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Thread Number: 41846
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| Post# 616816 8/13/2012 at 15:20 (4,266 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
 As everyone is always talking about "grannys old twin tub" and "Mums old Hotpoint", I thought it might be cool to start a thread on our first machines.
I moved out of my Mums house in 2007 and into a shared flat with a friend. This Beko was in the flat. It's the basic 1000rpm machine. A great performer, but took hours to do a wash. 
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| Post# 616829 , Reply# 1 8/13/2012 at 17:01 (4,266 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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| Post# 616832 , Reply# 2 8/13/2012 at 17:18 (4,266 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV) | ||
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first washer My first washer was a '69 GE Filter Flo, which I got from my Grandmother's house after she died in 1978. The first washer I bought was a 1980 Maytag. Wish I still had that one...the folks I gave it to in '97 are still using it.... | ||
| Post# 616873 , Reply# 6 8/13/2012 at 22:42 (4,266 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Post# 616877 , Reply# 7 8/13/2012 at 22:58 (4,266 days old) by nurdlinger  (Tucson AZ) |
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I bought my own house in 1978 after about six years of apartment living and I was determined to never see the inside of a public laundry facility again. I got a J.C. Penney washing machine which was a G.E. under the skin. It did not have the basket for small loads, but it did have the filter pan. I got it because it had three rinse temps, hot-warm-cold, and around then was the switch to only cold rinsing. I also got a Whirlpool dryer. No idea what the model was, but it was electric and had the hamper door. Got the Whirlpool because we had Whirlpool laundry machines installed in the place I lived while going to college and they never broke down.
Both of these machines lasted more than 26 years. I replaced them because I wanted to see what the fuss about front-loaders was all about. I gave the old machines to the son of some friends of mine who had moved to a place with hookups and was tired of laundromats as well. In all the years with me the only service required was a pump replacement for the washer and a new idler pulley for the dryer. | ||
| Post# 616906 , Reply# 8 8/14/2012 at 02:03 (4,266 days old) by Docker (Cape Town, South Africa) | ||
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AN early 70's GE 660 FL which I got for free. This was a 6.6 kg washer with console on top at the back. The bearings were shot, so the noise on spin was heard throughout the house. As it only spun at the end of the cycle, I used that as an end of cycle buzzer! The door boot had a hole at the bottom, so I turned it 180 degees to stop the leak. | ||
| Post# 616927 , Reply# 10 8/14/2012 at 04:48 (4,266 days old) by roscoe62 (Canada) | ||
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Kenmore Mine was a Kenmore set that had recently started the Extra capacity tub.Five years later the motor died, and so on, and so on. | ||
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Post# 616958 , Reply# 11 8/14/2012 at 08:28 (4,266 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Post# 616976 , Reply# 12 8/14/2012 at 09:33 (4,266 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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See my profile pic. The first one I remember was a Privileg/Zanussi, as can be seen in the video below.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO logixx's LINK | ||
| Post# 616978 , Reply# 13 8/14/2012 at 09:41 (4,266 days old) by hotpointfan (United Kingdom) | ||
My 1st Collection machine | ||
| Post# 616983 , Reply# 14 8/14/2012 at 09:53 (4,266 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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Our first machine was a 1975 GE Filter Flo Second machine was a 1985 Maytag set. It was boring so we got rid of it. Third and current machine is a 1993 Whirlpool Electronic set. Still churning along. | ||
| Post# 617021 , Reply# 15 8/14/2012 at 13:48 (4,266 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy) | ||
My landlady's Bendix!
After leaving home, the first washing machine I laid hands was an oldish Candy front loader (perhaps from early 90'), I can't remember the model's name, but I recall the funny mechanical 550/1100rpm spin it had... you could just switch it off during the slow spin and when you turned it back on it would mistakeably engage the faster gear and rump up to 1100! This was only for a short time while in my 1st rented flat.
I then went to another rented accommodation where I laid hands (literally) on an old 500rpm Bendix (maybe mid 80'). I said literally cos' when I moved into my own home, my ex-landlady decided to get a new washer and gave me her leaking Bendix which I personally fixed by replacing the seal. After a couple of years, I was given a Zanussi Nexus (from 1997) which was already a few years old and my very first brand new washing machine personally chosen and purchased was my current Hoover Nextra in 2004. When I look back I think it's so strange that in spite of the fact that I've always been really passionate about appliances, and especially about front load washers, I didn't get my onw washing machine for 8 years :-O | ||
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Post# 617029 , Reply# 16 8/14/2012 at 15:08 (4,266 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 617055 , Reply# 17 8/14/2012 at 18:26 (4,265 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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| Post# 617175 , Reply# 19 8/15/2012 at 05:40 (4,265 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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My own very first washing machine was a Electra/Zanussi, i had to replace the programer (first introduction to doing this)
I carried out a few mods to it, variable temperature control (courtesy of an old Indesit) put two neons on it (one for power and one for heater) and resprayed the front panel black and spent days Letraseting on the programs (shades of a Hoover a3190 i had seen in a brochure) This is a link to the original machine on youtube CLICK HERE TO GO TO electron1100's LINK | ||
| Post# 617545 , Reply# 20 8/16/2012 at 12:49 (4,264 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
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Post# 617550 , Reply# 21 8/16/2012 at 12:59 (4,264 days old) by super32 (Blackstone Massachusetts) |
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| Post# 617707 , Reply# 22 8/16/2012 at 23:38 (4,263 days old) by DirectDriveDave () | ||
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When I was born, I was only in my first house for a year and a half, and I was way too young to remember just about any of it, so I am going with what the current house has and that's our 1990 Whirlpool DD! | ||
| Post# 617813 , Reply# 23 8/17/2012 at 10:10 (4,263 days old) by gmmcnair (Portland, OR) | ||
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| Post# 617829 , Reply# 24 8/17/2012 at 11:23 (4,263 days old) by georgect (Fairfield, CT) | ||
Westinghouse Front Load
I grew up with having an Avocado Westinghouse front loader like this one...
(not my video, just found on Youtube so you get the idea) CLICK HERE TO GO TO georgect's LINK | ||
| Post# 617832 , Reply# 25 8/17/2012 at 11:28 (4,263 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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| Post# 617833 , Reply# 26 8/17/2012 at 11:30 (4,263 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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second washer a whirlpool minus the matching dryer | ||
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Post# 617918 , Reply# 28 8/17/2012 at 17:07 (4,262 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 617924 , Reply# 29 8/17/2012 at 17:17 (4,262 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York) |
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 My first washer was a BD Kenmore to match the Kenmore gas dryer that I installed in my parents apartment back in 1985 when I learned that the DD was being fazed in. I was trying to get the TOL Kenmore BD washer with a co-worker who also brought a Kenmore DD and none to be found through Sears here in New York so I've settled for the last BD model with the DAA. Years later I moved out of my parents place and brought another Kenmore and I was about to purchase the 1995 Limited Edition but decided to get the newer 1995/1996 model pair which I still use to this day for washing car rags. This is the last of the lighted control top model. 
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Post# 617925 , Reply# 30 8/17/2012 at 17:17 (4,262 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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My first washer was/is a 1986 Kenmore 70 series belt-drive washer with matching dryer. I bought them while in college and still have the pair.
They were meant to approximate what my Mom had in her Kenmores when I was growing up, and were pretty much the same as hers but minus a feature or two that we didn't use much. 
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Post# 617982 , Reply# 31 8/17/2012 at 20:55 (4,262 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Hotpoint!  | ||
| Post# 618080 , Reply# 34 8/18/2012 at 11:31 (4,262 days old) by jetsystem1200 () | ||
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I don't have a machine of my own yet unfortunately, but the first machine I remember is the Zanussi Nexus FL1282, which lasted until 2002. This was replaced with a Zanussi Jetsystem FJD1266W. | ||
| Post# 618126 , Reply# 35 8/18/2012 at 16:32 (4,261 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
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| Post# 618168 , Reply# 36 8/18/2012 at 19:55 (4,261 days old) by miele4life (UK ) | ||
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my 1st washer that I spent my childhood with was a Electra Microelectronic 6950E which is a rebadged Servis Quartz. It lasted 4 a good while and it did good spin-drains too. If I had it now, imagine the fun I could have with it lol :) | ||
| Post# 618173 , Reply# 37 8/18/2012 at 20:11 (4,261 days old) by laundryboy (Orlando Florida & Moravia NY. ) | ||
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| Post# 823488 , Reply# 39 5/15/2015 at 03:29 (3,262 days old) by elie55121 (Lebanon) | ||
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my first washer was a Hoover WA550 made by Antonio Merloni. It was really solid and awesome, it's now replaced by a Candy CN63T 
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| Post# 970131 , Reply# 41 11/26/2017 at 17:21 (2,335 days old) by mjg0619 (Scranton, Pennsylvania) | ||
The first washing machine I ever purchased myself was a 1993 Maytag LAT7793. It was a bargain Craigslist find two years ago. It had belonged to a little old lady who never married, never had children, and never had any pets. That washer was run twice a month for 22 years whether it needed to be or not. I purchased it from the lady's nephew two years ago and it's been washing away beautifully ever since with only one very minor repair!
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Post# 970207 , Reply# 42 11/27/2017 at 06:51 (2,335 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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First washer I purchased was a 1984 middle-of-the-line large capacity belt drive Whirlpool (with matching dryer). Washer had the Double Duty Super Surgilator agitator. That thing could turn over a load like nobody's business.
Back story: Our 1960 Model 80 Kenmore had been kept alive by a complete transplant of innards from a lightly-used mid-1960s machine thanks to the many talents of my stepfather. I was so sick of the thing that I stopped at the local Whirlpool dealership on the way home from my mom's funeral and purchased the pair, LOL. I now have a much greater love for the old Model 80 with its awesome features and clickety-clacking rapid-advance timer. Don't know what you've got 'til it's gone, right? Photo posted by Malcolm (mrb627) in a thread from days gone by.
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| Post# 970274 , Reply# 43 11/27/2017 at 15:36 (2,334 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
 I now have a much greater love for the old Model 80 with its awesome features and clickety-clacking rapid-advance timer. Don't know what you've got 'til it's gone, right?
So very true, and I'm sure this is a line many of us would have...
My mother had a 1960s Lady Kenmore, which I don't think I fully appreciated when the time to move on came. It had clearly served us well, but I was taken in by the newer is better! line of thought...
I don't have a collection...but a washer like that would be one thing I'd like to have in a collection if I ever have one... | ||
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Post# 970286 , Reply# 44 11/27/2017 at 17:08 (2,334 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Thanks for reviving this archived thread, Bo, and welcome to the sublime hot mess that is AW.com. If you're into appliances, you've come to the right place. Awesome electronic Kenmore set and back story, by the way.
Lord Kenmore-- You're so right; most of us have a "the one that got away/the one I gave away" story in our washer history. I wish I'd hung on to the unused 1959 Lady Kenmore I found behind the appliance store across the street when I lived downtown in a warehouse apt. Had it for a year or so before it moved on to a young Hispanic couple who needed a washer and dryer. The matching dryer had been used, but it was electric so I couldn't hook it up at the warehouse apartment. Never realized it had a rapid advance timer to set up the cycle just like the washer. I'd also have hung on to the 1987 (or so) Frigidaire-badged front-loader with the solenoid clanks and the late-70's Frigidaire 1-18 I found behind the aforementioned appliance store...which I found out later came from my physician's home. This post was last edited 11/27/2017 at 18:46 | ||
| Post# 970341 , Reply# 45 11/28/2017 at 01:54 (2,334 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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Frigilux--you've had some interesting machines that got away! It's too bad--a momentary decision (maybe even a very practical one for the moment), and then, years later, regret...
In a way, I wonder how much my sadness over my mother's LK comes from the fact the LK is an interesting machine from a collector view, and how much of it is that specific machine and the history... I could probably replace it in the sense of finding something like it. I could even, perhaps, find something better (like a LK with suds saver, which I think existed with that design of washer). But it would only be "a washer like what we had in my childhood home." Not the same exact washer. One might be sentimental about owning a dime a dozen washers simply because it was, say, what Grandma had.
Another sad "it got away" for me was a Kelvinator refrigerator, which was first owned by my grandmother, and then my parents. It was AMC era, freezer on bottom, and had a sticker referencing the AMC Rambler inside. As I recall, it was in really good condition. But, again, it was a practical decision to let it go. That particular decision was my mother's, and past practicality, I think she might have wanted it gone simply because of part of its history. This post was last edited 11/28/2017 at 02:53 | ||
| Post# 971049 , Reply# 47 12/1/2017 at 23:40 (2,330 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA) | ||
 The first machine I bought myself was a solid-door Maytag Neptune with heater back in 2006. Being an Iowan it seemed right to support the embattled Maytag!
And by 2006 I figured most of the Neptune problems had been worked out.
It was a problem-free machine until this year when I had to put in a new water inlet valve and a new motor control board. Both were easy DIY repairs. The water inlet valve was $50 new and I bought a used motor control board for $60 from eBay.
I love the machine, it's just the right size and does a great job. Not sure what I would buy now if I needed a new washer tomorrow. | ||
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Post# 971076 , Reply# 48 12/2/2017 at 05:51 (2,330 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Post# 971085 , Reply# 49 12/2/2017 at 06:28 (2,330 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Would have ben a straight blade gneric Kenmore washer bought from the swap shop when I first moved to Greenville long ago.Was in my first house. | ||
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Post# 971115 , Reply# 50 12/2/2017 at 10:02 (2,330 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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My first washer was a used Maytag Model J square tub wringer washer with a pump, I bought it at the Salvation Army Thrift Store for $35.00 in 1972. At the time I lived in an old apt. over a 5 car garage in Petaluma, Calif. The bathroom was very large and had a ball and clawfoot tub that I could roll the Maytag up to. I would first fill the washer tub with hot water, then the tub with lukewarm water for rinsing. I’d wring the clothes into the tub and swish them around with a broom handle to rinse them, then run them back thru the wringer. It was a perfect setup for me at the time. I had a reel in clothes line that I could use when the weather permitted, or take the wet laundry to the laundromat just down the street. This was one of the very best washers I ever owned and I could get a weeks worth of laundry washed in about an hour.
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