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Post# 494855   2/8/2011 at 07:36 (4,818 days old) by cyclemonitor ()        

Penncrest





Post# 494856 , Reply# 1   2/8/2011 at 07:37 (4,818 days old) by cyclemonitor ()        

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Post# 494878 , Reply# 2   2/8/2011 at 10:46 (4,818 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)        
Shading

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I didn't realize that appliances were still using shading by 1977?

-Tim


Post# 494945 , Reply# 3   2/8/2011 at 14:45 (4,818 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)        
that was actually the year that appliance manufacturesa stop

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but I think it would be safe to say that it did not happen as of January 1st. I think it might have happened over the course of the year....Combo52 what do you think....PAT COFFEY


Post# 495002 , Reply# 4   2/8/2011 at 18:29 (4,817 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
SHADED APPLIANCE COLORS

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I think you are right Pat the shading was phased out from 1976-1977, and boy did Hotpoint have some ugly shading. It is amazing how good WPs and Sears appliances looked with the shading but others just didn't quite make the grade.

Post# 495103 , Reply# 5   2/9/2011 at 00:50 (4,817 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)        

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Are those GE-made like the Penncrest washers/dryers? I don't know much about 70s dishwashers.

Post# 495298 , Reply# 6   2/9/2011 at 16:47 (4,816 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)        
GE colors

According to a dealers ad in a local newspaper, GE announced their new color selection - including Almond - the first week of December 1976.

Post# 495321 , Reply# 7   2/9/2011 at 19:17 (4,816 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)        

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I really wonder why JC Penny appliances never caught on as much as Wards or Sears?

Could it just be if people wanted something "made by Hotpoint or General Electric they were more likely to buy "The Real Thing"????


Post# 495517 , Reply# 8   2/10/2011 at 15:31 (4,816 days old) by nurdlinger (Tucson AZ)        

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I bought the JC Penney washing machine in 1978 mostly because I could figure out that it was really a GE underneath. Didn't know about Hotpoint then, would not have made a difference.  The tell-tale feature was the slotted rubber "japanese lantern" coupling between the pump and the motor.



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