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Post# 504033 3/14/2011 at 13:33 (4,785 days old) by akronman  (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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I think it generally believed that Maytag sold on reliability/ease of service/long-lasting.
GE Filter-Flo best remembered for the non-stop filtering and aggressive agitation. Frigidaire remembered for the (relatively) unique up-down Jetcone agitation. Bendix/Philco -Bendix for the introduction of AUTOMATIC and front-loaders. What are the specifics to the Kenmore/Whirlpool line? Westinghouse? Speed Queen? What other brands were known for some unique or acknowledged characteristics? As machines come up here and there for sale and repair, I'm trying to get a representative machine from each major brand and/or each technology (wringer, twin-tub, top laod agitator, FL, etc), and many of you folks will have good insight to help me. Thanks in advance | ||
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Post# 504035 , Reply# 1 3/14/2011 at 13:38 (4,785 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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The Westinghouse ads touted their washers & dryers as: It doesn't just have what EVERY washer/dryer has, it has what every washer/dryer DOESN'T!
In other words: "Just Good, SURE Value For The Money!"... -- Dave (of which Chas. Klamkin recommends Westinghouse FRONT-LOADERS, not Westinghouse Top-Loaders...!!!!) | ||
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Post# 504071 , Reply# 2 3/14/2011 at 16:00 (4,785 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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Post# 504072 , Reply# 3 3/14/2011 at 16:15 (4,785 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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OK, Hotpoint: The "Handwash" agitator (concealed beneath the "regular one") system...
(And what should have been added to the Westinghouse, is the "gentle agitator" that fits over the regular one...) And don't forget that Hotpoint offered the Self-Cleaning lint filter in most of their line-up (whereas Whirlpool & Sears Kenmore relegated the S/C filter (or Whirlpool's "Magic Clean") to the "better" & "best" Lg. Cap. models... -- Dave (--Who can't understand why Charles Klamkin's book totes the Whirlpool washer he recommends as a 14 LB machine, when LXA 6700, I would think would be a 18 LB machine, according to most sources; as would the "Sears Kenmore w/ the same features"...) | ||
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Post# 504078 , Reply# 4 3/14/2011 at 16:46 (4,785 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 504089 , Reply# 5 3/14/2011 at 17:15 (4,785 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Kenmore sold themselves with various ad campaigns over the years but "Kenmore, Solid as Sears" is one I remember well. In the 80s and before, we didn't have big-box retailers who sold coast to coast. Circuit City was one I remember as an 'up and coming' in the later 80s. Before that, Sears was probably the largest chain that was similar country-wide, so buyers knew what they were getting, either in Boise or Orlando. The fact that Sears was sold and serviced nationwide and had in-house financing (this was before everyone had credit cards), was a big draw. That, coupled with the simple fact that they had well planned models that a great many buyers liked, help them sell, and sell very well.
I really think that's the bottom line for Sears Kenmore's success back then. Gordon | ||
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Post# 504094 , Reply# 6 3/14/2011 at 17:29 (4,785 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Speed Queen....at least the ones from the 60's
although not famous for, but could be identified as: the overflo wash/rinse.....the fill was aireated--time filled solid stainless steel tubs....which got smoother with use no pauses in the cycle...jump from wash to spin best known for: its 210 degree agitation stroke banging solenoids fluid drives no brake not sure, but the rythymic sound of the pump sucking air as the motor ran during the entire cycle, including fills in the later 70's....reversing motors operated the tranny for wash, and reverse for spin, pauses added, but eliminated the banging solenoids, tub brake was added....Time fill was still in use as well as the other SQ traits... | ||
| Post# 504096 , Reply# 7 3/14/2011 at 17:36 (4,785 days old) by mtn1584 (USA) | ||
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Speed Queen Ads from the seventies I remember Steve McQueen doing ads for Speed Queen washers in the seventies for their stainless steel tubs. Mike | ||
| Post# 504101 , Reply# 8 3/14/2011 at 17:43 (4,785 days old) by mtn1584 (USA) | ||
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then again....................................... It could have been someone else, I do remember the ads, does anyone else remember?................. or maybe I am having a senior moment at 45 years old LOL. MIKE | ||
| Post# 504107 , Reply# 9 3/14/2011 at 18:11 (4,785 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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NORGE! More...Much more from NORGE!, Norge washers were known for being noisy, but also for very agressive agitation, and the burpalator filter. | ||
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Post# 504114 , Reply# 10 3/14/2011 at 18:22 (4,785 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Brand Name UK
Servis = Hi-Zone wash action, Reliability & own Service Force (Servis Service)
Hoover = Boiling Pulsator wash action, Fast Efficient wash times & auto rinse Hotpoint = SpiraClean wash action, Filterflow Cleanliness I always associate Speed Queen with S/Steel Tubs & 210d Wide Sweep Wash Arc like Servis | ||
| Post# 504116 , Reply# 11 3/14/2011 at 18:30 (4,785 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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Back in th '60s I think Norges were thought of mainly as laundromat machines, thanks to the Norge Villages. I don't recall ever seeing one in a private residence. As far as Whirlpool, they did have that deal with RCA back in the '60s where Whirlpools were sold in RCA's retail stores. | ||
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Post# 504117 , Reply# 12 3/14/2011 at 18:31 (4,785 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Hotpoint film
Ok, I have a HOTPOINT film that SOMEDAY I'll bring to a wash-a-rama. I do hope to meet y'all someday. Let me see if I can quote some stuff from 1963:
HOTPOINT: First with an all-porcelain finish inside and out. (SURE to make consumers shout...) First with full-width fluorescent lighted backpanel First with two speed washing First with two cycle washing SILHOUETTE your line SUPREME ! Feature loaded, it's a DREAM ! I sure hope the host has a 16mm sound projector. I'm NOT lugging my Kodak Pageant anywhere but here. LOL. | ||
| Post# 504126 , Reply# 13 3/14/2011 at 18:57 (4,785 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
Chuck Conners--- | ||
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Post# 504130 , Reply# 14 3/14/2011 at 19:06 (4,785 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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for the life of me I cannot remember his last name......
but the spokesperson for Speed Queen was a guy named Chuck....he was in all the Ladies magazines holding a SS tub on top of a washer, WHACKING it with a hammer to show no chips from the tub........I used to go thru all Mom's magazines and rip out all the pages of him, and any other Washer I could find.... | ||
| Post# 504131 , Reply# 15 3/14/2011 at 19:07 (4,785 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Norge! We had a Norge dealer in my hometown, they were about as popular as most other brands. | ||
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Post# 504134 , Reply# 16 3/14/2011 at 19:09 (4,785 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 504150 , Reply# 17 3/14/2011 at 20:36 (4,785 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 504155 , Reply# 18 3/14/2011 at 20:51 (4,785 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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Post# 504159 , Reply# 19 3/14/2011 at 20:52 (4,785 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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| Post# 504205 , Reply# 20 3/15/2011 at 06:22 (4,784 days old) by mtn1584 (USA) | ||
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THANK YOU................................................... I thought I was losing my mind for a minute, Chuck Connors, I don't know why I thought it was Steve McQueen, I dunno, maybe because of the name Speed Queen, anyway, thanks. Mike | ||
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Post# 504234 , Reply# 22 3/15/2011 at 09:44 (4,784 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Hotpoint Uk
A dream for wash day
Hotpoint Supermatic with Filter-Clean Just think of all you could wish for in a washing machine and it comes true with the Hotpoint Supermatic The TRUTH about tangling .... Staining tea towels with radio active grease, and testing them after washing in a Hotpoint and an "ordinary" machine with a geiger counter and .. Hotpoint washes extra clean Cleaner than you've ever seen HOTPOINT Cannot tangle clothes Those really were the days Al CLICK HERE TO GO TO vacbear58's LINK | ||
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Post# 504238 , Reply# 23 3/15/2011 at 10:51 (4,784 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Keymatic | ||
| Post# 504252 , Reply# 24 3/15/2011 at 11:47 (4,784 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
that flic in Al's link Reply 22 One of Sass's finds for his museum. What a creative ad with the wet clothes "rain" and all. The machine is beautiful (last shot, all sparkling enamel) and "the dryer" is spinning at 2000+rpms --WITH NO LID!!!
Those were the days indeed.
Easy Spindriers: Two shining chrome faucets, one big, one little; and a large tub morphing down perfectly into a smaller tub--so smooth. | ||
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Post# 504298 , Reply# 25 3/15/2011 at 15:03 (4,784 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Just to clarify | ||
| Post# 504308 , Reply# 26 3/15/2011 at 16:28 (4,784 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Norge....???? Slow agitation????? You must have seen different Norges from any I ever saw, because they agitate on slow, about as fast as a Maytag does on high speed! | ||
| Post# 504312 , Reply# 27 3/15/2011 at 16:33 (4,784 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
Inglis whirlpool washer | ||
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Post# 504368 , Reply# 28 3/15/2011 at 21:46 (4,783 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Thank you, Norgeway, for defending the best washers ever! So speaking of innovation, Norge introduced the exclusive "dispenser wheel" for worry-free fabric softener dispensing. And yes, the agitation is quite vigorous, not slow (unless on gentle cycle). I use a '74 Wards Signature washer and dryer for my daily drivers and my clothes are thankful for it! And my Norge washer and dryer are waiting for their turn! (Norge washer photo posted unabashed)
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| Post# 504382 , Reply# 29 3/15/2011 at 22:09 (4,783 days old) by Spankomatic (Ukiah,CA) | ||
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| Post# 504444 , Reply# 30 3/16/2011 at 01:41 (4,783 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Westinghouse was alway's touting their "weigh to save" F/L doors and T/L lids. | ||
| Post# 504491 , Reply# 32 3/16/2011 at 10:05 (4,783 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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me i remember that my grandmother in her old inglis whirlpool that was a push to start always had too put her fabric softner as the washer fill for the rinse if she forgot she would have to do a second rinse to put her fabric softner but when she change to her 88 kenmore belt drive washer and tought her how to use the fabric softner dispenser it help her alot
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| Post# 504521 , Reply# 35 3/16/2011 at 12:44 (4,783 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Gary and Norge fans | ||
| Post# 504522 , Reply# 36 3/16/2011 at 12:47 (4,783 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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| Post# 504527 , Reply# 37 3/16/2011 at 13:17 (4,783 days old) by ingliscanada () | ||
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Powerators! Most other agitators wouldn't want to mess with those brutes! LOL! Gary | ||
| Post# 504529 , Reply# 38 3/16/2011 at 13:21 (4,783 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Indeed | ||
| Post# 504531 , Reply# 39 3/16/2011 at 13:29 (4,783 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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slits spitting | ||
| Post# 504533 , Reply# 40 3/16/2011 at 13:37 (4,783 days old) by ingliscanada () | ||
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Pants better behave when The Spanker is there!:) | ||
| Post# 504535 , Reply# 41 3/16/2011 at 13:44 (4,783 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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You are too funny | ||
| Post# 504548 , Reply# 42 3/16/2011 at 14:22 (4,783 days old) by westie2 () | ||
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Mickeyd Is that a Norge wringer? It sure looks nie. Is this a burpalator? More pictures if you have them. | ||
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Post# 504549 , Reply# 43 3/16/2011 at 14:26 (4,783 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 504550 , Reply# 44 3/16/2011 at 14:26 (4,783 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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Thanks
I knew you experienced hands had more knowledge than me. Chances are that some of these mentioned are pretty much a pipe dream to think I'll find easily, but certainly a 60's or 70's Kenmore will pop up, hopefully with filter at about 4"o'clock position and the scrubber nibs on the agitator cap, and the D shaped opening. Also an up-down GM-Frigidaire Jetcone, who knows. As for the older and rarer brands, I'll be happy to get ANYTHING automatic from the 50's.
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| Post# 504566 , Reply# 45 3/16/2011 at 15:42 (4,783 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Sure | ||
| Post# 504567 , Reply# 46 3/16/2011 at 15:45 (4,783 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Ready for wringing | ||
| Post# 504569 , Reply# 47 3/16/2011 at 15:47 (4,783 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Wringing | ||
| Post# 504571 , Reply# 48 3/16/2011 at 15:52 (4,783 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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All dressed up, awaiting pick-up by alien aircraft in the sk | ||
| Post# 504572 , Reply# 49 3/16/2011 at 16:25 (4,783 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Fabulous! My bad about the Norge comment...the older ones did agitate slower, but as Gary said with a L O N G stroke, they dragged the clothes thru the water!! that wringer is great! I would love to find one! | ||
| Post# 504587 , Reply# 50 3/16/2011 at 16:57 (4,783 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Thanks, Hans More brand identifiers for Mark ~
The Hoover Twin Tub with its one piece panel covering, over everything::::::::the first time you see one ......What is this??? a huge dehumidifier, and then the delight when you lift the panel and, OMG it's a washer. YAY
The twin towers of the 57 Frigidaire Unimatic W&D sets
The famous "long-straw" suds hose and the long cross-over arm-like rinse hose, without a goose neck on Kenmores & Whirlpools
Open cones and missing pulsator lids on early Unimatics
The Roar of the Norge
The double cabinet doors that opened on the early Blackstones
The unique agitation sound of the first fast-stroke GE's &HP's
Circle Jet spray fill and luxuriously long spray spin rinse on the GM 1-18's
PS: Charles, though the Spanker didn't burp, it spit from the 3 long slits in the side. Some members have seen a sleeve-type filter for it; mine did not come with one. This post was last edited 03/16/2011 at 18:28 | ||
| Post# 504591 , Reply# 51 3/16/2011 at 17:06 (4,783 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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Duracrest
When I lived in Baltimore and was still a youngster,we had a local department store named The Hecht Company that had their own name brand called Duracrest. They were made by kelvinator. Anybody here have one or remember them at all??? The other interesting line I remember seeing at E.J.Korvets was a brand named Leonard also made by Kelvinator.
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| Post# 504656 , Reply# 52 3/16/2011 at 22:51 (4,782 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
About the brand Leonard,
My grandfather had a Leonard refrigerator from the 1940's that he got when he worked for Northern Electric. It had a Northern Electric badge just above the door handle. He told me that these were made by Kelvinator. I remember when it was the main refrigerator in his house in the early eighties. They stored cereal boxes in the storage drawer. When they got a new Kelvinator frost free fridge in the early eighties, the Leonard was sent to the basement just beside another Kelvinator upright freezer. | ||
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Post# 504714 , Reply# 53 3/17/2011 at 07:17 (4,782 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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| Post# 504741 , Reply# 54 3/17/2011 at 09:41 (4,782 days old) by DanManTN (Tennessee) | ||
Speed Queen Values from 1960... From a magazine ad in 1960...
IF you are more interested in built-in quality than exterior frills...
IF you want the joy of a consistently clean, lint-free wash...
IF you prefer simple, easy-to-understand controls that give you accurate dialing for all fabric and soil conditions...
IF you'd like a dryer that can be cycled either to stop when the clothes are dry [thermostat controlled], or according to specific time...
IF you want the most trouble-free home laundering service you can possible get...
THEN, before you buy a new washer or dryer, DO SEE the new 1960 Speed Queens!
Looks like they're still holding true to these values. These were the same reasons that I chose Speed Queen in 2009. | ||
| Post# 504757 , Reply# 56 3/17/2011 at 11:13 (4,782 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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viking washer dryer set from eaton in the 70 | ||
| Post# 504873 , Reply# 58 3/17/2011 at 22:00 (4,781 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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