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Post# 78056   8/13/2005 at 13:19 (6,802 days old) by Brent-Aucoin ()        

This is a great ad.
Such a beautiful set.
Does anyone in the club have this washer, with this type of door.
Although I have seen many Westinghouse washer's of this vintage, I have never seen one with this type of door.
I think it makes the washer so much more attractive.
Brent





Post# 78057 , Reply# 1   8/13/2005 at 13:22 (6,802 days old) by westytoploader ()        

WOW...love the styling. The door does make the machines much better-looking, and of course there's the adjustable water level and Variable Washing Action! :)

Imagine finding one of these...I'd faint on the spot!


Post# 78059 , Reply# 2   8/13/2005 at 13:44 (6,802 days old) by tlee618 ()        

That is the same set that my room mate in college parent's got. I begged them to adopt me but it just didn't happen. You should have seen that set with both of the console lights on. Terry

Post# 78077 , Reply# 3   8/13/2005 at 15:01 (6,802 days old) by golittlesport (California)        

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My mom had a Westinghouse laundromat with a side opening door like that - it was a middle of the line model and a few years older than the machine in the POD. I think hers was a 65 or 66. It replaced a 57 slant-front Laundromat. The side opening doors did look very nice with the matching dryer, but I always thought the drop-down door was more functional. I always liked the TOL Laundromat models with the fabric softener and bleach dispensers.

The best thing about the side opening doors was the fact that the door pushed in the external safety switch button, so you could press it in and run the machine with the door open, much like you could trip the safety switch on Kenmores of that era. I used to spray water in the machine with a hose during spin ...what fun!


Post# 78081 , Reply# 4   8/13/2005 at 15:29 (6,802 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

In the second year of the recessed side-swing door, 1965, I believe, we bought the next to the bottom of the line model. There were 4 models offered then and except for not having the panel light and dispensers, it did everything the two above it did and was about $229.00. The control panel was beige & gray. The knobs were T shaped. It had two cycles, regular and wash'n wear. The third rinse in the regular cycle was marked Starch because it was possible, with the water level set at Minimum, to starch a load of clothes, but didn't starch. The water level control did not have a reset position so you could not add more water after a fill was complete, but the next fill would fill to the higher level.

While the machine looked great, long time Westinghouse users did not like the side-swing door. It took up more room in front to open. Without a switch for the tub light, it was difficult to leave the door ajar for airing without the light coming on and there was no door to form a shelf. On the other hand, you could use a laundry basket to catch the clothes.

The really great thing about these older washers was that they used a cast iron weight around the front of the outer tub and were much more stable when they went into spin and vibrated less while spinning.

Thanks to our friend Bob in Ohio, we have the coppertone Space-Mate washer. The timer and water temperature dials have lavender backgrounds.


Post# 78095 , Reply# 5   8/13/2005 at 15:59 (6,802 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Jon Charles in Boston has a side-swing door Westy...

Post# 78097 , Reply# 6   8/13/2005 at 16:11 (6,802 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area)        

I had one of these not long ago and sold it. Wish I would have kept it, but didnt quite seem like a Westinghouse without the drop down door. Was neat to see it wash tho......

Post# 78114 , Reply# 7   8/13/2005 at 18:12 (6,802 days old) by golittlesport (California)        

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Hi Tom...I bet our families had the same Laundromat. Did yours have four wash/rinse temps and five water levles? The next model up was about the same but with push buttons on the water temp. I remember looking at the Westinghouse brochure my parents brought home while they were washer shopping. It showed the four models of front loading Laundromats and newly-introduced top loading washers. I was quite taken by the top loaders, loved the black spiral vaned agitator with a big W on top. But my mother loved her Laundromats...said a top loader would not clean as well and used too much water. (She could have made a commercial for Laundromats and Salvo tablets.) I tried to sell her on the suds saver feature the top loader had, but she turned her nose up at "washing clothes in dirty water." Many years later, she switched to a top loader for her next washer...a Westinghouse, but the spiral agitator was now pistachio colored.

Post# 78171 , Reply# 8   8/13/2005 at 23:15 (6,802 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
doors

I wonder if the washer door could be altered to fit the dryer?


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