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who made a slant front without the sight glass? |
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Post# 777420 , Reply# 2   8/15/2014 at 06:54 (3,533 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 777462 , Reply# 3   8/15/2014 at 14:33 (3,533 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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I once saw a Westinghouse advertisement in a builders magazine that was promoting low-cost appliances for builders to pop into kitchens in new construction. Featured was an economy slant-front Laundromat and dryer with one control knob each and no window in either door. I think the date was 55 or 56, when all the other models had two control knobs.
These models may have been a special offer to builders only and not available through retail. I never saw a model like that in person and I checked out the laundry equipment in every house I ever entered as a child in the 50's and 60's. |
Post# 777557 , Reply# 4   8/16/2014 at 04:47 (3,532 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Dad had a penchant for the cheapest EVERYthing and worked for Westinghouse which sold appliances to employees at substantial discount. Thus we had TWO slantfronts with only one knob. The first had the 'oven door' with the glass door and detergent chute behind it and no boot. The second had the 'chevron' door with the glass in it and a boot.
The first had the formal gearbox and 2 belts, the second had the intermediate tumble pulley and 3 belts. Little else changed except the early model sensed water level mechanically and the later one pneumatically. |
Post# 777594 , Reply# 6   8/16/2014 at 11:54 (3,532 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia)   |   | |
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Robert, I've been dying to know and perhaps you could tell me. What is the difference between the LB6 and the LB6M? What does the M mean? Best I can tell comparing it to my D6 the only major difference is the pointed and curved glass. Does M just differentiate 1953 and 1954?
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Post# 777661 , Reply# 8   8/16/2014 at 22:08 (3,532 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia)   |   | |
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