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What is this WESTINGHOUSE LAUNDROMAT MODEL ?
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Post# 503575   3/12/2011 at 17:39 (4,792 days old) by maytaguy ()        

Hi Guys, a person emailed me with this westy laundromat model, i could not find anything online about it, it is a round model by the looks of the pic which i have provided here..... (crappy, looks like the guy took it with a cell phone)

Any information about this would be appreciated, i have never seen this model ever, i have a normal pair of 50's westinghouse laundromats and was considering adding this to my collection but would like to know what it might be worth ect ect......

Thanks to all.......





Post# 503595 , Reply# 1   3/12/2011 at 19:00 (4,792 days old) by washernoob ()        

IS THAT AN RL-1????????


AMAZING!


And dirty!


Post# 503596 , Reply# 2   3/12/2011 at 19:03 (4,792 days old) by syndets2000 (Nanjemoy, MD)        
I think it is...

called  a Streamliner  RL-1....I cannot see the timer on the rear partion of the tub-the light is not bright enough.


Post# 503608 , Reply# 3   3/12/2011 at 20:04 (4,791 days old) by maytaguy ()        

Any idea what its worth..... as it stands if its complete ?

Post# 503671 , Reply# 4   3/12/2011 at 22:51 (4,791 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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Doesn't Kevin (as in revvinkevin) have one like that?


Post# 503789 , Reply# 5   3/13/2011 at 07:19 (4,791 days old) by westingman123 ()        

I'm stretching here, but I believe this is the bottom of the line Westy. Kevin's is very similar, but I think his is commercial (coin-op). If I weren't so impatient, I'd search and find out for sure. But, off to work I go!

Post# 503814 , Reply# 6   3/13/2011 at 10:15 (4,791 days old) by westyslantfront ()        

I have this machine. I do not know the model number. I bought it on Ebay 5 years ago. It belonged to someone on Long Island whose father once owned a laundromat with those machines and kept this one as a spare. It had never been used until I got it.
It is a coin op at 25 cents a wask.


Ross


Post# 503838 , Reply# 7   3/13/2011 at 13:09 (4,791 days old) by maytaguy ()        

What did you pay for it when you purchased it, obviously yours in in a lot better shape than the one im looking at but it will give me some idea....of what to pay for it.....

Post# 503840 , Reply# 8   3/13/2011 at 13:16 (4,791 days old) by 3beltwesty ()        
rough fix of image

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Post# 503940 , Reply# 9   3/13/2011 at 23:00 (4,790 days old) by westyslantfront ()        

I think I paid around $250.00 plus shipping from Long Island, New York to Tucson, Arizona. It was well worth it.


Ross


Post# 503978 , Reply# 10   3/14/2011 at 08:26 (4,790 days old) by 3beltwesty ()        

There was one on ebay a few months back from a seller I think in Pasadena, Calif and it did not sell and was something like 300 ? ? plus? a White round westy 1940's laundromat, it did not say "commerical" on the glass porthole/door. It looked ok from the outside.

Post# 504083 , Reply# 11   3/14/2011 at 16:59 (4,790 days old) by jeb (Mansfield Ohiio)        
Westinghouse washer

I beleive this is a RL-1. Westinghouse introduced model A-1 in 1940.The RL-1 came out around 1949 to compete with the lower cost Bendix bolt down unit. It was called a "Rigid mount" (Westinghouse term for bolt down). It was never popular as a domestic machine but became the standard for laundromats or the "Westinghouse half-hour laundry store". jeb

Post# 504093 , Reply# 12   3/14/2011 at 17:29 (4,790 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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Definitely a cool version of the Westy Laundromat! They are pretty easy to work on, too - no door boot woes and you can transport a machine like this one safely without special preparation to secure the tub. If they are not asking too much, I think it would be worth saving!


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