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Thread Number: 70795
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 5/11/2017 |
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| Post# 937663 , Reply# 1 5/11/2017 at 04:12 (2,539 days old) by HiLoVane (Columbus OH) | ||
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Those machines pictured, look exactly like the Kelvinator machines of the same vintage. Even the trademark logo on the upper right-hand side of the cabinets appears to be the same as the "Kelvy's." | ||
Post# 937664 , Reply# 2 5/11/2017 at 04:24 (2,539 days old) by Frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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I'm a fan of the concentric agitation on these machines, too. The agitator itself is very unique-looking. Is there a 'parent' company for these machines? I'm familiar with the Kelvinator name, but hadn't heard of ABC or Leonard before discovering this website.
Aside: So, it's official; we are the morning people around here, LOL. | ||
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Post# 937679 , Reply# 4 5/11/2017 at 06:38 (2,539 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 937681 , Reply# 5 5/11/2017 at 06:41 (2,539 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Hey Bruce, do you remember how GEish the dryers were in appearance? When you opened to door and looked inside you would swear they copied GE. I thinks the mechanics were completely different, however. | ||
| Post# 937690 , Reply# 6 5/11/2017 at 07:26 (2,539 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Yes Bruce, 14250 Plymouth road, Detroit was the Nash Kelvinator building. Still standing, but much worse looking. | ||
| Post# 937739 , Reply# 7 5/11/2017 at 11:09 (2,539 days old) by HiLoVane (Columbus OH) | ||
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I have to say, that the ABC/Kevinator agitators that had the red rubber "edges" on the blades, remind me of all things, GODZILLA! | ||
| Post# 937750 , Reply# 8 5/11/2017 at 13:38 (2,539 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
This is only one year earlier  | ||
| Post# 937751 , Reply# 9 5/11/2017 at 13:45 (2,539 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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| Post# 937763 , Reply# 10 5/11/2017 at 14:09 (2,539 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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Post# 937783 , Reply# 11 5/11/2017 at 15:22 (2,539 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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I was very surprised to see a 1960 ABC-o-Matic advertisement as well. I thought '58 or '59 was the last of ABC, but I guess not, unless these never made it to market?
Eddie, that is interesting about the Kelvinator Factory. Earlier ABC-o-Matic washers were made in Peoria, IL, but I suspect once Kelvinator bought ABC, they moved production to the Detroit factory. Here is what seems to be left of the Kelvinator factory... 
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Post# 937784 , Reply# 12 5/11/2017 at 15:24 (2,539 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 937910 , Reply# 13 5/12/2017 at 00:34 (2,539 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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A bit more background on the building and its sale to a dubious character here.
www.hemmings.com/blog/QUE... Commenters on the post include people who used to work there who say it was in a very unsafe area even in the 1970s. Such a shame. | ||
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Post# 938033 , Reply# 14 5/12/2017 at 13:47 (2,538 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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