Recent content by minermike

We heat our house with a 1952 Gentleman Janitor Hard coal stoker boiler. Its no more work than oil or gas with the exception that about every three days you have to empty the ashes. Its no dirter than oil or gas either.

You know I dont post on here much but when I saw this I felt I would put my two cents in. I'm remodeling a kitchen and I didnt realize how hard it is to find simple appliances anymore! Try finding a gas range with a standing pilot light, a fridge WITHOUT electronic controls, a dishwasher with a...

Ok now im asking for alot I know but does anybody have a picture of a wwa 8400n console? looking at the scans above that looks like the console of the GE my gram had for a long time. The only thing is they werent the type to buy top of the line anything so that has me puzzled! I dont remember...

danmantn; Is Speed Queen going to redesign the internals on there top load machines or just adjust the water levels to keep the feds happy? I bought my mom a AWN542 and she loves the machine. My daily driver is a late 70's filter flo and about the only new machine I would replace it with is a...

I never really thought there was that many long running designs, I guess why mess with a good thing!

I got to thinking what was the longest running automatic washer design? My guess is GE's Filter Flo but thats just a guess. Also out of curiosity how long is the current Speed Queen Top Loader design in production For?

I'm going to have to vote for the late 60's early 70's Filter Flos, the brushed aluminum does it for me!

Ok got the filter flo home today it's in the basement now soaking with a good hot tub of water with a good dose of lestoil. The model is wwa8344vclad. It is missing the mini basket and filter pan though. I'm 99% sure I remember this washer in the kitchen of the house I got it from. I used to cut...

Well with any luck ill be picking up the old girl today. Its in pretty nice shape and the lady selling it says she hates to gid rid of it because it cleans alot better than her new machine.......imagine that! Now to find a 1972ish GE set in harvest gold like my gram used to have and a early 80's...

I'm waiting on the seller to call me back yet. Low and behold the washer is sitting on a back porch a block away from me!

I found this add on craigslist and was wondering how old this Filter Flo is? It's close enough to me that I just might get it! http://scranton.craigslist.org/app/1962141516.html