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Lawrence If you ever want to sell it, please allow me a shot at it. I'd love to have it. I'm guessing it's a WA-853 T because the blue dial has newer graphics than the similar S model.   The picture below is one of Trainguy's collection (note the Combo behind it); it has a 1963 replacement...

Hey Lawrence, Thanks for posting that picture of the disembodied Washer control panel. Is that from a WA-853T?   Hey Jeannine, good luck getting that neat machine. That dishwasher looks like somebody set a fire inside of it. Or is that rust? I hope these Cut-Sheets give you some useful...

Yes, definitely keep your front teeth out of the way! Residential Filter-Flo Activators were held in place by friction, and that's the problem. In the '60's and early '70's GE recommended to the user that they remove the Activator periodically to clean it and check the Spline (that metal part...

Versatronic IIRC GE used the term (and likely copywrited{<span style="font-size: 8pt;"> if that's a word</span>} it) "Versatronic" on some other appliance in the earlier Sixties.   If my right brain ever decides to release that information, I'll post it.

Aferim! Wonderful machine! BTW, I concur with what Michael posted about the speed clutch. I had a WA-950X as my daily driver for a while and I liked that model because one could set agitation and spin speeds separately. I kept the toggles on SLOW agitation and NORMAL spin because that's how I...

and they changed the font back to Edwardian Similar 2nd Tier TOL's were common in the late '60's. Here's a '69 leftover featured in the excellent 1970 brochure that introduced the "HEAVY DUTY 18" models:

Could have knocked me over with a feather... I consider myself something of an expert on Filter-flo washers, but I never knew that there was a 4 speed model out there!   Thank you all for the explanations of the 4 agitation speeds and how they worked ( I guess the Versatronic models used a...

Oh well, Looks like it's gone already. I've been looking for this model because I have its washer mate. Great Machine and was my daily driver until it broke down.

Speaking as an appliance geek All of the Filter-Flo TOL's  from the mid-'50s to the mid '70s featured horizontally oriented Program toggles/keys/buttons (the 1964 model had only 5 programs). I think it was a style choice, not an engineering necessity. The 2nd from top TOL's frequently had the 5...

Aferim! What a beautiful set.   An indelicate question: I'm wondering what shipping cost you if you're willing to share that info.   Otherwise I will look forward to all the pictures and details you're about to post. I think this was the only year the controls were back-lit. Can't wait...

A request Could you post pictures of the Activator and a close-up of the control panel?

I've never seen that before What's the function of that plastic thing opposite the dispensers?

A request If anybody copied the original Craigslist ad for this, could you re-post it?

Too bad Not me. Posting deleted, which could mean a sale or they just junked it.

Love them keys I bought this same washer from a great Thrift store in Middletown, CT. It was my daily driver for two years until it broke. Wonderful machine with a very effective agitator. What I love about the LK's  like this one is that they're some of the only vintage machines that offer...

Yes, and yes Here's one that I would have moved heaven and earth to get but mercifully I already own it! I'm in the market for its "Rotary Fabric Guide" mate. For some GE inexplicicality, the TOL dryers of 1961 (and the 1960 top TOL dryer) eliminated the "Push To Start" buttons/toggles, in...

You know it This is peculiar. And a big thank-you to the Seller who posted a pic of the Rating Plate (is this one of us?).   This is in fact a 1961 V model and it is the mate to the BOL Dryer that our downstairs neighbors had/used bought in 1961. What's weird is that, as a general rule...

IIRC Wasn't that the washing machine that CU went absolutely Ape-sh*t (in a positive sense) over?

And speaking of oven door designs How oven doors open reminds me of another reason I get mad at US Appliance manufacturers whenever I watch "The Great British Baking Show". Their tent kitchen has ovens where the doors not only open down, but can be pushed back into the unit to get out of the...

Oh Good Lord I wonder how much it would cost to have this shipped to the US. I know there are containers that go back and forth to the Antipodes every year and people sell extra space on them to defray the costs. My sister and brother-in-law did this many times when they moved to Canberra, back...