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Too bad I do not have a means for grabbing at least the audio portion of those Kelvinator Washer demos from YouTube. Ben, I happened to come across your washer demo the other night while searching for Kelvinator Washer commercials. Many thanks for sharing that one. That Cheap Trick classic tune was an awesome background addition near the end. I already have copies of Robert's ABC-O-Matic demos saved here in my Vintage Appliance Videos folder, but am always open to collecting more bordom killing Splashy Kelvy demos. In my case, not worried about any lack of visuals as long as I can still enjoy the listening to it part. Therefore, in case anybody wishes to throw me some more nifty washer audios, look up my Shark email within my profile and have at it. Many thanks and Merry Christmas!--Laundry Shark
 
Hi Ross!, Wonderful Norge and FilterFlo washer there, I love them both. I remember watching My Little Margie too since we are about the same age, it was one of my favorite shows!......... Was Zazu Pitts on that show too? I have a vague memory of her on something or other in the 50's.......What a great charater actress she was......Perhaps it was the Oh Suzannah Show.........with ?Gail Storm? ???
 
Kelvinator!

I can't stop watching this great commercial. I tried to download it but couldn't - maybe Im doing something wrong. We have to find a way to add it to our videos.
Peter
 
Downloading from YouTube?

*Unless you happen to have [or come up with] a special type of file conversion software to handle streams,* YouTube videos are streaming videos and cannot be downloaded as actual files. This explains why I prefer file downloads over audio/video streams from YouTube, Google, AOL, etc. Merry Christmas!--Laundry Shark
 
Ashampoo Clip Fisher..

Will not only save them as a flv. file, but also convert them to WMV for you.

Somehow I got this program free before they started charging...
I use it constantly!
Brent
 
I have a question for all who know about ABC/Kelvinator machines.
When did ABC go out of business and American Motors/Kelvinator buy them out?
I have two ABC wringer washers, one says ABC- Peoria, Il and the other says ABC American Motors, Detroit. I was just wondering? Thanks, Gary
 
ABC/Kelvinator

Nash-Kelvinator bought the ABC company in 1952. ABC built not only their machines but the Kelvinator's. Nash/Kelvinator merged with Hudson Motors in 1954 to form the American Motors company. AMC sold off the Kelvinator/ABC appliance division in 1968 to White-Consolidated. I think 1968 was probabally the last year for the ABC and Kelvinator was used on all washing machines. I remember in 1964 when my mother decided to go with an automatic she had looked at the ABC's and Kelvinator's, Easy and many others but stayed with Maytag as that was what we had as a wringer washer.
See the link below.

 
X-Centric action.

What was the last year of the X-Centric action in the US market? This machine is so fascinating, and it's the only alternative I know to the conventional twisting agitator except for the much better-known Frigidaire, and much lesser-known Apex.

It's a hula-hoop motion,
Dave
 
Kelvinator

The last year I saw them in the stores was in 1969. It's ashame wci destroyed them like they destroyed Frigidaire. I bet if they kept it going they probably would have made a 1/18 and that would have been awsome.
Peter
 
Magic Minutes with Kelvinators

I remember a neighbor who had an ABC-0-Matic with that washing action...and it was every bit as splashy as the '56 Kelvy in the Hillary Brooke ad. His, if I recall, was built around 1953 or 1954...

My mom's first automatic was a 1963 Kelvinator...no window in the lid...it had a lint filter that attached to the agitator (which probably eliminated the overflow rinse action), and the agitator was black plastic without the soft fins. It had the holes for the "water-jet action" and it splashed the way a Kelvy should!

I remember the MAGIC MINUTE feature, but not too fondly, because Kelvys of that era had timed fill cycles. If your water pressure was too low, you didn't get enough water in the tub when the timer clicked off. If it was too high, you got too much water.

I also remember the red unbalance button that popped up every time the washer shook more than a little...very annoying! Also the black agitators eventually began smudging the clothes after several years use--we ended up getting a turquoise agitator from the dealer where we bought the washer...that ended the smudges...

Interesting how all the washers made by automobile manufacturers had off-beat washing actions...Frigidaire's "jet cone agitator", Philco's "blades of water," and Kelvinator's "Deep Turbulent Washing Action" (what they called it in 1963; you supposedly could wash a paper napkin in a Kelvy without tearing it...I never tried it myself!

By the way, ZaSu Pitts starred with Gale Storm on "Oh! Susanna!", not "My Little Margie." The role was similar: "Nugey" was to Susanna Pomeroy what Mrs. Odetts was to Margie Albright...
 

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