Thread Number: 43220
Italian Fiat washer on Sale and others VTG machines ( Fiat similar of Westinghouse Laundromat) |
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Post# 635691   11/1/2012 at 12:11 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Washer produced by Fiat motors around 50s..... CLICK HERE TO GO TO kenmoreguy89's LINK |
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Post# 635693 , Reply# 1   11/1/2012 at 12:15 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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One looks like a GRR machine......other one is a hoover CLICK HERE TO GO TO kenmoreguy89's LINK |
Post# 635694 , Reply# 2   11/1/2012 at 12:16 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 635695 , Reply# 3   11/1/2012 at 12:18 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 635696 , Reply# 4   11/1/2012 at 12:21 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 635697 , Reply# 5   11/1/2012 at 12:25 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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And if only I had enough space to keep it in my apt. and so use it regularly this would already be mine........
CLICK HERE TO GO TO kenmoreguy89's LINK on eBay This post was last edited 11/01/2012 at 12:40 |
Post# 635707 , Reply# 6   11/1/2012 at 12:48 (4,164 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Man, those Maytag Wringers made it just about everywhere! This one has the pump, too. Nice. No kidding about that first one. It sure looks like a Westie. Did Westinghouse really farm out rights to manufacture in other countries like that?
That Keymatic aught to peak the interest of our U.K. Family easily enough... RCD |
Post# 635712 , Reply# 7   11/1/2012 at 13:01 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Andrew I believe Fiat had a sort of collaboration with westinghouse maybe sending parts and Fiat building the "body" ( Fiat is a Car producer corp.), it of course have a westinghouse soul, they worked with 115 volt so surely motor was american built..... but these ones were retrieved very soon from market for many reasons, so it is a very rare machine to find here, Fiat refrigerators are more usual to be find, my friend Mary in Turin has several and also told me she also used that Fiat machine when she was young.... Fiat into appliances market lasted for very short time though |
Post# 635713 , Reply# 8   11/1/2012 at 13:04 (4,164 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)   |   | |
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I know that Westinghouse designs were made in the UK under the English Electric name. I have seen English Electric Liberator washers and dryers that were based on the 1956-1963 Westinghouse SpaceMates. I also have seen an early 1950s English Electric Food Mixer that is a clone of my 1946-1950 Westinghouse FM-81 Food Mixer....PAT COFFEY |
Post# 635716 , Reply# 9   11/1/2012 at 13:15 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 635717 , Reply# 10   11/1/2012 at 13:16 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 635718 , Reply# 11   11/1/2012 at 13:27 (4,164 days old) by moparguy (Virginia)   |   | |
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How cool is that!!! I never knew that Fiat made appliances, even if under contract or license to another manufacturer. I wonder if it would fit in the hatch of my Fiat 500? |
Post# 635723 , Reply# 12   11/1/2012 at 13:43 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Jeff, I don't think it would fit...LOL |
Post# 635763 , Reply# 14   11/1/2012 at 18:20 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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So not a GRR well better so! I remember I've seen once a machine similar to that one named GRR, I may be confusing a little that is why I said "looks-like" ..... I don't understand your speech about surface and agitation...but if you say it have a nice washing action I believe and of course have nothing to do with GRR machines. Oh and thanks for the info! CLICK HERE TO GO TO kenmoreguy89's LINK |
Post# 635767 , Reply# 15   11/1/2012 at 18:29 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 635770 , Reply# 16   11/1/2012 at 18:46 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Did a quick online research for GRR trying to rescue some info, I never cared that much as you can undersrand I don't like these machines and in my mind I catalogued GRR as "shit", all I could find is an old ad that advertise an externally cute "twin tub" similar of an Easy with the spinner, I bet it does not have the "Spiralator" though! And is bad at agitation like the GRR machines I used to see...... |
Post# 635780 , Reply# 17   11/1/2012 at 19:17 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Maybe some italian or vicinities members might be interested in this Fides H axis Top loader also.... Granma always complained about this machine and they got another one as soon as they could.... CLICK HERE TO GO TO kenmoreguy89's LINK |
Post# 635786 , Reply# 18   11/1/2012 at 19:32 (4,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 635819 , Reply# 19   11/1/2012 at 21:56 (4,164 days old) by moparguy (Virginia)   |   | |
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Freddy, perhaps it will fit in a 500L which is due in US dealers by spring! |
Post# 635824 , Reply# 20   11/1/2012 at 22:35 (4,164 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 635852 , Reply# 21   11/2/2012 at 02:53 (4,164 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Post# 635880 , Reply# 22   11/2/2012 at 07:56 (4,164 days old) by chris74 ()   |   | |
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Wonder how it works. My Italian is very poor so is it in working order? 1.500 Euros is a very steep price. |
Post# 635895 , Reply# 23   11/2/2012 at 09:51 (4,164 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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is an acronym, standing for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino. |
Post# 635946 , Reply# 24   11/2/2012 at 15:13 (4,163 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Yes Hydralique is correct, the acronym in english would sound like: "Italian Car Factory Torino"..... I believe it still works, hot and cold fill, to expose in museums. This post was last edited 11/02/2012 at 15:46 |
Post# 635959 , Reply# 25   11/2/2012 at 16:45 (4,163 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 635960 , Reply# 26   11/2/2012 at 16:51 (4,163 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 635963 , Reply# 27   11/2/2012 at 16:57 (4,163 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 635969 , Reply# 28   11/2/2012 at 17:29 (4,163 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 635970 , Reply# 29   11/2/2012 at 17:36 (4,163 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 635976 , Reply# 30   11/2/2012 at 18:04 (4,163 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 635982 , Reply# 31   11/2/2012 at 18:28 (4,163 days old) by moparguy (Virginia)   |   | |
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Yes Kevin and Freddy I know the Fiat lingo... but hey, it adds character and charm... that's why I also have a Renault R5 (or as they say, 'LeCar'). But for a big dependable American car, a Chrysler with fins wins! |
Post# 635998 , Reply# 32   11/2/2012 at 19:12 (4,163 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Yes that is funny! Made me laugh so much! It surely add a note though as you say. This post was last edited 11/02/2012 at 19:32 |
Post# 636024 , Reply# 33   11/2/2012 at 20:53 (4,163 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 636026 , Reply# 34   11/2/2012 at 20:54 (4,163 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 636029 , Reply# 35   11/2/2012 at 21:21 (4,163 days old) by moparguy (Virginia)   |   | |
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Kevin, yours are an awesome pair (the photos in the other string) and this is so cool to see the two virtual Westinghouse/Fiat twins here! |
Post# 636315 , Reply# 36   11/4/2012 at 07:35 (4,162 days old) by chris74 ()   |   | |
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120 V? I thought Italy is the same as here, 220 V... |
Post# 636374 , Reply# 37   11/4/2012 at 09:19 (4,162 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Yes of course in Italy there is 240 volt only now like all the Europe, but as said since it's motor and internal parts comes from a Westinghouse, so american built I guess, it does work with 120 volt (at least this is what they say in the ad, so I go by guessing), remember though that in 50s and 60s, this at least in Italy it was usual to find double voltage supply in certain homes/areas, remember also that in certain parts of the country electric land lines made their input just in mid 60s in urban areas, much later in rural areas and sometimes never.... certain homes or neighborhood in rural communities were provided with generators producing both 220 and 120 volt current for the area managed and provided/rented by the electric companies and or managed and owned by the neighborhood community, for example, my father's farm had his own generator till 3 years ago providing electricity to all the sorrounding area and farms, every home/property was provided with a current-o-meter to calculate and divide expenses at next fuel fill, this became not worth it during last years because of fuel cos tand fuel refill/transport cost, so they collected money to Enel to build a land line for that area, anyway it is not unusual to find VTG small appliances made in Italy running on 120 volt or double voltage switch, such as as VTG hair dryers, coffee grinders, Irons etc..... |
Post# 636465 , Reply# 38   11/4/2012 at 12:53 (4,161 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Here is a video I found of an Italian guy (not sure if he is a member here) that owns a later model of Westinghouse, a Westinghouse in full! CLICK HERE TO GO TO kenmoreguy89's LINK |