Thread Number: 73975  /  Tag: Classified Ad Finds
Use and Care Book for 1948 Hotpoint Washer
[Down to Last]

automaticwasher.org's exclusive eBay Watch:
scroll >>> for more items --- [As an eBay Partner, eBay may compensate automaticwasher.org if you make a purchase using any link to eBay on this page]
Post# 977335   1/7/2018 at 15:26 (2,272 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)        

pulltostart's profile picture

I'm actually more curious to know if anyone in this group has seen one of these or actually owns one?  Did not realize that Hotpoint had an automatic this old.  The book is on Ebay.

 

lawrence



CLICK HERE TO GO TO pulltostart's LINK on eBay

  View Full Size



Post# 977343 , Reply# 1   1/7/2018 at 17:31 (2,272 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

turquoisedude's profile picture

Wow!  I have never seen any advertising or other clues that Hotpoint also had an automatic washer this early.   Interesting agitator shape...  


Post# 977344 , Reply# 2   1/7/2018 at 17:44 (2,272 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

I remember them but was too young to pay them any mind-----the Frigidaires are what caught my attention----- mostly the spool up to spin. We had a neighbor with one of these in their basement. We kids used to play down there in bad weather. I just remember standing on something to look inside. The agitator had a large aluminum disc for a cap. I remember the agitator as metal.

Good luck. Perhaps someone up in Washington can make the "local pick up"!
It would be interesting to read the book.


Post# 977349 , Reply# 3   1/7/2018 at 18:01 (2,272 days old) by appnut (TX)        

appnut's profile picture

The agitator reminds me of something that belongs with an Easy but without the "spirals". 

 

I'm assuming the companion dryer is a Hamilton just like the corresponding GE dryer for the GE washer. 


Post# 977372 , Reply# 4   1/7/2018 at 20:03 (2,272 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

gansky1's profile picture

This was largely a Beam design, two motors, fluid drive and that red, winged agitator.  Robert has one of these agitators, it really works well in his 52 Speed Queen.

 


Post# 977446 , Reply# 5   1/8/2018 at 09:16 (2,271 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

A friend of ours had this washer in her kitchen next to the sink. The original laundry with the set tubs was in the basement. They pulled the hot and cold connections from under the kitchen sink, but they drained the machine through the floor into a pipe that ended above the tubs and the water would fall into them like Niagara. It was had to tell where it was more exciting to be; on the stairs beside and slightly above the tubs or upstairs beside the machine.

 

That machine did not actually have any sort of water fill termination for the rinse. The water ran into the machine all during the rinse and only shut off when the timer clicked out of rinse and into spin.


Post# 977472 , Reply# 6   1/8/2018 at 14:20 (2,271 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

unimatic1140's profile picture
I found that book years ago at an estate sale, oh if only that washer was still there with the book! I'm sure I'd still have that machine in my collection if it was.



CLICK HERE TO GO TO Unimatic1140's LINK



Forum Index:       Other Forums:                      



Comes to the Rescue!

The Discuss-o-Mat has stopped, buzzer is sounding!!!
If you would like to reply to this thread please log-in...

Discuss-O-MAT Log-In



New Members
Click Here To Sign Up.



                     


automaticwasher.org home
Discuss-o-Mat Forums
Vintage Brochures, Service and Owners Manuals
Fun Vintage Washer Ephemera
See It Wash!
Video Downloads
Audio Downloads
Picture of the Day
Patent of the Day
Photos of our Collections
The Old Aberdeen Farm
Vintage Service Manuals
Vintage washer/dryer/dishwasher to sell?
Technical/service questions?
Looking for Parts?
Website related questions?
Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy
Our Privacy Policy