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Post# 442330 6/16/2010 at 22:04 (5,061 days old) by peteski50  (New York) |
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Post# 442394 , Reply# 2 6/17/2010 at 06:31 (5,061 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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I've never seen as old a Wizard as the one in the first post. I'm guessing it has an indexing tub, as the ad touts "4-way agitation".
We had a Gambles Hardware store in my hometown which sold these machines under the Coronado brand. They were inexpensive compared to the Frigidaires, GE's and Maytags, so a number of people we knew had them. There is a reason why Robert has dubbed his Wizard "The Pig", as they make an almost snorting/wheezing sound. I remember the "partial fill" button, which I thought was cool---and, of course, the indexing tub. I was so intrigued by the indexing that I bought an '06 Frigidaire top-loader with that feature. While the indexing tub was advertised as a boost to agitation and rollover, it actually impedes rollover. I've grabbed the tub on my machine to prevent it from indexing, and rollover improves to Kenmore-like performance. | ||
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Post# 442437 , Reply# 3 6/17/2010 at 11:00 (5,061 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 442473 , Reply# 4 6/17/2010 at 12:32 (5,061 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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Who made the Wizard machines for Western Auto? | ||
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Post# 442503 , Reply# 5 6/17/2010 at 14:38 (5,061 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 442524 , Reply# 6 6/17/2010 at 16:51 (5,060 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 442957 , Reply# 8 6/19/2010 at 20:37 (5,058 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Pete, I love it!
The teasing promise of a great agitator suggested by the high vanes peaking up--all the way to the top!
And I was given to ponder how the first 50's washers all look alike, big squares, no control panel, two dials; but then at some point, the washers all took off and went their own dramatic ways which we longingly lust after and collect today. And NOW, all the washers look the same again!!! Could the return to originality of automatic washer design be just around the corner??? But that lollipop of a wringgggger--a real humdinggggger. Look at how they tricked her out with the beautiful enclosure for the wringer column, and the fetching yellow color, and the central control panel. I wonder if this was available before the Lady Kenmore version. Ah ~ The Great Wizards ~ may we find many, many, more of you when the aliens return all of our Blessed Western Auto Stores;-D What a treat, Pete, thanks. | ||
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