xraytech
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You know if hubby wont let them stay I'd gladly adopt those
A new washer/dryer set joins the collection in Ogden...
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westingman123
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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
Okay, I'd do it to.
But Drew has a point. Dontcha think we may be monitored? *LOL*
Keith
Yes!! Eddy
I'm with you a 950!!
I'm with you a 950!!
aldspinboy
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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
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
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...
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...
Yes, it's a... V-12!
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)
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)
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!
I believe that the GE's we had were actually 1964 models - but that's a whole other thread waiting to happen!
Load size selector is definitely 'finite'... No 'reset' setting back then!
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!!
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!
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!
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!
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!
This brings back memories! I remember the fibre-board back panel well - you had to take it off to change the hoses...
The inside of the machine is very clean. I don't think this washer lived in the cellar!
Of course, Jo did not quite share my enthusiasm... He was probably thinking "To hell with your washer - play with me!!"
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!!
In all the GE (and GE clones) I have owned over the years, I never had one with a lighted console!!
I figured I had nothing to lose by water-testing the washer. Although hubby was not standing by with his trusty fire extinguisher...
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!
Hearing the 'swish-swash' of that ramp-style activator took me back to Pointe-Claire, circa 1965... Wow!
A quick view with the filter-flo pan in place!
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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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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