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Thread Number: 55904
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
1958 Pink Frigidaire Dryer. |
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Post# 782784 , Reply# 1 9/10/2014 at 09:05 (3,514 days old) by bajaespuma  (Connecticut) |
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Post# 782787 , Reply# 2 9/10/2014 at 09:18 (3,514 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Is it a Filtrator? | ||
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Post# 782788 , Reply# 3 9/10/2014 at 09:21 (3,514 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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There is a slight chance that this dryer is also an Imperial model, which would make it a flowing heat dryer (non-filtrator). Only the Custom Imperial model was a Filtrator.
For '58, you could only get a a color, other than white, on the Imperial and Custom Imperial models. Colors didn't get expanded to the Custom Deluxe line until 1959. Ben | ||
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Post# 782789 , Reply# 4 9/10/2014 at 09:22 (3,514 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 782790 , Reply# 5 9/10/2014 at 09:25 (3,514 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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NP! The flowing heat dryers started out as the matching dryers to the lower end Pulsamatics in 1955, and remained relatively unchanged in design and status until 1961. I'd have to look through the doctrine, but I don't think a flowing heat dryer was available as a Custom Imperial until 1965, possibly '64 or '63.
Ben | ||
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Post# 782814 , Reply# 6 9/10/2014 at 12:34 (3,514 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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| Post# 782831 , Reply# 8 9/10/2014 at 13:50 (3,514 days old) by quincyman (Oldsmar, FL) | ||
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The Grill Is on the bottom front of the dryer under the door. | ||
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Post# 782860 , Reply# 9 9/10/2014 at 17:15 (3,514 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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 According to "Tech-Talk" it would have to be a Custom Imperial filtrator model.
A Custom Imperial flowing heat dryer was introduced in 1961. I suspect that this was part of the total re-design of the filtrator mechanism for that year which made the two dryers more similar than different in many design aspects.
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Post# 782863 , Reply# 10 9/10/2014 at 17:31 (3,514 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Using A Condenser Dryer In Florida? | ||
| Post# 782880 , Reply# 11 9/10/2014 at 18:49 (3,514 days old) by quincyman (Oldsmar, FL) | ||
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kenmore 71 The Picture on the right is exactly what ai was describing. I think there was another knob to the right. I can check this out for anyone that is interested. | ||
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Post# 782896 , Reply# 12 9/10/2014 at 20:11 (3,514 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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Is this what it looked like? If so it is a 58 Custom Imperial.
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| Post# 782966 , Reply# 13 9/11/2014 at 07:17 (3,513 days old) by quincyman (Oldsmar, FL) | ||
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Yep! It looks Identical | ||
| Post# 782967 , Reply# 14 9/11/2014 at 07:20 (3,513 days old) by quincyman (Oldsmar, FL) | ||
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Filtrator? I am not sure I understand what a Filtrator dryer is/was. | ||
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Post# 782978 , Reply# 15 9/11/2014 at 09:12 (3,513 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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The "Filtrator" (or sometimes "Filtramatic") was Frigidaire's proprietary name for a non-vented, air-to-air, condensing dryer. They were manufactured from 1952-1967. Do some searches on the site using the term "filtrator" and you will find all sorts of interesting information and pictures about these dryers. | ||
| Post# 783020 , Reply# 16 9/11/2014 at 12:59 (3,513 days old) by quincyman (Oldsmar, FL) | ||
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Thanks Never realized what it was or how it worked. I did see a commercial from the fifties where a guy was in "Ozzie and Harriet's" house showing the new hotpoint washer and dryer and boasting how there was no need to vent the dryer. Now I know. | ||
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Post# 783039 , Reply# 17 9/11/2014 at 14:23 (3,513 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Not to split hairs here, but technically the Hotpoint dryers were water condensing dryers. It is true that they did not need to be vented but they did need a cold water supply and a drain in order to operate. There were many more companies that produced water condensing dryers as opposed to "air exchange" condensing dryers. In fact I don't THINK anyone but Frigidaire made air exchange condensing dryers in the 50s and 60s. | ||
| Post# 783093 , Reply# 18 9/11/2014 at 19:33 (3,513 days old) by sel8207 (naples, florida 34117) | ||
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asked about it Called the store and asked about it. They said that it was not for sale. I don't know if that meant somebody had already bought it, so it was not for sale, or plain just not for sale. I was curious. Les. | ||
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Post# 783124 , Reply# 19 9/11/2014 at 22:06 (3,513 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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You'll find with many of these resale or thrifts management and or salespersons have their "regulars" or favorites. When things come in that are up such person's street it is put aside until or if the person or person in question express interest.
Would not be surprised if someone has put their brand on that Frigidaire dryer already and it is just waiting to be collected. | ||
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Post# 783172 , Reply# 20 9/12/2014 at 06:46 (3,512 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Not For Sale
I have often heard this also about an older cool looking item, sometimes they just like keeping something around for the interest it generates from customers, sometimes it is part of someones personal collection. But I have also found that almost everything is for sale, but you might have to pay some serious money to get it or befriend the right person.
Condenser dryers, Hi Mark, I think that only Hotpoint and Maytag ever sold a water condenser dryer in this country so they were not many companies that got into building this type of dryer. There were many Combos that were water cooled condensing machines as it was easy to do on a combo because you already had a water tight machine that was connected to water with a drain pump etc. One company even made a GAS CONDENSING COMBO , yes MTs Gas combo used cold water to remove a lot of the water, heat and lint that was removed from the clothes load, this machine alsodid have a vent as you were burning 18,000 BTUs of gas as it dried so of coerce it needed fresh air to keep burning. I would love to try one of these MT gas combos out to see how well this worked in practice. John L. | ||
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