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Thread Number: 62412
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
TV Show - General Hospital -1986 - Front Load Washer? |
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| Post# 849977 11/5/2015 at 14:58 (3,088 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
I was watching a playlist on youtube of retro general hospital from 1986. I wanted to watch it because I vaguely remembered this murder mystery storyline and when I saw this @ 3:10 on this video, it's a front load washer and it's IN THE KITCHEN, it's stackable and it's 1986...Does anyone know what type of FL washer this is? I dunno, maybe it's just a prop. I know FL washers were pretty rare in the US especially then (for homes) to my knowledge, so I was kind of surprised to see this, and in the kitchen at that.....
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| Post# 849978 , Reply# 1 11/5/2015 at 15:04 (3,088 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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| Post# 849982 , Reply# 2 11/5/2015 at 15:42 (3,088 days old) by Stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK) | ||
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Westinghouse sounds right. I recently posted one I found on Craigslist, see reply #28 linked below. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Stricklybojack's LINK 
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Post# 849986 , Reply# 3 11/5/2015 at 16:08 (3,088 days old) by ea56  (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Post# 850020 , Reply# 4 11/5/2015 at 20:23 (3,088 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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| Post# 850070 , Reply# 5 11/6/2015 at 04:14 (3,088 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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Thanks - | ||
| Post# 850072 , Reply# 6 11/6/2015 at 04:56 (3,088 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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Hi Mark. We replaced our V-12 GE in 1971 with a True Westinghouse Front Load like the one in the video. WCI had not bought Westinghouse yet. Our Dryer died and my Mom bought the dryer first. The idea was we were going to stack them and move them upstairs out of the basement.
It was a great washer even though it tumbled in one direction. The rinses (3) were great. The first one sprayed water on the clothes with the pump running while they tumbled. then there were 2 deep or full rinses.
Most common problem was if you didn't check your pockets for change, pennies and dimes got caught in the pump and would rattle around during pump downs. After watching the repairman take the pump apart twice, I took over when there were foreign objects in the pump. | ||
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Post# 850081 , Reply# 7 11/6/2015 at 06:59 (3,087 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Westinghouse-WCI Front Load Washers These were very popular in condos, better apartments and town homes, we worked on thousands of them. They were great money makers for us service companies, the WH-WCI FL washers were easily the least reliable AW washers in the US from the 60s on.
They were pretty good performers however and we had many customers that even then would not have a TL washer because they liked the way these worked. | ||
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Post# 850086 , Reply# 8 11/6/2015 at 07:21 (3,087 days old) by Frigidaireguy (Wiston-Salem, NC) |
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Westinghouse Stack Thanks to John LeFever I have this exactly machine in almond. It is a great washer & dryer. I use it weekly - the spin is slower but I just transfer and spin in another machine that spins faster. Bob | ||
| Post# 850096 , Reply# 9 11/6/2015 at 08:47 (3,087 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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Post# 850120 , Reply# 10 11/6/2015 at 10:47 (3,087 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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