1965 Frigidaire Imperial Washer and Dryer.

[sudslock1]

Have a friend who is an antique/auction nut who always goes to estate sales and he found these at an auction of the contents of a nice mid century house in Dayton Ohio. They were sitting in the garage and look as if they hadn't been used in years but are almost mint and near perfect condition wise. Even had the manuals and sales brochures in the washer tub.

 

[sudslock1]

Washer

Here is the washer.

 

[sudslock1]

Money Shot!

Thump thump

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

 

Oh wow! Now that would be a dream set for me!

 

[classiccaprice]

Pretty sweet. Did you get these beauties?

 

[sudslock1]

They are mine.

My friend got them and the matching wall oven, cooktop and fridge as well.

 

[washdaddy]

Looks like this person has several desirables or these have been moved to a collector's location.
The washer and dryer do look like they're in relatively good shape but the cycle indicator on the washer has slipped.

Also appears that behind the Frig washer is a Whirlpool combo and next to that a Philip's Duomatic.

Wonder what other goodies are hidden where these are all located.

 

[sudslock1]

Yes....

That is my storage unit. The cycle indicator plastic just needs some glue. Will do that when I clean up the machines.

Good eye. There are two Duomatics and a Whirlpool combo in there as well.

 

[hydralique]

Just Gorgeous!

Turquoise is my favorite appliance color and it really doesn't get better than these.

 

[launderess]

Where are my smelling salts?

 

[frigilux]

Oh.....that beautiful rust-free tub and Deep Action space capsule agitator; all those cycle choices and dispenser on the console; the remote control knob.

Pass the smelling salts to me when you're finished with them, Launderess.

 

[retropia]

That set pretty much checks all of the check boxes! Pretty color? Check. Matched set? Check. Lovely design? Check. Good condition? Check. Lots of buttons and knobs? Check.

 

And on and on....

 

 

[oldskool]

Stunning!

Congratulations on a fabulous acquisition! Just beautiful. My, my, my!

 

[revvinkevin]

WOW Dave, those are absolutely stunning, amazing, just...... WOW!!!!!!

A huge CONGRATS to you!

Kevin

 

[philr]

Congratulations!

That's a very nice set!

I wish I could grab such nice machines in that color!  The mid-1960's Custom Imperial machines are my favorites. And yours happen to be in my favorite color too!

Did you take more pics of the cooktop, the oven and the fridge?  I'd be curious to see them! The parts I see of the cooktop and the fridge make them older than your 1965 laundry appliances. 

 

 

[swestoyz]

That's a set dreams are made of. Congrats.

Ben

 

[mrb627]

WOW!

Tell your auction buddy to keep his eagle-eye open for anything else along these lines. 

I'm sure someone in our group would pay for this kind of high quality vintage!

 

Malcolm

 

[stainfighter]

and on and on...

(Some) lighted controls? Check! Smelling salts indeed!

 

[hippiedoll]

OH WOW!!!

what a BEAUTIFUL set and in such BEAUTIFUL condition!!!

what a GRRRRREAT friend you have, to get these for you!!!

 

[dnastrau]

Beautiful set!

Great find!  Wasn't '65 about the end of the line for turquoise?

 

[philr]

Turquoise was still available in 1966 and 1967.

 

[bigalsf]

Congrats!

Great find! Those really look nice. Is that a drawer style dispenser in the control panel?

 

[gansky1]

Amazing - just goes to show, there is a lot waiting for all of us, still lurking out there.

Congrats on a great set!

 

[laundromat]

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!

 

[appnut]

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.

 

[combo52]

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.

 

[syndets2000]

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]

 

[jocks54]

Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just a real beautiful set. WOW! What a find!!!!!!!!!!

 

[philr]

<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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[philr]

<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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