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Thread Number: 63785
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
solid tub Hotpoints ~1958-72 |
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Post# 863627 , Reply# 2 1/23/2016 at 07:58 (3,009 days old) by peteski50  (New York) |
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Hotpoint!
This was the 55 HP we had till I was 6 years old! As I remember it was the pump that went out and my parents got another bol hotpoint after that! I remember on these early models it didnt pause before the spin. No one in this club that I know of has ever found one of these rare birds with this unattached lid!
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Post# 863632 , Reply# 4 1/23/2016 at 08:45 (3,009 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Pretty machines Apparently mediocre performers and not built to last. I have one 1961 Hotpoint with transmission issues and one fabulous early Silhouette with the spiral Fountain-Filter agitator. I maintain that for people with delicate laundry needs these machines would have been good choices if they were durable. Not spectacular at cleaning(on a par with Maytags with worse sand disposal), extraction( a little better than Whirlpools) or versatility. I had two different Aunts who owned Silhouettes and heard no complaints but back then, if you were lucky enough to have a home laundry, you didn't complain; almost any Automatic machine is better than a wringer or lugging stuff to a laundromat. Never given proper credit for low water use and low noise though. Even the TOL's generally had only one cycle but they had wonderful bells and whistles. There are at least 3 more Hotpoints that I'd love to get my hands on for the same reasons I'd like to find a late Philco and a late Kelvinator, mostly because of the way they looked, beautiful varieties of color combinations and panel designs.
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Post# 863715 , Reply# 5 1/23/2016 at 17:38 (3,009 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 The first perforated, GE clone Hotpoint came out in '74 so we're in the early 70's zone when HP (GE) quit the solid tub washers. It's rather surprising that GE kept the HP design & factory so long given their reliability & performance ratings. Different business climate then, I suppose.
I have a '64 Hotpoint and love using that washer. With the straight-vane agitator, it's no slouch when it comes to cleaning but the spiral-ramp version is pretty anemic unless loaded completely full.
Spiral Ramp agitator -
Here's Eddy's 53 Hotpoint solid tub washer with the straight vane agitator
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Post# 863719 , Reply# 6 1/23/2016 at 18:06 (3,009 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 863758 , Reply# 7 1/24/2016 at 00:24 (3,008 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Gibsons stores-There was one of those places in Rapid City,S Dak when I was there during the late 60's thru the early 70's.Was on the West side of town. | ||
| Post# 863792 , Reply# 8 1/24/2016 at 08:51 (3,008 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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If I am understanding correctly when HP, ST's were mfr. by Beam they had an actual outer tub. When HP was no longer mfr. by Beam, they went to the "wet cabinet" design. It seems like a step backward? | ||
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Post# 863796 , Reply# 9 1/24/2016 at 09:18 (3,008 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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I like this thread Yeah, anemic but you gotta love that 210o stroke. What happened to the fill flume? When I saw a Hotpoint working for the first time, I thought it was graceful in contrast to our GE Filter-flo which was vigorous, loud, splashy and had a very short stroke.
Dr. Freud, your 2 o'clock is here.
Were the Hotpoint washers that Ozzie and Harriet advertised, Beam machines? | ||
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Post# 863926 , Reply# 12 1/25/2016 at 00:42 (3,007 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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The circulation in my BOL Hotpoint with a ramp agitator is very brisk and effective.Like this machine!A swap shop find. | ||
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Post# 863953 , Reply# 13 1/25/2016 at 07:16 (3,007 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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 Had to chime in here with a quick video of my '57 Hotpoint solid-tub washer. This was taken on its 'maiden wash' back in summer of 2014.
Sadly the washer failed its spin tests with a load of laundry. It barely spun out the wash water (which made for a really poor rinse) and at the end of the final spin, the laundry was sopping wet. Even the '53 Westy or the '56 GE Combo would have spun out more water! I'm pretty sure the clutch shoes are the problem on this one. The pump is good, however.
But I love the machine even though it's sitting in the garage awaiting its turn in the shop.... Hopefully in 2016, I'll actually have the 'shop'!
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Post# 864060 , Reply# 14 1/25/2016 at 21:16 (3,007 days old) by sambootoo (Moody, AL) |
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I love the solid tub Hotpoints, too. I need another washer like I need a hole in my head, but I sure would love to find a 60's vintage solid tub Hotpoint! | ||
| Post# 864192 , Reply# 15 1/26/2016 at 18:23 (3,006 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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year spread looks like the year spread is closer to 1957-73 based on comments upthread :) | ||
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