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Post# 911298   12/15/2016 at 20:26 (2,687 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        

That 55 Pulsamatic is the washer we had until I was 4,it finally died after washing all my diapers..LOL, It was replaced by a Frigidaire WCDAN Custom Deluxe in 1969 which lasted 17 years.




Post# 911308 , Reply# 1   12/15/2016 at 20:58 (2,687 days old) by TrainGuy (Key West, FL)        
Neat Machine!

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Hans,

I have that same washer in storage back in PA. I don't have the matching dryer, but I do have the Imperial model. I hope to get everything here by summer.

Rich


Post# 911313 , Reply# 2   12/15/2016 at 22:01 (2,687 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        
I remember watching it

It agitated so fast it was almost a blur, and it tied everything in a knot...LOL But my Grandmother, who bought it new to replace her 1939 Apex wringer LOVED it,she always said it was the best washer she ever used, it came from W E Shaw Furniture in Lenoir NC, they are still in business.

Post# 911317 , Reply# 3   12/15/2016 at 22:49 (2,687 days old) by MixGuy (St. Martinville, Louisiana)        
Pulsa Matic Washer

Was this washer the first model to have the PulsaMatic Transmission?

Post# 911319 , Reply# 4   12/15/2016 at 22:58 (2,687 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        
Yes

I think so...it agitated at twice the speed, I think 660 times a minute, but used a much shorter stroke, I think less than an inch, it spun 660 rpm I believe.What I remember most was how fast the water was slung out of the tub...as a 4 year old I could never figure out where it all went..LOL

Post# 911331 , Reply# 5   12/16/2016 at 05:43 (2,686 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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I never knew such a mechanical design existed.  Robert had one at the 2001 Wash-In.  When it started pulsating, to me it sounded like a machine gun.  Everyone can attest that was there I laughed so hard and so loud, my laugh reverberated all the way from the basement up to Roberts 2nd floor.


Post# 911371 , Reply# 6   12/16/2016 at 12:00 (2,686 days old) by brucelucenta ()        
Pulsamatic

The very first Frigidaire washing machine I ever saw operate was a 1957 control tower pulsamatic. A neighbor that lived down the street put in a load of clothes and asked me if I wanted to watch it work, which of course I did. I think she noticed my interest in washers and dryers. I couldn't have been more than about 8 at the time, but it made a lasting impression on me. Until much later in life, I wasn't positive if I had really seen it agitate so rapidly or not, since all I had ever run across were machines that agitated much slower. I didn't know about all the different transmissions that Frigidaire had through the years then.

Post# 911387 , Reply# 7   12/16/2016 at 14:17 (2,686 days old) by MixGuy (St. Martinville, Louisiana)        
Frigidaire Advertisement Confusion

I was confused by the advertisements Frigidaire had thru the years! Remembering hearing and seeing no belts, no gears and no pulleys during the mid-1960s. I was wondering how was that possible. Preliminary research showed the unimatic transmission and being direct drive. Then my mom buys a 1-18 in 1971, having the roller matic but it has a belt. Fast forward to 2011 and learning of this site and learning the details and evolution of Frigidaire washers and other appliances! I learned that the advertising differs with the model year.


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