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Post# 57686   2/19/2005 at 14:37 (7,004 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)        

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Post# 57688 , Reply# 1   2/19/2005 at 15:06 (7,004 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Is that a GM 1-18,or a Westinghouse facsimilie? Hard to tell by the picture....

kennyGF


Post# 57690 , Reply# 2   2/19/2005 at 15:16 (7,004 days old) by agiflow ()        

The lid looks like a westy design

Post# 57691 , Reply# 3   2/19/2005 at 15:17 (7,004 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Jamie, although it looks like a 1/18 it's not a 1-18, its an early 80s WCI washer. Look at the sids of the top, they swoop up like a 70's Westinghouse.

Post# 57694 , Reply# 4   2/19/2005 at 16:08 (7,004 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)        

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Oops. Soooooooooooooooooo sorry. I just got so excited! Can I change the title to "Piece of S***!!!"?

Post# 57698 , Reply# 5   2/19/2005 at 16:35 (7,004 days old) by jetaway ()        
Frigidaire

Those early WCI spin-offs were tough to detect. Your on the hunt.......the best is yet to come!!!

Post# 57700 , Reply# 6   2/19/2005 at 17:56 (7,004 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
False 1-18!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I hate to say it but the lid is a dead give away!
Peter


Post# 57703 , Reply# 7   2/19/2005 at 18:58 (7,003 days old) by lightedcontrols ()        

Hi Jamie! If you want a real GM Frigidaire 1-18, I have several in my warehouse. Just picked up two yesterday and you're welcome to have one. I don't know if they work or not as right now I have no way of hooking them up to test. When I see them, I grab them and put them in the warehouse so that members can have them if that shoud be one of their dream machines. I picked up an avacado one with a window in the lid, and an almond one without the lid window. I'll put your name on one if you want it. Mark

Post# 57720 , Reply# 8   2/19/2005 at 20:50 (7,003 days old) by angus (Fairfield, CT.)        

I am still hoping for one in Poppy Red. The white one I found some time ago was mistakenly sent off to the Krusher by the very guy that found it for me - - very boneheaded move. Oh, well......

Post# 57721 , Reply# 9   2/19/2005 at 20:55 (7,003 days old) by westytoploader ()        

YUK! I almost thought the same thing, until I saw that rounded Westinghouse-style lid...now I thought "P.O.S."

This machine still had the recirculating lint filter and speckled porcelain tub...might be fun to play with for a while. Put it this way: If it was in Texas I'd get it.

--Austin


Post# 57836 , Reply# 10   2/21/2005 at 11:20 (7,002 days old) by pulsator-power (connecticut)        

That control panel is the spittin image of the 1-18's though. You can tell by the top, the edges are more angular than that.
Anyone remember when the 1-18's came with a plastic lid? We used to have a home improv./lumber co called Wickes Lumber here that sold Frigidaire in the 70's. Some of the BOL models had rough plastic lids.
Jerry


Post# 57841 , Reply# 11   2/21/2005 at 13:46 (7,002 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

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Look closely at the graphic on the water level control. It's an agitator, not a Jet Cone...

Post# 57842 , Reply# 12   2/21/2005 at 13:46 (7,002 days old) by westytoploader ()        

"Anyone remember when the 1-18's came with a plastic lid? Some of the BOL models had rough plastic lids."

The rare, lower-end, 24" Agitub machines (as well as the Agitub Skinni-Minis) had plastic lids. They weren't considered "true 1-18s" I don't think.


Post# 57845 , Reply# 13   2/21/2005 at 15:55 (7,002 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

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Steve 1-18 has a 1-18 with a plastic lid. It is an early BOL machine.

Post# 57846 , Reply# 14   2/21/2005 at 16:34 (7,002 days old) by Goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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I remember the 1-18's with plastic lids. Didn't see too many of them,but remember seeing a few....

kennyGF


Post# 57853 , Reply# 15   2/21/2005 at 17:31 (7,002 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        
plastic lid

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the Frigidaire washers with the plastic lids were the 1-16s not 1-18.

Post# 57938 , Reply# 16   2/22/2005 at 08:29 (7,001 days old) by pulsator-power (connecticut)        

Well, they were still Frigidaires. Come to think of it, they were 1-16's. BOL? How much could they have saved with plastic.
(A forerunner of the WCI plastic future?)
Jerry


Post# 57989 , Reply# 17   2/22/2005 at 16:45 (7,001 days old) by westytoploader ()        

What were the differences between the 1-18 and the 1-16 ("Jet Action 16") as far as capacity/tub size go?

Also, in the 1970 Tech-Talk, there's a "2-18" model listed? What was THAT? I was thinking the "2 pieces or 18 pounds" statement, but if it can wash 2 pieces it can certainly hold one!



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