A new washer/dryer set joins the collection in Ogden...

[westingman123]

Paul. Really. Shipping the hubby off to Switzerland just so you can sneak in that (hyperventilates) lovely set? Really?

Okay, I'd do it to.

But Drew has a point. Dontcha think we may be monitored? *LOL*

Keith

 

[jetcone]

Yes!! Eddy

I'm with you a 950!!

 

[aldspinboy]

Hey Paul they are going fit perfectly to your collection !

Now you dont have to turn the lights on downstars right..

You have three lighted sets I beleave now ..how cool is that.

Congrats my friend.  

 

Darren k

 

[turquoisedude]

Just got back from Ogden! The photos are all loaded and as promised, all will be revealed!

Saturday morning was a lovely day - the sun was shining, birdies singing, Jo wallowing in the still-under-construction pond that resembles a large mud puddle...

Oh, wait this is the BACK of the washer...

 

[turquoisedude]

Yes, it's a... V-12!

 

[turquoisedude]

A Filter-Flo with mini-basket no less!!

Full marks to all who correctly identifed this as a model 950!

The complete model number is 1 WA950X1 W - I think the 'X' will date this to 1963 (a great year!!)
Serial number is PX113 468 (I don't have the GE 'decoder ring' for washers... LOL)

 

[turquoisedude]

The switches are still 'paddle' style rather than the 'toggle' style I remember fondly from the V-12 GE's I grew up with.
I believe that the GE's we had were actually 1964 models - but that's a whole other thread waiting to happen!

 

[turquoisedude]

Load size selector is definitely 'finite'... No 'reset' setting back then!

 

[turquoisedude]

Timer dial looks great! Again the one I grew up with had the simple chrome dial with a pointer, with cycle text printed onto the control panel. This one is WAY fancier!!

 

[turquoisedude]

The Money Shot

Inside the tub looks great - the washer has clearly been unused for a very long time. Tub looks really good and the activator is solid! YAY!

 

[turquoisedude]

Now, the washer was missing the original filter-flo filter pan AND the mini-basket (guess you all know why I was so curious about them in a previous thread.. hee hee)

By pure dumb luck, the repair and part person I know in Montreal (yes, the one who is holding the original Inglis dryer motor AND a 1957 AW-18 Speed Queen washer hostage...) called me just after I found this V-12 to let me know he had a V-14 with a transmission that was not worth his while to rebuild and that he was parting out. The pale green filter pan came from that washer!

 

[turquoisedude]

This brings back memories! I remember the fibre-board back panel well - you had to take it off to change the hoses...

 

[turquoisedude]

The inside of the machine is very clean. I don't think this washer lived in the cellar!

 

[turquoisedude]

Of course, Jo did not quite share my enthusiasm... He was probably thinking "To hell with your washer - play with me!!"

 

[turquoisedude]

Now, I did some testing before I 'closed the deal' on this set. I knew that power was getting to the washer - always a good thing!!
In all the GE (and GE clones) I have owned over the years, I never had one with a lighted console!!

 

[turquoisedude]

I figured I had nothing to lose by water-testing the washer. Although hubby was not standing by with his trusty fire extinguisher...

 

[turquoisedude]

Just for the heck of it, I had the camera on 'movie' mode for the startup. I was thrilled!!
Hearing the 'swish-swash' of that ramp-style activator took me back to Pointe-Claire, circa 1965... Wow!

 

[turquoisedude]

A quick view with the filter-flo pan in place!

 

[turquoisedude]

And now for the BUT....

While I was in awe at the washer was running smoothly, I failed to notice the water cascading in the back of the washer!! Note the water trail on the outer tub...

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[turquoisedude]

And there was some 'damage in transit' from a move before I bought this washer. Good news, though, I know my parts guy kept the top from that defunct V-14. I may just be able to swap it...