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Brand Here in the United States that machine would have been made by Landers, Frary, and Clark. Whether it was imported to Australia or possibly made there under a different name altogether I do not know. For a time, that odd agitator was a signature of LFC, along with that very large...

Thanks all! Thank you all for the well-wishings. It's been a bit of a whirlwind getting everything together but I'm thrilled to have gotten all of these. SpiralDasher

Who got them? Here is a thread I created on them as well as a few other machines I've been able to acquire this year. SpiralDasher https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?87255_

Starting the first of this year, I have been making my way around picking up some machines that had been advertised for sale. A few threads here had indicated their existence and many were left open ended, so I figured I ought tie up some strings. First thing first, the first day of 2021 had...

Hotpoint Maytag I have seen one of those Hotpoints before! At a glance you will notice it right away because it has an electrical switch and no other Maytag had one. There was that E2L with the timer but all it did was disengage the agitator while the motor continued to run. The twin tubs are...

Mickey, there were a few other brands that used a similar system, notably Apex on some early agitator washers they made. Greg, so far out of the few machines I have had in service, the Speed Queen is my favorite to use. The only issue seems to be a slight agitator squeak that goes away about...

Catching Up: Mickey, here's a picture of the agitator before I cleaned the tub out. It is a bit of an underpowered machine because the fins are halfway up the post and the clothes drag on them rather than just flowing down around them. That being said, it washes better than any other wringer...

Pushbuttons The buttons themselves do not light up, rather the plastic piece around them by way of a light under the buttons. The timer escutcheon lights up in a ring around the edge of the decorative plastic circle containing the blue color and cycle sequence using two lights. As with any...

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.

Gyrafoam My Speed Queen is late enough to be of the reversing motor variety. It reminds me of a Maytag in the way it progresses through the cycle. I think that I got a bit of an oddball too: the agitator is white, and the wash tub is white porcelain. The dryer drum is also galvanized steel...

But of course! Here's a look at my non-automatic machines. Missing from this picture are a 1930s green tub Speed Queen, a 1940s Apex Spiral Dasher washer, a 1940s Easy Spindrier, and all but one of my apartment sized machines. The apartment size machines don't have good photos because I have...

Over the course of about one year now, I have had the pleasure of acquiring three wonderful matched sets, various unmatched washers and dryers, and other small appliances. It is the purpose of this thread, however, to show those three aforementioned matched sets. The first set I acquired on a...

Updates The A712 pair has sold, and the Kenmore washer is pending. I've attached a picture showing the rust on the kenmore too. Everything else is still available as of now.

A712 Set Apologies, it's an A712 set not 812. Here are some pictures. I'll get internal pictures soon, but the washer tub and dryer drum are both in wonderful condition without any staining.

Due to some circumstances arising, I have to sell some machines. The Kenmore washer needs a pump and I have a replacement, and its underside is rusty. The green Kenmore dryer is in almost perfect cosmetic condition except for a few areas in the drum, but when I plug it in nothing happens. It...