1950ish Easy spinner WITH SEE THROUGH GLASS WINDOWS!!

[qsd-dan]

A little tip to the Ebay bidders here: Don't get into a bidding war until seconds away from the end of the auction. Otherwise, you're unnecessarily driving up the price.

 

[mickeyd]

Dave, I emailed you last night, responding to your question

Here it is:

Hey Dave

I'd love to have it. Do you want to get it together and trade it back and forth year to year or something agreeable. I die for Easies, and this is beyond a dream.

Mike

Interesting, we both changed our minds.

 

[norfolksouthern]

Looks like this one's gonna disappear in a museum some place at the rate this auction is going. It would have been nice seeing it go to one of the members, at least we could have got a video.

NorfolkSouthern

 

[brianl]

Mine has a constant drain on the spinner tub, but the control dictates whether the wash tub drains into the pump and out. The weird thing is that it looks like they cut the hose off the back of that round metal piece in the back with the quick connect and placed it directly on the pump. Taking the plate off the back reveals a cut hose that oddly matches the cut end of the hose on the pump. It looks like my drain hose was really supposed to be a fill hose. I will take pics this week and post for everyone to see what I am talking about.

 

[combo52]

Glass Easy twin tub

I am bidding on the glass easy don't worry everyone con come & play with it @ the fall 2010 washin in beltsville maryland. I have a working 1952 easy twin tub deluxe with built in inlet water filter i am trying to give away i offered it to Brain in NJ but have not heard from him. If anyone else wants it let me know I don't need two John.

 

[brianl]

Oh did you?? I'll take it!! lol

 

[brianl]

I'm Sorry Combo52

Yea I wasn't able to check my e-mail yesterday due to some friends car trouble. I e-mailed you back though.

 

[whirlaway]

Glass

I wonder if it is glass or plexiglas,it does look as if it was used probably of course for a demo.The paint on those machines is so thin.I repainted my Easy wringer,and my twin tub really needs it. Good Luck Bobby

 

[mickeyd]

HI Bobby!

Was plexiglas around back then --late 40's. I have no idea, but it looks like real glass.

I think Greg recommends oil base deck paint for washer. We'll have to ask him. I have a patch on my Easy that needs covering. We want to make iit perfect.

If Jon Combo Le Fevre wins the bid, we're all in luck. GO JON GO

 

[whirlaway]

Paint

Oh Yes,Plexiglas was the rage after WW2.From what I read glass was still very hard to bend and keep its strength.Thats one of the reasons windshields were still flat on most cars till the early fifties.I used automobile primer,white,and then white Rustoleum paint works wonders on washers.I even painted my anchor fence with green in the gallon tin.Holds up really good around moisture.I took a nappy roller and rolled it on the chainlink and sprayed the supports.The fence almost disappears in the spring and summer.I wish I had a scanner or I would post pics of the washer.Im still interested in a cone spinner tub,of course will pay you and shipping for it. I have an old twintub for parts the spinner shift lever is jammed,was that way when I bought it.Thanks Bobby

 

[macboy91si]

Out of my price range

I'm out... Not that it's not worth every penny, but I just don't have THAT kind of cash this time of the year.

-Tim

 

[bradross]

Definitely a dealers' display model ...

Hey everybody...I copied a vintage ad that was on eBay a long time ago, showing the "lighted window" display model for dealers. Here's the jpg image ...

Sure hope somebody gets this one - what a find!!!

 

[chestermikeuk]

"Sure hope somebody gets this one"

Yes and me too...does it have a light in the window or are we skating on thin ice in the marketing department??

You know that arrangement is not to different from the Hotpoint Twintubs that where still being made up to the 1990`s...spiralator agitator & needle jet circle spray rinse as opposed to column spray.

Was it just the basic red & white easy that had to column spray??

 

[mickeyd]

Mikey, they all had the cone spray available except in the v

It depended on what model you bought. The least expensive model did not have the cone spray. And trust me, laugh, laugh, there are no lights in the window!!!

I'd love to see the Hotpoint circle spray. Is there a Movie of it?

 

[mickeyd]

If you want to see a movie of the spinner working with sound

Go to YouTube and search "Crazy Washer Tricks." I'd link it for ya but can't get on.

 

[mickeyd]

Sorry Brad, mea mea culpa

I never saw your fabulous find. I only saw Mikey's question. That's amazing. I've got to rush right back and read and study it and inhale it after i make some tea. Does it really light up. Thanks so much for that. I'm cursed with an Easy gene that just won't quit.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Circle Spray

Hi Mickey

I thought the electric light might not be there!!..Lol, well its just enough to see it with the clear sides..all that splashdrama!! heres a pic of the Hotpoint twinny with spiralator & circle spray for rinsing

 

[mickeyd]

This gets more exciting by the day

At first, I thought the admen cut the faucets off because they were in the way. But the copy says that the fresh water surges "UP THROUGH" the cone. This completely baffles me. But how do you fill the wash tub? Where is the control to direct the water either way? The things you learn at AWorg, and the more challenges raised! Maybe Brain's machine with all the hose confusion was originally one of these. Interesting that they don't show a drain hose.

Can anyone explain? Thank You. Tom, is there anything in those Library of Congress journals on appliance development?

Having trouble reading most of the copy and it won't blow up. Maybe our genius Webmaster Sam will tweak his nose and work his magic, if he gets a free moment.

 

[danemodsandy]

Curved Glass:

I can't contribute anything beyond my own experience, but I do have personal knowledge of curved glass dating from before this Easy would have been made. When I was a kid, one of my mom's prized possessions was a Victorian-era desk with a glass-front bookcase. The bookcase was beside the drop-leaf desk (which had drawers beneath it), and it was maybe five feet tall, total (the entire piece was seven feet tall or so). The bookcase's door was curved, and the glass in it was, too. Sometime in '56 or '57, the piece fell over onto its face (probably from Mom overloading the drop-leaf for the desk), and so the original glass had to be replaced. Anyway, producing curved glass was evidently a possibility as early as the turn of the 20th century, when that piece was produced. And the replacement curved glass was available at the local level in the '50s, so it must not have been a huge deal, maybe a little hard to get, but still something a housewife could locate and order. However, it was not safety glass of any kind, and that probably made a huge difference.

Sad coda: We had a house fire in early '59, and this time the desk/bookcase was damaged beyond restoration, mostly by water from the fire-fighting efforts. Too bad; it was a very handsome piece, with dragon heads holding up the shelves above the desk.

 

[mickeyd]

Mikey, i missed you again. Getting old, reading from the bot

I talked to you before seeing the ad. It looks like it does light up after all. We'll have to wait till we can read the print.

Thanks so much for the pic of the Hotpoint. I was always curious about the stark similarity between the Hotpoint and Easy agitator, and now look at the similarity between the HP Circle jet and the Circle jet on the Frigidaire 1-18's. I wonder if the Frigidaire Engineers borrowed a page from the Hotpoint UK playbook.

Gonna go enjoy the whole ad now with another spot o' tea. Thanks again. Faulty memory had me thinking you once made a movie of the HP Circle Jet Rinse.

 

[whirlaway]

I saw one also

I do remember those oak knick-nac cases.The glass was very thin.About 1948 GM started to put a curve in the windshield and Hudson.They were still 2piece though.All the Chrysler products didnt go to a one piece until 53 and then they were only slightly curved,but the back windows were quite large and curved.Even today to replace those old wrap around windshields is an art,most auto glass people wont touch them. Thanks Bobby

 

[volvoguy87]

Ooooh look at it now.

I hope someone here gets it.
Dave

 

[whirlaway]

It is High!

The price keeps going,I wonder what it will go for? They are rare,I wonder how many were made? Bobby

 

[combo52]

Glass Easy twin tub

We one the auction for the EASY Jon Charles went in with me for it the final price was 480.00 it will get picked up on my way back from minnesota after christmas and be @ the beltsville appliance museum or the Jon Charles museum in massachusetts.

 

[volvoguy87]

Glad it's safe!

Will you be passing through Cincinnati on your way?
I hope y'all enjoy your Easy. I can't wait to see the pics and vids.
Dave

 

[tlee618]

Great news John, it will be a wonderful addition to the museum!!

 

[mickeyd]

"Relief is just--DO DING-- a swallow away!" ~ from

Now we can relax.

Jetcone, Combo& Turbo : Do you have any info on the Easy in Brad's ad which claims to shoot water up the jetcone? A lead would be greatly appreciated.

At first, I thought it was a mad ad man's fiction. Then I remembered the screen flush, and the automatic holding of rinse water on the 47 GE, so there were a lot of seemingly unbelievable miracles going on in the 40's washing machine's. And then later there was the spray rinsing Wringer on the Visimatic.

 

[laundromat]

Wonderful John!!! I knew as soon as I saw this gem that somebody here would be glad to save it!! I thank everyone here who was inspired enough for their bids and would recomend that you do a video and sell it like Robert has with two seperate models so far. The lates being a Montgomery Ward (Norge) Signature.