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Thread Number: 72829
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
White-Westinghouse front loaders |
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Post# 962275 , Reply# 3 10/13/2017 at 09:50 (2,384 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy  (Oak Park, MI) |
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They started out being the industry standard...
Then came, as you'd said, not so superior materials, along w/ top-loaders just being more in-demand... So declining quality really led to their demise, and being the single-most brand (along w/ the clones by Sears/Ward/JC Penny), until the recent times that front-loaders quickly became resurrected again--only this time by Maytag (trying to sell you on "dependability people" and "the lonely Maytag man", to assure you that you'd be getting the same quality as in the days of old, but as time went on, not so)... -- Dave | ||
| Post# 962293 , Reply# 5 10/13/2017 at 12:21 (2,383 days old) by Stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK) | ||
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Post# 962306 , Reply# 6 10/13/2017 at 14:07 (2,383 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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We bought a White Westinghouse stacked set in 1987, brand new. Used them, for 7 years without one single problem. We sold them with the house and the new owner rented out the condo and these machines continued to work for many years after we sold them. My aunt had a 1953 set of slant front Westies she bought new, she also used hers for 11 years without any problems and she sold hers with the house when they moved.
Either you liked these machines or you didn’t. But most people that I knew of that did own them loved them. They were fast, dependable in my experinece and they cleaned very well. I never noticed that they left the loads excessively wet, in fact the salesman that sold us the set said they extracted better than a TL. And I never found that they tangled excessively. I also used to be able to get a cal king down comforter in the washer and it washed it with no problem. If they still made FL’s like they used to, that used a decent amt of water and finished a load on 35 to 40 mins I’d buy one in a hot second. Eddie | ||
| Post# 962343 , Reply# 7 10/13/2017 at 18:34 (2,383 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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Post# 962352 , Reply# 8 10/13/2017 at 19:25 (2,383 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Bruce, | ||
| Post# 962353 , Reply# 9 10/13/2017 at 19:33 (2,383 days old) by johnrk (BP TX) | ||
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Agree with 'Eddie' I'm relative new on here, but this 'lenta' sure sounds like a nasty piece of work and with a filthy mouth on a public forum to boot. | ||
| Post# 962355 , Reply# 10 10/13/2017 at 19:47 (2,383 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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Sorry, I forget how delicate some folks are..... | ||
| Post# 962357 , Reply# 11 10/13/2017 at 19:53 (2,383 days old) by johnrk (BP TX) | ||
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'Delicacy' No, 'lenta', courtesy and good manners aren't synonymous with "delicacy". We all know all the words, we should all know when, if ever, to use them. That makes us civilized. | ||
| Post# 962358 , Reply# 12 10/13/2017 at 19:57 (2,383 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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You take things WAY too seriously. Besides, there was a reason that consumer reports pretty much condemned these machines. Having had several throughout the past, I certainly understand why. | ||
| Post# 962362 , Reply# 13 10/13/2017 at 20:11 (2,383 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit) | ||
Beside the point!
This is a public forum not a riot. Mr. Lucenta you proceeded to criticize Eddie not his opinion. This website is designed to forward educated discussion about vintage and modern appliances. This place is not to criticize another's opinion with a personal insult. We all have opinions and I could very well do the same to yours.
I'm all for freedom of speech but in this case the forum rules take precedent. "Inflammatory posts or Personal Attacks: Public Forums: There will be no posts meant to offend or hurt any other member, in a manner which is offensive or inflammatory." We all appreciate your knowledge provided in your daily POD thread. You seem to always have personal knowledge on machines many have never even heard of. We appreciate your wealth of knowledge on items many of us younger members could ever even see via video. | ||
| Post# 962366 , Reply# 14 10/13/2017 at 20:46 (2,383 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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Touchy touchy touchy.....I will try to do better. | ||
| Post# 962403 , Reply# 16 10/14/2017 at 05:47 (2,383 days old) by westingguelph () | ||
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White-Westinghouse Front Loader My mom had this machine from 1976 until they sold the house in 1987. It performed flawlessly during this time. It washed very well...much better than the Maytag she had before. Lint extraction was amazing. | ||
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Post# 962418 , Reply# 17 10/14/2017 at 08:09 (2,383 days old) by moparwash (Pittsburgh,PA ) |
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W quality.. 
They should of used thicker metal, more paint, and made the front and door porcelain, as a leaking boot made the door opening rust. Fortunately, there was enough of the metal left for me to fix it. Another problem I had was the baffle over the sump bent upwards, causing the screws from the paddles to score the baffle and make screeching sounds. I had to remove a paddle, drill a hole in the baffle and tub, and seal with epoxy to fix the issue. The service manual shows a piece to hold the baffle in place, but this was not on my machine. Issues such as this caused a lot of these to be scrapped, as it was easier to replace it with something else.
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| Post# 962465 , Reply# 18 10/14/2017 at 10:30 (2,383 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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After reading all the comments on here about these machines, all I can say is amazing...... | ||
| Post# 962486 , Reply# 19 10/14/2017 at 13:56 (2,382 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
we had an early 80s W/W in a house we bought to rent out...
and it was near 20 yrs old when we bought the house from a family friend who'd bought it new, and still working fine. After a couple of years of use by tenants we saw a good deal on a lightly used WP and preemptively replaced the W/W, sold it on CL, still working well, no complaints. Kind of wish we'd hung on to the W/W, just because it was different.
I second those who bemoan lack of civility, AW.o is no place for that, no matter what excuse such posters may think they have, sorry. | ||
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Post# 962495 , Reply# 22 10/14/2017 at 14:36 (2,382 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 962528 , Reply# 24 10/14/2017 at 15:54 (2,382 days old) by Losangeles (Muscle Shoals, AL 35661) |
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White-Westinghouse Front Loaders My Mother had a Westinghouse Combo when is was a kid. It was Pink. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I was so excited about that my mother washed a load right after it was hooked up. Just watching it was a dream come true. Her only complaint was the low spin speed. Took a longtime to dry. She would dry the sheets for 30 minutes then hang them on the line. BTW. Does anyone still use clothes lines anymore? I do weather permitting for every thing except for PP which I still use the dryer for. Final comment. I would hope if I ever make an inappropriate comment personal or otherwise you guys, and ladies would call me out on it. Thanks, Tommy
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Post# 962546 , Reply# 25 10/14/2017 at 16:21 (2,382 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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RE: reply #24
Tommy, it was my Aunt’s 1953 Westie Slant Fronts that started my life long fascination with washing machines. To a little boy in the early 1950’s it was almost as good as watching TV. They sat in her garage, where my 3 cousins and my bro, sis and I used to play when the weather was bad. I could sit for hours watching them both. She had the dryer hooked up to 110v instead on the usual 220v because she said the clothes didn’t shrink as bad. Remember, in those days most clothing was cotton, and if it wasn’t “ Sanfornized” articles of clothing were apt to shrink alot. My Grandpa was always after her to “hook it up to some real juice Imogene”, but she wouldn’t here of it.
When I was able to buy a matching, new washer and dryer it was my dream come true to get a new White-Westinghouse FL and dryer. Even though Consumers Report gave them a bad rating at the time I knew I would be happy with them, and I was. I wanted to take them with us when we sold the condo, but the buyer wanted them included with the deal, because she liked them too! I know many members in my age group had similar experiences with these slant fronts when we were kids. Yes they had their issues, but what product doesn’t? Nothing is ever perfect, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and these machines had a unique, simplistic beauty to them that has stood the test of time. Eddie | ||
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Post# 962552 , Reply# 26 10/14/2017 at 16:43 (2,382 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WH 3 Belt FL Washers 1959-fall of 1988
These were very good performing washers [ great cleaning and lint and sand removal ], and we worked on hundreds of them, they were generally easy to fix, but they were never a top reliability brand always near the bottom in terms of frequency of repair.
But one of the good things about them was they were easy to repair and as a result we did not have to condemn them nearly as often as machines like SQ TLers, WCI and WH and Norge TL washers. John L. | ||
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Post# 962591 , Reply# 27 10/14/2017 at 20:20 (2,382 days old) by Losangeles (Muscle Shoals, AL 35661) |
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Westinghouse Front Loaders Eddie, How wonderful of you to share that story. My mother-in-law had a Westinghouse slant front probably a 1955-56 year model. She had this machine when I met my wife. At that time I was embarrassed to show any of my enthusiasm of all things washing machines so I stole glances when ever I could. It was still operating when it was sadly replaced by a new WP washer and Dryer set. I could have easily had the machine had I not been afraid of coming out of the shadows with my deep interest. Now since joining AW in Sept. I am not afraid of anyone knowing. Thanks again for sharing. Tommy | ||
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Post# 962623 , Reply# 29 10/14/2017 at 23:32 (2,382 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Post# 962639 , Reply# 30 10/15/2017 at 01:30 (2,382 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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These old spriklers were much better than a spray bottle because the water went mostly on the clothes or sheets, not all over the surface they were on or surrounding areas. It was my job to do the ironing when I was a teenager. And all our cotton sheet s were ironed as well as the clothing. I would sprinkle 2 or 3 laundry baskets full of ironing, roll up each item and let them set to get uniformly damp, and then iron for hours. I still use an old Proctor Silex steam iron from about 1970. It gets hot as the hinges of hell and gets the job done fast. We have a Rowenta too, it doesn’t hold a candle to the old Proctor Silex.
Before I retired I used to starch all my work shirts. I used liquid Vano in a spray bottle mixed 50/50 with water. If I had a lot of clothes to iron I would sometimes starch in the washer, setting the water level to the lowest setting, letting it fill, add a good glug of Vano let it begin to agitate and add the dry articles to be starched. Let them get uniformly saturated with the starch, then set it to spin. Put the clothes in the dryer for a few mins until they are damp, then iron. Very easy to do. And when you starch I think its easier to iron too, Some West Coast members may remember the old Vano TV commercial, “If your not Using Vano, your working too hard”. Eddie | ||
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