It's one of the most unique machines I've seen for a long time.

IIRC Bradford was the WT Grant's brand of major appliances. During a period that I'll remember as a golden era of department stores, our local Grants, Western Auto and many stores that I can't remember the name of were selling their own brand of white goods. I don't remember solid-tub Grants machines, but I do remember the ones that had white agitators in the same shape as the one you have pictured above in huge perforated washbaskets. They also had a cheap version of the Filter-Flo style lint removal system. The flumes looked like average black garden hoses that had been cut to measure with a fishing knife.

I wonder what the record was for number of brands of washing machines in a year of the US market. It still seems to me that there were never more brands tested by CU than for the washer edition of the 1969 volumes.

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Malcolm

Neighbors had a Coronado washer (sold at Gambles hardware stores) that looked almost exactly like this Bradford.  Definitely from the Wizard family.  Indexing tub, lots of interesting sounds. Not a quiet machine, that's for sure.

Partial Fill:  Let machine fill to desired level, then push the button.  Fill stops; agitation begins. You'd have to come back and do the same for the rinse cycle if you wanted less than a full tub of water.

but Robert would know more about the guts than anybody else. I think his Wizard needed some TLC when he got it. All solid tubs are rare machines nowadays.

Must be fun wandering around that house.

Is the washer located where you are in Tucson, AZ? If so, I'm sure the guys in Tucson would be willing to assist you with getting the washer going. Also, I am in Phoenix, AZ and would be willing to assist in any way I can. Do you by chance have any pictures of the console stereo? And where there any old vintage TV sets?

Check where the drain hose comes out on the back. If it's near the bottom, you could probably lay the hose on the floor, and drain 95% of the water.

 I don't think that washer is a hopeless cause. I've seen a lot worse than that returned to life. I know RickR has resurrected a few machines that were outdoors in a scrapyard for years. Nothing is impossible.

This is a solid tub washer so laying the hose down won't help much unless there is water in the outer tub.  You can siphon the water from the washer tub or lay the machine down outside and let it spill out, then stand it up and drain the remaining water from the outer tub.  That's how we did it on the SD farm with machines full of water.  Hopefully this machine is close to an outside door and won't take too much wrangling to get it out.  Is there a leaky pipe or roof above the washer?  

I don't recall Robert's "Pig" needing too much to get running properly, hopefully this one won't either.  Machines always are "put aside" for a good reason, usually a failure of some sort.  Larry at Modern Parts in OH may still have a few parts for this machine.  But the battle will of course begin with the extraction of the machine from it's crypt first - good luck and thanks for keeping us posted.

For it's age and being a solid-tub machine, it holds a surprising amount of wash.  The smallish-looking agitator is no slouch either, I've seen it rip riveted buttons from jeans.

Is that a Kenmore dryer next to it?  Looks like "Soft Heat" on the right side of it's panel.

Here's another easy solution I use if you can get power on in the house- I use a drill pump and two garden hoses to drain machines.

Only takes a few minutes and no lifting or splashing of deadly 40 year old diaper water lol!

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help anytime!

May be stuck to the pulleys. Or motor may be bad.

Either way, nice mo-chine!

So are you planning to get both of those machines working together as a pair?

Will be neat to see, and cool if you have a dedicated space for them as a second pair or if you only use one area for them as your daily drivers...

-- Dave