Thread Number: 25014
Why does everyone think Whirlpool is so great? |
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Post# 386257   10/18/2009 at 23:58 (5,303 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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Please forgive me. I couldn't resist. I know I love the 50s Whirlys and the 60s,even some of the 70s, but I dunno after that. BTW, Rickr, your Whirlpool is fabulous. |
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Post# 386263 , Reply# 1   10/19/2009 at 00:10 (5,303 days old) by strongenough78 (California)   |   | |
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Post# 386268 , Reply# 2   10/19/2009 at 00:16 (5,303 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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True,Kenmore is made by Whirlpool but to Kenmore specifications.They're just cousins. lol |
Post# 386388 , Reply# 5   10/19/2009 at 17:39 (5,302 days old) by autowasherfreak ()   |   | |
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A Whirlpool belt drive machine, is what I want next. I would like to have a harvest gold one like we had in the 70's, but I will settle for any color. I really like the models with the plastic cycle dial. |
Post# 386393 , Reply# 6   10/19/2009 at 18:01 (5,302 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 386399 , Reply# 7   10/19/2009 at 18:23 (5,302 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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Amen! |
Post# 386427 , Reply# 8   10/19/2009 at 21:20 (5,302 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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Hey Rickr, could you post some pics of your 50s Whirlpool? It is one of the coolest looking machines on this site! |
Post# 386440 , Reply# 9   10/19/2009 at 22:23 (5,302 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 386441 , Reply# 10   10/19/2009 at 22:24 (5,302 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 386442 , Reply# 11   10/19/2009 at 22:25 (5,302 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 386443 , Reply# 12   10/19/2009 at 22:27 (5,302 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 386446 , Reply# 13   10/19/2009 at 22:32 (5,302 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Post# 386447 , Reply# 14   10/19/2009 at 22:37 (5,302 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Thanks for the complement on the WP set. I have to say, that without kindness of other club members,these machines would not be around. Gregm saved the Whirlpool washer years ago. It came from New England somewhere, I forget. And Kenny (Goatfarmer) found the matching dryer a few years later, in a scrap heap. So you see, without these guys checking the scrap piles and hauling them in, these fabulous machines would have been bailed up and shipped to China. Here is a "before" pixs of the dryer, still on Kennys truck. |
Post# 386459 , Reply# 16   10/20/2009 at 00:01 (5,302 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 386485 , Reply# 17   10/20/2009 at 07:55 (5,301 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Pools like Rick's have made me appreciate EARLY Benton Harbor designs. In fact, I never liked either until i started reading threads here and saw pictures of beautiful vintage examples of these machines. The problem for me was and is, that the basic BD design of these machines persisted until the '80's. The washers occupied too big a footprint, did a lousy job of extracting water and, even though the dryers dried clothes well, they were IMHO inconvenient to load and unload, the lint filter was a mess and they always managed to have tiny portholes even though the cabinets were a whopping 29 inches wide. Bad design.
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Post# 386497 , Reply# 18   10/20/2009 at 09:49 (5,301 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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Wow! they are fantabulous! thanks Rick! |