...foreign washers sold under u.s. names '85 and earlier. Gathering parts at the dump in '82-83 several monkey wards branded japanese twin tubs were found; two early '70s era that i belive were made by sanyo-for the spin tub there was a split-capacitor induction motor of probably 1700 rpm direct coupled.On both of these it looked like cracked hoses did them in-most of the hoses had lengthwise cracks where they fit onto fittings,on one of the machines repairs to the hoses had been attempted. The third japanese twin tub was around late-'70s era and many of the parts were branded"brother"so i think that is the company that made it. the wash motors and drain pumps were salvaged and put to use in other aplications:p Besides the hitachi built GE portable "impeller"automatics, found a similar machine made by matsushita,but the panel was missing so don't know the brand,never seen any panasonic sold here so presume it was "captive import". The only captive import i have owned was a wards,possibly sanyo built,portable dishwasher-it was rugged and reliable, but VERY noisy. besides the UK built speed queen twinnie several threads down,any other "captive imports"'85-earlier?
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