1965 turquoise Frigidaire!

[pdub]

Less than 4 hours to bid !!!

With all the talk on here about hard luck finding collectible old machines, I can't believe no one has bid on this washer.

It is a 1965 model WCD-65 Frigidaire rollermatic in of all colors 'TURQUOISE' with a lighted indicator dial....

It may need a little work replacing the bellows but with all the expertise around here I just thought I would call everyones attention to it again in case anyone has missed it who might be interested.

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[danemodsandy]

Frigidaire Washers

Can anyone tell me how easy/difficult Frigidaire washers are to service? I have a confession- even though I think they're neat-looking, I've never allowed myself to get interested in them, because of the agitator. It just SCREAMS "Absolutely Irreplaceable Part", and I have a long-standing policy of not letting myself get too interested in things that are nearly impossible to restore/repair. I'm talking about the 1950's agitators, not the later ones that are mostly hard plastic. And oh yeah, I'm CERTAINLY not talking about WCI stuff.

Any thoughts here? I'm not about to run out and add more washers and dryers to my holdings, but you never know what you might run across.

 

[peterh770]

Dane,
You are in ATL, right? Come see me and I will give you some 1-18's!

 

[pdub]

YAY

Someone got it. It WILL live on!
Congratulations to the lucky buyer and best of luck.

Patrick

 

[danemodsandy]

PeterH770:

Wow, thanks!

At the moment, though, my interest is more academic than anything else; I'm just getting my feet wet in this hobby with my centre-dial Maytags (thankfully, not literally). I also have storage space issues.

However, at some point, I'd love to get together and see your collection, and learn more about Frigidaires. I have a particular interest in their products of the late 1940s and early 1950s, because Raymond Loewy (designer of the Studebaker Avanti, the U.S. Post Office logo, and the original Air Force One commissioned by President John F. Kennedy) was in charge of the styling programme at Frigidaire at that time. When I was a kid, we had a 1949 Loewy-styled Frigidaire 40-inch range. Unfortunately, that was years before I knew anything about design, and the range was scrapped in about 1974. I'd be very happy to have one like it now, let me tell you!

I also have a strong interest in Sheer Look appliances, particularly the original 1957 lineup. Those were absolutely revolutionary, and timelessly styled. If you put a control-tower Frigidaire washer and dryer pair in say, Charcoal Gray into a new house, most people would think they were the latest thing, not fifty-year-old appliances.

So, again, my thanks! I have a lot to learn.

 

[mickeyd]

Pbub, that thing is gorgeous.

We had that in coppertone after the twin tower died. The coolest thing about it, for me, was the spin. On the regular cycle it hums gently away at low speed for the first minute, then it clicks and whooshes as the pump shoots out the water at high speed and the tub cranks into full spin . What a blast, and the lighted globe in a dark basemenmt is right out of a dream. Ah to have a Frigidaire!!

 

[pdub]

mickeyd-
Yes, I know what you mean about the spin.
I have this same machine in white and it does exactly as you
say. From the sound of the timer advancing to the shift in
speed during the spin this is a very cool machine to listen to.

Patrick

 

[easyspindrier]

Hi all,

I was the lucky winner of this beautiful machine. I'm currently obtaining shipping quotes to decide whether to ship or take a weekend road trip. Anyone know the dimensions and weight of the machine ? Also anyone have an extra repair manual for sale ? I hope to keep the machine alive as long as I can. It will bring back many memories of time spent with my grandmother doing laundry. This machine is exactly like the one she had except for the color. Hers was white.

Thanks in advance,
James

 

[petek]

I just figured out your username Sandy,, Danish Modern? Is that one of your areas of collecting?

 

[danemodsandy]

Danemod, Danish Modern

petek:

Yep, that's what it's about. I collect Scandinavian Modernism; all of my furniture, accessories, and tabletop is in that style. I was doing it way before it was popular; some items in my collection have been with me for twenty years. I was also asked by Modernism Magazine to do an article for them about Dansk Designs- the beginning of a long and fruitful collaboration (I'm currently an associate editor and contributor there).

My current collecting kick is to get all kitchenwares and appliances back to that period. It's being fun.

 

[golittlesport]

me too

Hey Mickey - I had that machine in coppertone also! I bought it used when I got married and had it about six years. It was a great machine and "diaper washer" with that soak cycle. We would hang diapers out in the sun...what fun. Unfortunately, when it stopped working the repairman told me he could not fix it. Liar! If only I knew then what I know now...and if only this club was around then....but that was WAY before the Internet. When I got rid of that washer the marriage ended...I'm not sure if the two events were interrelated....ha!

 

[petek]

Maybe you could post some pics in the superforum of some danish modern furniture etc. When I was much younger, back in the 60's and 70's I always dreamed of having a house or apartment done that way. I got the bed first but it's since long gone now. Never did get my B&O stereo set but I did find a nice little loveseat last year and floor lamp in teak.

 

[danemodsandy]

petek:

I'll post some links to some articles I've done on the subject tomorrow. Look for them in the Super forum.

 

[jimmyb]

We had the set in Coppertone

What a great machine - it brings back so many fine memories of my moms set when I was a kid. Congratulations!!!

 

[sudsmaster]

Congrats, James, $95 is a great price for any GM Frigidaire (I think).

Dane, Raymond Lowry also was a bit famous for designing a shell for the venerable mimeograph copier machine. I suspect this set the standard for office machine design, and I'm guessing that after that, office typewriters and other equipment began to get sleek casings to make them more attractive, easier to keep clean, and "user friendly".

The Studebaker Starliner is one of my all-time favorite car designs. Way before its time.

 

[mickeyd]

Hi Guys! So happy to see you find and remember the beautiful

Thanks Rich and James and Patrick--Pat! did you get the machine? I don't follow ebay. I hope you did.

The Frigidaire saga, as it unfold in the club. is so stirring. Those ancient early fifties models with the thumb-print orange light, the white dial, the hot/warm switch and the reset button all in tiny harmony on the extreme right keep showing up. That was the first Frigidaire in our family. So many other years and models as well, but not here in western new York. I regularly see very old Maytags--an A806 Avacado Suds-returnn model, Saturday, GE's everywhere and plenty of Kenmores and Whirlpools, but nary a Frigi in sight. Isn't that weird? What are your stories?

Again, Pat, I've got my fingers crossed for you and pretty blue.