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Thread Number: 69150
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
I would like to see this washer in action!! |
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| Post# 919400 2/5/2017 at 08:41 (2,630 days old) by PaulWash (Niagara Falls New York) | ||
As a 12 year old I would go over to my grandfather's house in Buffalo NY. Of course I would check his washer out in the basement. He had a Hamilton washer that resembled this Gibson washer. I love the agitator on this model and the fact that the tub does not index either. I used that washer at my grandfather's house all the time when I was there.. Kind of loud .. as I can remember. Who made these models before WCI took over with the garbage indexing tubs? Anyone have an older model Gibson that they can upload in action? Thanks love you all.
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Post# 919407 , Reply# 3 2/5/2017 at 09:31 (2,630 days old) by Imperial70  (MA USA) |
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Bradford Wasn't that WT Grant's Brand? One of the first of the older department stores to be among the departed. | ||
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Post# 919409 , Reply# 4 2/5/2017 at 09:45 (2,630 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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THATS the model our neighbor had when I was growing up.....I remember the filter pan, it had a softener dispenser built in.....filter flume was at the 12 o'clock position.....
all I can say is no machine lasted her more than 2 or 3 years, she was forever getting new appliances.... machines like this were sold through the Gas Company on one of their in house credit terms.... she finally broke down and got a filter flo, the last machine she ever had to buy.... I would like to see one of these in action..... | ||
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Post# 919413 , Reply# 6 2/5/2017 at 10:01 (2,630 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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| Post# 919426 , Reply# 7 2/5/2017 at 10:37 (2,630 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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I assume that W.T.Grants was regional? Living in Oklahoma I have not heard of them before. | ||
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Post# 919432 , Reply# 8 2/5/2017 at 11:10 (2,630 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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our W.T.Grants had endcaps with machines actually hooked up.....
they had a plexi-glas lid so you could watch the action.... Sears was probably the only other one that did that, moat times the salesmen had the machines filled and ready to demonstrate, constantly resetting the timer... ......you wont find that today anywhere.....if they did, most likely wouldn't sell many of the HE machines....now you have to resort to an in-house demo, then decide to return it.... | ||
| Post# 919434 , Reply# 9 2/5/2017 at 11:21 (2,630 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Most of us have watched this... (This Video actually brought me to AW 10 years ago)
You will see a few clips of "Angel Wing " Agitators. This video is not only fun but also gives you a glimpse of most of the Vintage Washers in action. It's amazing there are recent comments posted below the video. Nice to know people are still watching this fantastic well made entertaining video Thanks Robert : ) | ||
| Post# 919441 , Reply# 10 2/5/2017 at 11:32 (2,630 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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WT Grants Were all over North Carolina, just about every town of any size had a Sears, Wards and W T Grants.They had a restaurant called the Bradford House in some of the stores and Bradford as well as Grant Made were their house brands. | ||
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Post# 919448 , Reply# 11 2/5/2017 at 11:44 (2,630 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 919451 , Reply# 12 2/5/2017 at 12:33 (2,630 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 919456 , Reply# 13 2/5/2017 at 12:41 (2,630 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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The downtown main stores of Rich's and Davison's had washers hooked up. Many of the branch stores built in the late 50s to early 60s had utility connections to the major appliance department, but no longer hooked up washers to demonstrate. | ||
| Post# 919484 , Reply# 14 2/5/2017 at 15:08 (2,630 days old) by brainardcooper (Columbia, SC) | ||
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WT Grants Thank you for the insight. It makes sense to me now. My dad worked at WT Grants in GA & SC when I was born and through my very early childhood. I know where the dryer came from. I never thought to ask him. | ||
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Post# 919499 , Reply# 15 2/5/2017 at 16:13 (2,630 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Lovingly Called the "Pig" 
Eddy had a similar Franklin design branded Viking - here's a thread from when he found it.
I had a Kelvinator branded version of this same washer but it was too far gone to be saved for more than just playtime in the driveway. The outer tub leaked like it had been shot up by Yosemite Sam on Saturday morning. CLICK HERE TO GO TO gansky1's LINK | ||
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Post# 919547 , Reply# 16 2/5/2017 at 18:35 (2,630 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Yeah, Grants was in Atlanta too. I remember the solid tubs better than the later model perf tubs. I have a Kelvy' version of that machine with the dreaded Angel-Wing aggravater. It works. Anybody want it? | ||
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Post# 919575 , Reply# 17 2/5/2017 at 21:39 (2,629 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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