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Another Aussie Frigidaire comes my way..
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Post# 365297   7/19/2009 at 01:47 (5,386 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)        

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Hi guys

Here are some pics of a 1965 Semi Automatic Frigidaire 'Super' that is now mine. I got a call from a lovely old lady who heard my radio interview and decided to call.

The strange thing is that she took over a month to contact me and yet i was only one suburb away from her when i was on my road trip to Victoria only 2 weeks before!!

So, now i have to arrange transport to Brisbane at some stage down the track. It's in very good condition, the only issue she has with it is that it's leaking a bit of water, but still running perfectly.

Enjoy the pics
Cheers
Leon

P.S: please excuse the quality of the pics as they were scanned from pics from a disposable camera that i sent her.





Post# 365298 , Reply# 1   7/19/2009 at 01:50 (5,386 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)        
Pics 2

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control panel up close

Manual timer on the right hand side

Controls on the left hand side are OFF/PULSATE/OFF/SPIN DRY.

Overload button on the left hand side too.


Post# 365299 , Reply# 2   7/19/2009 at 01:51 (5,386 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)        
Pic 3

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Another angle of the control panel showing the control panel colour scheme

Post# 365300 , Reply# 3   7/19/2009 at 01:53 (5,386 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)        
Money shot

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Interior pic

Post# 365301 , Reply# 4   7/19/2009 at 02:03 (5,386 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)        
O wow!

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That is such an amazing washer!! Look at that tub!! I could play with a washer like this for hours and never get bored.

Post# 365305 , Reply# 5   7/19/2009 at 02:40 (5,386 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)        

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Don't you just love little old lady specials...

Well done Leon....


Post# 365312 , Reply# 6   7/19/2009 at 03:58 (5,386 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Nice machine!

Post# 365344 , Reply# 7   7/19/2009 at 09:34 (5,386 days old) by pumper (SE Wisconsin)        

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Are manual timers something unique to the Australian market? Automatic timers have been around for decades but it seems like many of the older machines from down under use manual timers.

Post# 365385 , Reply# 8   7/19/2009 at 13:43 (5,386 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)        
nice score Leon

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You are having some fantastic luck lately. Very nice!

Post# 365389 , Reply# 9   7/19/2009 at 13:52 (5,386 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)        
BTW

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I'd love to listen to that radio interview! Is it on Youtube?

Post# 365400 , Reply# 10   7/19/2009 at 14:36 (5,386 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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cool machine looks so minty ... congrats

Post# 365412 , Reply# 11   7/19/2009 at 15:26 (5,386 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)        
Radio Interviews...

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Hey Eddy

Here's a link to a google page and a couple of my interviews. You should be able to click onto the link to the podcasts.
There were 14 interviews in all.

Leon


CLICK HERE TO GO TO mayfan69's LINK


Post# 365431 , Reply# 12   7/19/2009 at 17:03 (5,386 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        
"Super"

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Super was the beginner model of the many different models that FRIGIDAIRE had been marketing. The list from cheapest to most expensive went:

Super
Deluxe
Custom
Custom Deluxe
Gold Crown
Imperial
Custom Imperial
Elite

I usualy prefered the Gold Crowns but never past up on a Custom Imperial.


Post# 365498 , Reply# 13   7/19/2009 at 20:07 (5,385 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)        

Hey Leon,

That looks great, a fantastic find. I wonder if its a pulsamatic like mine, or has the Multimatic innards? The plastic on mine is pretty brittle from years of sitting outside.

Does yours have the heater option?

The reason for Semi Auto's here, was that they were significantly cheaper. IE $100 plus.

No water valves, pressure switch, and the most expensive part, the timer was not included.

The most basic semi auto I have, has no power switch, you turn the power on and off at the wall, and it has a mechanical linkage to switch between wash and spin.

Because the copper and wash house were so common here up until the late 60's a Semi Auto was such an improvement that nobody complained about having to manually control the cycle.


Post# 365506 , Reply# 14   7/19/2009 at 20:13 (5,385 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

These are kool. Just out of curiosity------were the Rollermatics offered in a semi-automatic as well?

Post# 365525 , Reply# 15   7/19/2009 at 20:58 (5,385 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)        
Self Heat?

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Hey Nathan

I'm pretty sure this is the non heat version. I'll ask her the next time i'm speaking to the owner.

As for the mechanicals, i'm pretty certain it's a Multimatic.

Leon


Post# 365582 , Reply# 16   7/20/2009 at 01:25 (5,385 days old) by hooverzodiac12 (Melbourne, Australia)        

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hahah omg dooodee!!! that is the exact model of the first fridgidare ive ever seen in my life in person to washing machine haha if that makes sense:P

Post# 366369 , Reply# 17   7/23/2009 at 00:59 (5,382 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)        
Just saw this!

I have seen this machine in advertisements and now you have one. Well done!

I must say the semi auto idea is one that lends itself to a lot of fun.


Post# 366402 , Reply# 18   7/23/2009 at 07:30 (5,382 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Nice find Leon!

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A spinner model as we call them. Totally manual! THAT IS BOSS!

Okay I'm moving to OZ!

Jet



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