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Thread Number: 5945
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Post# 122848 4/18/2006 at 03:13 (6,581 days old) by mayfan69  (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Hi guys, I found this Kelvinator while kerbside crawling. It's a 1960's Kelvinator 181,basically a re-badged Simpson of the era. I date this about 1966. Apart from the round "flying saucer" gearbox, do the mechanicals seem familiar??? The damper assembly and springs look very much 1960's Maytag to me. The bowl (which had already been taken out) is a black porcelain. NOW: the agitator: I have seen the same Simpson with the black Maytag gyratator with the metal lint filter,obviously, it has been replaced by the turquiose Power Fin at some stage. Can any of you guys tell me is it still possible to get a black Maytag agitator?? or does anyone have a spare they might be willing to sell??? Yes....i would pay good money to get one out to Oz. I think the black agitator would look so much better in this machine. Cheers Leon 
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Post# 122849 , Reply# 1 4/18/2006 at 03:14 (6,581 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Post# 122850 , Reply# 2 4/18/2006 at 03:15 (6,581 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Post# 122851 , Reply# 3 4/18/2006 at 03:17 (6,581 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Post# 122852 , Reply# 4 4/18/2006 at 03:19 (6,581 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Post# 122853 , Reply# 5 4/18/2006 at 03:21 (6,581 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Post# 122854 , Reply# 6 4/18/2006 at 03:22 (6,581 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Post# 122855 , Reply# 7 4/18/2006 at 03:25 (6,581 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
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Post# 122975 , Reply# 8 4/18/2006 at 17:39 (6,580 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 122987 , Reply# 9 4/18/2006 at 18:36 (6,580 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia) |
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A Choice magazine of the late 60's had a washing machine test which included an Aussie made Kelvinator which had the centric agitation, so I'd guess that this machine was the first badge-engineered Kelvinator with Simpson underneath. Arrrooohhh posted the Choice mag article here a couple of years ago. Chris. | ||
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