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Whirlpool Washer 60's or 70's model? Is it worth it?
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Post# 920248   2/9/2017 at 07:13 (2,626 days old) by PaulWash (Niagara Falls New York)        

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Hi all my amazing friends on AW.org!! :-) I was looking on craigslist in Buffalo, N.Y. I found this whirlpool set. I am only interested in the washer. It looks rusty. I also wonder if it has lighted control at the bottom. It looks as if it does. I wonder what year it was made. It looks shabby for the price. I would offer $35.00. Opinions please :-) Thanks!! Paul.

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Post# 920252 , Reply# 1   2/9/2017 at 07:28 (2,626 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        

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HUMM Paul, I think it's MOL machine. I'd steer clear of that one. My opinion. I think that is a 1970's vintage. Like 1978

Post# 920255 , Reply# 2   2/9/2017 at 07:59 (2,626 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)        
I think that is a 1970's vintage. Like 1978

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Afraid not Steven try more like 1968-1972. The LFI series was 1978-1979 and they looked different then the machine in the picture. PAT COFFEY

Post# 920256 , Reply# 3   2/9/2017 at 08:09 (2,626 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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I have a similar RCA washer that is from 1970. It does have that plastic panel under the controls but no light. My harvest gold 1972 Inglis set has the same panels and they are lighted. They stopped using these panels before the mid-seventies so it should be from around 1969-73.

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Post# 920259 , Reply# 4   2/9/2017 at 08:16 (2,626 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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Here's the 1970 RCA. No light behind this panel.

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Post# 920260 , Reply# 5   2/9/2017 at 08:29 (2,626 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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I don't have Whirlpool manuals but my Canadian RCA manuals do list a similar-looking model (in the 1st picture). The second picture shows the model I have (WAA 745).

Both are from 1970.


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Post# 920302 , Reply# 6   2/9/2017 at 11:45 (2,626 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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I still say to grab it.....and hold on to it....if anything, you can always switch out the top to another base....

looks to have 5 temps, variable water levels, and most likely 3 to 5 cycles.....all the settings you would ever need...


maybe offer a price tag closer to 20.00.....


Post# 920322 , Reply# 7   2/9/2017 at 12:56 (2,626 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Are the sellers saying it works? $35.00 is "OK", but always offer less!


Post# 920348 , Reply# 8   2/9/2017 at 14:43 (2,626 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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Whirlpool models with the plastic light lens beneath the console do not all have the light.  Typically only higher-end models (Imperial) are equipped.


Post# 920355 , Reply# 9   2/9/2017 at 15:49 (2,626 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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as long as the light lens is there.....

along come little devils like us, and add a light behind it....


anything is possible!



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