Thread Number: 56911
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
1965 whirlpool washer and dryer found |
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Post# 792061   11/4/2014 at 20:22 (3,432 days old) by marty (Central Point, Oregon)   |   | |
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I found an ad on the local craigslist, for a washer and dryer. Upon a closer look I realized it was a turquoise set and mid sixties. I went to look at it today, and couldn't pass it up. Here are a few pictures, with more to come later. |
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Post# 792066 , Reply# 1   11/4/2014 at 20:47 (3,432 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore)   |   | |
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Looks like they're in great shape. Congratulations on a fantastic score. |
Post# 792068 , Reply# 2   11/4/2014 at 21:12 (3,432 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 792073 , Reply# 3   11/4/2014 at 22:05 (3,432 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN)   |   | |
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Post# 792080 , Reply# 5   11/4/2014 at 22:47 (3,432 days old) by WaterWitch (Pomona, Calif.)   |   | |
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Post# 792082 , Reply# 6   11/4/2014 at 23:06 (3,432 days old) by marty (Central Point, Oregon)   |   | |
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WaterWitch: It has the original black Bakelite agitator. Duh.....I should have taken a tub shot. I will tomorrow. |
Post# 792083 , Reply# 7   11/4/2014 at 23:07 (3,432 days old) by A440 ()   |   | |
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Very Nice Find!
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Post# 792085 , Reply# 8   11/4/2014 at 23:07 (3,432 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))   |   | |
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Post# 792116 , Reply# 9   11/5/2014 at 05:03 (3,431 days old) by kenmore58 (Rhode Island)   |   | |
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Post# 792119 , Reply# 10   11/5/2014 at 05:59 (3,431 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Very nice score Marty indeed, from the washers serial# the washer was built in late 1965, but I think they were considered 66 model machines.
One can tell looking under the washer these are truly low use machines, I would bet it even has the orignal belt on it and it even still has the orignal pot-metal water pump which were discontinued in 1966, wow. The problem is if you start using a machine like this several loads a week without a complete tear-down and going over they usually do not last very long before you have main bearing problems and water leaks. But do enjoy them and keep us posted as to how they are doing. John L. |
Post# 792120 , Reply# 11   11/5/2014 at 06:09 (3,431 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 792126 , Reply# 12   11/5/2014 at 07:12 (3,431 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 792168 , Reply# 13   11/5/2014 at 10:31 (3,431 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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....those are OUTSTANDING! If I came across these, I'd be in disbelief. It's so nice to know that these kind of finds are still on Craigslist. There was someone in Tennessee who found a beautiful Lady Kenmore W&D set, vintage in a yellow color, I believe. Your find is an inspiration. From the 60's - awesome awesome find...enjoy and congratulations Marty.
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Post# 792184 , Reply# 14   11/5/2014 at 11:06 (3,431 days old) by marty (Central Point, Oregon)   |   | |
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Is this a set that is on someone's most wanted list? Let's here it? |
Post# 792186 , Reply# 15   11/5/2014 at 11:32 (3,431 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 792203 , Reply# 16   11/5/2014 at 12:35 (3,431 days old) by bendix5 (Central Point, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 792206 , Reply# 17   11/5/2014 at 12:41 (3,431 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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Wow, nice looking machines. And the dryer even has the lint screen on the top! When did Whirlpool start that design? One of the most reliable dryer types ever built! |
Post# 792209 , Reply# 18   11/5/2014 at 12:54 (3,431 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Nothing like turquoise and chrome to spiff up any laundry room! |
Post# 792232 , Reply# 19   11/5/2014 at 15:41 (3,431 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 792241 , Reply# 20   11/5/2014 at 16:43 (3,431 days old) by newvista58 (Northern NJ)   |   | |
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Post# 792246 , Reply# 21   11/5/2014 at 17:07 (3,431 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 792272 , Reply# 23   11/5/2014 at 21:12 (3,431 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 792289 , Reply# 24   11/5/2014 at 22:57 (3,431 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 792403 , Reply# 25   11/6/2014 at 18:50 (3,430 days old) by marty (Central Point, Oregon)   |   | |
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Here are a couple more pictures..... I will try to run it tomorrow. I hope the leaks are resolved, waiting for silicone to dry. |
Post# 792404 , Reply# 26   11/6/2014 at 18:58 (3,430 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 792436 , Reply# 27   11/6/2014 at 22:39 (3,430 days old) by A440 ()   |   | |
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Looks as though you took apart a new machine! Amazing! I bet the dryer is just as clean! Lucky You!!!! Thanks for the pictures!
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Post# 792581 , Reply# 29   11/7/2014 at 18:47 (3,429 days old) by marty (Central Point, Oregon)   |   | |
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Got her running today, and so far so good. I'm doing a load of towels as I write this.here are a few pics. |
Post# 792595 , Reply# 30   11/7/2014 at 19:33 (3,429 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 792602 , Reply# 31   11/7/2014 at 19:50 (3,429 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Reminds me of the Maytag 906's that I stumbled upon and are now redcarpetdrew's.. so clean, they look barely used.
a good envy and jealousy surrounding your find...really fun to see this stuff surface here.
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Post# 792926 , Reply# 32   11/9/2014 at 13:49 (3,427 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 792987 , Reply# 33   11/9/2014 at 20:19 (3,427 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 793262 , Reply# 35   11/11/2014 at 14:00 (3,425 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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marty, those turquoise whirlpools are BEEEEEAUTIFUL!!! and look to be in AMAZING condition with hardly any use. not that i am an expert, but from what it looks like, they are so shiney & smooth!!! MAN, the washer looks GRRRREAT!!!
and i was also wondering the same thing, is the control panel supposed to light up??? it looks like the timer cycle should be illuminated and if i were to guess, also the white panel where the "whirlpool" name is logo'd, looks like it should light up too?? BOY do those whirlpools look AWESOME!!! please get back to us & let us know if these in fact, do have lighted control panels. i can't wait to find out and if so, see pictures of them with their lights on!!! again CONGRATULATIONS marty, on the beautiful turquoise whirlpool set!!! :o) |
Post# 793305 , Reply# 36   11/11/2014 at 20:25 (3,425 days old) by marty (Central Point, Oregon)   |   | |
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Well this set was not equipped with lights. I'm trying to find a suitable socket for the timers. However I did install the fluorescent lights. Here they are doing their thing. |
Post# 793307 , Reply# 37   11/11/2014 at 20:32 (3,425 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 793345 , Reply# 38   11/11/2014 at 23:26 (3,425 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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I'm quite surprised to learn that there were no lights in this set. My cheaper 1965 Inglis Superb single speed washer and dryer have both two incandescent lights in their control panels, the dryer also has a drum light and an ozone light. So does Paul's very similar 2 speed 1966 Inglis Sterling. Paul's washer also has a tub light and an ozone light.
Neither of our washers or dryers have the red lights on their control panels. What are they for? Is the one on the washer for a "Filtering" self-clean filter? That's also a feature that both our washers lack (they have the brush-type filters).
I thought that each Inglis washer had it's equivalent Whirlpool model but maybe not exactly. What I think is the same between Inglis and Whirlpool models of the mid-1960s is the shape of the control panels, the single speed washer models had the narrow style like mine and the two speed washers had the larger style like yours. |
Post# 793499 , Reply# 39   11/12/2014 at 18:52 (3,424 days old) by marty (Central Point, Oregon)   |   | |
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Hi Phil, The lights come on when it's filtering, I guess. I need to read the manual! You said there are two lights in the dial area? Where are they located? I nene to retrofit this as it would have come from whirlpool. Thanks! |
Post# 793509 , Reply# 41   11/12/2014 at 19:21 (3,424 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Hi Marty, I meant that your washer has a light (for "filtering") and that your dryer has a light (I can't tell what it's for but I'm sure you can tell us!) that neither mine or Paul's has. My washer and my dryer both use two incandescent lights in the rear panels but not for the dial area (and it's the same for Paul's machines). Paul's washer has a tub light and a germicidal lamp and both of our dryers have drum lights and germicidal lamps. |
Post# 793517 , Reply# 42   11/12/2014 at 19:49 (3,424 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 793518 , Reply# 43   11/12/2014 at 19:50 (3,424 days old) by marty (Central Point, Oregon)   |   | |
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I wonder why they didn't use a light in the dial area? It would make it easier to read! So the console has no fluorescent light, only incandescent..... I got a fluorescent because I assumed that's what they used. I would rather have been more factory correct, crap. |
Post# 793596 , Reply# 45   11/13/2014 at 06:21 (3,423 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 793600 , Reply# 46   11/13/2014 at 06:31 (3,423 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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In the US usually only the TOL Mark-12 WPs got florescent console lights, but there may be an exception or two, the lights look great in your machines Marty, I would have done the same thing. Unfortunately they never did a lighted timer dial on this style machine which probably would have been more useful.
The little red neon Filtering light is wired to the agitator solenoid to showcase the wonderful Magic-Clean self-cleaning lint filer system, it is on whenever the agitator is agitating. The only time this light tells a fib is on Saver-saver models when the suds are being returned to the washer, as the light is on but NO filtering is taking place when the two-way valve is energized. The red neon light on the dryer is on when the dryer is operating in the Super-Speed mode, SS uses the full 5600 watts of the heater and the blower speed is steeped up to about 3000 RPMs, on gentile speed you got 4600 watts and a blower speed of around 2000 RPMs. The gas version of this dryer was really fun because the BTUs were either 37,000 or 20,000 BTUs and these dryers were really fast on Super-Speed in gas. |
Post# 793673 , Reply# 47   11/13/2014 at 13:25 (3,423 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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marty:
you're whirlies look AWESOME with their lights on!!! and you're thinking the same as me "why didn't whirlpool put lights behind the time knobs"??? it looks like the control knobs should be light up from behind, like i think i've seen some sears dryers control knobs (i believe it was a 1969 dryer's control knob???). and i think even the turquoise pair of frigidaires had the lit up control knobs to that were recently offered for sale & sold, here in the group. i can't remember who had them for sale or who bought them. but the frigidaires were also turquoise machines that were beautiful too! well, i just wanted to say, your lit up beauties look "OUTTA SIGHT"!!! ;o) |
Post# 793674 , Reply# 48   11/13/2014 at 13:31 (3,423 days old) by marty (Central Point, Oregon)   |   | |
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Thanks Doll! I showed you mine..... Now show me yours! |
Post# 793678 , Reply# 49   11/13/2014 at 13:37 (3,423 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Hum, I wonder if there is a cam that is energized at all times if the timer is in an active cycle? I got lucky with my '61 Whirlpool - there was a pilot light behind the timer panel. I tapped into this cam for the added florescent light.
I believe 1960/1961 was the only year they did anything like this with this panel design. After this model, they went to a silk screened metal panel behind the timer dial and controls.
Congrats on your beautiful set!
Ben CLICK HERE TO GO TO swestoyz's LINK |
Post# 793722 , Reply# 50   11/13/2014 at 18:26 (3,423 days old) by marty (Central Point, Oregon)   |   | |
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Ben, I like your better, just because of the dial light! There has got to be a way to illuminate that damn dial.... |
Post# 793945 , Reply# 51   11/14/2014 at 22:14 (3,422 days old) by cde1968 ()   |   | |
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These are absolutely gorgeous!! |
Post# 794399 , Reply# 52   11/16/2014 at 23:00 (3,420 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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Post# 794762 , Reply# 54   11/18/2014 at 18:38 (3,418 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Don't some of the hobbyists here add lights to their machines, even though this alters their original manufacture? I think many of these w &d's stand for a lighted dial, panel or whatever might be possible. I'm not an electrician, but I could add a light as Ben and Marty. Lighting just adds so much, imho.
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