Thread Number: 73365
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Thriftivator? Calgloss? |
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Post# 969250 , Reply# 3   11/21/2017 at 12:08 (2,340 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Here are a couple of Hotpoint Thrifivators. Anyone recognize that rare and unusual black agitator cap in the third picture?
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Post# 969264 , Reply# 4   11/21/2017 at 14:11 (2,340 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 969364 , Reply# 5   11/22/2017 at 08:04 (2,340 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)   |   | |
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Post# 969378 , Reply# 6   11/22/2017 at 10:47 (2,339 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 969392 , Reply# 7   11/22/2017 at 12:23 (2,339 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 969396 , Reply# 8   11/22/2017 at 12:42 (2,339 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 969408 , Reply# 9   11/22/2017 at 14:35 (2,339 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 970154 , Reply# 10   11/26/2017 at 20:30 (2,335 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 970159 , Reply# 12   11/26/2017 at 20:53 (2,335 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 970160 , Reply# 13   11/26/2017 at 21:13 (2,335 days old) by washman (o)   |   | |
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And Speed Queen has Flex Vane. |
Post# 970164 , Reply# 14   11/26/2017 at 21:48 (2,335 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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Post# 970296 , Reply# 18   11/27/2017 at 18:27 (2,334 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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I don't know how Calgloss got its name, but Hotpoint originally was located in Ontario, California. It was founded as the Pacific Electric Heating Co. in 1906, as a manufacturer of electric irons. This factory made GE irons up until the early 80's. |
Post# 970298 , Reply# 19   11/27/2017 at 18:37 (2,334 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 970301 , Reply# 20   11/27/2017 at 18:59 (2,334 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Tom, those old irons were good and heavy. I am always on the look-out for working, heavy old irons. I think they make it much easier than the newer light weight ones. |
Post# 970305 , Reply# 22   11/27/2017 at 19:11 (2,334 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 970319 , Reply# 24   11/27/2017 at 21:18 (2,334 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 970457 , Reply# 25   11/28/2017 at 19:38 (2,333 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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299 dollar price tag in 1952!??!?!
That would be comparable to buying the TOL Stainless Steel finish Miele at retail prices today, I'd bet. And for a machine that, according to most of you, wouldn't last much more than 10 years. Yikes.
And BTW, I protest! I really dig those vintage Hotpoint spiral burpy agitators that were plagiarized from the Easy agitators. They might not have been as good at cleaning as the goosenecks, but the first time I saw one in action was mesmerizing. They coaxed their loads under, in the manner as their GE cousins, but languidly, gracefully and almost silently. These were things of beauty, not of efficacy, sort of like the Gabor sisters.
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Post# 970687 , Reply# 26   11/29/2017 at 18:52 (2,332 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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When I was a kid, we had a '59 Pontiac Catalina 4-DR. It was Regent Black with a Cameo Ivory top. Bought new in the Fall of '58, and kept until Oct. '66, when a new Tempest was purchased. |
Post# 970709 , Reply# 27   11/29/2017 at 21:33 (2,332 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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