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Thread Number: 63490
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
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Post# 860670 , Reply# 1 1/8/2016 at 07:01 (3,023 days old) by DaveAmKrayoGuy  (Oak Park, MI) |
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Blackstone Fans of the World, Unite!!!! I do like that ad, and surely see similarities in these machines that would make Hoover a sort of tie-in, manufacturing wise, though the brand was a regional-thing (East Coast of the United States) that not being thoroughly promoted was a failure, sales-wise, and a stuck-in-the-'70's sort of thing, if it did not survive long enough to make it to an '80's (and later decades) design...
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Post# 860677 , Reply# 2 1/8/2016 at 08:34 (3,023 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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 The Hoover full-size machines were indeed Blackstones and seemed to appear just before the company finally gave up on the laundry-appliance business. Curiously, there was a line of washers here in Canada made by the Beatty Company in the early to mid-60s that were Blackstone designs also. Further aside, the first Viking washers sold by Eaton's here in Canada were also Blackstones (mid to late 50s models like the BA250 - not in Charcoal Grey, however.... LOL). I guess they really did focus on the Eastern part of the continent.
I have no regrets about saving the '66 BA600 but when I was restoring it, I could see where the weak point of these machines was - the outer tub. Otherwise, the machine I have is a solid performer - I use it regularly and it washes pretty well. It's also incredibly quiet and the spin really is smooth. | ||
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Post# 860715 , Reply# 3 1/8/2016 at 14:26 (3,023 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia) |
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Fabric Softener Dispenser BA825 The Fabric softener dispenser is exactly the same as what cam on the Hoover TL machines here, we never had the filter tray on the agitator, it was a clip on unit at the back of the wash tub. | ||
| Post# 860752 , Reply# 4 1/8/2016 at 20:12 (3,022 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
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Post# 860755 , Reply# 5 1/8/2016 at 20:30 (3,022 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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I've often thought, if Sears had contracted with Blackstone to make its washers instead of Whirlpool, Blackstone might be a force in the appliance industry to this day. My impression is that Whirlpool was not that big a company in the 1940s, but grew with Sears.
Blackstone just didn't have the merchandising budget to compete with the big battalions. Even so they lasted as long or longer as Philco-Ford, Easy, and the "real" Kelvinator. | ||
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