Thread Number: 67264
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 9/21/2016 |
[Down to Last] |
|
Post# 899787 , Reply# 3   9/21/2016 at 08:08 (2,745 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
3    
CU rated these machines "Unacceptable" for years. The odd thing is, with only minor design changes to the tub, pulsator and rings, by 1958 the Frigidaire was their top rated brand.
I've had some pretty good knots in my Unimatics with all kinds of loads, you can do everything right and load according to "Hoyle" but you just never know what you're going to find when you open the lid. Sheets are their own category in most any machine, I'm looking for a picture of a particularly bad knot I had in a Kenmore BD washer not all that long ago. You'd think a Boy Scout jumped in to practice.
View Full Size
|
Post# 899815 , Reply# 5   9/21/2016 at 11:20 (2,745 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
The Sears Kenmore and Whirlpool AMWs came out in 1947 as well and Sears already a big selling Wringer Washer brand had a huge advantage in selling prices, distribution, service and financing, and most of all they had a machine that worked better and users liked so much better that Sears was the leader almost from the beginning in automatic washer sales.
The WP built Automatics were more ecomical to run with their Suds-Saver feature which millions of new automatic owners loved because it gave them a similar savings of detergent, water, and hot water like their WWs had done without all the work.
GE was the leader from the beginning with their GE and Hotpoint brands for large scale builders, Frigidaire was just a little too expensive for most homes. |
Post# 899819 , Reply# 6   9/21/2016 at 11:52 (2,745 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
My first front-loader was a mid-80's Frigidaire (which, of course, was a rebranded WCI/Westy). It began tumbling in one direction as soon as you pulled out the cycle dial and didn't stop 'til the end of the final spin. I remember a few noteworthy incidents of severe roping. Reverse tumbling took care of that problem for the most part. Loads of kitchen & personal whites get a 70-minute wash tumble at my house and there's rarely any tangling or roping. A load subjected to that long a wash tumble in the old Westy's would have emerged as tight as a ball of twine, LOL.
A neighbor replaced an early Frigidaire with a '58 with promises from the dealer that the tangling issue had been alleviated by a new pulsator design. The neighbors were quite upset when they found it still tangled unmercifully. I don't remember if they were loading it quadrant-style or not, but they were pissed! I wanted to trade our Kenmores for their '58 set, but no go. |
Post# 899879 , Reply# 7   9/21/2016 at 17:09 (2,745 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
I can think of only two houses on our street that had Frigidaire kitchen. The houses that had electric cooking in the kitchens were either GE, Westinghouse, and Whirlpool (and those had gas cooktops in them). Everyone else with gas cooking, it was O'Keefe & Merrit. There were probably 5 houses I never got to go in. Now, 3 blocks over and houses that were built 3 years later, I think just about the entire street was Frigidaire Kitchens--Deluxe or Custom Deluxe cooktops, Flair single wall ovens, and Custom Deluxe spin tubes. |
Post# 899880 , Reply# 8   9/21/2016 at 17:09 (2,745 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
This post has been removed by the member who posted it. |
Post# 900088 , Reply# 9   9/23/2016 at 04:18 (2,743 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Every house on our street had a Frigidaire kitchen! Most of them had Maytag laundry though. The mayor of our town at the time our subdivision was being built (he financed it) also owned the local Frigidaire/Maytag store. The store is still in business and owned by the children and grandchildren of the founders. My father and grandfather built most of the houses on street! CLICK HERE TO GO TO askolover's LINK |
Post# 900113 , Reply# 10   9/23/2016 at 08:30 (2,743 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
that story is proof that it's follow the money. I bet the mayor also sold the land to the developer. |
Post# 900269 , Reply# 11   9/24/2016 at 02:46 (2,742 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
|