 , Reply# 13 1/28/2009 at 07:40 (5,559 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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Here is what I grew up with.
At Home: We had a '68 Frigidaire Rollermatic (Deep Action) that washed my diapers and ran without incident until 1984. Something in the timer malfunctioned and it thought that it should overflow rinse on the wash cycle. What I did not realize at the time is that mom used an incompetent repairman, the fix would have been easy, but he recommended replacement. The Frigidaire went outside where it stayed for two years and I used it to wash rags from Dad's shop. I remember the "special" sound that it made when beginning the spin cycle. Dad decided that we should tear it down and so we did. I did most of it and remember being mystified at the transmission. If I knew then what I did now I never would have let anything happen to that machine. I have grieved many times over it and hope to have a similar machine again someday. The motor lived on for many more years powering a grinder in my dad's shop, it finally died due to the fact that a cat urinated into the motor. The Frigidaire was replaced in the house with a GE Filter Flo, which did well but did not last as long as the Frigidaire. It had a bad tendency to overbalance and in 2001 I purchased mom a new "Fraudgidaire" which she still uses. Coincidentally the Pencrest (GE) dryer that mom got in '70 when they were married lives on without so much as one repair. Grandmother on Dad's side burned thru Whirlpools about every five years as she was notorious for overloading them, they usually got to where they would not agitate, others succumbed to the cold on the back porch with busted pumps. Grandmother on Mom's side had a Whirlpool as well that lasted for many years. I'd say about 25, and developed a leak of some sort, she didn't bother to repair and replaced it with a POS Roper. Oddly though, after growing up around the Whirlpools I really don't care for them and have no fond memories with them, but the Frigidaire is a different story... I long to have one again, close to being like Mom's. I have my 1-18, and I love it, but it's a different sort than the Generation 1 Rollermatic. | ||
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Post# 327298 , Reply# 14 1/28/2009 at 08:15 (5,559 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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| Post# 327302 , Reply# 15 1/28/2009 at 08:51 (5,559 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys) | ||
This is what started it for me | ||
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Post# 327307 , Reply# 16 1/28/2009 at 09:06 (5,559 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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I guess I should continue with my 1961 Kenmore reply in that this is my second childhood washer, or a copy of it. It is a 1974 Kenmore 60-series large capacity. Quite a different machine than the '61. My mom got a machine like this in October 1974 as her second washer. It was thrilling for me to actually be able to go to Sears and legitimately look for a washer! We had the machine until 1983 when we moved to Charlotte and the necessity of a new dryer suggested a new pair instead. I wasn't going to wonder what happened to this machine like I did the '61, so I found a friend to buy it and our dryer. She used them for 15 or more years before I lost track of them. This is actually the first washer I really ever worked on, as my dad and I installed a new basket drive in 1981 (the machine had a few early issues) and I put in a timer in 1983 just before we sold it to my friend. The washer in the photo I have had since 1990. It was in the first batch of rescuees that came from the Sears dock, and I have held on to it all this time. I am planning to have the cabinet repainted along with the '61 this year, then I'll have both of my childhood washers fixed up and usable. 
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| Post# 327308 , Reply# 17 1/28/2009 at 09:07 (5,559 days old) by westyslantfront () | ||
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I grew up with a Thor Automagic in the kitchen. Ross 
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| Post# 327313 , Reply# 18 1/28/2009 at 09:21 (5,559 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
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| Post# 327321 , Reply# 21 1/28/2009 at 09:51 (5,559 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
GEC Twin Tub 
My earliest memory is my mums GEC twin tub, it was square and it had an "L" shaped tub with two impellors in the bottom and the spinner in the corner, i also remember my mum using stuck together scraps of soap bars in it My Dad was stationed in Germany before i was born (1960) so they may have bought it there in the naffi and brought it back i cannot say for sure She had that until about 1970 when she replaced it with a Hotpoint twin tub. Her first front loader was an Indesit L5 or 6 i remember it having lots of chrome trim Gary | ||
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Post# 327330 , Reply# 22 1/28/2009 at 11:17 (5,559 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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1964 PINK Maytag A700
What I remeber growing up is my mothers A700 in pink, like this one, but ours had a lid (LOL). (I found this photo in the forum archives, this is not hers). The agitator insert in the photo is the wrong one, ours had a stainless steel(?) cap. I also remember my grandmother having a 50's Westinghouse slant front washer, but it was a more basic model W/O all the fancy chrome and only had one (or maybe two?) knobs on the face. 
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Post# 327331 , Reply# 23 1/28/2009 at 11:19 (5,559 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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The correct cap.... | ||
| Post# 327344 , Reply# 25 1/28/2009 at 12:14 (5,559 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
My childhood machine/s were the hoover logic 1200 as i was born in that house which is my grans, then its the hotpoint 9534 1000 spin which we had! I loved both machines, i hope i still had both of em! Aswell as that my aunt had a hoover ecologic 1200 which was rather similar to the logic but bigger and more eco. Everyone misses older machines including mum and gran as they want quick and good washes, and gran wants hot water to come in wash! LoL I also liked older machines like the hoover and hotpoint which had distribution drains. Below my washer: the hotpoint 9534- i didn't have a pic of mine but it was exactly like this, it got it from aw.org from hotpoint9534 thanks! 
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| Post# 327345 , Reply# 26 1/28/2009 at 12:15 (5,559 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 327346 , Reply# 27 1/28/2009 at 12:16 (5,559 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 327348 , Reply# 28 1/28/2009 at 12:47 (5,559 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
I grew up with an Easy "Rivera" model top loading solid tub washer and a Sears kenmore Frog dial dryer.They were purchased in 1952 when the house was ready to move into. In 1963,my Dad was tired of repairing and replacing the Easy's pump and we went to Sears and purchase a Lady Kenmore gas combination washer-dryer that lasted us until 1983 being repaired only twice and was completely rebuilt in 1979.Had my Dad's new wife had any brains at all,it would probably still be in use. | ||
| Post# 327376 , Reply# 30 1/28/2009 at 15:22 (5,558 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
First machine i had was a hotpoint liberatoresque machine that wasn't called a liberator. it was a 18371 it was 800rpm machine i think. Then we got my most missed hotpoint 9534 in 89! We had that for 10years. It died of bearing failure. Wish we'd just got another set. Though it'd had quite a few in its time. Below is the pic of the 18371 i found on ebay. as dyson2drums has posted a pic of my identical 9534. Darren 
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| Post# 327377 , Reply# 31 1/28/2009 at 15:23 (5,558 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 327386 , Reply# 32 1/28/2009 at 16:19 (5,558 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
General Electric | ||
| Post# 327389 , Reply# 33 1/28/2009 at 16:21 (5,558 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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I thought... | ||
| Post# 327398 , Reply# 38 1/28/2009 at 16:44 (5,558 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 327403 , Reply# 40 1/28/2009 at 17:10 (5,558 days old) by jamman_98 (Columbia, SC) | ||
No one said it had to be full size | ||
| Post# 327409 , Reply# 41 1/28/2009 at 18:18 (5,558 days old) by dynaflow (rockingham nc) | ||
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Post# 327411 , Reply# 42 1/28/2009 at 18:23 (5,558 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 327413 , Reply# 43 1/28/2009 at 18:30 (5,558 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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and then came the Filter-Flo's: | ||
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Post# 327416 , Reply# 44 1/28/2009 at 18:41 (5,558 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Why 60, 61, 62 and 63 are my years:
I guess we liked this machine so much, we bought a used version of it for our house at the beach that I got to pick out from the gorgeous collection of GE's at Bombaci's appliance store in Centerbrook, CT : the WA632T. I think this was my favorite machine of all time: it had a turquoise-blue plastic filter pan, a turquoise blue wire tub guard, a solid tub, it paused in the middle of the first spin( I now know why), a button called "WATER SAVER" that allowed the user or the curious kid to start the agitation(excuse me, activation) at any time during the fill, and, best of all, a lame prototype safety switch that allowed the lid to be opened almost to a 50-degree angle for optimal spin viewing.
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Post# 327417 , Reply# 45 1/28/2009 at 18:43 (5,558 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 327419 , Reply# 46 1/28/2009 at 18:47 (5,558 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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The mismatched pair
Our downstairs neighbors bought their machines at the same time and from the same store as my Parents. They, however, decided to save a little money by puchasing two Close-Out Filter-Flo's from the previous year, 1961. It is this machine that I have coveted since (and, I believe is visible is a scene in the Robert Redford film "Downhill Racer"). This is actually a depiction of Marian's laundry alcove:
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Post# 327420 , Reply# 47 1/28/2009 at 18:50 (5,558 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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In 1965, my Uncle bought a house in the Hudson Valley | ||
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Post# 327422 , Reply# 48 1/28/2009 at 18:54 (5,558 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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It was running perfectly when my Uncle and his Partner decided to replace it with two stupid, oversized BOL whirlpools that only lasted 9 years.I will not bother to picture these, even though I've seen them in the club. Meanwhile, years later, my family moved into an old farmhouse in the same general area, and what did we find in the mud room next to the kitchen? I'm still kicking myself: 
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Post# 327423 , Reply# 49 1/28/2009 at 18:55 (5,558 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 327424 , Reply# 50 1/28/2009 at 18:56 (5,558 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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So, of course, at my bratty insistence | ||
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Post# 327426 , Reply# 51 1/28/2009 at 19:00 (5,558 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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So, now do you understand why I love this club?
Actually, the 1973 GE Versatronic dryer was the best I've ever used. The washer, even though it had cool timed dispensers for both bleach and softener and a cool, weird plastic dispenser that sat on the filter pan for dispensing dry detergent into the wash after the pre-wash(this was the predecessor, I think to the Dispensall), had a sucky straight-vaned activator that was disappointingly ineffective, and made a loud "squawking" noise during agitation(excuse me, I mean activation) and had a weak spin compared to that old Frigidaire. Still I wish I had it today so I could retro-fit it with a ramped activator and use those timed dispensers.
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Post# 327453 , Reply# 54 1/28/2009 at 21:15 (5,558 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Great machines guys! Grew up with an A806 paired with a BOL Kenmore dryer. Mom and Dad bought the Maytag used. I don't know how I remember this, but it had a rebuilt transmission and they were given a 1 year warranty on it. I remember mom hanging clothes out in the summer and down in the basement before they got the Kenmore dryer. Years ago I found a picture of the set, but for now, all I have is a picture of the identical machine I found almost 5 years ago. Ben 
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| Post# 327497 , Reply# 55 1/29/2009 at 04:31 (5,558 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
I'll never forget the lovely 'gurgling' sound that my mothers Simpson Fluid drive made. She had this washer from August 1968 until May 1989. It was still going when she replaced it with her ASEA. She has only just replaced the ASEA (which has now been fixed and is going at someone elses house). Not bad to have just bought your 3rd washing machine and then only after 40yrs from the first 2. The pic below is the same Simpson. This is Leon's 
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Post# 327516 , Reply# 56 1/29/2009 at 08:28 (5,558 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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the KM 70 series, in coppertone, in thread 327452 was my mom's. I remember most helping (!) her by taking my brother's diaper pail downstairs (I was 4 when he was born) and having my mom dump it in to this washing machine. I got to jump up and hold down the lid switch (reading the words on the control panel...INFINITE water level was a phrase that always caught my attention... as they were spun out before washing. My mom always used Sterox (I think it was called), a commercial detergent from Robins Chemicals in St. Louis (www.gsrobins.com/...) which my dad had a line on (he was purchasing manager for a nearby plant in downtown St. Louis which bought other stuff from Robins, and he was able to get them to sell a 50 pound bag or 2 separately...actually I remember going down with him a time or two and helping load the detergent into the trunk of the car...my mom would take orders from the neighbors for a bagful)
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| Post# 327519 , Reply# 57 1/29/2009 at 08:33 (5,558 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
washer and dryer that i grew up with
hello everyone here is a picture of the washer and dryer set that i grew up with they where bought before my birth so that means if my mother and me still add them they would be my age today. Pierre inglis superb washer and dryer set and my grand mother was an inglis libarator the classic push to start model that she no longer have but still have her vintage inglis libarator dryer. Pierre 
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Post# 327520 , Reply# 58 1/29/2009 at 08:39 (5,558 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Andrew - Sears does indeed keep some models in production for several years, while others don't last a full season. I would love to know how those decisions are made. Gyrafoam's washer is a true 1963 model, but I've seen models last in production as long as four years, so you may very well have had a 1965 produced '63 model. There could also have been a batch of leftovers in stock as well so either of your theories are very possible. When we went to buy our 1974 Kenmore, there was a matching washer to our early 1972 Kenmore dryer on the floor, however it didn't match in color and was available as a floor-model only, so Mom went with something of the same color and mis-matched consoles. By that though I'm pretty sure our '72 design lasted in production a couple years as well! Gyrafoam's machine is an absolute GEM. It is gorgeous. I was lucky enough to see two '63 model 70s including that one when I went to Roanoke a couple months ago. | ||
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Post# 327525 , Reply# 59 1/29/2009 at 09:06 (5,558 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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1963...
Here I am on my grandmother's lap with my mother and our first washer in the background. A BOL 24" 1962 Kenmore, that machine lasted for only five years until the safety lid switch plunger broke off so it stopped spinning. My parents didn't want to have it repaired again so they went out and bought a 1968 Kenmore.
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Post# 327618 , Reply# 61 1/29/2009 at 19:34 (5,557 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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1958 or 1959 Hotpoint washer | ||
| Post# 327632 , Reply# 62 1/29/2009 at 21:09 (5,557 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Oh Robert what a cute picture!!!! Looks like your grandmother made something good to eat. | ||
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Post# 327672 , Reply# 66 1/30/2009 at 06:38 (5,557 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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A freind of my Mom had one of those Blackstone 150 washers-that had the two front doors covering the "works" she would open it for me and let me watch the works "Now don't you touch anything in there"I was too little to see what was going on up top.the videos here revealed the secret!! | ||
| Post# 327680 , Reply# 67 1/30/2009 at 07:10 (5,557 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
Ok here goes
LOL Where do I start with what my parents have had in their utility room over the past 20 years..... 197/8*? - 1988 Frigidaire FL 600rpm 1988 - 1989 or so Candy Domino 4 1000rpm Variable Temp dial, half load/on off/ door release buttons. 1989 - 1989 (while the candy was being repaired) Bendix 7147 Loan machine 1989 - 1991 Candy was back but yet had multiple repairs in the meantime. Sept 1991 - Sept 1991 Electra clone of the Hotpoint/Creda 1000rpm Supaspeed. Sent back to Manweb due to the side panels being a different shade of white than the front. It did 2 washes before it got sent back. Sept 1992 - Feb 2000 Electrolux EWF1130F (Essentially a Zanussi Jetsystem) with variable temp dial, heavy soil, super rinse, spin care 1000 down to 850rpm button, door release/on off. Feb 2000 - May 2000 Candy Activa 1000 Vari spin, temp, deep rinse, rinse hold, May 2000 - June 2002 Hoover Quattro 1300 Express AA230. Vari spin temp, crease guard super rinse and express wash. June 2002 - Dec 2005 NIB Hotpoint WM62 1000/900rpm Economy wash and super rinse. Got absolutely hammered and took it but changed due to it being the wrong colour. Dec 2005 - present LG 1200rpm Direct Drive 6kg Currys exclusive, In the 27 years they have been married managed to plow through 7 machines. Mind you we have only had 2 Tumble dryers in that time. Creda Debonair and Hoover UltraCare 6kg vented HDV6. R | ||
| Post# 327682 , Reply# 68 1/30/2009 at 07:13 (5,557 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
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| Post# 327686 , Reply# 69 1/30/2009 at 07:28 (5,557 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
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On the flip side Pauls folks have had 3 machines in roughly the same time. Mine 7 When I think about it I ownder if there is a trend? 7 Washers 2 Dryers 3 Dishwashers 3 cookers 6 Kettles 2 Toasters 11!!!! Irons 1 Mixer lol.... 4 Microwaves 8 Vacuum Cleaners 2 Fridge Freezers 2 Chest Freezers 4 undercounter Fridges Scary when you think of it all. | ||
| Post# 327697 , Reply# 70 1/30/2009 at 09:25 (5,557 days old) by programcomputer (Ann Arbor Michigan, USA) | ||
Childhood washers....
Dads parents- This grandma was my favorite. She used to let me vacuum and play with different stuff to my hearts content. She noticed me one day sitting on a box staring silently into the window of the washer, which was RARE for me as I was NEVER silent EVER! Gram went out an bought me a little green stepstool so I could pull up and sit and watch the whole process from start to finish. Most of my fondest washer memorie were in her basement quietly watching that Laundromat. I miss that lady so.. However, my gram was very frugal, used the cheap Amway powder that came in the huge barrel, which I believe smelled like lemons, and used the very CHEAP pink fabric softner. There was plenty of "Revolving Agitator" action, but NEVER any suds to speak of... Her washer then was I was very young was a 1963 Westinghouse Laundromat LBB-30 and matching electric dryer. It wasn't the program computer model, but one down from it I believe. I used to watch that thing for HOURS. There is a pic of the day with the lady having money thrown out at her, into her apron. That was the machine, or was VERY close to it.Up at the cottage, on the back porch she had her earlier Maytag Master Wringer with a pump red agitator, release bar and the fancy Maytag insignia on the front. Helping her open up the place one year I believe 1988-89, we were washing up all the blankets and sheets, pillowcases, towels all the things that were stored there over the winter. Towards the end of the wash, doing up a thick blanket; I ended up putting my hand thru the wringer almost to the knuckel's. It hurt like hell, but suprisingly no bones were badly broken, if at all. The doctors gave me a perscription and put my hand in a brace type of thing. The rest of that two weeks was really not that bad, but anytime I tried to use my right hand, it throbbed like a SOB...LOL Her next set came before the wringer incident. She ended up buying a 1983 Maytag Fabric Matic Extra Large Capacity set. I came to her house one Friday in the first grade on one of my weekend to be with my dad, and my beloved Laundromats were gone, replaced by these almond right dial boring makers. The dryer finally died in 2004 and she passed in 2006. My youngest cousin, who is a new mommy has grams old Fabric matic washer. It still churns away in her apartment...(She has a hookup) Moms parents- Had an early 70's set of Lady Kenmores. In fact there was one just found in white like hers ( the washer) in a recent thread. I was NEVER permitted to look at, or fool with them tho. My gram bought herself a new Maytag Fabric matic pair in 1979 when my mother did, and has the washer still. The dryer is a newer Norgetag Performa thing. My mother- We had a Maytag Fabric Matic set MOL that my folks bought in 1979 from J.W. Knapps in Lansing Michigan. Those lasted thru some pretty rough times for my family, including many basement floods, several timer rebuilds and so forth until 1990 or 91, when the washer and dryer were replaced by a cheap White Westinghouse set. We had moved from the first house, and our new place was in the country. ( Of course we had well water at the time, and the tub turned orange on it's maiden wash we left that washer and dryer in that house. No one cried... We lived in an apartment then for a few years, and in the basement of the place were several old Filter FLo's half of which were missing their filter pans.Our next house (my most favorite) of all our houses came with a late 1960's Whirlpool set that had the controls all on one side in the little box. The rest of the panel was a shorter metal thing. There was a POD of a Brastemp recently that had an close looking machine to our set. That was the pair that the dryer caught on fire when we were not home drying a load of towels from the pool party we had the night before. It ruined our laundryroom, and what was beneath it in the basement, not to metnion smoke damage everywhere...Those were replaced thankfully when my great grandmother went into a home just a few months later (we went to the laundrymat during that time we were rebuilding the laundry and renovating the house) with her TOL Right Dial Maytags in that same boring beige color. Great Gram had bought those in 1988. By then I had come to appreciate the Maytag sound and washing ability by then. I loiked those machines quite alot. Those Maytags lasted utnil just recently. Imagine my suprise when I came home to do some laundry one weekend ( as I now am an apartment dweller for the time being, and my Frigidaire front loaders are in storage)...she had a BRAND NEW WASHER and DRYER!! When I flipped on the overhead flourescent lights I about cried....She now has a new Whirltag washer and dryer the Maytag Centennial series. BLAH... When i asked her why..she said that the old one smelled funny and I just wanted new...I need to get my own place back. At least I can see clothes sloshing over and over again with my own washer... Most aunts and uncles had BOL or MOL Kenmroe sets. and I do not remember seeing many of them growing up. I was usually looking for their vacuum cleaners. Washers were merely incidental at the time.I do rememebr my nice friend and neighbor Mrs. Wright at the first house having a mid 60's GE Filter Flo set with a lighted backgaurd. The set that I found in Detroit a few weeks back, was the identical match to what she had. So I assume she got hr set in 1965-66 or so...There are a few more machines that I remember, but arent; anything fun or to whrite home about. In Michigan, you either had Maytag, Whirlpool General Electric or Sears Kenmore it seems. Chad | ||
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Post# 327751 , Reply# 72 1/30/2009 at 14:01 (5,556 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 327752 , Reply# 73 1/30/2009 at 14:03 (5,556 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 327894 , Reply# 75 1/31/2009 at 05:29 (5,556 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
Hi all, here are my lot. In the 70s my mother used this Servis twinny. It's very vague to be honest and it used to annoy me that I could not see the spinner even slowing down. Between 82-87 she got a Philips top loader. Again I could not see anything but used to stick a spoon in the catch when she was out. Here is a pic of one, thanks to the person that supplied it! 
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| Post# 327895 , Reply# 76 1/31/2009 at 05:32 (5,556 days old) by robm (Buxted) | ||
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Post# 327939 , Reply# 78 1/31/2009 at 12:14 (5,556 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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My sorely missed BD Whirlpool!
This is the prototype Whirlpool that started it all for me! These pics were taken the day Sears was bringing our new washer and hauling this gem away... My dad recalls my disappointment when the new washer came, it was a DD Kenmore 90 series with detergent, softener, and bleach dispensers. I hated that thing! I thought it was BUTT UGLY and boring as hell! I miss the Whirlpool's whine, as I recall, they were testing a weaker motor in the BD Whirlpool so that thing WHINED while agitating. I MISS IT SOOOO MUCH!!!
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Post# 327941 , Reply# 79 1/31/2009 at 12:16 (5,556 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 327943 , Reply# 80 1/31/2009 at 12:18 (5,556 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 327944 , Reply# 81 1/31/2009 at 12:21 (5,556 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Comes to the Rescue!
