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Thread Number: 2499
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| Post# 71861 , Reply# 1 6/29/2005 at 17:23 (6,875 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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My question is... HOW? One minute? It takes that much or more to fill with water. Even a front loader. Can you scan the ad? | ||
Post# 71863 , Reply# 2 6/29/2005 at 17:47 (6,875 days old) by tolivac  (greenville nc) |
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the name is the name brand of the machine-the computer I use doesn't have a scanner.There is lots of things in the magazine that folks here would love to see.The add for the "One-Minute" washer intregued me and was wondering if anyone heard of that name or brand. | ||
| Post# 71864 , Reply# 3 6/29/2005 at 17:54 (6,875 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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I've heard of the Magic Minute of course, but not the One-Minute! It would be interesting to know what the name was all about... | ||
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Post# 71865 , Reply# 4 6/29/2005 at 18:38 (6,874 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 71867 , Reply# 5 6/29/2005 at 18:59 (6,874 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 71870 , Reply# 7 6/29/2005 at 19:15 (6,874 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Big thanx to Unimatic Unimatics entry helps solve most of the mystery.Have you run into any of those One-Minute machines-they sound like they could be a rare find if you run into one.Was it very similar to or the same as the SQ machines of that time? | ||
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Post# 71900 , Reply# 9 6/30/2005 at 08:33 (6,874 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Beam produced lots of Automatics for off brands in the late 1940's and 1950's such as Easy, Hotpoint, One-Minute, Firestone, AMC Coronado, Wizard-Western Auto, Barton, I'm sure there are quite a few more even. Beam produced a very reliable machine design which lasted into the early 1970's when Speed Queen redesigned the washer with a reversing motor. All the major components were made slightly different for each brand as they were trying to keep them from being interchangeable. Why they did this I don't know, but it’s true if you compare the same parts from different brands of machines. I don’t this know for sure but I suspect that Speed Queen bought out Beam sometime in the 1960’s. | ||
| Post# 71913 , Reply# 10 6/30/2005 at 13:18 (6,874 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa) | ||
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| Post# 71916 , Reply# 11 6/30/2005 at 14:07 (6,874 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa) | ||
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| Post# 71926 , Reply# 12 6/30/2005 at 16:02 (6,874 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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Didn't Beam become what we now know as the dreaded Franklin machines? | ||
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Post# 71931 , Reply# 13 6/30/2005 at 17:40 (6,874 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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It would only make sense that SQ bought out Beam since Beam was building washers for them--Wouldn't the parts not interchanging also be for patent requirements-Then one can assume that any SQ machine built in the '60's was built in Beams's old plant. | ||
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Post# 71934 , Reply# 14 6/30/2005 at 18:42 (6,873 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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No I don't believe Beam ever had anything to do with Franklin, there were completely different companies, both in the Appliance outsourcing business. Then one can assume that any SQ machine built in the '60's was built in Beams's old plant. I have no idea about that, maybe someone here knows the history of the two. | ||
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