Thread Number: 41043
POD Zenith Model 400 Washer and Model 300 Dryer. Where's the tuning knob? |
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Post# 607016 , Reply# 1   6/29/2012 at 07:17 (4,290 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Zenith and Montgomery Ward fiberglass wash-tub machines were made by Apex, not Beam. But that's not to say that Apex-Universal machines didn't have some parts sourced from Beam for the agitator automatics. The fluid-clutch?
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Post# 607017 , Reply# 2   6/29/2012 at 07:18 (4,290 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 607018 , Reply# 3   6/29/2012 at 07:19 (4,290 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 607019 , Reply# 4   6/29/2012 at 07:20 (4,290 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 607020 , Reply# 5   6/29/2012 at 07:21 (4,290 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 607022 , Reply# 6   6/29/2012 at 07:22 (4,290 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 607033 , Reply# 8   6/29/2012 at 08:59 (4,290 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 607046 , Reply# 9   6/29/2012 at 10:12 (4,290 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Jon, I think all makers had just as stripped a BOL model; WP, Philco & Hotpoint for example. |
Post# 607166 , Reply# 10   6/29/2012 at 17:27 (4,289 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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But the dials are glimmering gold on the BOL set - that makes up for no other frills!
Look at the gold reflection on the cabinet - who wouldn't sigh seeing that every time they walked past the laundry. I have a soft spot for these one-dial-wonder BOL machines, so utilitarian and basic but a simple, understated elegance (?) all their own. I would imagine that given the budget restraints of many families, the BOL washer was welcomed with great delight and pride as opposed to the alternative - hours of drudgery and physical danger with a wringer washer. LOL |
Post# 607185 , Reply# 11   6/29/2012 at 19:36 (4,289 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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