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Thread Number: 86958
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
cool looking old dryer on marketplace |
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| Post# 1115300 4/22/2021 at 01:37 (1,099 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati) | ||
not that familiar with dryers but it's a whirlpool imperial from the 50's i would guess. although it's listed with a washer and says 1962?
this one someone will probably want! CLICK HERE TO GO TO rollermatic's LINK | ||
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| Post# 1115301 , Reply# 1 4/22/2021 at 01:43 (1,099 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati) | ||
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i thought i was posting this | ||
Post# 1115305 , Reply# 2 4/22/2021 at 04:12 (1,099 days old) by chachp  (North Little Rock, AR) |
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We had that dryer.. | ||
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Post# 1115313 , Reply# 3 4/22/2021 at 07:19 (1,099 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Nice Over Pair Of WPs It looks like that the original 1956 washer that went with this dryer lasted till 1969.
13 Years was considered a good life for a washer from the 50s so they bought another Whirlpool.
Dryer probably was not used much and the kids grew up and moved out so the 69 WP actually lasted 52 years.
With smaller families and more single people with multiple homes imagine how many washers and dryers from the 2000s and on that we will see that are 50 years old in the future.
John L. | ||
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Post# 1115317 , Reply# 4 4/22/2021 at 07:36 (1,099 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1115320 , Reply# 5 4/22/2021 at 08:24 (1,099 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WP Washer | ||
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Post# 1115321 , Reply# 6 4/22/2021 at 08:31 (1,099 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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 That dryer looks awfully familar.... LOL I _finally_ seem to have got mine running again after a series of unfortunate events with that weird-ass fan switch that controls the power to the heater. The switch in mine burnt and I wound up completely bypassing it, adding a relay instead.
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Post# 1115351 , Reply# 7 4/22/2021 at 17:06 (1,099 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 1115366 , Reply# 8 4/22/2021 at 21:50 (1,098 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
Yes, I have those too!
And these old Whirlpools are a work of art.... And read the comments on this old video, if you really want to "LOL"
CLICK HERE TO GO TO rickr's LINK | ||
| Post# 1115371 , Reply# 9 4/22/2021 at 22:43 (1,098 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
Someone out here in the Los Angeles area found the same dryer but in gas with with the 37,000 btu burner in it and 4bagger owns that dryer. My friend Tyler in NC also has the same dryer in gas but with the 25,000 btu burner in it and it has a chicken wire type of material for the perforated drum back. These are good dryers but are really only meant to be paired up with a smaller capacity machine like the older 60’s belt drive washers or a Maytag short tub washer since something from a larger capacity machine might be a bit much for those older Whirlpool dryers since they are meant for 8 to 10 pounds of laundry and if you put too many clothes in the incoming air will bypass the drum and will really bog down the performance and I did try drying a load of laundry from my Maytag A606 which I believe has a 14 pound capacity in my 1963 RCA Whirlpool Imperial dryer and the load was mostly dried but were still some damp clothes after drying for 60 minutes time. Maybe I’ll look into putting felt strips below the incoming air inlet and exhaust outlet but I’ll have to see since it seems to work just fine with drying clothes from it’s matching Mark XII washer.
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