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Post# 54551 1/25/2005 at 04:03 (7,030 days old) by foraloysius  (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Here's an example of a French Classic. It's an H-axis toploader, color is brown and it has a window in the lid.
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Post# 54554 , Reply# 1 1/25/2005 at 05:09 (7,030 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia) |
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Ohh! One likes! I have a soft spot for french cars, a French washing machine would be too cool! I wonder what it is like to watch? | ||
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Post# 54571 , Reply# 2 1/25/2005 at 08:45 (7,029 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 54597 , Reply# 3 1/25/2005 at 16:55 (7,029 days old) by laundramatt (Youngstown, Ohio) | ||
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What good is a window lid on a top-loading, horizontal axis washer? All you would be able to see is the drum rolling, right? | ||
| Post# 54600 , Reply# 4 1/25/2005 at 16:59 (7,029 days old) by spiralactivator () | ||
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I used to take French classes, and I studied by reading '70s issues of Elle magazine (from France) at the library. I remember seeing an ad for a Vedette washing machine in white. That lid is so cool, just a window in a frame. | ||
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Post# 54640 , Reply# 5 1/25/2005 at 20:07 (7,029 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I remember seeing a similar machine in some kitchen decorating book when I was a kid - the caption said it was a kitchen in Paris that had been combined with a laundry area for easy flow of household chores. I'd never seen anything like this (H-axis toploader) before and stared at that picture for days. I had no idea how a washer could be that narrow!
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Post# 54678 , Reply# 6 1/25/2005 at 22:47 (7,029 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia) |
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What is the history/story of the Vedette brand? HL TL's are fascinating to look at and open up, i still think it would be cool to watch the drum go around and all the water hit the glass as the machine ramped up into spin! | ||
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Post# 54697 , Reply# 7 1/26/2005 at 02:53 (7,029 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Yes, those machines are very narrwo and still they hold the same amount of laundry as European frontloaders. The width is 40cm (15 3/4 inch) or 45cm (17 3/4 inch) and the everage capacity is 10lbs of laundry. I have no idea of the history of the Vedette brand. Their website is down at the moment. I too noticed too a resemblance with older Maytags. The window makes it possible to see if there is any oversudsing going on. Although rare, there also were some toploader washer/dryer combo's with a window in the lid. I guess the window would get pretty steamy in the dry cycle. CLICK HERE TO GO TO foraloysius's LINK | ||
| Post# 54714 , Reply# 8 1/26/2005 at 08:36 (7,028 days old) by agiflow () | ||
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Older Maytags That was my immediate impression on first seeing this washer,a Maytag with a lid. LOL | ||
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