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Post# 158161   10/1/2006 at 14:42 (6,416 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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no, not all 1-18 Custom Imperials were the same. The one Jimmy picked up yesterday is model WCI from 1975. It has a 3 speed motor.




Post# 158162 , Reply# 1   10/1/2006 at 14:43 (6,416 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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Notice the Hand Washable setting under Regular Fabrics.

Post# 158163 , Reply# 2   10/1/2006 at 14:45 (6,416 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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Notice the agitate speed under Hand Washables

Post# 158164 , Reply# 3   10/1/2006 at 14:46 (6,416 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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This is my Harvest Gold 1977 1-18, model WCI-A, which has only a 2 speed motor.

Post# 158165 , Reply# 4   10/1/2006 at 14:48 (6,416 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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Notice that the Hand Washables is gone and that there are two Delicate Cycles.

Post# 158166 , Reply# 5   10/1/2006 at 14:49 (6,416 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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And you only have two agitate speeds - Normal & Gentle.

Post# 158172 , Reply# 6   10/1/2006 at 15:31 (6,416 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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I'll be darn. Thanks Rich. A 1975 WCI-made Frigidaire? And pulsating. go figure!!

Post# 158181 , Reply# 7   10/1/2006 at 15:56 (6,416 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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Hi Bob,

WCI was Washer Custom Imperial, not White Consolidated Industries. This was a GM made washer.

Rich


Post# 158183 , Reply# 8   10/1/2006 at 16:01 (6,416 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Whew Rich!! I have lost my mind, THAT should have been my first thought instead of panicking, but I seem to remember WCI did produce some pulsating 1-18s toward the end. Taht's probably what got me panicking.

Post# 158206 , Reply# 9   10/1/2006 at 17:42 (6,416 days old) by agiflow ()        

I never knew WCI made some of the pulsator washers. Appnut are you sure?

Post# 158207 , Reply# 10   10/1/2006 at 17:44 (6,416 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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I've read it form Peteski's posts throughout the years.

Post# 158277 , Reply# 11   10/2/2006 at 00:31 (6,416 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
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WCI never made pulsating washers, they were under a contract with GM where the factories remained when WCI bought Frigidaire in 1979. GM continued to produce the appliances until the end of 1980 when the contract was up. But during that time the appliances were still being made by GM. Never did WCI have the capabilities to make such quality appliances. Remember they only bought the name Frigidaire not the factories. They only kept it going for awhile. When WCI pulled the plug to get out General Moters shut it all down. And as we all know it should have shut the name also because that was the real Frigidaire.
Peter


Post# 158278 , Reply# 12   10/2/2006 at 00:33 (6,416 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
1/18

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This above 1/18 is real awsome can we get a inside shot.
Thanks,
Peter


Post# 158323 , Reply# 13   10/2/2006 at 08:13 (6,416 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
No junkyard dog here -

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It looks MINT!

Post# 158333 , Reply# 14   10/2/2006 at 09:24 (6,416 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        
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Not WCI, as Rich said above its "Washer Custom Imperial" by GM.

Does that mean my WCI-58 was made by White Consolidated?


Post# 158347 , Reply# 15   10/2/2006 at 10:00 (6,416 days old) by captainmoody ()        

Wow! that is one nice Imperial! Rich, you were so right about the lid instructions not being quite right for my Crown. Here is the pic of the one that is on there, looks like it was off a 3-speed Imperial. The guy I got it from told me he "switched" the front panel to match the dryer he traded along with the washer. (those 1-18's cost me my rare 1959 Kemore 80 set!) Now that I am investigaitng, it looks like he "switched" some other parts as well.. Darn it! Now I have to undo someone elses hacks!
Sorry for the rant, but I feel that these machines must be all original if they are going to truly represent what was available in the day.
If anyone has the proper window lid for the Harvest Gold Crown i'm restoring please let me know!


Post# 158353 , Reply# 16   10/2/2006 at 10:10 (6,416 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)        

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THAT is the most flexible 1-18 ever made made. There is nothing that machine can't wash.


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