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Thread Number: 57942
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
What was the longest dryer that you have known and seen working since your childhood? |
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| Post# 803947 1/13/2015 at 20:34 (3,387 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
Hello to all aw members,
Here is a simple question what was the longest working dryer that you have seen working since your childhood? for me the answer is simple it was my grandmother 40 year old inglis dryer that she had since 1970 to 2009 | ||
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Post# 803950 , Reply# 1 1/13/2015 at 20:48 (3,387 days old) by d-jones  (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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| Post# 803990 , Reply# 2 1/14/2015 at 03:38 (3,386 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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My Uncle bought my Aunt a Westinghouse Sometime around 51 or 52....they got a new set in 67, we used the Westinghouse until the early 80s..My Aunt and Uncle used the Maytags they bought in 67 for 33 years. | ||
| Post# 804004 , Reply# 3 1/14/2015 at 07:25 (3,386 days old) by jamman_98 (Columbia, SC) | ||
Kenmore | ||
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Post# 804013 , Reply# 5 1/14/2015 at 08:29 (3,386 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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The GE V12 The '64 (I think) BOL GE V12 dryer served our family from the time of its purchase until 2001 or 2002. Admittedly it was used sparingly (in summer, laundry was planned around sunny days to take advantage of the clothes line!) but it gave us many years of reliable service.
In all those years, the only service needed was the replacement of the heating element. Believe it or not, I changed that all by myself at the ripe old age of 15, back in summer of 1978! | ||
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Post# 804018 , Reply# 6 1/14/2015 at 08:57 (3,386 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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The Maytag that my mom bought that went w/ the Maytag washer she'd bought, circa. 1978, that stayed w/ the Maytag washer that I got her, circa. 1992, just to see both go & get replaced by another matching Maytag set circa. 2006...
Otherwise, rewind back to the BOL Kelvinator dryer (it had a metal toggle switch for 'Heat On' / 'Heat Off', designated by a corresponding '1' and '2') mated with a left-opening lid-GE filter-flo circa. 1974, that got replaced by a White-Westinghouse dryer that was even more BOL (No No-Heat Dry, and the Kenmore that almost got planted there had to be returned because the cord would not reach the outlet over the laundry appliances... The AC and DC were right over the machines, before everything got put against the wall a few years later)... The GE filter-flo washer then departed to make way for a 1989 WCI-built Frigidaire... ("Grandma!" "You got a NEW WASHER!!!!", I said...) Then envision a few neighbors, across the street: An Avocado Green Kenmore set w/ the sliding door controls being separated by the washer breaking & replaced by a series of Whirlpools and the dryer becoming a White-Westinghouse destined to become "the most-longest running dryer in my Daughter's Childhood, if that's even still there; line-drying must have contributed to its longevity... As was the case at my granny's place, which I would witness, but the drying in that Kelvy was too hot for my aunt & cousin's stuff)... Oh, yeh, a '70's Whirlpool set, where the dryer lost its washer mate in early-1990, and both had even made their way to the daughter's house when she'd married & when her mom passed on, circa. 1992, but by now, most-likely both units, have been far-more updated... (and Hubby works at ABC (Appliance Store)...) My buddy down the street: Going from a one-knob BOL Mont. Ward washer to a fairly-decent Kenmore, almost mid-to-hi-end model, around the time I got my mom her '90's Maytag, while the equally one-knob BOL Wards dryer stayed around... And that dryer came sooner than the washer had to be replaced, in the Kenmore set that preceeded the 'Sears Robuck loyalists' family 'Gone Wards'...! All I can think of--for now...! -- Dave | ||
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Post# 804151 , Reply# 7 1/14/2015 at 20:37 (3,386 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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my grandmother's | ||
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Post# 804154 , Reply# 8 1/14/2015 at 20:44 (3,386 days old) by rapidry1000 (San Francisco) |
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My mother's 1970 General Electric gas dryer and was working when she died in June 2012. Never had a problem and dried items faster than my Maytag DG608. | ||
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Post# 804444 , Reply# 9 1/16/2015 at 12:20 (3,384 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Photographic evidence of the '64 GE Dryer! I just dug this out of my box of photos that my father gave me some time ago. The photo here was taken some time in the late 1980s (definitely after 1987 when I bought that GE Medallion 850 Filter-Flo washer for my father).
The photo was taken in the basement of the house in Pointe-Claire where I did most of my growing up.
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| Post# 804457 , Reply# 10 1/16/2015 at 13:55 (3,384 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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| Post# 804458 , Reply# 11 1/16/2015 at 13:59 (3,384 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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Phil to answer your question acrtic power laundry detergent is still avalable and abc as well but abc is now in liquid detergent. Ps phil incase you did not see yor email i have sent you one
CLICK HERE TO GO TO pierreandreply4's LINK | ||
| Post# 804461 , Reply# 12 1/16/2015 at 14:14 (3,384 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
GE V-12 / V-14 I have this washer AND dryer in my storage unit. The washe appears to be the matching V-12 washer (light blue panel with toggle switches, says V-12) and the dryer is maybe 1-2 years newer, same style V-14 on the control panel. Very neat machiens and work good. So nudge nudge if you want to relive some classic machines... or anyone else... Tim | ||
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Post# 804471 , Reply# 13 1/16/2015 at 16:17 (3,384 days old) by tennblondie78 (Bowling Green, KY) |
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| Post# 804475 , Reply# 14 1/16/2015 at 16:31 (3,384 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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| Post# 804492 , Reply# 15 1/16/2015 at 18:25 (3,384 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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| Post# 804494 , Reply# 16 1/16/2015 at 19:39 (3,384 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 804505 , Reply# 17 1/16/2015 at 21:02 (3,384 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Good thread, Pierre!
So many dryers from my childhood ran for remarkably long times. Given the conservative midwesterner's penchant for hanging onto things with even a tiny glimmer of life left in them, it stands to reason. My aunt had a Speed Queen dryer, her only dryer, bought in 1970. Drying for three boys and three adults, it lasted through the end of her life in 1999. My grandparents had their only dryer, a '52 Kenmore until we sold the house in 1987. The new owners continued to use it for at least a few years after that. | ||
| Post# 804506 , Reply# 18 1/16/2015 at 21:07 (3,384 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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Post# 804638 , Reply# 19 1/17/2015 at 21:15 (3,383 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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The longest would be 30". | ||
| Post# 804643 , Reply# 20 1/17/2015 at 22:11 (3,383 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
Not entirely sure, but I am guessing both were ones I encountered in 2009 in a couple of places I lived. One was a late 1960s Kenmore 500. I posted a thread about that. One photo from that thread I post here. The link is for the full thread, which includes some closer up photos.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO LordKenmore's LINK 
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| Post# 804645 , Reply# 21 1/17/2015 at 22:16 (3,383 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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Summer, 2009, I was moved again. That place had an old GE dryer. It was fun, since I'd never to that point used anything but WP/Kenmore dryers, but it didn't seem to heat properly--it took forever to dry anything. Fortunately, at that time, I was mostly drying on wood racks.
Again, there is a photo, plus a link to the thread I created which has closeups. CLICK HERE TO GO TO LordKenmore's LINK
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| Post# 804648 , Reply# 22 1/17/2015 at 22:28 (3,383 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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Post# 804850 , Reply# 23 1/19/2015 at 07:32 (3,381 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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| Post# 804989 , Reply# 24 1/20/2015 at 03:40 (3,380 days old) by Mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
My Aunt's Clothesline Circa 1964 | ||
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Post# 805005 , Reply# 25 1/20/2015 at 07:28 (3,380 days old) by sambootoo (Moody, AL) |
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Longest lasting known to me would have to be the 1964 Maytag I picked up at an estate sale a couple years back. Still humming along beautifully.
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| Post# 805062 , Reply# 26 1/20/2015 at 17:39 (3,380 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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