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Thread Number: 71867
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 7/29/2017 |
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| Post# 950628 , Reply# 2 7/29/2017 at 14:37 (2,461 days old) by wft2800 (Leatherhead, Surrey) | ||
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The twin-tub looks exactly like a Hoovermatic with the single side impeller... the lint filter on the automatic top-loader is redolent of a GE Filterflo, UK Hotpoint top-loaders also had it. | ||
Post# 950631 , Reply# 3 7/29/2017 at 14:52 (2,461 days old) by Frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Coronados did like to go for a walk; especially on wooden floor installations. I knew two people with them (earlier models than the POD) and both tended to shake and walk if loads were off balance. My friends the McGuires' early '60s Coronado was in a passthrough between their back door and the kitchen. On more than one occasion the washer worked its way forward and blocked the entrance.
They were cheap machines sold at our local Gambles hardware store, but I loved the indexing tubs, overflow rinses (for the solid tubs) and the snorting, raucous noises they made. | ||
| Post# 950638 , Reply# 4 7/29/2017 at 15:39 (2,461 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
Coronados did like to go for a walk | ||
| Post# 950640 , Reply# 5 7/29/2017 at 15:46 (2,461 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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Completely off topic...but for some reason when I hear the Coronado name, I think of old tube radios. I think I even had one when I was a teenager. I also think my mother might have had a deep fat fryer branded by them. That fryer broke when I was in elementary school--so if it was Coronado, it may have had poor quality like the washers!
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Post# 950758 , Reply# 6 7/30/2017 at 09:13 (2,460 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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Coronado was not a manufacturer, it was the house brand of Gamble-Skogmo stores. CLICK HERE TO GO TO kenwashesmonday's LINK | ||
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