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Post# 381024   9/23/2009 at 16:00 (5,300 days old) by gorenje (Slovenia)   |   | |
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Hello, I thought it would be nice to share this old commercial with you. It's interesting that front loaders were common in those days in the USA. Enjoy, Ingemar CLICK HERE TO GO TO gorenje's LINK |
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Post# 381041 , Reply# 1   9/23/2009 at 16:49 (5,300 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 381067 , Reply# 2   9/23/2009 at 18:47 (5,300 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Aww c'mon Chris, I hear mud wrestling can be fun!!! lol Ingemar, That was about the height of popularity of front loaders in the U.S., by the early 1960s market share began declining--largely due to some supposed marketing scare tactics by GE to get people to give up their Bendix washers. The Westinghouse pair in the commercial is my all-time favorite westinghouse pair. I think it was the model L110. Jetcone has a set of these. Someone else in the club MAY have another one of these washers. The washer had push-button wash temp and rinse temp buttons which were color-coded as to how hot to cold the 5 water temperature options for wash was and the same with 3 rinse temepratures. The color was also "tied" to type of fabric and the timer dial had corresponding color sections which lit up according to fabric. (some of this I remember from age 7 to 10, neighbors across the street had this washer, bought used in like 1959 or 1960 from some other neighbors. |
Post# 381068 , Reply# 3   9/23/2009 at 18:52 (5,300 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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I do find it "interesting" they chose to compare the wash action of the Laundromat with that of the top loader by Norge, which recently mentiuoned in another thread, had the worst rollover of any toploader of its day, but was still ranked very high in consumer reports. They should have also included something like a GE and a Frigidaire, more realistic comparison.
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Post# 381241 , Reply# 4   9/24/2009 at 15:06 (5,299 days old) by gorenje (Slovenia)   |   | |
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Post# 381276 , Reply# 5   9/24/2009 at 21:07 (5,299 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Ingemar, no front loading washers made in the U.S. did not have reverse tumbling until the latest products of front loading ahers starting being put out for sale on the market around 1997. The Bendix, Westinghouse Laundromat, and all the combination washer/dryerrs from Bendix, Westinghouse, GE, Whirlpool, Norge, and others only tumbled in one direction. And the amount of water you saw in the video in the Westinghouse was very typical of frontloaders from the first Bendix. Now, the combination washer/dryers made by Whirlpool and sold by Sears under the Kenmore brand only filled with a very shallow amount of water in the tub and used a turbo jet spray (filter stream) the clothes passed through as they tumbled.
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Post# 381277 , Reply# 6   9/24/2009 at 21:09 (5,299 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 381300 , Reply# 7   9/24/2009 at 22:33 (5,299 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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Bob, the video of Roberts Whirlpool is in the "cyber museum". arthur |
Post# 381307 , Reply# 8   9/24/2009 at 23:15 (5,299 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 381308 , Reply# 9   9/24/2009 at 23:21 (5,299 days old) by a440 ()   |   | |
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What is the top loading washer? Very cool video. Very impressive for the time! I have to agree it is a far better washer as far as plunging and getting the wash water through the clothes. Thanks for the link! Brent |
Post# 381354 , Reply# 10   9/25/2009 at 07:57 (5,299 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 381357 , Reply# 11   9/25/2009 at 08:49 (5,299 days old) by a440 ()   |   | |
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Good Eye Bob! I did not notice the flume. I guess they had it disconnected. |
Post# 381358 , Reply# 12   9/25/2009 at 08:51 (5,299 days old) by a440 ()   |   | |
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Post# 381382 , Reply# 13   9/25/2009 at 11:44 (5,298 days old) by robliverpool (england Liverpool)   |   | |
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Post# 381384 , Reply# 14   9/25/2009 at 12:42 (5,298 days old) by gorenje (Slovenia)   |   | |
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I don't know about the UK, but I know that in Italy in the '50 were on sale Westinghouse washers under the name of FIAT. On Ebay you can see an old print about FIAT appliances.
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Post# 381386 , Reply# 15   9/25/2009 at 12:51 (5,298 days old) by gorenje (Slovenia)   |   | |
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Post# 381388 , Reply# 16   9/25/2009 at 13:08 (5,298 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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The wash drum seems huge on the Westinghouse, don't know about it holding 9lbs of washing looks like it could hold about 20 lol... That's because although its blurry, it seems the whole thing was faked. The Westinghouse looks fishy in its set up, they would have had to make a Plexiglas inner tub and a Plexiglas outer tub cover. But it looks way over sized compared to the Laundromat cylinders of that era. |
Post# 381404 , Reply# 17   9/25/2009 at 15:06 (5,298 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)   |   | |
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Post# 381415 , Reply# 18   9/25/2009 at 16:22 (5,298 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 381419 , Reply# 19   9/25/2009 at 16:56 (5,298 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Wow, yes that tub does look huge as compared to the actual size!!! Robby, we did have those models here, they where imported and sold here...I have an Ideal Homes mag from the 60`s of Adam Faiths house and he has a complete Westinghouse kitchen, ovens , hobs, sink, refrigerator and the washer & dryer in the kitchen...must search for it!!!
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Post# 381455 , Reply# 21   9/25/2009 at 19:25 (5,298 days old) by robliverpool (england Liverpool)   |   | |
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