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Thread Number: 78685
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
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Post# 1026839 3/11/2019 at 21:31 (1,865 days old) by Washerlover  (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Found these manuals on ebay — unfortunately without the actual machines. Am guessing 1964-6ish? What a lovely set!
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Post# 1026843 , Reply# 1 3/11/2019 at 22:15 (1,865 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1026844 , Reply# 2 3/11/2019 at 22:20 (1,865 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Signature-Norge Set Hi Todd, I would guess that this set is more like 1969-72.
The dryer is the redesigned [ horrible ] two belt design, Norge went in just one try from the most heavily built dryer to the worst over nite with this major redesign, there was not a single part from the earlier dryer used in the new one.
I had this exact dryer in gas and Harvest gold about four years ago and did a full restoration on it right down to a brand new motor. After I got it done I realized how much effort I had wasted for a dryer that was noisy and leaked lint everywhere. I took out the new motor after offering it on the club and having 0 takers scraped the dryer.
John L. | ||
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Post# 1026847 , Reply# 3 3/11/2019 at 23:41 (1,865 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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Now that I've stopped shuddering . . . I recognize that shot of the happy family from the literature for my mom's Snorge set that was delivered in December of 1967. Ward's could have used that same format for a few years, though. I think my mom's set was the first year for that new style of console.
The dryer is a different model, as Mom's had the full width fold-down door, but the cheap looking consoles are frighteningly familiar more than 50 years later. | ||
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Post# 1026850 , Reply# 4 3/11/2019 at 23:52 (1,865 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 I had a similar set years ago. The washer was spitting oil into the water and the dryer wasn't worth keeping after the washer was condemned for all the reasons John mentioned.
Later, I found a TOL "Her Majesty" washer that didn't work at all.
Here's a link to the MW album on Flickr:
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Post# 1026873 , Reply# 5 3/12/2019 at 09:59 (1,864 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Apparently Montgomery Ward didn’t fully update their brochures/manuals during the ‘60s. That lovely nuclear family appeared on my grandmother’s 1962 Wards washing machine manual as well. The back page didn’t change much either, with the mid-century drawing of MW along with “your washer has a twin...”
I have to agree about the Norge/Wards dryer...I had a ‘74 model and it blew lint everywhere. Got the clothes dry pretty fast but wasn’t worth the mess. | ||
| Post# 1026884 , Reply# 6 3/12/2019 at 13:04 (1,864 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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NORGE!! BEST washer and dryer ever built! | ||
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Post# 1026919 , Reply# 7 3/12/2019 at 21:32 (1,864 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Norge Rules! | ||
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