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If tthe year was 1976,What would you be washing with? |
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Post# 460719   9/2/2010 at 01:36 (4,956 days old) by kenmorekeith ()   |   | |
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If the year was 1976 what would you be washing with? Frigidaire jet action for me! aww the good old days. |
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Post# 460721 , Reply# 1   9/2/2010 at 02:09 (4,956 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 460726 , Reply# 2   9/2/2010 at 02:50 (4,956 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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Mom had the pretty Kenmore with the brushed stainless console and pentavane. alr2903 |
Post# 460739 , Reply# 4   9/2/2010 at 05:57 (4,956 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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1976 would have been the second semester of my junior year or the first semester of my senior year in high school. We still had our 1960 Kenmore Model 80, with the cool pushbutton cycle selector and rapid-advance timer. It had been repaired so many times it was almost a new machine. In 1980, my stepfather replaced all the innards using a machine he'd found at the local dump. I finally replaced it with a new angel-winged Whirlpool in 1985.
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Post# 460740 , Reply# 5   9/2/2010 at 06:00 (4,956 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)   |   | |
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Post# 460745 , Reply# 7   9/2/2010 at 06:07 (4,956 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 460751 , Reply# 8   9/2/2010 at 06:29 (4,956 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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The summer olympics were in Montreal that year, so there was a steady stream of relatives from the UK and several 'wannabees' from the US...
That kept the '73 Viking busy! This was a GE filter-flo machine (with the mini-basket, bien sur!). I always thought it did a great job!! That poor old Viking got sent to Valhalla in 1988... |
Post# 460754 , Reply# 9   9/2/2010 at 06:58 (4,956 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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Post# 460770 , Reply# 10   9/2/2010 at 08:06 (4,956 days old) by westydelux ()   |   | |
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The last of the westy front loaders.... not sure of the model number.... but it had all the bells and whistles... This 350 pound beast lived in the laundry room of my families home from 1964 to 1978 |
Post# 460772 , Reply# 11   9/2/2010 at 08:15 (4,956 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 460777 , Reply# 12   9/2/2010 at 08:57 (4,956 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 460782 , Reply# 14   9/2/2010 at 09:19 (4,956 days old) by jmm63 (Denville, NJ)   |   | |
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Post# 460786 , Reply# 15   9/2/2010 at 09:45 (4,956 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 460788 , Reply# 16   9/2/2010 at 10:14 (4,956 days old) by amyswasher ()   |   | |
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all the way. |
Post# 460791 , Reply# 17   9/2/2010 at 10:23 (4,956 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Hard to say what I'd have been washing with if at that time I had my own place and could afford new appliances.
My lust for a Maytag was fully developed then, but I also was in love with my '50 Westy FL even though it was a basket case. In real life, Mom's washer was a new Kenmore, the oddball series with gold & rust motif on the dial and fake wood paneling on the rest of the console, with "Quiet Pak" and gold Penta-Swirl agitator. Best machine Mom ever owned, and I talked her into it. |
Post# 460798 , Reply# 18   9/2/2010 at 10:48 (4,956 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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A TOL--our family's first!, we were doing well-- Westinghouse Toploader, with two agitators, weigh-to-save lid, and the first machine in my experience, that used a strong flush rinse right at the start of the wash spin. All the hot steamy fragrant suds arcing around and out, fresh cool water flooding in, the wild spin--very powerful. I loved that! The tub indexed, it made nice sounds, and was a really fun and interesting washer.
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Post# 460800 , Reply# 19   9/2/2010 at 11:03 (4,956 days old) by rapidry1000 (San Francisco)   |   | |
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My mom was using her 1963 Frigidaire Custom Deluxe washer Model WCDA-63 and around that time my parents junked the 1951 Frigidaire WO-65 that was sitting in the basement rusting away. |
Post# 460806 , Reply# 20   9/2/2010 at 11:19 (4,956 days old) by spinout (Phoenix)   |   | |
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That would be my Mom's '64 Lady Kenmore in Turquoise. Still have this machine which is awaiting a repaint. |
Post# 460813 , Reply# 21   9/2/2010 at 12:29 (4,955 days old) by hoovermatic (UK)   |   | |
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A Phillips Top Twin De luxe I WANT ONE NOW!!! |
Post# 460814 , Reply# 22   9/2/2010 at 12:33 (4,955 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 460817 , Reply# 23   9/2/2010 at 12:42 (4,955 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)   |   | |
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Post# 460818 , Reply# 24   9/2/2010 at 12:42 (4,955 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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A 69 Frigidaire Custom Deluxe, model WCDAN, it replaced a 55 Pulsamatic,and was replaced in 86 by a Maytag...which is why I NEVER want another one!,The Frigidaire was leagues ahead! |
Post# 460829 , Reply# 25   9/2/2010 at 13:02 (4,955 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Post# 460838 , Reply# 26   9/2/2010 at 13:44 (4,955 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)   |   | |
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in'76 a 1970 solid tub hotpoint was in use-it was replaced with a new '81 BD KM after sediment tube and clutch problems, along with parts avalibility problems,put it out of commission |
Post# 460842 , Reply# 27   9/2/2010 at 14:07 (4,955 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 460844 , Reply# 28   9/2/2010 at 14:16 (4,955 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Speaking of 1976...I sent an email to see what this is all about...
CLICK HERE TO GO TO washerlover's LINK on Humboldt Craigslist |
Post# 460850 , Reply# 30   9/2/2010 at 14:58 (4,955 days old) by electron1100 (England)   |   | |
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1976, hmmm Donna Summer playing ah yes, A Hoover A3008 Keymatic no surprise there really :-)
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Post# 460878 , Reply# 32   9/2/2010 at 16:40 (4,955 days old) by programcomputer (Ann Arbor Michigan, USA)   |   | |
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Well,
I unfortunately wasn't around yet. BUT...my mom and dad, married two years at this point, lived in a brand new funkadelic mobile home that had space, and came with a gold Lady Kenmore Portable set that was stacked in the corner of the bathroom complete with gold and white shag, and brown sink toilet and tub. The cabinets were all dark wood paneled looking too. As my mother recalls all the appliances were Kenmore in that place.... She also said that the machines were hidden behind some beaded drape type deal to kinda hide them from view. She also said it was the first thing in her life she ever destroyed out of hatred for the idea. She puts it this way now...my mother; it was "better than the laundromat (but just barely). You could only wash two, maybe three pairs of jeans at once. And heavy blankets....forget it". Needless to say they weren't taken with when we moved to our new house built in 1978-79. We got Maytag Fabric-Matics. I wanna say it was a Fabric-Matic as it had Automatic in one area where in others it would have two speed buttons, the four temp buttons and three water levels. My grandmothers were using at that time, a Lady Kenmore TOL set (mom's mother) which she disliked for several reasons (no longer here to ask anymore) but one of the reasons is that her husband, my irrepressible grandfather, got a deal on them from his brother who was a Sears Tech back then. Then there was my favorite washer later in my young childhood which was my dads mom. Grammy was still using her LBB30 Westinghouse Laundromat similar to the one above in the Pic shown... Thats what I would have been using, had I been around in 1976. Had I been able to choose tho, someone would have had a 1-18. Maybe my mother would have before she bought the boring Maytags. LOL, today I no longer feel that way... Centerdials are the best for longevity and infrequency of repairs... |
Post# 460891 , Reply# 33   9/2/2010 at 17:44 (4,955 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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I wasn't around yet either but not far from it. In 1976 my parents were newlyweds living in an apartment in the Houston suburbs. I actually happened to come across a photo or two of the inside of that apartment and they had their portable Lady Kenmore set. They used those for about 4 years so I vaguely remember them but that was the washer that got me hooked even when I was too young to remember. When I finally came across the portable LK I have now that brought back a flood of very distant memories, particularly how the water enters the tub. I remember thinking that it was just like water from a waterhose. Very smooth and quiet.
Now, as far as what machine I would be using if I were to run out and buy one??? Honestly, it I were in that position I'd be running all over town filling my basement with what Robert and some of the others have! Ok, and probably a TOL 1-18 as my new set. :-) Jon |
Post# 460892 , Reply# 34   9/2/2010 at 18:00 (4,955 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)   |   | |
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We had a 1957 or 1958 Hotpoint washer with that red coffee-can-type filter canister that fit over the black straight-vane agitator. It walked across the floor a lot. Had a partial lighted backsplash although it didn't work ever.
We added a Hotpoint Silhouette (labeled "Custom" or "Custom-Crafted") 1968 dryer later although it didn't say "Silhouette" anymore. Dad said it was still considered a Silhouette because of the styling. Washer died in 1977. Dryer died in 1985. We tended to use this strange powdered detergent he bought at the employee store. It was called "SUPA-SAFE". Came in a big 10lb (?) box. If you were a Hotpoint employee they'd sell you the machine and the detergent. |
Post# 460901 , Reply# 35   9/2/2010 at 18:42 (4,955 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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1976 would be the 2nd half of my jr. year and the 1st half of my sr. year in college. the spring would have been avocado coin-op speed queens in the laundry room (was a brand-new complex then); the summer & fall I lived at the back of an older complex and across the street from the complex was a washateria. I odn't remember whar the top loaders were (maybe speed queen); but it also had 2 or 3 20-pound Norge front loaders, which are the ones I used when I did do laundry. Otherwise, I would save up and take laundry home to the black-face 1976 Kenmore 70 series washer & dryer at the lake house or at Christmas time tka ie all to Houston and wash in the 1971 Kenmore 800 and 1964 Wrinkle-Out Norge dryer.
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Post# 460903 , Reply# 36   9/2/2010 at 18:57 (4,955 days old) by 300C (Jonesboro, GA)   |   | |
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If I were home from college, my Mom's 1968 MOL GE Filter Flo; otherwise, my Grandmother's 1960 GE Filter_Flo. |
Post# 460905 , Reply# 37   9/2/2010 at 19:09 (4,955 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Bob, you reminded me. In winter/spring 1976 I was living in the dorms at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. We had coin op standard capacity one-speed Maytag machines in avocado with companion HOH dryers. I loved listening to the washer, every bit a center dial -- except for its lack of one. By 1976 they were probably three years old, original equipment for Yosemite Hall, one of the newer dorms on the campus at the time.
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Post# 460917 , Reply# 38   9/2/2010 at 20:17 (4,955 days old) by stainfighter (Columbia, SC)   |   | |
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Post# 460930 , Reply# 39   9/2/2010 at 20:54 (4,955 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 460935 , Reply# 41   9/2/2010 at 21:14 (4,955 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Post# 461081 , Reply# 42   9/3/2010 at 12:26 (4,954 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)   |   | |
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but my mom was washing with a 1972 Kenmore 800 washer (identical to the one JasonL has) and drying with a 1963 Kenmore Soft Heat 70 gas dryer at home in Virginia. At the cottage on Deep Creek Lake MD she was washing with a 1963 Kenmore 70 (the mate to the dryer in VA) and drying with a circa 1973 GE Jumbo Dryer....PAT COFFEY
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Post# 461110 , Reply# 43   9/3/2010 at 16:07 (4,954 days old) by keymatic (London / UK)   |   | |
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Hi Paul...
Nice choice of twinny...here's mine just to make the fantasy feel a bit more real...can't take you back to '76 though !! Me on the other hand would have had to have the Servis All-Fabric automatic, (pic 2) great styling, unique Hi-Zone agi & triple rinse..a must for any busy Housewife..lol Keith |
Post# 461111 , Reply# 44   9/3/2010 at 16:09 (4,954 days old) by keymatic (London / UK)   |   | |
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Post# 461131 , Reply# 45   9/3/2010 at 18:13 (4,954 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 461194 , Reply# 48   9/3/2010 at 22:39 (4,954 days old) by strongenough78 (California)   |   | |
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Post# 461195 , Reply# 49   9/3/2010 at 22:45 (4,954 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 461201 , Reply# 50   9/3/2010 at 23:12 (4,954 days old) by multi-cycle (Canton Ohio)   |   | |
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In 1976 it was a 1968 Kenmore 8oo with a full florescent light.My mom replaced it with a direct drive Kenmore in 2001 |
Post# 461224 , Reply# 52   9/4/2010 at 04:22 (4,954 days old) by Virabhadrasana (France / Italy)   |   | |
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My parents's Candy or -better- my Grandma's Indesit K5 :)))) |
Post# 461226 , Reply# 53   9/4/2010 at 05:10 (4,954 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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I lived in an apartment house outside of Wash Dc-at that time was Speed Queen washers and dryers in the building laundramat-later they went to Whirlpool washers and dryers.The Speed Queens had the deep overflow rinse.Was really neat to watch. |
Post# 461229 , Reply# 54   9/4/2010 at 06:37 (4,954 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)   |   | |
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not being alive then nor my parents bene married at that point my Nans Hotpoint 1400 Twinny would of done the wash on the maternal grandparents side,
Unsure about what my paternal Grandparents would of had at the time, either a twin tub - my aunt does not know which sort or possibly an Electra GL2 - big orange dial job. Cant find pic of a GL2 so a GL3 will have to do lol. |
Post# 461251 , Reply# 56   9/4/2010 at 08:57 (4,954 days old) by mtn1584 (USA)   |   | |
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A 1974 2 Speed General Electric 16lb capacity washer. MIKE |
Post# 461292 , Reply# 57   9/4/2010 at 12:56 (4,953 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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At home my parents had a MOL GE Filter Flo. At my apartment we had coin op Maytag machines. |
Post# 461390 , Reply# 58   9/5/2010 at 03:34 (4,953 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain)   |   | |
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Post# 461392 , Reply# 59   9/5/2010 at 06:22 (4,953 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.)   |   | |
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In 1976, that's easy. We had the Maytag A206 that kept on going until 1999. |
Post# 461423 , Reply# 60   9/5/2010 at 12:12 (4,953 days old) by autowasherfreak ()   |   | |
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That's an easy one. We had a 1972/73 Whirlpool in harvest gold. My favorite washer besides the 84 Whirlpool and my Maytag 806. |
Post# 461466 , Reply# 61   9/5/2010 at 16:55 (4,952 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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At that time we had a Maytag A207 washer with matching DE406 dryer. My Mom got them in late summer '73, and I kept the washer until 2004 when I gave it away. Still have the dryer. |
Post# 461482 , Reply# 62   9/5/2010 at 18:57 (4,952 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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Post# 461578 , Reply# 65   9/6/2010 at 08:05 (4,952 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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hello to all aw members the following pic you will see is of the longest vintage dryer that is still in use today its a 40 year old dryer own by my grandmother and is still working.
quote from sears9000 last post: I just wish they would make appliances like they used to, with pride, and excelent workmanship that would last a good long time again. and this dryer is an inglis whirlpool dryer and must be from the eraly 70 but i don't know the actual year? |