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Post# 77865   8/12/2005 at 13:09 (6,803 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Thought you guys would like to see more on the "Royal" set in today's POD. I've had this brochure since I was 10 years old! What is interesting to note is the all white double porcelain coated wash basket in the Inglis. Whirlpool made them for Kenmore and Inglis Top-of-the-Line machines but never used the double white baskets for their own machines in the 60's thru the 80's. I wonder why? They are more durable than the white and black speckled baskets. |
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Post# 77868 , Reply# 1   8/12/2005 at 13:25 (6,803 days old) by jaxsunst ()   |   | |
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It is a good looking machine. I think it is cool that you have had the brochure since childhood. Thanks for sharing. |
Post# 77874 , Reply# 3   8/12/2005 at 13:41 (6,803 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 77882 , Reply# 5   8/12/2005 at 14:49 (6,803 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 77888 , Reply# 6   8/12/2005 at 15:28 (6,803 days old) by kevinpreston3 ()   |   | |
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What the heck is TRICOT exactly!!!! I remember that from old ads... |
Post# 77894 , Reply# 7   8/12/2005 at 15:44 (6,803 days old) by Petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Post# 77895 , Reply# 8   8/12/2005 at 16:01 (6,803 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 77898 , Reply# 9   8/12/2005 at 16:18 (6,803 days old) by magic clean ()   |   | |
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Tricot--It's french--means knit-delicate. |
Post# 77900 , Reply# 10   8/12/2005 at 16:27 (6,803 days old) by washoholic (San Antonio, TX)   |   | |
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Robert, great brochures! Kevinpreston3, I think “tricot” means “knit” in French. In Canada everything has to be labeled in English and in French. I’ve noticed that the washers there often have pictures on the dial for wash, rinse, and spin (easy for everyone to understand). It’s amazing that you can take two people who don’t speak the same language, yet they would both be able to set a wash on the same machine. Washing is universal Jeff |
Post# 77907 , Reply# 11   8/12/2005 at 17:04 (6,803 days old) by scott55405 ()   |   | |
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Very nifty set, and how fun that Robert has had all this wonderful literature all these years. |
Post# 77922 , Reply# 12   8/12/2005 at 18:20 (6,803 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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Thank you Robert :-) |
Post# 77928 , Reply# 13   8/12/2005 at 19:06 (6,803 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 77929 , Reply# 14   8/12/2005 at 19:08 (6,803 days old) by westytoploader ()   |   | |
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A VERY neat machine!! Interesting French and English labels...were these required as part of Canadian law at the time? |
Post# 77932 , Reply# 15   8/12/2005 at 19:22 (6,803 days old) by Petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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My GE has both French and some pictograms but when I last looked at the new GE's recently there was no French on them, nor anything else.. MY KA range doesn't have any French on it either so I'm not sure if it's a requirement anymore. It could be that they now sell French labeled models only in Quebec. Even the pictograms seem to have disappeared and they've gone back to using words
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Post# 77940 , Reply# 16   8/12/2005 at 21:08 (6,803 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 77943 , Reply# 17   8/12/2005 at 21:30 (6,803 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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I noticed that in the small print about the features, the washer has a tub light. Did the U.S. models of the day feature a tub light this late in their TOL models? |
Post# 77947 , Reply# 18   8/12/2005 at 21:59 (6,803 days old) by Petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Post# 77948 , Reply# 19   8/12/2005 at 22:00 (6,803 days old) by westytoploader ()   |   | |
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Were the Viking machines still GE Filter-Flo clones at that time? I'd love to have one of those, as well as the many other Canadian machines based on the GE/Hotpoint design! |
Post# 77976 , Reply# 20   8/13/2005 at 01:45 (6,802 days old) by Petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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on what mfr made the Eatons Viking machines. Growing up we only had a Sears and for a while a Hudson Bay store very very early on. Eatons put out their last catalogue in 1976, the Bay never was in the catalog biz, only Sears soldiers on with it still. Mom still kept her "last issue" 76 Eatons catalogue, we were having a good look thru it last summer when I was home plus she kept I think it was a 74 Sears. I do have one 1982 Eatons Christmas mini-catalogue, no washers, only 1 Viking TOL dw which I'll scan when I get the scanner/printer going again.. in the meantime how are these for prices... 12" Sony Trinitron $749 Sony Deluxe Betamax $1549 Viking under-counter TOL dw, touch pad controls; $729 |
Post# 77987 , Reply# 21   8/13/2005 at 03:13 (6,802 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Tricot is the name for fine machine made knitwear. All kinds of fabrics were used for this like cotton, polyester, lycra and ofcourse a combination could be used to. I remember tricot as something from the seventies, but I may be wrong. There is an oldfashioned store here that is called Tricot Smid.
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Post# 77999 , Reply# 22   8/13/2005 at 06:49 (6,802 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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