Thread Number: 68715
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 1/11/2017 |
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Post# 915065 , Reply# 1   1/11/2017 at 07:00 (2,633 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 915178 , Reply# 4   1/11/2017 at 17:17 (2,633 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Not to bash vintage SQ's, but the new toploaders--with their Surgilator-like agitator--do a much better job of rolling a load over; especially maximum capacity loads. As Bruce and others have mentioned, the only current toploader I'd own is a Speed Queen. Liked my AWN542, but almost always opted to use the 2010 Frigidaire frontloader parked next to it. The SQ now works hard for a family with kids.
Having lived with a 1960 Kenmore with a frequently-replaced pot metal pump, I can only imagine how pot metal would wreak havoc with the vintage SQ's. By the way, I've been enjoying the dialogue in these POD threads. |
Post# 915203 , Reply# 5   1/11/2017 at 18:57 (2,633 days old) by HiLoVane (Columbus OH)   |   | |
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I have a SQ AWN432, and I think the agitator is more of a cross between a Surgilator, and a Maytag Power-Fin. But, that's just me... |
Post# 915250 , Reply# 6   1/12/2017 at 02:32 (2,632 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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I'm glad that there have been even a few POD threads so fat, I'm already losing track...
I think we should always discuss those old appliances! Also have some aged so much, that we should be open to more old ads as long as the appliance IS 20-years-old, or in most cases, THIRTY- or more? What about stuff other than washers, dryers, and dishwashers, just for the sake of variety, then? -- Dave |
Post# 915273 , Reply# 10   1/12/2017 at 08:05 (2,632 days old) by rapunzel (Sydney)   |   | |
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Perhaps. I do care and my stuff usually lasts longer and looks better than other peoples'. |
Post# 915283 , Reply# 12   1/12/2017 at 08:49 (2,632 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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One of my aunts had a 1969 SQ. I never knew anyone else who had a SQ, it was the go-to brand in their town at the time. Rural area, well water. Husband's family business with his brother and father (they also had SQs) was a dairy and crop farm, so LOTS of heavy laundry. As I recall they had the SQ until sometime in the early 1980s, it was replaced by a WP belt-drive. |