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Thread Number: 82972
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
A Few of my Favorite Things |
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| Post# 1072302 , Reply# 1 5/13/2020 at 12:03 (1,766 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Hi Chris ~
Interesting to see a Pushbutton TOL Frogeye. Easy to forget that there were TOL's before TOL became a thing, (smile).
Is the Apex you're working on a Spiral Dasher? That is one agitator I still long for. Would be fun to see pix of your Wringer collection after the teaser pic in the Shopper's Forum. You have TWELVE of them; that's quite a number! | ||
Post# 1072348 , Reply# 5 5/13/2020 at 16:45 (1,766 days old) by akronman  (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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Hi Spiral
Quite a collection!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I'm very glad a few of my old machines went to an appreciative collector, and I know they need work.
My frogeyes aren't pushbutton, you have a unique set there, congratulations. ME and others here can offer advice when you get to working on it, and the suds saver parts for Kenmore/Whirlpool were very common, you'll entirely enjoy suds-saving on that. Major jealousy on your matched set Westy's, everyone here will be eager to see pics and offer advice on the repairs. Ain't the solid tub SQ a unique experience? Glad to see you posting, you've done good work and can both teach and learn here-- Mark | ||
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Post# 1072362 , Reply# 6 5/13/2020 at 18:31 (1,766 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN) |
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| Post# 1072378 , Reply# 7 5/13/2020 at 20:01 (1,766 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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Post# 1072398 , Reply# 8 5/13/2020 at 22:15 (1,766 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Nice Collection Chris I think the early Kenmore pair that I have must be about 1 year newer than yours, they have about the same features but the trim is nicer and both the timer dials and the multi colored buttons are lighted, I would imagine that my pair was the first KM W&D with lighted controls.
John L. | ||
| Post# 1072400 , Reply# 9 5/13/2020 at 22:35 (1,766 days old) by SpiralDasher (North East Ohio) | ||
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Combo52 Mine has lighted controls and a lighted tub too! Attached are pictures of the washer. Mark, the Speed Queen is a joy to use. | ||
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Post# 1072401 , Reply# 10 5/13/2020 at 22:38 (1,766 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Lighted Controls | ||
| Post# 1072410 , Reply# 12 5/13/2020 at 23:57 (1,766 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) | ||
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| Post# 1072467 , Reply# 13 5/14/2020 at 09:41 (1,765 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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For its day, then ~
Your Frogeye was the ultimate TOL--just look at those lights!
We had a wonderful member here, now in Washer Heaven, named Kelly Mixfinder. With his intelligence and good will, he convinced me that a childhood memory of mine, of a wringer washer, was faulty. One day our neighbor Rose, (59/60 Frigidaire with the two bars for fabric selection), had her often visiting mother, Mary Watts, move in for good. She brought her sweet wringer washer along, too. It had the vintage navy blue speckled porcelain tub. Fascinated, I asked Mrs Watts how the agitator worked. It had a curved silver cap like the Easy's only not scalloped and a loose rim-like silver washer under the cap. She said you pull up on the cap to make it agitate and push down to make it stop. A sweetheart, she actually showed me the maneuver , but the machine was not powered up. Unfortunately, I never got to see it work, don't think they used it, always pushed to a far corner; but though all these years I thought it was a Frigidaire. Kelly told me that although he had searched and searched, he was sad to disappoint but Frigidaire never made a wringer washer. Of course I believed him without question. He would be delighted to see though, that such an apparatus did exist to engage the agitator as in your AMC with its "wild finicky design," (smile), something very hard to forget or mis-remember, but yours is a much older machine, making this all so fascinating. Would really appreciate seeing a pic of the most usual agitator. I love your theater of Wringers with silver opera drapes on stage. What a grand show your pictures make: the early Visimatic is real treat, and the filtering GE, as well. How 'bout a pic of that too, Mister? ;'D Thank you, Chris. What an amazing and impressive collection--even a timely Monitor ! I am very interested in your 40's Easy and your Spiral Dashers. | ||
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Post# 1072480 , Reply# 14 5/14/2020 at 11:53 (1,765 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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FrogEye! | ||
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Post# 1072483 , Reply# 15 5/14/2020 at 12:18 (1,765 days old) by mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas) |
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What a fabulous collection. Anyone would be proud to have those. The memories they bring back. My mother was dyed-in-the-wool believer in those Speed Queens, she owned 2 sets back in the day, believed they washed better than any other washer. Hope that you will post videos once they are hooked up. Barry | ||
| Post# 1072513 , Reply# 16 5/14/2020 at 15:09 (1,765 days old) by agiflow3 () | ||
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Pete I agree about the frogeyes. Very stylish for that time or any time still. Whirlpool was just beginning to hit their stride with these cool looking designs. | ||
| Post# 1072516 , Reply# 17 5/14/2020 at 15:12 (1,765 days old) by agiflow3 () | ||
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I always thought the first generation oasis machines harkened back to the early rounded cabinet washers and dryers. | ||
| Post# 1072548 , Reply# 18 5/14/2020 at 19:38 (1,765 days old) by Hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
WOWZERS... | ||
| Post# 1072646 , Reply# 20 5/15/2020 at 09:46 (1,764 days old) by Golittlesport (California) | ||
amazing collection!!! | ||
| Post# 1072803 , Reply# 21 5/16/2020 at 09:30 (1,763 days old) by Mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Thanks, Chris
That's a great picture: the agitator is like a giant-size version of the Kenmore Table Top; be fun to see it in operation.
SO.......... An ancient mystery solved ! Mary Watts must have had a later version of the AMC, or another brand using the same engineering. It was not a fantasy. What a really cool coincidence, Chris! Interesting to realize that the KM Veriflex Agitator operates its extending fins via a doohickey on the cap, too--different function, but same principle. Back to the future. Amazing to see that you have the NE OH adjunct site to the DC museum well under way. Wonderful ! | ||
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Post# 1072912 , Reply# 22 5/17/2020 at 00:09 (1,763 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 1073062 , Reply# 23 5/17/2020 at 21:39 (1,762 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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| Post# 1073177 , Reply# 25 5/18/2020 at 16:04 (1,761 days old) by Hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
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Thank you... | ||
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Post# 1073267 , Reply# 26 5/19/2020 at 03:03 (1,761 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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A Few of my Favorite Things
Great to see your collection Chris, from wringers, twintubs and to Top Loaders with style, I love all the different aspects of your machines, variety is great.
That Spiral dasher looks like it could make a great suds cake, your 1940 Maytag was built under license here for Hotpoint (BTH) UK. Cheers for sharing, look forward to seeing more !! Mike | ||
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