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Thread Number: 72079
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 8/17/2017 |
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Post# 953177 , Reply# 1 8/17/2017 at 06:03 (2,443 days old) by Frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 953227 , Reply# 2 8/17/2017 at 11:42 (2,442 days old) by mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas) |
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Was this design of the indexing tubs with the multi-winged agitators? I remember seeing a Gibson washer that looked similar to this when I was a kid. It had a recirculating lint filter system, like the GE's. Capacity was large, but I was unimpressed with the wash system, roll over. | ||
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Post# 953243 , Reply# 3 8/17/2017 at 13:41 (2,442 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Eddy in Vancouver has a Viking branded washer like this - very interesting washer, but as Bruce says, they were somewhat of a pig in the appliance world.
I found a Kelvinator branded version of this some years ago, the outer tub was pinholed like it'd been shot with buckshot in a Looney-Tunes cartoon, but I did play with it in the driveway for a few loads. It was very large but it's cleaning ability was pretty lame with a really large load. Though tall, the agitator had relatively small fins that struggled to move big loads and bulky items very well. The angel-wings did provide some dragging action for the wash load, but little more. CLICK HERE TO GO TO gansky1's LINK
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Post# 953244 , Reply# 4 8/17/2017 at 13:42 (2,442 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 953254 , Reply# 6 8/17/2017 at 15:22 (2,442 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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They are POS. The dreaded Angel Wing. I would imagine the lame performance did not improve the reputations of the different brands built by Franklin. Unless, of course, a lot of people had gray wardrobes, anyway. | ||
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Post# 953256 , Reply# 7 8/17/2017 at 15:38 (2,442 days old) by mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas) |
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"Well, I was trying to keep from saying that they are total pieces of shit!" LOL. Good one. Growing up, I saw quite of few of these models, or like machines, in northern California. wish there was a video of one these machines in the library, it would be a good addition I think. | ||
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Post# 953368 , Reply# 8 8/18/2017 at 08:24 (2,441 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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I like the control panel on that one & wish I could've had one last look at it! It can't be any more harder than those Kenmores of that same vintage that, that Kelvinator is designed like... I just don't care for the bed-of-nails-lint-filter trap...
A friend of mine had that exact same machine in his basement (not in use) in that exact same color... The machines in use were a pair of '80's Whirlpools... I recall another ad w/ that same washer only in Harvest Gold (there was a cookie recipe behind it on the opposite page that my sister cut out, hence a top corner of the washer got clipped off... And years ago, we got a ton of those very old Better Homes & Gardens, Womens' Day, and Good Housekeeping mags, that slowly had gotten by-and-by-thrown away... -- Dave | ||
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