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this should go in the shopper's square:

here's this craigslist ad for a vintage coppertone "norge" automatic washer for only $20, near phoenix, arizona. you can't beat the price!!!

ad says:
"Have a apartment sized washing machine that runs and works fine, just has a small leak. Has been sitting in my backyard for 6 months as we have no use for it. Used in my parents' cabin before they upgraded, but it definitely still gets the job done. Call or text me at 4804069142 - alex "

i don't know anything about norge washing machines, but i think this is a good deal??

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/hsh/4280149657.html
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Christina-
I'm sure someone here will probably snatch that one up. Looks to be a half decent machine especially for that price. To bad they didn't post a money shot of it. Would've loved to seen what it looked like inside.

Rick
 
you can't beat the price!!!

i hope someone here gets it. $20 is a "helluva" price to pay for this vintage washer. i don't know much about the "norge" brand but it doesn't look to be in too bad of shape from the outside, what we can see in the picture. and i mean if you think about it, would you rather have $20 in your pocket, or a vintage "norge" washer to play with?
that's the question i usually ask myself when i want to convince myself to buy something.
hm hm hm......

but i seen it last night, and it had been posted for like 6 hours or so. i posted it on here, in hopes that someone who likes norge will get it & appreciate it!!!
 
malcolm...

thanks for adding that video of the "norge" washer "in action" so that everyone can see the washing action of this kind of washer.

you know, i like the coppertone color of this washer. i can't help wonder how old this washer is, or more like, when it was made? i don't know why, but i get the feeling that maybe like 1967 or so?? was it in the 60's that washers came out in "fashionable colors"???

hmmmmm.....
 
ha ha.....

shame on you goatfarmer, trying to coax me into buying that norge. i'm still having a time of convincing my mom about the "bradford". there's no way i could bring the norge home too!!!
LOL......
 
well alright countryford!!!

you'll have to keep us posted & let us all know how everything goes!!!

i'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you!!! and remember, we want to see pictures of the tub and the agitator!!!

;o)
 
A Norge, A Must!!!!

In which case I remember my childhood friend's family being "Norge Nuts"!

The fridge & dishwasher top freezer for the former, portable for the latter, and in Avacado, and what put them over-the-top was the white single door fridge in the basement...

The Harvest Gold W&D however, were Wards Signature,--But NORGE BUILT!--TOL, and the mom showed me the flame behind the little door as the dryer was drying...

And the washer's removable lint filter & fabric softener dispenser that fit into one another & had to be in place, or the foaming suds spit out through the lid during the wash...!

There was another friend I had, in the house after he moved out, (and I'd never been there when he lived there, just saw him in school) another family (my mom's friend who moved in) we'd baby sat for had the old TOL gold Lady Kenmore washer (which my aunt & uncle in Baltimore had at the uncle's little place, before they got a better & bigger house, after their marriage) & TOL gold Norge gas dryer left in the house & got to see the details for the dryer more up close, (a lot resembling my folks' Bradford) but was sadly relegated to another side of the basement unused & away from the laundry as it got replaced by a Whirlpool commercial dryer, in white, coin slot and all, next to the still-working washing machine... (Maybe it broke & needed a part or the pilot was a nuisance to light?)

-- Dave
 
It is officially at my house now. I'll try and get more pictures of it this weekend. Even though I purchased it, it isn't going to stay with me. I bought it for someone else in the club. I am not going to say who. It is up to that person to make their presence known. It will however stay at my place, until that person can arrange shipping to their location. :)
 
cool....

so, have you tried to run a load through it to see if it works? did the other member give you permission to play with it?? does it look like it's in good condition??? can't wait for the pictures & update.....

:o)
 
very cool!!!

i'm sure the member who you picked this up for will be very happy with it.

thanks for sharing the pictures you've taken of this norge.

question:
is this the washer that with the agitation, it "sprinkles" the top layer of clothes, like a lawn sprinkler??
 
Christina-
The agitator you're talking about is commonly called a "burpalator". In the full size machines the "burpies" (for short) have four straight vanes on them. As the machine agitates it forces water up thru channels built into it and spray water into the filter pan.

Since this is a smaller machine it only has a three vane agitator. But, it does "burp" like it's bigger sister. So maybe they call this agitator either
"L'il Burpie" or Baby Burpie".

If you watch the video that Malcolm posted (thread #5) you can see it in action and hear it as well if you listen closely.

Rick :)
 
Norge 21" Compact Washer

Many, Many Thanks Justin for rescuing this washer for the appliance museum, it will join its long lost cousin a 21" TOL Montgomery Wards white gas dryer. I have long sought a TOL Norge built 21" mate for the dryer.

These were a cool set of compacts that Norge built in the early 1970s, they were the smallest fully automatic washer and dryer pair ever manufactured in the US. The dryers came in both gas and electric, and the electric dryers were field convertible from 120 to 240 volts, [ which is something that I wish WP had done with their 24" dryers ].

Norge claimed that these machines would hold and wash&dry 10 pounds of laundry, but 6Lbs is probably much closer to what you should actually wash in one load.

The little washer actually used the same big HD transmission and water pump as Norges full sized machines and other basic design elements. The dryer did not share any parts and other design elements with the full sized dryers they were building at the same time, Thank Goodness, LOL.

Thanks again Justin, hope you are feeling better, John L.
 
I grew up with two White Norge 20 Pound Washer and Dryer set Mom bought in 1972.They both were still around till I was out of

College.They cleaned like hell and I still hear that lint trap from that burp a lator in my head now thinking back.

The agitator does not slow down when it went the other way at all it shredded towels and Mom always fussed about her 

shirts would pill she even had the shavers for her clothes.Very tough washer when you opened the lid during spin BAM instant stop.

I never see Norge washers for sale in fact I have never seen another one ever around here.Were they made by Fedders for some

reason in my head I am seeing Norge by Fedders or something like that?
 
"L'il Burpie" or Baby Burpie"....

ha ha ha....

oh rick, that sounds too funny!!!

sort of reminds me of the dolls me & my cousins had & played with:
"baby burpie",
"caca cutie",
"tiny tinkles",
"betsy wetsy",
etc...

LOL......

so hilarious!

thank you for the laugh washdaddy/rick

christina/hippiedoll
;oD
 

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