Thread Number: 7174
Now that the Apex is found, What are the next Holy Grails? |
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Post# 141296   7/10/2006 at 16:34 (6,471 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Now that the be-all, end-all penultimate classic washer has been found, along with several others this year already by other members of this venerable meeting space, what is YOUR ULTIMATE HOLY GRAIL FAVORITE WASHER TO BE FOUND? Please indicate your ONE top choice: Mine is the 1968-69 Frigidaire Custom Imperial variable speed "High Fashion" cabinet washer (and dryer). |
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Post# 141299 , Reply# 1   7/10/2006 at 16:39 (6,471 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 141303 , Reply# 2   7/10/2006 at 17:13 (6,471 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 141306 , Reply# 3   7/10/2006 at 17:23 (6,471 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 141315 , Reply# 4   7/10/2006 at 17:46 (6,471 days old) by angus (Fairfield, CT.)   |   | |
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I would say for me a solid tub Norge Time Line or any Philco from '59 - '67 |
Post# 141317 , Reply# 5   7/10/2006 at 17:55 (6,471 days old) by jamman_98 (Columbia, SC)   |   | |
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Post# 141318 , Reply# 6   7/10/2006 at 18:04 (6,471 days old) by oldwasherguy (Ladson SC)   |   | |
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Post# 141320 , Reply# 7   7/10/2006 at 18:25 (6,470 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 141324 , Reply# 8   7/10/2006 at 18:40 (6,470 days old) by unimac104 ()   |   | |
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i would like to find an early 70's norge. |
Post# 141331 , Reply# 9   7/10/2006 at 19:02 (6,470 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington)   |   | |
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Post# 141333 , Reply# 10   7/10/2006 at 19:14 (6,470 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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A Servis with "snap-on tools for more vigorous action"? Ohhhh baby! Is that why the ad shows that lady waiting anxiously for the "repairman"? Seriously----would love to see one of those gadgets----got a photo? Best, Steve |
Post# 141334 , Reply# 11   7/10/2006 at 19:15 (6,470 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Don't give up the search! If this one was out there--------there are others! |
Post# 141360 , Reply# 12   7/10/2006 at 21:19 (6,470 days old) by hoover1060 ()   |   | |
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A matched Maytag 806 set A Frigidaire 1-18... well any GM frigidaire would be great and maybe a belt drive black panel Kenmore |
Post# 141361 , Reply# 13   7/10/2006 at 21:28 (6,470 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Top Load, Horizontal Axis Malleys machine. I've just purchased the product literature from the mid 60's off ebay, and I hope these may show up in there. CLICK HERE TO GO TO brisnat81's LINK on eBay |
Post# 141365 , Reply# 14   7/10/2006 at 22:04 (6,470 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 141395 , Reply# 15   7/11/2006 at 00:55 (6,470 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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I would throw in a vote for a 50's Norge as well-with the "Burpilator" action and the shiney metal lint pan.My Mom had one-liked watching it as a little kid. |
Post# 141409 , Reply# 16   7/11/2006 at 06:11 (6,470 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 141414 , Reply# 17   7/11/2006 at 08:02 (6,470 days old) by westyslantfront ()   |   | |
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I am happy that I finally found a Thor Automagic but sure would not mind another solid tub such as Norge Timeline or Speed Queen with stainless steel solid tubs. Ross |
Post# 141417 , Reply# 19   7/11/2006 at 08:15 (6,470 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 141448 , Reply# 20   7/11/2006 at 11:54 (6,470 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 141462 , Reply# 22   7/11/2006 at 14:43 (6,470 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 141490 , Reply# 23   7/11/2006 at 17:14 (6,470 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 141491 , Reply# 24   7/11/2006 at 17:19 (6,470 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 141492 , Reply# 25   7/11/2006 at 17:26 (6,470 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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I don't know if it's my Holy Grail, but I'd be thrilled to find a 1969 Hotpoint Duo-Load that had it's version of a mini-basket. I remember seeing one briefly at Gimble's on 33rd street (Gimble's had all the brands that Macy's didn't carry). I still wonder how it worked. It had a white tub and a turquoise spiral fountain-style agitator. Unlike its cousins, you could do a separate wash in the big tub while using the mini-tub. It was rated very low by CU that year but it was a gorgeous machine. I think the dryer in this ad was already a re-badged GE |
Post# 141494 , Reply# 26   7/11/2006 at 17:30 (6,470 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 141495 , Reply# 27   7/11/2006 at 17:36 (6,470 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 141502 , Reply# 28   7/11/2006 at 18:27 (6,469 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 141505 , Reply# 29   7/11/2006 at 18:47 (6,469 days old) by laundryboy (Orlando Florida & Moravia NY. )   |   | |
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Post# 141507 , Reply# 30   7/11/2006 at 19:10 (6,469 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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A Duo-Load-----who knew? I can't say I ever saw one of those critters! I can see how they could keep the water seperate------untill time to spin. That ad isn't telling all-----big surprise. Still---very interesting----and must be rare! Hmmmmmmm |
Post# 141602 , Reply# 31   7/12/2006 at 04:27 (6,469 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Red socks in the mini tub, whitest whites on a hot wash down below...HHmmm Do you have the ability to turn the filterflow off to the mini basket?? What happens come rinse and spin?? I`m assuming the add men thought the mini basket would spin out over the top and by a miracle would shoot over the main tub to the outer tub and all is fine....on the other hand it could be the best "Tye Dye" machine ever invented, spray the whites with dye and spin it out for all those lovely patterns....LOL Mike |
Post# 141614 , Reply# 32   7/12/2006 at 07:07 (6,469 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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I'm imagining that the fountain-filter pump was engingeered to work selectively: when the duo-load feature was chosen the machine would fill first with only the amount and temperature of water required for the mini-basket. It would pump it up into the basket via the agitator fountain and then subsequent water intended for the main tub, wouldn't be diverted into the "fountain". They even might have used a Filter-flo style pump attachment to do this as the Hotpoint fountain-filter "pump" was the agitator itself. Because the Hotpoint was still a solid tub machine, when the wash water was thrown, there would only be incidental mixing of the two waste waters at the beginning of the spin. This feature wasn't around long--only one year, I believe before GE cut bait and eliminated real Hotpoint washers, turning them into FrankenGE's. This was a line that CU helped kill. I need to get my hands on the 1969 Consumer's Reports issue that tested washing machines. One of the negatives that it described in great detail was how the Hotpoint agitator assembly would have to be completely disassembled to get rid of sand! There were even pictures of it and it looked like a massive undertaking. CU thought that the Hotpoint mini-wash system worked better and used less water overall than the GE's but it rated the Hotpoint machine at the bottom of the list. Most of the last remaining solid-tub machines, including Frigidaire, kept it company. I think it was one of the last CU reports that included now extinct brands like Blackstone, Easy, Wizard, Hamilton and Philco (sigh!). |
Post# 141619 , Reply# 33   7/12/2006 at 07:41 (6,469 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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I thought I'd seen this washer at some point...as I recall it was like a mini basket only with a big flange (essentially out to the edge of the tub) which would channel the water down the holes at the top of the tub. Essentially at spin the water for both tubs would be thrown (but not mixed) over the sides. Never quite knew how the water got to where it was supposed to, though...maybe an early trial of the automatic dispenser-in-the-lid GE water flows???
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Post# 141624 , Reply# 34   7/12/2006 at 08:25 (6,469 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 141646 , Reply# 35   7/12/2006 at 10:15 (6,469 days old) by jaxsunst ()   |   | |
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Had anyone ever had a sighting of the above Frigidaires? |
Post# 141658 , Reply# 36   7/12/2006 at 11:47 (6,469 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 141721 , Reply# 37   7/12/2006 at 16:17 (6,469 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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OH MY FREAKING G-D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Now that I see the pictures, I barely do remember these!! They must have been right before they abandoned the solid tub design for the 1-18's) Thank you so much for the pictures. What a great stride down memory-challenged lane. I guess that's where I got the idea for my fantasy ideal LG makeovers: |
Post# 141724 , Reply# 38   7/12/2006 at 16:47 (6,469 days old) by geextrarinse (Hudson Valley, New York )   |   | |
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That Hotpoint is really neat! I'd love to see one of them in action! And as far as my Holy Grail Machine Goes... I think everyone's heard me whine about it by now - but I'm dieing for a Dispensall! Any model would be great but I think the best and most fun machine GE ever made was this model. The Americana with the lighted controls, mini basket and elongated FF flume all are just classicc to me! I "borrowed" this pic from Greg who had a set of these. Any info on the availability of one of these would be greatly appreciated. I'm still searching voraciously through the refuse piles behind appliance stoores and the like - no luck yet but a few neat machines along the way - who knows! Someday My prince will come! Matthew |
Post# 141749 , Reply# 39   7/12/2006 at 17:59 (6,469 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 141758 , Reply# 40   7/12/2006 at 18:15 (6,468 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 141760 , Reply# 41   7/12/2006 at 18:15 (6,468 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 141843 , Reply# 42   7/12/2006 at 22:15 (6,468 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 142040 , Reply# 43   7/13/2006 at 14:52 (6,468 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)   |   | |
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I have also never seen this model. I knew of the Elite line but never saw this laundry pair. They must have been expensive and not many stores carried them or were special order types. Hmmm, could that control panel be installed on a standard 2 speed 1-18 and made to work? I've also been looking for a WCI made Elite faux 1-18 with the electronic touch controls that I remember seeing in a new homes tour once. I remember it had the plastic tub but the control panel was so cool I'd take it anyway. I've never seen a single one of these anywhere either and I keep looking. Maybe someday. By the way Trainguy - I'd kill for that control panel. Where did you find it? Thanks for the great pictures. Patrick |
Post# 142046 , Reply# 44   7/13/2006 at 15:07 (6,468 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 142047 , Reply# 45   7/13/2006 at 15:08 (6,468 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 142066 , Reply# 47   7/13/2006 at 16:04 (6,468 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 142082 , Reply# 48   7/13/2006 at 17:10 (6,468 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 142090 , Reply# 49   7/13/2006 at 17:51 (6,468 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 142102 , Reply# 50   7/13/2006 at 18:20 (6,467 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)   |   | |
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these beauties (WEG & DEEG) were the TOL models for 1979. And yes, they WERE expensive. My console came to me courtesy of FilterFlo - thanks again, Jimmy. And Greg, thanks for the great shots of both the washer & dryer. That should make everyone wanting that set. Hope you do get the set at some point. And hoping I find one, too. Rich |
Post# 142116 , Reply# 51   7/13/2006 at 18:43 (6,467 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)   |   | |
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Greg, Thanks for posting those pictures. Those machines are just beautiful. Frigidaire really pulled out all the stops before handing the reigns over to WCI. Just think what the 1-18 line may have become if GM had continued on with Frigidaire. Although today with the shape GM is in now, that may not have been a good thing. Best of luck in obtaining these for your own collection someday. Patrick |
Post# 142122 , Reply# 52   7/13/2006 at 19:49 (6,467 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 142253 , Reply# 53   7/14/2006 at 09:36 (6,467 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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I would think one of the holy grails is the GE Americana with a still working dispensall. Also, I guess that Hoover automatic washer could be one too. |
Post# 142271 , Reply# 54   7/14/2006 at 10:19 (6,467 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 142297 , Reply# 57   7/14/2006 at 11:10 (6,467 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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Is a mint 1970 Kenmore 800. Truly a holy grail. It doesn't show up very often. |
Post# 142301 , Reply# 58   7/14/2006 at 11:21 (6,467 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 142304 , Reply# 59   7/14/2006 at 11:24 (6,467 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 142363 , Reply# 60   7/14/2006 at 15:18 (6,467 days old) by easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC)   |   | |
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The front of the Malleys reminds me of the Bendix Economat |
Post# 142380 , Reply# 61   7/14/2006 at 15:46 (6,467 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 142406 , Reply# 62   7/14/2006 at 19:38 (6,466 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 143478 , Reply# 63   7/19/2006 at 04:27 (6,462 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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The 1/18 pair above was the ultimate of them all. I only saw them in one local dealership before the end. I believe only a few of these models were sold. I cannot remember the price but they were expensive for the time. It kind of makes me sad to look at them now because I remember when I did see them I had a positive outlook as what was to come about (little did I know). Peter |