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Post# 705403   9/25/2013 at 22:21 (3,836 days old) by laundryboy (Orlando Florida & Moravia NY. )        

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I listed a church for sale today and in the basement was this light blue machine buried under years of stuff, I dug around and found this..




Post# 705404 , Reply# 1   9/25/2013 at 22:22 (3,836 days old) by laundryboy (Orlando Florida & Moravia NY. )        
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Post# 705406 , Reply# 3   9/25/2013 at 22:24 (3,836 days old) by laundryboy (Orlando Florida & Moravia NY. )        
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Post# 705408 , Reply# 4   9/25/2013 at 22:29 (3,836 days old) by laundryboy (Orlando Florida & Moravia NY. )        
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Post# 705410 , Reply# 5   9/25/2013 at 22:31 (3,836 days old) by laundryboy (Orlando Florida & Moravia NY. )        
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Post# 705412 , Reply# 6   9/25/2013 at 22:38 (3,836 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)        

cool-that one might be old enough to have the neutral drain solenoid on the clutch belt idler pulley.

Post# 705417 , Reply# 7   9/25/2013 at 22:49 (3,836 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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That is a cool washer, extremely rare to say the least!

Post# 705439 , Reply# 8   9/26/2013 at 05:39 (3,836 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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A coin-op ramped Westy:  How cool is that?!  Have never before seen one. Thanks for the photos.  

 

Aside:  I always flinch a bit when I see a machine covered in debris like that.  Have to keep reminding myself it's an inanimate object and doesn't realize its plight, LOL.


Post# 705449 , Reply# 9   9/26/2013 at 07:32 (3,836 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)        

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First time I hear of one....cool find!
I hope you can take it and restore easily and with no much trouble... if that's your intention...a pity leave it down there..

And who knows how many other interesting stuff down in that basement!


Post# 705452 , Reply# 10   9/26/2013 at 07:56 (3,836 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        
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is the plunger looking thingie above the three lights in Picture 2?

Al


Post# 705474 , Reply# 11   9/26/2013 at 12:48 (3,836 days old) by Revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        
So NOW the question is:

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Christopher, are you going to see if you can rescue this machine, if not for yourself, for anyone else who might be interested in saving it???

 

Kevin


Post# 705510 , Reply# 12   9/26/2013 at 15:54 (3,836 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        

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At first before the scroll, was sure to see an FL, but NO, a Top-Loading Westinghouse Commercial Washer. Have never before seen nor heard of one.
How cool. It just never ends. Interested in seeing what you do with it.


Post# 705534 , Reply# 13   9/26/2013 at 19:26 (3,835 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

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The plunger looking thingie is probably connected to the timer so that the church could start the machine without using coins... It probably just pushed the timer into the starting position, as it would when they dropped a coin and turned the knob...

Post# 705578 , Reply# 14   9/27/2013 at 03:37 (3,835 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        
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Peter, thanks for the explanation - makes sense

Al


Post# 705804 , Reply# 15   9/27/2013 at 22:07 (3,834 days old) by laundryboy (Orlando Florida & Moravia NY. )        

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Im not sure what is going to happen to this, its buried way down in the back of the church basement behind a ton of stuff. The people who bought the church from me, might give it away, I can ask if anyone is interested.. I Will take some better pics tomorrow when we do another walk thru the property.. Im curious what year it might be, there is a coin box but I could not see where to put the coins in. There is no power on at the property so its dark and very creepy down there..

Post# 705811 , Reply# 16   9/27/2013 at 22:30 (3,834 days old) by kowidge ()        
Seen this one before....

In my single days, I used to live on a boat on the Anacostia River next to the Washington Navy Yard. The clubhouse had in the basement almost the exact model. I remember those lights. It was a great machine especially since I always put all my dirty military stuff in it. Maybe I was impatient but I remember the cycle being very long.

Post# 705829 , Reply# 17   9/27/2013 at 23:48 (3,834 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)        
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looks~1972-ish to me.

Post# 705831 , Reply# 18   9/28/2013 at 00:08 (3,834 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Yes I agree with early 70s on when it was made. I hope someone does end up saving that washer, it's super cool.

Post# 706031 , Reply# 19   9/29/2013 at 01:05 (3,833 days old) by kenmore81 ()        

Wow super cool. We had a "Westinghouse" laundromat when I was a kid that housed a few of those..I too remeber the cycles being long. Id go with my older cousin n shed be like "youre not using those they take way to long"lol


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