Boot for Slant Front Westinghouse

[frigidaireguy]

Does anyone happen to have a boot for a Westinghouse Slant Front. I have a friend that is in need of one. Thanks for any help.

Bob

 

[mayken4now]

That might be a hard find.  IIRC think Greg (Gansky1) may know of a source????  Or used something else one time.  Maybe Moparwash knows as well

 

[turquoisedude]

Finding an original Westinghouse boot will not be easy, alas.   But you never know - I think a couple of them turned up in the Shopper's Square forum earlier this year (original ones, still in the box!!)

 

Have a look at some of the restoration threads here on the site for ideas on how to substitute more recent door boots;  IIRC there was an older Kenmore or Frigidaire boot that fit, but I fear that these parts may now also be NLA. 

 

Where's the fella who was looking into having some new ones made?  I'll go out on a limb here, but I think there's some potential demand from us Westy Laundromat owners.  

 

[moparwash]

Here is one from a 70's Spacemate on ebay...might be adaptable

http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Westi...764420?hash=item282368d404:g:8r8AAOSwkl5XeTX3

 

[jetcone]

that can

be made to fit , I saw one on a members washer before. Its a stretch but better than nothing 

 

 

 

[gansky1]

I used a Westinghouse boot from a straight-front era on my 1950 slant-front. It can be done and works OK but I had to trim the lip from the edge to get the door closed.