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Thread Number: 45647
Japanese twib tub washers |
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| Post# 667858 3/23/2013 at 09:42 (4,048 days old) by unclejohn (Can) | ||
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Hi! Digged the web to find a few pictures of two 'japanese' washing machines: One is, apparently, a 1971 japanese designed Hitachi (then sold in Australia) 
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| Post# 667861 , Reply# 1 3/23/2013 at 09:46 (4,048 days old) by unclejohn (Can) | ||
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The other is, well, unknown brand japanese twinnie. Could this be a Panasonic or something?? Cool model anyway! Model and year of manufacture unknown: 
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| Post# 667862 , Reply# 2 3/23/2013 at 09:47 (4,048 days old) by unclejohn (Can) | ||
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an other pic: 
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| Post# 667936 , Reply# 4 3/23/2013 at 15:50 (4,048 days old) by unclejohn (Can) | ||
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Looking for a Hitachi twin-tub (old model) my grandmother had in the early 70s - must be really scarce these days never seen one in decades. | ||
| Post# 667956 , Reply# 5 3/23/2013 at 18:37 (4,048 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
I wish there were more on these machines and that they were still sold in the US. I had a 1973 Panasonic and besides being a stellar performer I could pick it up by myself and it would fit in my VW bug with the pass-seat removed.
In a warm climate you can wear a shirt or use a towel from a 1700rpm spin. Both tubs were dual speed, pulley on the offset swash and direct on the spinner. Good turnover and no balance issues. Standalone pump with W/S valve, only thing it didn't have was internal suds return, had to move the hose. | ||
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