dnastrau
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Beautiful set!
Great find! Wasn't '65 about the end of the line for turquoise?
Great find! Wasn't '65 about the end of the line for turquoise?
1965 Frigidaire Imperial Washer and Dryer.
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philr
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Turquoise was still available in 1966 and 1967.
Congrats!
Great find! Those really look nice. Is that a drawer style dispenser in the control panel?
Great find! Those really look nice. Is that a drawer style dispenser in the control panel?
Amazing - just goes to show, there is a lot waiting for all of us, still lurking out there.
Congrats on a great set!
Congrats on a great set!
laundromat
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i have the same,exact dryer in electric. would love to have the same washer but with the window lid. Congrats on this fnd!Now,go take,that Rapidry Spin!
This is a Custom Imperial set. That dryer is not the Filtrator model, it's the flowing heat model. To access the dispenser in the panel, the access door flips open--but I cannot remember if it flips up or down. Last time I saw these in person was 1968.
Graet Set Dave
Frigidaire made two different levels of Custom Imperials this year, we have the less expensive turquoise CI set, they left off the dispensers on the washer and the sprinkler on the dryer, they also skipped the chrome top and front edge cabinet trim on both machines and the full porclean cabinet on the dryer. But otherwise they are the same in cycles and other features.
Very cool set these were diffidently over the top- TOL machines, these were designed to compete head-on with MTs new 906s, Sears LKMs, WPs Mark 12s and of coerce GEs cool washers and dryers with the roll over bar timers. Other manufactures also had some neat TOL machines but I think that these were the greatest of them.
A lot of the credit for these great American machines came from having a young Democratic President who encouraged Americans to be the best, this was truly a great time in history to grow up for millions of us baby boomers.
John L.
Frigidaire made two different levels of Custom Imperials this year, we have the less expensive turquoise CI set, they left off the dispensers on the washer and the sprinkler on the dryer, they also skipped the chrome top and front edge cabinet trim on both machines and the full porclean cabinet on the dryer. But otherwise they are the same in cycles and other features.
Very cool set these were diffidently over the top- TOL machines, these were designed to compete head-on with MTs new 906s, Sears LKMs, WPs Mark 12s and of coerce GEs cool washers and dryers with the roll over bar timers. Other manufactures also had some neat TOL machines but I think that these were the greatest of them.
A lot of the credit for these great American machines came from having a young Democratic President who encouraged Americans to be the best, this was truly a great time in history to grow up for millions of us baby boomers.
John L.
syndets2000
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i have....
...a mid line 65 custom washer in yellow....i never played with it and I would love t make room, so who ever wants it mail me at [email protected]
...a mid line 65 custom washer in yellow....i never played with it and I would love t make room, so who ever wants it mail me at [email protected]
jocks54
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Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just a real beautiful set. WOW! What a find!!!!!!!!!!
Just a real beautiful set. WOW! What a find!!!!!!!!!!
philr
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Bob,</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">Both the vented (Gas and Electric) and the non-vented Filtrator were identified as "Flowing Heat". My DDF-64 and DCIF-65 Filtrator dryers say so. I guess Frigidaire wanted buyers to know that the new type of Filtrator dryers (since 1961) was an air-flow model much like the Frost-Proof refrigerators of the time were "Flowing Cold" as they had a circulating fan.</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">My 1963 refrigerator.</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">The 1965 Filtrator dryer I got from John L. showing the same "Flowing-heat" on it's sprinkler door. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">The sprinkler door is hinged at the top:</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">My DDF-64 non-vented Filtrator dryer also says "flowing-heat". </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Both the vented (Gas and Electric) and the non-vented Filtrator were identified as "Flowing Heat". My DDF-64 and DCIF-65 Filtrator dryers say so. I guess Frigidaire wanted buyers to know that the new type of Filtrator dryers (since 1961) was an air-flow model much like the Frost-Proof refrigerators of the time were "Flowing Cold" as they had a circulating fan.</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">My 1963 refrigerator.</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">The 1965 Filtrator dryer I got from John L. showing the same "Flowing-heat" on it's sprinkler door. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">The sprinkler door is hinged at the top:</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">My DDF-64 non-vented Filtrator dryer also says "flowing-heat". </span>
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philr
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<span style="font-size: medium;">John, the "two levels" of Custom Imperial washer and dryers were the following year (1966). The 1966 WCIAK and DCIAK you have are the equivalent of the 1965 WI-65 and DI-65. In 1966, the dryer added the electronic sensor and the push button door opener was replaced by a door handle but they were about the same otherwise. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">There were variations of the 1965 Custom Imperial washers and dryers offered but these were suds-return vs non suds-return for the washer and non-vented electric, vented electric and gas for the dryer but they all had the dispenser doors, translucent plastic consoles and cabinet chrome trim strips. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">There were two Imperial washers offered in the US in 1965, the WIA-65 and WI-65. Both models had fluorescent lighted controls but aluminum control panels rather than plastic. The WIA-65 didn't have any pushbuttons, lacked the "extra rinse" feature and Rapidry 1000 spin that the WI-65 and WCI-65 had. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">The two versions of the Imperial offered for 1966 were lacking the fluorescent lighted control panel of the previous year's models and had incandescent lights for their timers like the previous year's Custom Deluxe. One model had the Rapidry 1000 and the automatic soak advance (the one you also have at the museum in white)-WIK, and another model lacking both features WIAK.</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">This is a partial view of your 1966 WIK.</span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">There were variations of the 1965 Custom Imperial washers and dryers offered but these were suds-return vs non suds-return for the washer and non-vented electric, vented electric and gas for the dryer but they all had the dispenser doors, translucent plastic consoles and cabinet chrome trim strips. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">There were two Imperial washers offered in the US in 1965, the WIA-65 and WI-65. Both models had fluorescent lighted controls but aluminum control panels rather than plastic. The WIA-65 didn't have any pushbuttons, lacked the "extra rinse" feature and Rapidry 1000 spin that the WI-65 and WCI-65 had. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">The two versions of the Imperial offered for 1966 were lacking the fluorescent lighted control panel of the previous year's models and had incandescent lights for their timers like the previous year's Custom Deluxe. One model had the Rapidry 1000 and the automatic soak advance (the one you also have at the museum in white)-WIK, and another model lacking both features WIAK.</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">This is a partial view of your 1966 WIK.</span>
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Wonderful set
and a GREAT SAVE as well! That Jetcone is mint and so is that tub! You'll finally have clean clothes with those!
And Greg is right "Amazing - just goes to show, there is a lot waiting for all of us, still lurking out there. "
and a GREAT SAVE as well! That Jetcone is mint and so is that tub! You'll finally have clean clothes with those!
And Greg is right "Amazing - just goes to show, there is a lot waiting for all of us, still lurking out there. "
