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Keeping it Easy for the holiday weekend
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Post# 446414   7/2/2010 at 16:03 (5,017 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Post# 446415 , Reply# 1   7/2/2010 at 16:03 (5,017 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Post# 446419 , Reply# 3   7/2/2010 at 16:05 (5,017 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Post# 446425 , Reply# 7   7/2/2010 at 16:08 (5,017 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Post# 446426 , Reply# 8   7/2/2010 at 16:08 (5,017 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Post# 446479 , Reply# 9   7/2/2010 at 17:54 (5,017 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Thanks for these scans!

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Those washer/dryer combos look sweet! But, really, couldn't they have mounted the door a little lower? My dwarf is going to have to stand on something to load and unload that thing.

Were the regular automatic washers being manufactured by Hotpoint in Chicago? That's a Hotpoint cabinet and cabinet top and all of the features sound suspiciously identical to the Silhouettes. Even that lame "sediment ejector". What gives?


Post# 446498 , Reply# 10   7/2/2010 at 20:28 (5,017 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
Low door on the combomatic

Ken, the Easy had the two motors mounted at the top corners of the cabinet so the drum did sit low in the cabinet. It helped give it better stability during extraction without suspension and with the motors up above, it did not need space at the bottom for anything except the pump.

Stainless Steel Drum. A first in this country.


Post# 446510 , Reply# 11   7/2/2010 at 21:34 (5,017 days old) by tlee618 ()        

Greg, thanks for posting these, wow those combination are neat. I wonder if anyone has one of these?

Post# 446511 , Reply# 12   7/2/2010 at 21:35 (5,017 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
Thank you, Greg

Greg, I forgot to thank you for the effort involved in making this available to us. Have a good, safe holiday weekend. Tom

Post# 446518 , Reply# 13   7/2/2010 at 22:05 (5,017 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)        

The dryers look to be Hotpoint also.

Post# 446519 , Reply# 14   7/2/2010 at 22:22 (5,017 days old) by brettsomers ()        

Confidential!!

Post# 446551 , Reply# 15   7/3/2010 at 01:10 (5,017 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
Easy!

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Greg,
Thank you so much for posting. I wish they made combos like this today. I never saw or new anyone with a Easy combo. Would be a interesting find.
The top loaders are definatly hotpoint.
Peter


Post# 446614 , Reply# 16   7/3/2010 at 13:28 (5,016 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Gregory, I am smitten

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and too verklempt to talk, seeing the whole family of spindriers reunited for the holiday. Fantastic!

Post# 446639 , Reply# 17   7/3/2010 at 15:56 (5,016 days old) by ingliscanada ()        
Are you sure?

I thought Easy always made their own machines. They always had their trademark "Spiralators." The earlier solid tub models may have resembled the Hotpoints, but the Easy had slower agitation strokes than the Hotpoints of that time. The later models (at least in Canada anyways) were built or sold by General Steel Wearers (GSW). The washers sort of resembled WP, and even had the same agitation speed, but had a spin drain. The dryers were similar to GE, and I think shared the same mechanics.

Post# 446687 , Reply# 18   7/3/2010 at 20:10 (5,016 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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I think this is right after Easy was sold to Hupp. 65-66'ish? Easy automatic washer production stopped and they were sourced from Hotpoint. In the very late 60's, the Easy name was sold to White Sewing Machine Co. along with Kelvinator, and others and within a short time became White Consolidated Industries.

Post# 446761 , Reply# 19   7/3/2010 at 22:04 (5,016 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Easy machines certainly had a very unique agitation that is "easily" spotted.

How did these machines rate, as far as performance and reliability?





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Post# 446978 , Reply# 20   7/4/2010 at 16:29 (5,015 days old) by spiralator60 (Los Angeles)        

Thanks for posting this Greg! It is a treat to be reminded of the days when appliances were designed with a lot more styling and finish that we see today.

Post# 447014 , Reply# 21   7/4/2010 at 18:58 (5,015 days old) by HiLoVane (Columbus OH)        

Easy was, in fact, sold to the Hupp Corporation (along with Gibson, the refrigerator/freezer/A-C/range maker). When WCI took them over, the Easy brand name was eliminated, and replaced with the Gibson brand name, for consistency.

Post# 447047 , Reply# 22   7/4/2010 at 20:50 (5,015 days old) by ingliscanada ()        
But in Canada...

Easy was twinned with McClary. Easy and McClary carried on through the 70's, sold by GSW. Then in the 80's, McClary was built by GE.


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