1965 whirlpool washer and dryer found

akronman · Nov 5, 2014

Mached sets

Excellent, Marty. Now open the doors and lids and take more pics!
You will be pleased with the laundry results---great looking clothes from gret looking machines.

newvista58 · Nov 5, 2014

MOST EXCELLENT......

They are beautiful. Great Design and Color (of course).

Gives me Hope in Finding my Turquoise Maytag 700series
washer. Finding these, saving them, and sharing the
pics, makes it feel like a win for us all.

Good Luck,Marty.

Best Washes,

Louis

toploader55 · Nov 5, 2014

Ferklempt

Just looking at them.

Give them a hug for me. Sooooo Beautiful

marty · Nov 5, 2014

Tub removal

Thanks for the well wishes everyone! I removed the tub today to replace the leaky tub flange. Here is a picture with tub removed. There was corrosion on the center upright that the outer tub goes around. Other than that the tub and metal flanges looked great! Here is a picture. I will add more tomorrow. My only problem is getting a new water level hose. I haven't located one yet. The tub seals were available locally.

Marty

washerlover · Nov 5, 2014

Boy those must have been popular in Oregon then. I have the identical set in the same color I picked up in Eugene six years ago! Great find and let's keep these beauties alive!

roto204 · Nov 5, 2014

Wow!

Holy crap, that's the least corroded center post I've EVER seen on a BD Whirlpool. Talk about low-mileage!

marty · Nov 6, 2014

Tub shot

Here are a couple more pictures..... I will try to run it tomorrow. I hope the leaks are resolved, waiting for silicone to dry.

DADoES · Nov 6, 2014

Lordy mercy ... that thing is this >< close to being show-room fresh!

a440 · Nov 6, 2014

Looks as though you took apart a new machine!

Amazing!

I bet the dryer is just as clean!

Lucky You!!!!

Thanks for the pictures!

bigalsf · Nov 6, 2014

Wow!!

Those look excellent!! They are super clean inside & out!! I, too, have never seen a center post & pump in such good condition on a machine of this age! This machine must have seen extremely minimal use, or the house has super soft water!

Congratulations on your find. I love the turquoise blue color! Crossing my fingers for you on the repair. Have fun with it!

marty · Nov 7, 2014

More pictures

Got her running today, and so far so good. I'm doing a load of towels as I write this.here are a few pics.

rp2813 · Nov 7, 2014

Yet again --

WOW!

If we had a "Find of the Month" category, this set would be a serious contender!

ovrphil · Nov 7, 2014

Reminds me of the Maytag 906's that I stumbled upon and are now redcarpetdrew's.. so clean, they look barely used.

a good envy and jealousy surrounding your find...really fun to see this stuff surface here.

jetcone · Nov 9, 2014

Wow

that is a low use machine. Great find Marty!

Does anybody know if these had the quiet pack option or was that later?

I have too second Roto's comment never seen such a good agitator post in one of those !

washerlover · Nov 9, 2014

Both awesome machines -- you'll love the two-speed dryer and of course the "Super Wash" feature of the washer. Mine, as yours, still have the original stickers on the front touting those features. Enjoy!

114jwh · Nov 11, 2014

What an amazing find - congratulations. They look to be in excellent shape and what a great color! So lucky to find a matched set too

Is there a bulb behind the control panel? I think turquoisedude has a nearly identical Canadian version of this set and his has the lighted panel I believe.

hippiedoll · Nov 11, 2014

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

marty, those turquoise whirlpools are BEEEEEAUTIFUL!!! and look to be in AMAZING condition with hardly any use. not that i am an expert, but from what it looks like, they are so shiney & smooth!!! MAN, the washer looks GRRRREAT!!!

and i was also wondering the same thing, is the control panel supposed to light up??? it looks like the timer cycle should be illuminated and if i were to guess, also the white panel where the "whirlpool" name is logo'd, looks like it should light up too??

BOY do those whirlpools look AWESOME!!!
please get back to us & let us know if these in fact, do have lighted control panels. i can't wait to find out and if so, see pictures of them with their lights on!!!

again CONGRATULATIONS marty, on the beautiful turquoise whirlpool set!!!

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marty · Nov 11, 2014

Lighted?

Well this set was not equipped with lights. I'm trying to find a suitable socket for the timers. However I did install the fluorescent lights. Here they are doing their thing.

washerlover · Nov 11, 2014

Hi Marty, I, too, was disappointed to find that there were no back lights on these beauties. How did you rig up the lighting? I would love to do the same with my set...my email = [email protected].

Thanks,

Todd

philr · Nov 11, 2014

I'm quite surprised to learn that there were no lights in this set. My cheaper 1965 Inglis Superb single speed washer and dryer have both two incandescent lights in their control panels, the dryer also has a drum light and an ozone light. So does Paul's very similar 2 speed 1966 Inglis Sterling. Paul's washer also has a tub light and an ozone light.

Neither of our washers or dryers have the red lights on their control panels. What are they for? Is the one on the washer for a "Filtering" self-clean filter? That's also a feature that both our washers lack (they have the brush-type filters).

I thought that each Inglis washer had it's equivalent Whirlpool model but maybe not exactly.

What I think is the same between Inglis and Whirlpool models of the mid-1960s is the shape of the control panels, the single speed washer models had the narrow style like mine and the two speed washers had the larger style like yours.