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Post# 175420   12/14/2006 at 13:03 (6,314 days old) by cny4 (Central New York)        

Does anyone have any info on the Norge washer/dryer I grew up with? The washer had a black agitator and the lint filter was a basket that attached in the back of the tub below the water inlet. The dryer had a push button next to the door to open it. It was quite convienient since you could open it with your knee. The washer was newer than the dryer and both must have been early to mid 1960's. Any info on the year or posting of pictures would be appreciated.




Post# 175487 , Reply# 1   12/14/2006 at 17:21 (6,314 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Similar to this?

Post# 175500 , Reply# 2   12/14/2006 at 17:46 (6,314 days old) by cny4 (Central New York)        

Similar; the agitator was the same except it had a black twist top like the burpilators, but the controls were clear plastic. I think ours was slightly older than the Signature in your picture.

Post# 175501 , Reply# 3   12/14/2006 at 17:49 (6,314 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Greg, that's the Monkey Wards non-pushbutton equivalent of our old norge pair.

Post# 175564 , Reply# 4   12/14/2006 at 19:27 (6,314 days old) by cny4 (Central New York)        

found similar in previous POD, this is similar to what we had, but no agitator lint filter, ours may have been a few years older. Does anyone have any idea what model year this ad is? I have yet to see the dryer we had, it was older than the washer.

Post# 175567 , Reply# 5   12/14/2006 at 19:40 (6,314 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Is this the dryer, by the way, that pushes heated air in, rather than pulls it out?

Methinks the lint under the dryer door is a clue.
Flocked walls anyone?


Post# 175580 , Reply# 6   12/14/2006 at 20:22 (6,314 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Yup, it's a flocker.

Post# 175593 , Reply# 7   12/14/2006 at 21:07 (6,314 days old) by exploder321 ()        

I love the consoule... I love old ads as well...

Post# 175632 , Reply# 8   12/14/2006 at 22:28 (6,314 days old) by pturo (Syracuse, New York)        

I am guessing and giving this ad and model about 1963. We had a Norge in about 1966 and it was mostly buttons. Horrible machine for balance and bering wear, my father tells me. It was replaced in 1974 with a Maytag that's still is in use today.

Post# 175645 , Reply# 9   12/14/2006 at 23:37 (6,314 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Philip, our Norge, brought home December 23, 1964, had 8 fabric buttons. Sounds like the one your family got in 1966 was of the VHQ (very high quality) line. Jmanman_96 has an avocado 1966 dryer that could be the match to your old washer. Our Norge had an accellerated end of life (1970) with help form me!! lol We didn't have much of a balance issue, as long as the mother didn't put sheeets & towel in together, then the buzzer went off just about every spin. She finally listened ot me, after being so frustrated, and quit that mixing habit lol.

Post# 175736 , Reply# 10   12/15/2006 at 10:02 (6,313 days old) by cny4 (Central New York)        

I am guessing ours was about a 1963, but I am not sure. Was the burpilator only on the upper models? Like I said before, ours had a tray type filter below the water inlet. Ours was also probably a lesser model than the one in the ad; 3 water levels, 3 temps, 2speed. Has anyone seen this set up?

Post# 175814 , Reply# 11   12/15/2006 at 16:34 (6,313 days old) by pturo (Syracuse, New York)        

I dunno, but the kid holding the dog in the picture with the grin on his face is showing penis clevage in his tighty whities.

Post# 175831 , Reply# 12   12/15/2006 at 18:17 (6,313 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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cny4, Burplator filtering on Norges was the ay they filteerd the water for the later 1950s and early 1960s solid tub Norge washers. When they went to the perforated tub design, there was a recirculating filter. The ad above shows the recirulating filter taht was so much like a GE filter-flo. I honestly never saw a Norge like this. Now, go back and look at the montgomery wards signature15 brand washer & dryer set pictured above. The downward looking "spout" at 12 o'clock is not the water inlet. That's for the filter recirulation. The filter tray went underneath that spout and locked into place with that plastic-looking small rectangular type shape recepticle under that spout. The downward spout at 10 o'clock is the water inlet. Incidentally, those trays plastic tooth used to lock into that rectangular recepticle gradually wore out over time and would be thrown out inoto the washer tub from the vibration of tub while spinning. That's why there's no filter tray at the back. Long gone!!

Post# 175838 , Reply# 13   12/15/2006 at 19:25 (6,313 days old) by cny4 (Central New York)        

your exactly right, our filter used to end up in the tub alot, yes it did go at the 12:00 position, I forgot the water came in a different place. I used to love watching this machine wash as the water flowed through the filter. I still wish I could determine that washers age.

I do know we replaced it with a Gold Monkey Wards in 1974; you know the one with lots of buttons and a detergent dispenser on the side. That had the burpilator with a blue fabric softener insert. I still remember playing in the box it came in after my father installed it


Post# 175848 , Reply# 14   12/15/2006 at 21:08 (6,313 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
Monkey Wards

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Check out the photos in my Yahoo album - these machines are from about 1967-68 (green) and 69-70 (brown)

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Post# 175853 , Reply# 15   12/15/2006 at 21:33 (6,313 days old) by westytoploader ()        

So Greg, exactly what happened to that ultra-cool Wards set? I assume they're hooked up and still in regular service? ;-)

*ducks and runs*


Post# 175893 , Reply# 16   12/15/2006 at 23:15 (6,313 days old) by exploder321 ()        

I wasn;t going to say anything about the kid holding the dog, and his cleavege..Only in the good ol ad's would ya see a young little girl w. no top and a young man like this

Post# 175894 , Reply# 17   12/15/2006 at 23:26 (6,313 days old) by exploder321 ()        

Greg
I love the 69 Set, esp. the light on the control panel


Post# 175895 , Reply# 18   12/15/2006 at 23:32 (6,313 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
Norge Styling

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That is a VERY good-looking washer in the POD ad shot. The console is much more advanced-looking than most of what was on the market at that time (I was, uh, there). I never could understand why Norge was always an also-ran. It was a brand people knew and respected, but they tended to buy other makes, for some reason. Whatever it was, it wasn't the styling; that washer looks five years ahead of most others of that time (around 1963, unless I miss my guess).

Post# 175920 , Reply# 19   12/16/2006 at 02:23 (6,313 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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I have parts & panels from those washers but got rid of the rest, can't keep everything.

Post# 175948 , Reply# 20   12/16/2006 at 07:31 (6,312 days old) by cny4 (Central New York)        

One reason Norge may have been an also ran is the noise. Our Wards version was noiser yet; easily the noiser washer I have ever heard.

Post# 176091 , Reply# 21   12/16/2006 at 20:15 (6,312 days old) by exploder321 ()        

I hope some one in Tucson has one...Which i think they do... Never have seen one "Live"... Can't wait

Post# 176100 , Reply# 22   12/16/2006 at 20:33 (6,312 days old) by vintagesearch ()        

it would be nice to see a video of one of those ;) maybe the brown one jiji

Post# 176258 , Reply# 23   12/17/2006 at 12:57 (6,311 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles)        
burpilator . . .

Since this is a Norge thread I thought I'd ask a question: exactly what is a "burpilator"? I don't know much about Norge washers and have wondered if it is a specific agitator model used only on TOL washers, or something used across the line for a number of years. Do these machines have a conventional back and forth agitation like Maytag and WP, or more like the old Frigidaires?

It would be totally cool if Norge had embossed "burpilator" into the top of the agitator like WP did with "surgilator", but I kinda doubt that . . .

The word burpilator is sooo funny, it makes me think that the machine might eat a load of clothes and then burp as it digests them!


Post# 176295 , Reply# 24   12/17/2006 at 16:12 (6,311 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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peterson is in the process of fixing his Norge videos

Post# 176319 , Reply# 25   12/17/2006 at 19:41 (6,311 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)        
hydralique

There might be a see it wash video of a Norge or MW Signature
with burpilation lint filtration, I haven't checked recently.
I don't know if "burpilator" was coined by an AW.Oite or it
was slang made up in the service tech world. If you look at a
norge/signature agitator of sometime in the '60's and I think
even up to the early 80's circa you will observe that one quadrant of the top side of the agitator has a nice little bed of uniform holes therein. There is a considerable degree of hollowness in these agitators that continues up the shaft
to the top. At the top there are slits. A filter pan is placed over the top of the ag and is supported by stops below afore mentioned slits. During agitation water and lint are pumped up the hollow inside the agitator and "burped" out the slits; it is a very appealing business like sound that assures
the washee that indeed, minimal lint will avoid being sucked up and expunged into the filter bowl and left behind as the water returns through pin holes to the tub. The sound it makes
is somewhat reminiscent of walking on heavily water saturated moss. A few other automatics might use this method and possibly even the last era of Easy Spin washers, but of this last statement I am not 100% sure. If some one hasn't beaten
me to the punch with a link, now you know.


Post# 176360 , Reply# 26   12/17/2006 at 22:55 (6,311 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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Post# 176418 , Reply# 27   12/18/2006 at 07:55 (6,310 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

The early 'Noge "Burpalators" had a long slow stroke compared to other machines of their time. It was aggressive and what it couldn't roll-over it was quite content to drag back and forth---mercilessly. The mechanism of that era was not so noisy but the constantantly sucking pump, and "whack" of the solenoids changing cycles, more than made up for it. A great memory of that era.

The more modern 'Noge's (also manufactured for many other badges) still had that long-stroke agitator and had increased the strokes per minute (makes me sweat), those machines are every bit as aggressive as the old ones were, but have much better roll-over capability.

People thought because these machines were "cheapies" as far as the price point when purchased new---that they wouldn't last. But these old soldiers keep showing up all the time on the used market and many of them are still in perfect working order----if in need of a good clean-up. Rust was always 'Noge's worst problem.

ka-chooooog, ka-chooooog, ka-chooooog----------


Post# 176621 , Reply# 28   12/19/2006 at 09:16 (6,309 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)        

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Go into our Cyber Museum for Norge, and scroll to the right to see a list of videos of Robert's classic Norge and Burpilator action.

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Post# 176654 , Reply# 29   12/19/2006 at 11:06 (6,309 days old) by westytoploader ()        

Oh yes, I can't wait to see more perforated-tub 'Noge action in Tucson!

At the 2005 Convention, Robert brought along his sunny yellow 1959 Norge, which I believe he said was the first year for the Burpalator. It had 4 slots at the top of the agitator, and the water would burp up vertically instead of spray out to the side like the later versions. It was quite cool to watch, and I have to say that was probably the machine I spent the most time playing with, aside from the '63 Hotpoint.


Post# 176656 , Reply# 30   12/19/2006 at 11:08 (6,309 days old) by westytoploader ()        

And here's said Burpalator in action...

Post# 176778 , Reply# 31   12/19/2006 at 21:15 (6,309 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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I have to know too is my Norge MW a burpilator since it has a lint filter agitator

Post# 176971 , Reply# 32   12/20/2006 at 16:30 (6,308 days old) by gocartwasher ()        
whats the bottom of it look like?

some say this is a norge on my scrap load


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