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Thread Number: 73191
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 11/08/17 Westinghouse Top-Loader |
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Post# 966767 , Reply# 1 11/8/2017 at 06:57 (2,359 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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 I still kick myself for giving up on the Westinghouse top-loader I briefly owned in the mid 90s.... It was a mid-range model, with the matching dryer (and both in Harvest Gold) that a co-worker gave me; the set was in the house she bought but she wasn't keen on keeping it. I managed to get nearly 6 months out of the washer when it started dispensing transmission oil during the wash cycle. I very stupidly assumed the machine was not repairable and scrapped it. Sigh, if I had only known about this site back then.... | ||
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Post# 966769 , Reply# 2 11/8/2017 at 07:01 (2,359 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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your right....most people wouldn't ask a salesman to see inside a machine...I have!
and 'have' I did, I was at Sears checking out the Fridgemore at the time, and I needed to know if I could adjust the water level if needed..... luckily Craftsman tools were across from the Lady Kenmores.....a phillips screwdriver was all I needed to open the top.... talk about freakin out a salesman..... but bottom line, if they wouldn't let me see inside, some other place would.....no different than buying a car, its a big purchase, I want to see under the hood! | ||
| Post# 966770 , Reply# 3 11/8/2017 at 07:02 (2,359 days old) by westingguelph () | ||
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IMHO the control panel is beautifully designed and quite user friendly. Westinghouse in certain products might not have been the most reliable but they sure had a knack for style and innovation. | ||
| Post# 966777 , Reply# 4 11/8/2017 at 07:43 (2,359 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Robert Perdue In Roanoke has one, they wash like everything!, really a great performer.My Cousin had one when I was a kid, it was a 65 and I think they had it until about 85 or so, | ||
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Post# 966785 , Reply# 5 11/8/2017 at 08:13 (2,359 days old) by Glhturbo2 (Reidsville, NC) |
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Speaking of Robert P. Here is when we suds locked his Westinghouse when I was in Roanoke about 2 weeks ago. I visited and stayed with Steve, we then went to Roberts on Sunday. That was an experience in itself, so much neat stuff there. I had a blast, thank you Steve for introducing us. -Tyler
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| Post# 966796 , Reply# 6 11/8/2017 at 09:58 (2,359 days old) by kd12 (Arkansas) | ||
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HD X-mission That's some thick steel in the transmission housing. Heavy duty all right. Had no idea they were that heavy. | ||
| Post# 966806 , Reply# 7 11/8/2017 at 10:58 (2,359 days old) by scrubflex (bronx, new york) | ||
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I would love to see this washer in action. | ||
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Post# 966852 , Reply# 9 11/8/2017 at 14:37 (2,358 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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| Post# 966861 , Reply# 10 11/8/2017 at 15:30 (2,358 days old) by potatochips ( ) | ||
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I have a soft spot for these machines, I desperately want to fine one with a matching cross-tangle, err I mean cross vane, drying. | ||
| Post# 966914 , Reply# 11 11/8/2017 at 20:11 (2,358 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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You should be able to find one. They were everywhere not too many years ago. | ||
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Post# 966931 , Reply# 12 11/8/2017 at 21:21 (2,358 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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An appliance truck was delivering a fridge to the hospital I worked at & what should be in the back of it, but a Westinghouse washer & dryer (don't remember gas or electric--maybe it had the little door on the front) just like that one in the P.O.D. and I think in Harvest Gold, too...
I sure wish, despite whatever frail qualities, that the set discarded, back in (what was my good, though short-part of) the '90's, is still living its second life somewhere... -- Dave | ||
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