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Thread Number: 74414
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 10/02/2018 Westinghouse Heavy Duty Multi-Speed Laundromat straight-front F/L & High Speed dryer |
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Post# 982171 , Reply# 1 2/10/2018 at 15:28 (2,259 days old) by CircleW  (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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We got one of these washers in '64, and had it until the Summer of '73, when the Maytags arrived. It started leaking under the door after a few years, and had a rusted out hole by the time we got rid of it. Not one of Westinghouse' best products. | ||
| Post# 982172 , Reply# 2 2/10/2018 at 15:30 (2,259 days old) by wft2800 (Leatherhead, Surrey) | ||
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I've heard that all these Westies did that, rusting out, right up to c.1990 when they were discontinued. Those Maytags may not have been the most spectacular machines, but they didn't need the 'heavy duty' branding their competitors used - they just WERE heavy duty! Which is why there appear STILL to be so many left... | ||
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Post# 982174 , Reply# 3 2/10/2018 at 15:37 (2,259 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Yeah, the Maytags never did get ANY rust on them, and the washer still worked when I donated it about 12 years ago. I still have the dryer, but not used it for several years. Westinghouse changed the door from the recessed style as shown, back to the overlay type - the same door as used on the earlier slant-front models from about '60-'63. | ||
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