Thread Number: 51222
coppertone "NORGE" washer alert!!! |
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Post# 735987   2/18/2014 at 00:36 (3,745 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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this should go in the shopper's square:
here's this craigslist ad for a vintage coppertone "norge" automatic washer for only $20, near phoenix, arizona. you can't beat the price!!! ad says: "Have a apartment sized washing machine that runs and works fine, just has a small leak. Has been sitting in my backyard for 6 months as we have no use for it. Used in my parents' cabin before they upgraded, but it definitely still gets the job done. Call or text me at 4804069142 - alex " i don't know anything about norge washing machines, but i think this is a good deal?? CLICK HERE TO GO TO hippiedoll's LINK on Phoenix Craigslist |
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Post# 736002 , Reply# 1   2/18/2014 at 04:58 (3,745 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore)   |   | |
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Christina- I'm sure someone here will probably snatch that one up. Looks to be a half decent machine especially for that price. To bad they didn't post a money shot of it. Would've loved to seen what it looked like inside. Rick |
Post# 736023 , Reply# 2   2/18/2014 at 07:39 (3,745 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 736084 , Reply# 3   2/18/2014 at 13:17 (3,744 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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i hope someone here gets it. $20 is a "helluva" price to pay for this vintage washer. i don't know much about the "norge" brand but it doesn't look to be in too bad of shape from the outside, what we can see in the picture. and i mean if you think about it, would you rather have $20 in your pocket, or a vintage "norge" washer to play with?
that's the question i usually ask myself when i want to convince myself to buy something. hm hm hm...... but i seen it last night, and it had been posted for like 6 hours or so. i posted it on here, in hopes that someone who likes norge will get it & appreciate it!!! |
Post# 736088 , Reply# 4   2/18/2014 at 13:32 (3,744 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 736090 , Reply# 5   2/18/2014 at 13:39 (3,744 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 736113 , Reply# 6   2/18/2014 at 16:22 (3,744 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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thanks for adding that video of the "norge" washer "in action" so that everyone can see the washing action of this kind of washer.
you know, i like the coppertone color of this washer. i can't help wonder how old this washer is, or more like, when it was made? i don't know why, but i get the feeling that maybe like 1967 or so?? was it in the 60's that washers came out in "fashionable colors"??? hmmmmm..... |
Post# 736131 , Reply# 7   2/18/2014 at 17:31 (3,744 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 736176 , Reply# 8   2/18/2014 at 20:15 (3,744 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 736219 , Reply# 9   2/18/2014 at 23:01 (3,744 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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Post# 736220 , Reply# 10   2/18/2014 at 23:02 (3,744 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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Post# 736261 , Reply# 11   2/19/2014 at 06:52 (3,744 days old) by bellalaundry (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 736307 , Reply# 12   2/19/2014 at 10:29 (3,743 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 736446 , Reply# 13   2/19/2014 at 20:51 (3,743 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 736468 , Reply# 14   2/20/2014 at 00:39 (3,743 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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In which case I remember my childhood friend's family being "Norge Nuts"!
The fridge & dishwasher top freezer for the former, portable for the latter, and in Avacado, and what put them over-the-top was the white single door fridge in the basement... The Harvest Gold W&D however, were Wards Signature,--But NORGE BUILT!--TOL, and the mom showed me the flame behind the little door as the dryer was drying... And the washer's removable lint filter & fabric softener dispenser that fit into one another & had to be in place, or the foaming suds spit out through the lid during the wash...! There was another friend I had, in the house after he moved out, (and I'd never been there when he lived there, just saw him in school) another family (my mom's friend who moved in) we'd baby sat for had the old TOL gold Lady Kenmore washer (which my aunt & uncle in Baltimore had at the uncle's little place, before they got a better & bigger house, after their marriage) & TOL gold Norge gas dryer left in the house & got to see the details for the dryer more up close, (a lot resembling my folks' Bradford) but was sadly relegated to another side of the basement unused & away from the laundry as it got replaced by a Whirlpool commercial dryer, in white, coin slot and all, next to the still-working washing machine... (Maybe it broke & needed a part or the pilot was a nuisance to light?) -- Dave |
Post# 736660 , Reply# 15   2/20/2014 at 21:10 (3,742 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN)   |   | |
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It is officially at my house now. I'll try and get more pictures of it this weekend. Even though I purchased it, it isn't going to stay with me. I bought it for someone else in the club. I am not going to say who. It is up to that person to make their presence known. It will however stay at my place, until that person can arrange shipping to their location. :)
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Post# 736921 , Reply# 16   2/22/2014 at 02:29 (3,741 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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Post# 737104 , Reply# 17   2/23/2014 at 05:55 (3,740 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 737195 , Reply# 18   2/23/2014 at 15:47 (3,739 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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Post# 737669 , Reply# 19   2/25/2014 at 21:33 (3,737 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 737675 , Reply# 20   2/25/2014 at 21:37 (3,737 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 737676 , Reply# 21   2/25/2014 at 21:38 (3,737 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 737678 , Reply# 22   2/25/2014 at 21:40 (3,737 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 737858 , Reply# 23   2/26/2014 at 16:44 (3,736 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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Post# 737918 , Reply# 24   2/26/2014 at 19:16 (3,736 days old) by dosxxpapa (Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 737987 , Reply# 26   2/27/2014 at 07:36 (3,736 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Many, Many Thanks Justin for rescuing this washer for the appliance museum, it will join its long lost cousin a 21" TOL Montgomery Wards white gas dryer. I have long sought a TOL Norge built 21" mate for the dryer.
These were a cool set of compacts that Norge built in the early 1970s, they were the smallest fully automatic washer and dryer pair ever manufactured in the US. The dryers came in both gas and electric, and the electric dryers were field convertible from 120 to 240 volts, [ which is something that I wish WP had done with their 24" dryers ]. Norge claimed that these machines would hold and wash&dry 10 pounds of laundry, but 6Lbs is probably much closer to what you should actually wash in one load. The little washer actually used the same big HD transmission and water pump as Norges full sized machines and other basic design elements. The dryer did not share any parts and other design elements with the full sized dryers they were building at the same time, Thank Goodness, LOL. Thanks again Justin, hope you are feeling better, John L. |
Post# 737991 , Reply# 27   2/27/2014 at 08:04 (3,736 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 738010 , Reply# 28   2/27/2014 at 09:49 (3,735 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains )   |   | |
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I grew up with two White Norge 20 Pound Washer and Dryer set Mom bought in 1972.They both were still around till I was out of College.They cleaned like hell and I still hear that lint trap from that burp a lator in my head now thinking back. The agitator does not slow down when it went the other way at all it shredded towels and Mom always fussed about her shirts would pill she even had the shavers for her clothes.Very tough washer when you opened the lid during spin BAM instant stop. I never see Norge washers for sale in fact I have never seen another one ever around here.Were they made by Fedders for some reason in my head I am seeing Norge by Fedders or something like that? |
Post# 738172 , Reply# 29   2/27/2014 at 23:50 (3,735 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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