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Post# 785067   9/22/2014 at 07:12 (3,475 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 785071 , Reply# 1   9/22/2014 at 07:49 (3,475 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 785077 , Reply# 2   9/22/2014 at 08:38 (3,475 days old) by bluejay (Havre de Grace, MD)   |   | |
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Post# 785143 , Reply# 3   9/22/2014 at 15:56 (3,474 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 785152 , Reply# 4   9/22/2014 at 16:36 (3,474 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Another wonderful and interesting article, these are all much appreciated!
Where did this design fit in the chronology of Blackstone? IIRC (and I may be wrong!) some Blackstone derived designs were made in Australia, were any of them similar to this?
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Post# 785165 , Reply# 5   9/22/2014 at 18:03 (3,474 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Samuel, Blackstone had three major automatic washer designs. This design came after their early design with the tub that lifts off a rubber platform to drain and spin. Their next and last major design from the late 60's was the one used in Australia as well. The rare Hoover automatic washers and dryers were also made using that last Blackstone design.
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Post# 785179 , Reply# 6   9/22/2014 at 18:47 (3,474 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Post# 785212 , Reply# 8   9/22/2014 at 21:27 (3,474 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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I've seen Blackstone washers here before but to tell you the truth, I've never heard of them before. Even when I was a little kid. What years were they made, and were they a regional brand or a national brand? Who sold them? |
Post# 785217 , Reply# 9   9/22/2014 at 22:07 (3,474 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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Blackstone sold coin op machines in the USA as late as the 1970's. I have seen them. |
Post# 785234 , Reply# 11   9/23/2014 at 01:58 (3,474 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Hi Robert,
That's a great looking Blackstone. As Nathan mentioned, the pump and gearbox are the same on the Australian made models. Samuel: please see the attached link fora bid of my Hoover 565. Cheers Leon CLICK HERE TO GO TO mayfan69's LINK |
Post# 785256 , Reply# 12   9/23/2014 at 07:10 (3,474 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 785261 , Reply# 13   9/23/2014 at 08:27 (3,474 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 785263 , Reply# 14   9/23/2014 at 08:49 (3,474 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Wow, what an interesting article. Another interesting thing that I noticed was the similarity of the pumps and pressure switches used between this generation of Blackstone and the Power Surge Bendix washers. Very, very similar.
Paul, while I would agree with your thoughts that Blackstone focused their marketing towards the east coast, I believe a few Blackstones were found out in Phoenix several years ago. Whether they were transplant machines or legitimately sold out west is something that I'm not sure of. Ben |
Post# 785275 , Reply# 15   9/23/2014 at 10:45 (3,474 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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This is indeed an interesting machine, I am guessing it was made sometime between 1963 and 65? does anyone know for sure.
This machine was BSs 2nd major design AW, it was a complete departure from their 1st AWs that were all mechanical in the control-timer system area. After extolling the advantages of their all mechanically controlled washers they abandoned it and went to conventional electric timer controlled machine. BSs were not common and I would have to guess that it was probably the poorest selling brand of washers and dryers throughout the time they made washers and dryers. I only ever saw one BS washer of this model, a customer of ours had one and she called and said she wanted a new TOL washer and we sold her a 1978 WP LFA9800, WPs first fully electronically controlled AW. I am sorry that I did not save her old machine as she even said there was little or nothing wrong with it. I also remember that she called a few days later to complain that the new WP had walked two feet from the wall when she used it. I went out and asked what she had washed that made it walk and she showed me a 3X5 foot rug, I told her that the new washer could not handle an item like that alone and she responded that it never caused any problem in the old washer, I guess that the gyro balance system really worked. It was probably too bad that BS wasted all the design money making a solid tub washer and then pretty much had to redesign the washer again in the later 60s, but this design did come out in the late 50s when ST washers were still pretty common. I hope Fred in Springfield Ma. sees this thread as he probably knows more about these BS washers than anybody. Thanks to Fred I have quite a few parts for these BS washers so if any has or finds one get in touch with me. |
Post# 785356 , Reply# 16   9/24/2014 at 00:01 (3,473 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Post# 785393 , Reply# 17   9/24/2014 at 07:22 (3,473 days old) by Blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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I often wondered why everyone in this group never commented on these Blackstones. Having seen so many of them through the years, I didn't think that they were so rare.
I never really liked working on these models. To fix the transmission, my father and I had to lift the entire tub and transmission over the top edge of the collector tank. Putting it back in, we had to get the shaft into the center support, without being able to see anything down there. And see the rubber fill hose at the top of the collector tank? No way to avoid breaking that hose in the process. The hose between the tank and pump was another inconvenience. No flexibility there. Not to mention that the tank would usually start to rust at that point (or in the center, where the rubber boot was). I don't think that this machine would spin better than later designs. The later designs had the transmission at the bottom of the cabinet. This previous model had the transmission mid-way up. More likely to spin off-balance, and bang against the collector tank. I did like the stainless wash tub. I saved a couple of those. Not the biggest tub ever seen. Just the right size for carrying a load of dirt, though. Glass control panel was nice, too, especially on those models that had a fluorescent light behind it. Very interesting link. I'll have to reread it for accuracy(!). |
Post# 785463 , Reply# 19   9/24/2014 at 12:24 (3,473 days old) by Blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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Post# 785475 , Reply# 20   9/24/2014 at 13:35 (3,472 days old) by Blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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Photos showing sales book, front panel glass, and gyroscope advertising toy.
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Post# 785482 , Reply# 21   9/24/2014 at 13:56 (3,472 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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I love the brochure and toy, very cool indeed! How many years was the Elegante 92 design made? |
Post# 785490 , Reply# 22   9/24/2014 at 14:57 (3,472 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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