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Thread Number: 9886
50's (?) GE clothes conditioner dryer |
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| Post# 182523 , Reply# 1 1/11/2007 at 11:56 (6,308 days old) by chrissy () | ||
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correction in Model# The model # 1DA 820R4W | ||
| Post# 182529 , Reply# 2 1/11/2007 at 13:17 (6,308 days old) by mixfinder () | ||
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1960 This model was sold in 1960 as the matching dryer to the TOL GE Filter Flo washer. Kelly | ||
| Post# 182552 , Reply# 4 1/11/2007 at 16:58 (6,308 days old) by chrissy () | ||
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thx! thank you all for the info.! | ||
Post# 182562 , Reply# 5 1/11/2007 at 17:29 (6,308 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 182569 , Reply# 6 1/11/2007 at 18:22 (6,308 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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What Gansky said! The "R" designation makes this a 1958 model although this one presents a bit of a problem for a GE archive fan like myself. It's significantly different from the models depicted in the literature for that year. Here's the first one from the library on this site (although what's depicted is the WA 855 R washer, trust me, the matching dryer was a DA 820 R):
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Post# 182571 , Reply# 7 1/11/2007 at 18:30 (6,308 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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What's really interesting to me is that in a later brochure of GE 1958 models, the WA850R/DA820R pair looked like this(almost identical to yours, except the colors were slightly different and the panel wasn't elevated on pedestals--makes me think that at the beginning of the year GE used this designation to run out of the previous year's parts and then reinvented the newer models):
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Post# 182572 , Reply# 8 1/11/2007 at 18:32 (6,308 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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At any rate, | ||
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Post# 182681 , Reply# 11 1/12/2007 at 08:05 (6,307 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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The plot thickens... The 1958 dryer service book shows the models matching the washer service info posted above, the TOL 920R had dial on the right, the 820R & 620R had timer dials on the left. I guess Chrissy's dryer was an end of the run for 58 - with panel styling for 59, or perhaps a special-promotion model?
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Post# 182683 , Reply# 12 1/12/2007 at 08:06 (6,307 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Chrissy, If you ever DO decide to sell it, PLEASE give me a holler. Spinout, what I was saying was that in the early brochures, the 855/820 R models had basically the same control panels as the "P" series and were probably a way for GE to recycle parts from the previous model year. Then they switched to what Chrissy's models looked like with the new style of knobs and controls. GE tended to do this up until the 60's. GE always had odd-ball "leftover" models that were Frankensteined with parts from previous years. What's really interesting here is how many GE Dryers from the 50's and 60's are still around. It's partly because electric dryers are simple non-water using machines but also because they were well made. 
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| Post# 182693 , Reply# 13 1/12/2007 at 09:14 (6,307 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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It looks very similar to the 59 we had. | ||
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Post# 182822 , Reply# 14 1/12/2007 at 22:04 (6,307 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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The issue of date of manufacture could probably be laid to rest with a phone call to GE headquarters Customer Service. In the past I've found them to be very helpful in identifying the date on the various GE appliances that came with this house (mostly late 70's). All you will need is the model number and serial number. | ||
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Post# 183158 , Reply# 15 1/14/2007 at 15:12 (6,305 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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