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Post# 134092   6/7/2006 at 16:15 (6,532 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 134093 , Reply# 1   6/7/2006 at 16:16 (6,532 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 134094 , Reply# 2   6/7/2006 at 16:19 (6,532 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Consumer's Returds kept harping on and on about the raised control panels and how morons could lose their clothes through the pedestals so GE, ever responsive to which way the wind was blowing, clearly couldn't decide whether up or down was the way to go. I guess this is why 1963 was the last year GE appliances had control panels raised on pedestals at all.
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Post# 134095 , Reply# 3   6/7/2006 at 16:21 (6,532 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 134097 , Reply# 4   6/7/2006 at 16:28 (6,532 days old) by vivalalavatrice ()   |   | |
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GREAT!!!! Very cool! A very good brochure... But wasn't the combo unit a undercounter model? Anyway the lid and the dispenser drawer seem the same... GoodBYE Diomede |
Post# 134100 , Reply# 5   6/7/2006 at 16:37 (6,532 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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There were combos with a top control panel as well. Those combo's really made some splashy wash action. |
Post# 134105 , Reply# 6   6/7/2006 at 16:44 (6,532 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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The combos were offered as undercounter(without backsplashes) and "free-standing" models as well. It's interesting, this is by all means, not a complete compendium of GE's 1963 models. GE always seemed to produced "odd-ball" models throughout any given model year. I don't know if these were intended as builder's models or whether they just threw together units with spare parts. One of the reasons I'm so interested in this particular model year is that my maternal Grandmother had one of these grey-paneled 1963 units, but it never seems to show up in the brochures or catalogues. I believe that her's was the 1963 version of a WA-750X ( GE's popular MOL model). It sported the chrome/grey control panel like the 650, but had no pedestals like the 850's. I also noticed that another member, I think Tomturbomatic in Maryland, has an oddball model very similar to the 550 BOL depicted above, only it has two speeds. I have always wondered what model number that unit was. |
Post# 134114 , Reply# 7   6/7/2006 at 17:25 (6,532 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 134136 , Reply# 8   6/7/2006 at 18:50 (6,532 days old) by fixerman ()   |   | |
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I have the dryer shown in the first brochure. It's electric and for sale if anyone is interested. |
Post# 134142 , Reply# 9   6/7/2006 at 19:01 (6,532 days old) by fixerman ()   |   | |
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I have the dryer shown in the first brochure. It's electric and for sale if anyone is interested. |
Post# 134171 , Reply# 10   6/7/2006 at 20:25 (6,532 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 134180 , Reply# 11   6/7/2006 at 20:48 (6,532 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!)   |   | |
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Post# 134209 , Reply# 12   6/7/2006 at 22:09 (6,532 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 134213 , Reply# 13   6/7/2006 at 22:13 (6,532 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Post# 134234 , Reply# 14   6/7/2006 at 22:43 (6,532 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 134363 , Reply# 16   6/8/2006 at 11:53 (6,531 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 134500 , Reply# 17   6/8/2006 at 20:20 (6,531 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Ken, My wonderful GE is model WA 830X6 W(maybe?). Three water levels, 2 speeds, two wash temps. Everything you need in a shmart package. You want cold water, just set it to warm and turn off the hot faucet. She thanks you for remembering her. |
Post# 134529 , Reply# 18   6/8/2006 at 21:33 (6,531 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 134662 , Reply# 21   6/9/2006 at 12:20 (6,530 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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Funny how when CU stated in the early 90's that the GE design was dated...soon after GE redesigns their washers for the worse. |
Post# 134817 , Reply# 24   6/10/2006 at 09:22 (6,530 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 134818 , Reply# 25   6/10/2006 at 09:27 (6,530 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)   |   | |
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I have a friend that is still using that model dryer, when I first saw it, I thought hmm, so GE made a control tower too! |
Post# 134827 , Reply# 26   6/10/2006 at 10:21 (6,530 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV)   |   | |
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That's the one.....for some reason, thought the controls were on the right, but after seeing the pic, remembered it exactly that way...don't know how old this one was when we bought it, so it may have been a '58.....THANKS!!!!!! |
Post# 134962 , Reply# 27   6/10/2006 at 22:22 (6,529 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 134981 , Reply# 28   6/11/2006 at 02:33 (6,529 days old) by thirtyater ()   |   | |
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FixerMan, do you still have that dryer? If so E-mail me the deails. Thanks |
Post# 135380 , Reply# 30   6/13/2006 at 08:27 (6,527 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 135381 , Reply# 31   6/13/2006 at 08:27 (6,527 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 135382 , Reply# 32   6/13/2006 at 08:28 (6,527 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 135383 , Reply# 33   6/13/2006 at 08:29 (6,527 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 135399 , Reply# 34   6/13/2006 at 11:56 (6,526 days old) by spinout (Phoenix)   |   | |
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Does anyone know what the Model No. differentiation is for the Early model (GE second design, c 1957) GAS dryers? e.g., DA-820x = electric, GAS = ??? |
Post# 135483 , Reply# 36   6/13/2006 at 21:43 (6,526 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 135536 , Reply# 38   6/14/2006 at 07:36 (6,526 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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