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Post# 206064 , Reply# 1 4/24/2007 at 20:53 (6,210 days old) by toggleswitch  (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 206085 , Reply# 3 4/24/2007 at 22:20 (6,210 days old) by harold (Madison, WI) | ||
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My Grandmother did have a Wizard Washer. She buy the machine in 1964 from Western Auto Supply.. It was a solid tub. she had it until 1970, she did got a Sears kenmore 800. in 1970. | ||
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Post# 206088 , Reply# 4 4/24/2007 at 22:25 (6,210 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 206109 , Reply# 5 4/24/2007 at 23:37 (6,210 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 206176 , Reply# 6 4/25/2007 at 08:32 (6,210 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Gambles 1961 | ||
| Post# 206188 , Reply# 7 4/25/2007 at 09:46 (6,210 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!) | ||
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Post# 206255 , Reply# 9 4/25/2007 at 14:38 (6,210 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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coronado, wizard, gambles | ||
| Post# 206260 , Reply# 11 4/25/2007 at 15:54 (6,209 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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A neighbor had a Wizard. I was from early 60's. Same agitator as Robert's Wizard. It had a timed fill and the control knob was very similar to speed queens of the 57 & 58 models. Two cycles, normal and short. Overflow rinse. | ||
| Post# 206263 , Reply# 12 4/25/2007 at 16:14 (6,209 days old) by harold (Madison, WI) | ||
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Wizard I did find a pic of my Grandmother Wizard washer. Yes, overflow wash and rinse. 
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Post# 206268 , Reply# 13 4/25/2007 at 16:28 (6,209 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 206298 , Reply# 14 4/25/2007 at 19:43 (6,209 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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Harold's mom had taste! | ||
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Post# 206335 , Reply# 15 4/25/2007 at 20:51 (6,209 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Gambles were hardware stores that also sold Coronado appliances. They were fairly inexpensive and I remember several friends whose parents had Coronado washers. The 60s/very early 70s models were solid, indexing tubs with overflow rinses. Then they must have changed manufacturers, because by the time I graduated from high school, I seem to recall they had very large, perforated tubs--ala Norge, as someone has pointed out.
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| Post# 206443 , Reply# 16 4/26/2007 at 08:29 (6,209 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
Under the hood, the Franklin transmission (and the Westinghouse trasmission, for that matter) looked very much like the GE transmittion: kind of a huge bell under the outer tub, with the motor offset to one corner and a pump connected to the motor with a flexible coupling. When Elux changed the Frigidaire and Westinghouse designs to plastic, they overhauled the transmission, keeping many of the same elements for performance, but loosing the size of the mechanism and the durability.
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| Post# 206482 , Reply# 17 4/26/2007 at 10:38 (6,209 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!) | ||
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| Post# 206734 , Reply# 18 4/27/2007 at 12:49 (6,208 days old) by harold (Madison, WI) | ||
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Jason Hi Jason, My Grandmother and I went over to Sears, the Salesman told my Grandmother the Kenmore 800 was on sale, she did have a choice from the 700 or the 800. So, she got the 800 series. I just love that machine, I wish this website was turn on in the 1980's, and I will not sell the machine.. | ||
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Post# 206755 , Reply# 19 4/27/2007 at 15:30 (6,208 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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thanks Eugene | ||
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Post# 206757 , Reply# 20 4/27/2007 at 15:48 (6,207 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Now Toggle----- Wisconsin and New Jersey had the most notorious of all the "Imperial Wizards" back in the '30's. So don't even try to go there! Now, as for Western Auto, those are called "Whizzzzzards". | ||
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