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Tom, I was just waiting for you to write about this POD! Especially when I saw the plastic intrument panel. LOL! Gary

Robert, Just Imagine... When you were riding in the car with your parents that day, just imagine how much trouble you would've gotten into if you were imitating an early Speed Queen with solenoids filling, then kicking into agitation: ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss-POP! lol Gary

They may be cheap looking, especially the white BOL pair, but they are all mechanically the same for the most part. The washers are all BD WPs, and the dryers are the single-belt drive system, introduced in the 60s and still built today. The Canadian KMs had different instrument panels from...

Is this a very early KM DD from the early 80s? I notice it's narrower than the typical BDs. Gary

These are late 70s Canadian models. Gary

MikeyD About the Maytag suds-return cycle, I know the helical-drive washer returned suds through the bottom with dry agitation, but was the same also true with the older MT AMP (ie solid tub with perforated inner liner)? Gary

GROSSSSS!!!

If Whirlpool ever made a solid tub washer... ...this would be it! Similar agitation speed, and steady cycle flow from agitation, through drain and spin, via solenoids. I don't know if Blackstone ever offered suds saver models, but if they did, they likely would have the suds returning through...

GE & WP Suds Return From the descriptions above, GE's suds-return cycle is much like that from Whirlpool. WP also agitates as the suds comes up through the bottom, then as the level rises, the water starts coming out of the waterfall filter. Then it also has that dual-action fill. I'll bet...

Belt Drive Blower Another clue about this dryer having a belt drive blower is that the exhaust duct appears to be reaching towards the top corner of the machine, whereas in a direct-blower model, the exhaust is at the bottom centre of the machine. I believe the Canadian models kept the old...

Today's Design This dryer has the mechanical design still used today, with the long top-mounted lint screen. I think this is the oldest design presently still on the market. Gary

Suds Return I believe there is a little diaphram that shoots some air out the suds hose to prime and create a siphon, assisted by the pump, to cycle the suds back into the tub. On my family's old Inglis (WP), when the suds cycle was selected, I remember seeing bubbles coming from the bottom of...

1970's That's a 70's model, I can tell by the white agitator. Gary

Canadian Tire In my country, we have a major hardware store chain called Canadian Tire, which we all humourously refer to as "Crappy Tire." Gary

That clears it a bit... Thanks for the info, Pat. From what I gather, Beam makes the tranny, with the fluid drive and cycles changed by the loud "clunck" solenoids. So likely, the separate makes built the rest of the machines their own style containing the Beam mechanics (if I'm correct)...

Over time, I've read about many different laundry appliances apparently made by Beam. For example, Speed Queen and Hotpoint, which are very different from each other. How are a group of differently-built appliances all made by Beam, the same company? I thought Speed Queen was made by McGraw &...

I saw a preview of a new reality show called, "My Crazy Obsession," and I thought I saw one of the members here on it - am I right? This individual has a room full of vintage washers and dryers, and there was a very early model Fridgidaire washer pulsading. Gary

I'm Surprised! I always thought Speed Queen had a great reputation in their McGraw & Edison years. They seemed very popular with laundromats, as I seen more SQ washers than other coin-op brands. And I've seen just as many Huebsch dryers, also made by M & E at that time. I know that there were...

Sorry for the double... The first time I posted this (GE/Hotpoint/JCP), it somehow got deleted. Gary

GE/Hotpoint/JCP GE made Hotpoint since the stone age, but until the 70's, they were build differently. After that, Hotpoint became mechanically identical to GE, but maintained some slightly unique traits. The washer had the ring filter while GE still had the agitator-mounted basket filter, and...