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Thread Number: 40831
OK, Somebody come to Connecticut and Slap me! Darren, here's your chance! |
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Post# 604143 6/16/2012 at 19:17 (4,323 days old) by bajaespuma  (Connecticut) |
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Post# 604144 , Reply# 1 6/16/2012 at 19:20 (4,323 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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The first time I saw one of these Filter-Flo's was in an article about new trends in home laundry from a Better Homes and Gardens magazine from 1960. And I had to have one. I call these 'Flo's "Jewel Panels" because they were used for about 4 years and they had a pilot light "jewel" above the control dials. Also, even though this is a near BOL it has the TOL tall panel with the large dial: 
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Post# 604146 , Reply# 2 6/16/2012 at 19:28 (4,323 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Does it occur to any of you how lucky we appliance nuts are that we covet items that have almost no value to most of the world? It's like somebody's Grandma selling a Sung bowl because, well, she doesn't need it anymore.
This find makes me ridiculously happy! And it's blue! I am just a bonehead for blue! Even the Operating Instructions on this one is aquamarine. Mrs. Trofa must have been just like my own granny, Esther Mizrakjian, who would wipe down her 1963 Filter-Flo after each day's use and place a thick pad of cotton bunting on top of the cabinet to keep it pristine. After 15 years, when we moved Grandma out of her Elmhurst home to an apartment, that machine looked like it had just come from the store. This machine has some dirt from storage, but it seems to be in mint condition. On a GE dryer, if the label is this intact, you know somebody cared for this machine (OK, this is the "before" picture; I haven't cleaned everything yet and please say the usual prayers so I don't do my usual crime and clean so much I start to break stuff): 
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Post# 604147 , Reply# 3 6/16/2012 at 19:34 (4,323 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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It's a DA-620S I'm so psyched to have a 1959, "S" machine finally! Now if the Karma waves can start finding its mate. Here's a shot of the drum; it's in perfect condition, no rust at all. This was the 2nd version of all the models they produced in 1959. They went from the drum with the stationary back with the rectangular port for heated air, to the self-contained design that they would keep for the next 40 years. This lint filter is incredibly heavy. The mesh which is very fine has a lot of rust on it but I think it will clean up well. More later when I get the thing back together and fire it up. 
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Post# 604148 , Reply# 4 6/16/2012 at 19:35 (4,323 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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| Post# 604152 , Reply# 5 6/16/2012 at 19:50 (4,323 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Drum | ||
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Post# 604175 , Reply# 7 6/16/2012 at 23:36 (4,323 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 604225 , Reply# 9 6/17/2012 at 11:26 (4,322 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Ooo Ken | ||
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Post# 604229 , Reply# 10 6/17/2012 at 11:39 (4,322 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles) |
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Gorgeous! I just love the turquoise dial, and of course '59 was the best year of the 20th century . . . | ||
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Post# 604238 , Reply# 11 6/17/2012 at 12:37 (4,322 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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| Post# 604264 , Reply# 12 6/17/2012 at 14:32 (4,322 days old) by varicyclevoice (Davenport, Iowa) | ||
Wow... | ||
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Post# 604340 , Reply# 13 6/17/2012 at 23:13 (4,322 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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| Post# 604866 , Reply# 14 6/19/2012 at 20:28 (4,320 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
Sorry Ken here is a late slap ! HaHa
When my grandmother went to visit her sister in virgina, the where so
glad to see each other my aunt Minnie would say... I'm so glad to see you Lucille that I can hit you and slap you lol. Wow what a great find ! So I am so happy you found it I could slap you with excitment. That drun never changed I had no idea. GE's have a certain sound when drying I am with Malcolm love the porcelin basket. Glad you got it Ken. Darren k | ||
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