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Thread Number: 2922
Today's POD: Zenith washers |
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| Post# 77427 , Reply# 1 8/10/2005 at 08:14 (6,827 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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It could be made overseas, I'm guessing Australia or UK. It's not the same logo as our Zenith. So it's hard to tell. BTW, I have a 1959 Zenith TV. Works pretty well except for a little vertical distortion (needs caps). Fun to watch B/W shows on it. | ||
Post# 77428 , Reply# 2 8/10/2005 at 08:25 (6,827 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 77429 , Reply# 3 8/10/2005 at 08:27 (6,827 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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Wow, that is just too cool. A fiberglass tub...could this be an Apex design like the early Monkey Wards machines? | ||
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Post# 77432 , Reply# 4 8/10/2005 at 08:42 (6,827 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 77433 , Reply# 5 8/10/2005 at 08:45 (6,827 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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POD | ||
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Post# 77435 , Reply# 6 8/10/2005 at 08:53 (6,827 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 77449 , Reply# 7 8/10/2005 at 10:16 (6,827 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa) | ||
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| Post# 77450 , Reply# 8 8/10/2005 at 10:21 (6,827 days old) by pulsator-power (connecticut) | ||
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Zenith Washer Too bad some other company didn't get the contract when Apex went out of business, or did anyone? Jerry | ||
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Post# 77472 , Reply# 10 8/10/2005 at 13:12 (6,827 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 77484 , Reply# 11 8/10/2005 at 15:58 (6,827 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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I saw an electric range in Canada with the Zenith label, it was nice enough, but nothing special. I'm looking, but not very aggressively, for a tube type Trans-Oceanic. Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
| Post# 77491 , Reply# 12 8/10/2005 at 18:39 (6,827 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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Apex Agitator Washer Did Apex produce any Apex-branded agitator washers around that time, or did they use the "bouncing basket" right up to their demise? | ||
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Post# 77494 , Reply# 13 8/10/2005 at 19:00 (6,827 days old) by Petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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This is a bit sketchy in my mind now but my dad was a production analyst first at Westinghouse in Hamilton Ont and then went to work for Fiberglas before I was born up until his retirement. Early on when I was small he did travel off and on to their various plants in Ohio, Texas etc. I recollect one trip he made, would have been early 60's and he was telling me that he'd been to Zenith and also had a tour of their tv factory. I think I'd already mentioned before somewhere that he and my uncle were big Ham radio, Hi-Fi nuts etc. always building something. But the point of the conversation was that he was absolutely aghast when he saw tv production line workers merrily soldering away circuit boards while eating potato chips and drinking coke etc. Salty fingers a big no no. I don't think that there was anything Fiberglas related in the TV, stereo biz but they did manufactur the insulation panels for ranges so it is a possibility that he was down there getting the schematics/info for a stove or fridge design production. BTW when they made the insulating panels they used these large almost 5 x 5 ft flat wooden dies with the required shape of the panel sketched in steel cutting ribbon to stamp out the pieces. He used to bring some home, pull out the steel cutting ribbon and use the still good wood for other projects. Still I can't for the life of me remember anyone having a Zenith washer or fridge | ||
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Post# 77495 , Reply# 14 8/10/2005 at 19:07 (6,827 days old) by Petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Sidenote | ||
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Post# 77496 , Reply# 15 8/10/2005 at 19:16 (6,827 days old) by Petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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The brochure
difinetly lends itself to either US or Canadian consumers in the 50's. Doesn't look British at all and the spelling of color vs colour, fiber vs fibre is another clue. Either spelling is used in Canada. Also the US and Canada were the only two countries especially in the 50's that average folk could afford them en masse as well as had your average family house with luandry rooms or basements big enough for large top loaders and dryers plus laundry tubs for things like suds savers.
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Post# 77528 , Reply# 16 8/10/2005 at 22:25 (6,827 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 77549 , Reply# 17 8/11/2005 at 00:35 (6,827 days old) by scott55405 () | ||
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I saw a tub to a Zenith wringer washer once in a woods or junkyard type area, and I think I've seen either a refrigerator or reference to one or other appliances. This brochure is really a nice addition to the collection. | ||
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Post# 77553 , Reply# 18 8/11/2005 at 00:50 (6,827 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 77554 , Reply# 19 8/11/2005 at 01:23 (6,827 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Colours Colours | ||
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Post# 77557 , Reply# 20 8/11/2005 at 02:30 (6,827 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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1940s Zenith Refrigerator | ||
| Post# 77559 , Reply# 21 8/11/2005 at 03:46 (6,827 days old) by partscounterman (Cortez, Colorado) | ||
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Zenith Appliances My Auntie Janet had a Zenith refer a bit newer than the one pictured above. It had a big chrome handle and went to live in the basement after being usurped by a coppertone M/W Signature in about 1971. I have seen Zenith Wringer Washers at the Salvation Army. | ||
| Post# 77660 , Reply# 22 8/11/2005 at 15:13 (6,826 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa) | ||
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Zenith dryer | ||
| Post# 77661 , Reply# 23 8/11/2005 at 15:14 (6,826 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa) | ||
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| Post# 77662 , Reply# 24 8/11/2005 at 15:16 (6,826 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa) | ||
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Post# 77666 , Reply# 25 8/11/2005 at 15:46 (6,826 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 77668 , Reply# 26 8/11/2005 at 15:58 (6,826 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Nice Dryer! | ||
| Post# 77669 , Reply# 27 8/11/2005 at 16:06 (6,826 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa) | ||
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Post# 77671 , Reply# 28 8/11/2005 at 16:13 (6,826 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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