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Post# 672189 4/12/2013 at 12:06 (4,025 days old) by bajaespuma  (Connecticut) |
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Post# 672190 , Reply# 1 4/12/2013 at 12:08 (4,025 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 672191 , Reply# 2 4/12/2013 at 12:09 (4,025 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 672194 , Reply# 3 4/12/2013 at 12:14 (4,025 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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The white mini-basket is a rare version that was introduced in the middle of the 1964 model year and was quickly changed to a green color; it was an amazing score from a recent washing machine purchase; it was just waiting on a basement shelf and seemed to belong to no appliance in sight. The green version on the left has discolored badly and is awaiting a make-over that won't damage it but would restore it's original jade green color. I wish a plastics expert would chime in on how this happens and what can be done about it. 
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Post# 672196 , Reply# 4 4/12/2013 at 12:19 (4,025 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Two more mini's and her mini-basket collection will be complete! Not pictured: the GE Daily Dipper. It's in a previous thread from about a year ago and she believes it only works in a Wringer Washer.
Pictured below, the illustrated history of the GE spiral ramp activator. From left to right: #1. 1961-early 1964. #2 late 1964-1965. #3. 1966-1969. #4 commercial washer activator. #5 re-introduced in the late 1980's and then dumbed-down to have a minimal boring Activator cap (boo-hiss). 
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Post# 672197 , Reply# 5 4/12/2013 at 12:21 (4,025 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 672200 , Reply# 6 4/12/2013 at 12:27 (4,025 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Clara and I have an extraordinary fondness for the green Straight-6 and the light blue Straight-8 but we both agree that the straight Activators were a mistake; probably introduced to increase the capacities, efficacy and appeal of the mini-basket to the great detriment of the basic washer. She's missing two samples and would love to get her hands on, #1: A black Straight-6: 
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Post# 672201 , Reply# 7 4/12/2013 at 12:30 (4,025 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 672203 , Reply# 8 4/12/2013 at 12:32 (4,025 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Wow | ||
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Post# 672211 , Reply# 9 4/12/2013 at 13:38 (4,025 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham)) |
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Post# 672334 , Reply# 10 4/12/2013 at 21:00 (4,025 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 672407 , Reply# 11 4/13/2013 at 08:37 (4,024 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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That's the one! | ||
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Post# 672412 , Reply# 12 4/13/2013 at 08:55 (4,024 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Filter Flows | ||
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Post# 672529 , Reply# 13 4/13/2013 at 17:17 (4,024 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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| Post# 672582 , Reply# 14 4/13/2013 at 19:38 (4,024 days old) by mtn1584 (USA) | ||
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V12, V14, HEAVY DUTY 16, HEAVY DUTY 18, HEAVY DUTY LARGE CAP What did you do with all the machines these belong in???? LOL Mike | ||
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Post# 672682 , Reply# 15 4/14/2013 at 09:39 (4,023 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 672734 , Reply# 16 4/14/2013 at 16:32 (4,023 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 672811 , Reply# 17 4/15/2013 at 00:00 (4,023 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Awesome collection, Ken | ||
| Post# 672824 , Reply# 18 4/15/2013 at 01:23 (4,023 days old) by doug (West Virgina) | ||
Question for the owner of these beauties if ya don't min
I saw u had quite a few mini baskets, I am needing a white mini basket that fits the extra large cap. swirl ramp agitator and that also fits the big filter flo pan. If u have an extra one of these or have one that u don't need "which I doubt" lol everyone wants all the mini baskets we can collect, but jus a thought and question. Thanks-Doug!
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Post# 672847 , Reply# 19 4/15/2013 at 04:56 (4,023 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 672850 , Reply# 20 4/15/2013 at 05:24 (4,022 days old) by doug (West Virgina) | ||
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I forgot to include what era oops | ||
| Post# 672854 , Reply# 21 4/15/2013 at 05:58 (4,022 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina) | ||
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LOLLL Very impressive! Our 1975 GE washer in harvest gold was one of the best machines we ever had. Went off-blance a lot, but other than that it was a real work horse! | ||
| Post# 672855 , Reply# 22 4/15/2013 at 06:13 (4,022 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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| Post# 673032 , Reply# 23 4/15/2013 at 20:09 (4,022 days old) by doug (West Virgina) | ||
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Here is a pic | ||
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Post# 673254 , Reply# 24 4/16/2013 at 19:08 (4,021 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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| Post# 673353 , Reply# 25 4/17/2013 at 03:33 (4,021 days old) by doug (West Virgina) | ||
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Thanks | ||
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Post# 673463 , Reply# 27 4/17/2013 at 13:24 (4,020 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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If you mean the 3 pairs of ridges running down the sides of the 3 ramp vanes, I think they were just decorative like racing stripes (the kind on the sides of sports cars is what I mean). The "shoulder" ridges on the tops of the vanes were added in late 1964 to carry the new larger mini-baskets and to make them look more effective. They came with the new claim that the machines were now capable of washing 14 lb. loads (of mixed heavy fabrics {made with lead threads, presumably}).
Nothing in the GE family moved laundry through water more effectively than those original spiral Activators, although the 3-vaned straight Activators in the solid tubs didn't do a bad job, probably because although the solid tubs were shallower than the perforated tubs, they were wider and more conducive to rollover. | ||
| Post# 673549 , Reply# 28 4/17/2013 at 18:50 (4,020 days old) by mtn1584 (USA) | ||
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One thing about those filter pans..................... In the late sixties, early seventies, you could crack someone's head open with the filter pan, then the eighties came, and they became the weight of a Hasbro frisbe! Mike | ||
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Post# 673631 , Reply# 29 4/18/2013 at 00:01 (4,020 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Lint dish weapons-later ones the head would break the pan. | ||
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Post# 673670 , Reply# 31 4/18/2013 at 05:24 (4,019 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York) |
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