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Original Equipment If my memory serves me correct, the WO-65 drain hoses were much smaller in diameter. They also had a metal gooseneck adapter that fit in the end of the hose......very much like the General Electric style that was used for many years on most models. Much nicer than the flimsy...

eenie meenie......... 1. Aunt Shirley's 1952 Frigidaire in the kitchen 2. Aunt Betty's 1964 Hotpoint Silouhette 16 with the fountain filter. Lots of interesting cycle changes in this baby. Loved to watch the overflow rinse with the fountain filter splashing in the pan and the drain hose...

Wizardry The lid looks like Kenmore. I love the clock.........perhaps you could use the clock to delay the wash (for soaking)? They should have put a pushbutton AM radio right in the center. What an awesome pair. Neal

Yummy There is just something about a high-cholosterol dinner cooked in a pink stove.........Green Bean Casserole anyone?

I am ready to do a mapquest from Detroit Area to Bound Brook, NewJersey. This one is too good to be true. I can just hear that water striking that cabinet just seconds into the spin......OMG!!!

Detroit Laundromats In the Detroit area, there were plenty of laundromats under the banner of "Quick Clean." They featured Fridgidaires. It was a symphony of pulsating.....and those lovely timers chirping all over the laundromat. As a youngster, on the way to the Dairy Queen, I just had to stop...

Awesome!!! What a find. We had the EXACT same washer that replaced a frog-eyed Kenmore. Although, I swear we got the washer in 1961, it might have been a model for 1962!!! The control panel took me 40 some years back....what the mind forgets.....but soon remembers again......thank YOU. I...

Whirlpool Vs. Kenmore I don't know if I remember this well.......but it seemed like just before that glorious shifting sound between neutral drain and spin.....the Kenmore's timer seemed to take a little more time to shift into spin than the Whirlpool. My imagination? Neal

Form and Function Rick....this '56 Whirlpool has to be the " 1959 Cadillac" of design in Washing Machines. There are some great designs out there.....but this one seems to bring form and function together!!! This baby "rocks!!!" Neal

Cutaway Picture Link Thanks for linking those cutaways of the Frigidaire. I was wondering why they went originally from a perforated tub to a solid tub. Maybe because the high-speed spin "dimpled" the clothes? As for the sound of washers with no outer tubs, it is incredible. From my education...

Love at first sight Wow. This one is almost exactly like the one my Aunt Shirley had in her kitchen on the South Side of Chicago. I remember the agitator being black.......and there seemed to be a metal extension on the drain hose going into the kitchen sink. Of course.......no outer...

Is this the Kelvinator of Kelvinators? Interesting Controls!!! But no window? What gives? I love that filter, but I can imagine how dizzy it would make you to watch this baby!!! Splash City!!! Lots of "magic minutes" to enjoy here......this one is a gem. Neal

Best Agitator By far, it's Deep Action for me. That agitator looked like an Apollo Space Capsule ready to take off. #2 Speed Queen....The High-Vaned Agitator with the little crown on the top. Powerful and simple.

Pageant Time Miss America or Lady Kenmore.........hmmmmmm sounds like the battle of the beauties!!!

Frigidaire Those early WCI spin-offs were tough to detect. Your on the hunt.......the best is yet to come!!!

Lint Filter on '56? Sorry, but I forgot my original question from my previous post. I don't remember there being a lint filter on the '56. Were there some models that didn't build the waterfall lint filter?

Whirlpool I love that '56. I agree with Gyrofoam. That might be the best looking WP ever. There seems to have been tons of those sold.....as I saw them much later during my "trash" inspections. Couldn't resist that button to open the lid. I also remember two VERY loud end-of-cycle signals that...

Hotpoint Unimatic, you said it so well!!! I suspected that the Hotpoint may not have had the outer tub as you described in the early Frigidaire Machines. Thinking of the sound of that water hitting the cabinet while the motor revs up into spin still sends chills down my spine. Thank you Aunt...

My two cents worth Personally, I fell in love with a circa- 1964 Hotpoint Silouette 16 at my cousins house. Great cycle which included the "fountain filter," an overflow rinse, and a wonderful spin-drain out of that solid tub that has only been rivaled in my personal experience by the intensity...

Speed Queen Motor Sounds I have always loved the way the motor sounds on the older SQ washers. They almost Growl!!! Never heard anything sound like that. I also liked how the motor ran while the tub filled up on coin-ops. Can anyone tell me if all early SQ washers did that? Neal