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Post# 386030   10/17/2009 at 23:35 (5,276 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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I thought I'd stir up a little polite controversy here, by asking what vintage machines people don't like? By that, I mean, what do you see other people here rave about - and you can't get interested in to save your life? I do not intend for this to be a bashing thread, just one where people can't get excited about machines other people love. With me, it's G.E.s - nice machines, my aunt swore by them, I never had a bad experience with one. But I can't work up any affection for them, and it's strange, because I love G.E. ranges and reefers. The console styling doesn't do anything for me (in any generation), and I never cared for the Filter-Flo. This group has taught me to appreciate many different kinds of machines, even if I wouldn't want to own all the ones I enjoy seeing. A Unimatic, for instance, is a machine that belongs in the hands of a mechanically inclined owner who has the patience and the pockets to chase down HTF parts. I enjoy seeing them, but I wouldn't be the right owner for one. Anyway, what don't you covet, and within the bounds of civil discourse, why? |
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Post# 386032 , Reply# 2   10/17/2009 at 23:50 (5,276 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 386045 , Reply# 7   10/18/2009 at 00:33 (5,275 days old) by goldenboy ()   |   | |
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Not familiar with the Wizard's...when were they made? What did you like least about them? |
Post# 386047 , Reply# 8   10/18/2009 at 00:46 (5,275 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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I'm referring to the 50s ones, ugly as sin and inefficient. |
Post# 386054 , Reply# 9   10/18/2009 at 01:37 (5,275 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Oh, brother. My mom's first washer was one of those, and it was semi-automatic, not fully automatic. She absolutely hated the thing, and I honestly believe the Bendix knew it. It fought back with a malevolence that you had to have seen first-hand to believe. When its hinky rubber tub gave way, she told my dad to find her something - anything - else. He obliged her with a '51 Kenmore that he found through someone at work. That machine had its own problems (it was very used when we got it), but it was nothing like the floods and other hassles of the Bendix. BTW, we also had a Bendix dryer, and getting shocked by it was a very common experience. Dad (an electrician) never could find out the root cause of the problem, either. Eventually he found the mate to the '51 Kennie, and we had those machines for several years.
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Post# 386061 , Reply# 10   10/18/2009 at 03:22 (5,275 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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I did'n't care for the Top loading Kenmore/Whirlpools,Wizard,Easy,solid tub SQ's,or Westinghouse.Compairing them to the Kelvinator,Norge,Frigidaire,Philco Bendix,Apex and ABC top loaders,which,I believe to be the best brands back then,is like the difference between clean and dirty clothes. While the first set above would swish the clothes around,back and forth,the later set would have your wash realy washed.Thoroughly rinsed and spun out. I now love Maytag's older machines but,due to my youth's innocent ignorance and dissapointment not being able to actualy see them operate due to that damned rear lid switch,I was not able to realy see them work.Now that I finaly figured it out back in the 70's,I have aquired a nice,joy in restoring them and watching the beauty of their design and performance along with the charactoristics they have.The two I got today are pretty rock solid and very quiet considering their age.All the lettering on the dials and buttons is intact and very ledgeable. MAYTAG-------The Dependability People. However,the Hamiltons and Franklins,I believe are,and always will be my least favorite. |
Post# 386066 , Reply# 11   10/18/2009 at 03:45 (5,275 days old) by strongenough78 (California)   |   | |
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I had a lot of laundry built up and since my W/D set is in storage due to no hook ups in my apartment, I had to go to the laundromat. The brand new front loaders they had there finished the complete cycle in only 14 minutes! Now as much as I don't like front loaders, I do prefer the ones that take 30 minutes or more when I absolutely need to use one. I prefer the 2 wash and 3 rinses so I know my clothes are free of soap residue. Needless to say I won't be using them again. And the spins seemed to be slower than any others I've used, or that are even advertized for home use.
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Post# 386072 , Reply# 12   10/18/2009 at 04:27 (5,275 days old) by whitekingd ()   |   | |
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Western Auto's brand name of washers and dryers, correct? |
Post# 386090 , Reply# 13   10/18/2009 at 09:38 (5,275 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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I don't really care as much about styling as performance and results, that's why we all have different tastes and why various appliances appealed to various people and that's why they sold. But: Frigidaire Spin Tube dishwashers--an abomination that lived--what a joke in suberbia with kids all over the place in a household and limited capacity Frigidaire SuperSurege (??) dishwashers--incredible capacity, but couldn't take chocolate milk off the bottom of a tall glass. Youngstown Kitchens dishwasher--had to be OCD just to load the thing JUST SO--NICE WINDOW TO WATCH INSIDE THOGH Any KD15, KD16, and K17. Everyone I knew who ghad one, it was stricly only a dishwasher and that's it (in real-life aplication). All pots, pans, mixing bowls were washed by hand because otherwise to load properly things took up too much space. And even loading properly (and very full) , breakfas dishes with scrabled eggs, yielded yibblets on everytihng in thye upper rack or put a saucepan in the top rack that had had rice boiled in it, came out with rice still in it. Our Kenmore RotoRack cleaned circles around all these new KitchenAids and I could load it anyway I wamted with anything that fit in it. |
Post# 386093 , Reply# 14   10/18/2009 at 09:44 (5,275 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Im one of the few people who does not like any maytag, love the Dishwasher, just dont like there washers. |
Post# 386303 , Reply# 16   10/19/2009 at 10:00 (5,274 days old) by lotsosudz (Sacramento, CA)   |   | |
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My parents had one, but it was replaced right after I was born with a kemore60 or 70 series. It lasted only 5 years! Does anyone have a video of one running or pics? I would love to see what it looked like. It apparently was notoriously known for loosing the suction in the tub very quickly, and seemed to be their demise.
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Post# 386312 , Reply# 18   10/19/2009 at 10:55 (5,274 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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My parents were Wards people through and through. And my dad was constantly fixing various home appliances purchased there as a result. He had to replace the transmission on the '68 Signature washer less than two years after purchase and I can still see and hear him cussing up a storm. That machine was the loudest, clunkiest (literally) washer we ever owned, and the belt pulley etched a circular imprint into one of the ceramic floor tiles below the washer, which remains there today. Unlike a lot of members, I like machines that are seen and not heard. Signature/Norge machines don't fall into that category. |
Post# 386315 , Reply# 19   10/19/2009 at 11:37 (5,274 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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"Was the Bendix Economat?" I'm sorry to say I don't really know - I was like six or seven when this machine met its end. It might have been a Dialamat. I definitely remember that it was manual-fill, which was the source of many problems, since Mom had a tendency to walk away from the machine for "just a minute" and come back to a flooded laundry room, because she'd forgotten the water was on. It also flooded things on its own for some reason. I've never seen a picture online of the exact machine we had. |