My favourite
A personal favourite....the 1966 Simpson All push button Fluid Drive....
A personal favourite....the 1966 Simpson All push button Fluid Drive....
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supremewhirlpol
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For me, just about any slanted console Whirlpool is my favorite. Dadoes, and Goatfarmer have provided pictures of some very nice ones. My favorite of all would be the 1966 LRA992 that I have, thanks to Debbie. The reverse on/off logic of the timer adds to its uniqueness, A very special machine.
Real nice
Love to find one of these for real
Love to find one of these for real
supremewhirlpol
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For vintage commercial machines, it is a tie between Wascomat and Ipso. When it comes to features of mechanical timer machines, Ipso wins. Below is my 1989 Ipso WE-165 40LB OPL commercial FL
The automatic washer
That started it all for me.
Was my grandmother's machine and she had it in the pantry off the kitchen.
It emptied into a porcelain sink, deep basin.
That started it all for me.
Was my grandmother's machine and she had it in the pantry off the kitchen.
It emptied into a porcelain sink, deep basin.
Malcolm
What a great thread
Thanks for starting it and bringing us all down memory lane.
This was the washer my Mom had in 1967.
Wish I still had that machine.
What a great thread
Thanks for starting it and bringing us all down memory lane.
This was the washer my Mom had in 1967.
Wish I still had that machine.
And recently
This has become a favorite.
Have I become a Frigidaire convert?
This has become a favorite.
Have I become a Frigidaire convert?
No picture, but---
My all-time favourite is the Center Dial Maytag!!! Preferably the 208 or 608.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
My all-time favourite is the Center Dial Maytag!!! Preferably the 208 or 608.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Oh, ok
Maytag!
Maybe an 806?
Maytag!
Maybe an 806?
One of my favorite is the 1965 Custom Imperial version of the 1966 that Malcolm posted. the white cabineted 65 was turqoise where the 66 was all metal/chrome looking.Another one of my favorites is teh 1958 WI that's on the front page (the pink washer & dryer).
This is still mine...
I've always loved the look of the stainless background, toggle switches, and metallic knobs of the 60's to 70's GE filter flos. Particularly love the lighted overhang models with the cursive script and the large "V" in the middle. Just always found these to be very sharp designs and rather timeless.
Jon
I've always loved the look of the stainless background, toggle switches, and metallic knobs of the 60's to 70's GE filter flos. Particularly love the lighted overhang models with the cursive script and the large "V" in the middle. Just always found these to be very sharp designs and rather timeless.
Jon
chaskelljr2
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My favorite has to be the Lady Kenmores from the late 1960&#
Especially the keyboard models from that era. The chrome panels are one thing, but it was all of those push-buttons and those dials that did it for me.
The lighted consoles just put everything over the top.
"StrongEnough78" has posted a picture of one of them in his post on this VERY thread. I have that picture as well. It is in my F/W 1969 Sears Catalog. What an elegant machine it was.
But my overall favorite has to be the 1966-67 model. I can say that there was one of those in my family. My father's late aunt had one, and boy, it was a treat to use. It was a quiet machine too.
The last time I seen it in person was 1986. But what memories that machine had.
My printer is not hooked up right now. That's only reason why I haven't posted a picture of it. Otherwise, I would post a picture of one.
That was ONE classy machine if I don't say so myself. Wish we still had that machine.
--Charles--
Especially the keyboard models from that era. The chrome panels are one thing, but it was all of those push-buttons and those dials that did it for me.
The lighted consoles just put everything over the top.
"StrongEnough78" has posted a picture of one of them in his post on this VERY thread. I have that picture as well. It is in my F/W 1969 Sears Catalog. What an elegant machine it was.
But my overall favorite has to be the 1966-67 model. I can say that there was one of those in my family. My father's late aunt had one, and boy, it was a treat to use. It was a quiet machine too.
The last time I seen it in person was 1986. But what memories that machine had.
My printer is not hooked up right now. That's only reason why I haven't posted a picture of it. Otherwise, I would post a picture of one.
That was ONE classy machine if I don't say so myself. Wish we still had that machine.
--Charles--
Washer-dryer control bridges-seem to like the flourescent lighted WP-KN ones.For today---how bout LED-fiber optic lighting-or luminescent panels behind the glass panels where the flourscent bulbs would be-No starters or burned out bulbs!Also like the center knob Maytag control panels.
dubstar85
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Mine is the UK Bendix washer and driers produced in the 1980s. Heres a picture i pinched from an earlier thread
My favorite is probably a 3-way tie between the 1961 Kenmore 70, the 1963 Kenmore line including the 600, the 70 and especially the Lady K 800s, and the 1976 and later black panel machines.
The 61 is not the most elegant washer, but how could I not love the machine that started it all for me?
The 63s are just plain elegant. I think I like the 70s as much as the 800s, but these are timeless to me. They simply speak "This is what a washer is" to me, nothing more, nothing less.
The 76-86 black panel machines are an entirely different animal to me, but I have a similar feeling about them. I was much older when these came out, was able to actually buy a new pair of my own at the tender age of 21, and I have an awesome fun time rebuilding dozens upon dozens in the 1990s for re-sale. They sold in hours of finishing them, I never had to convince anyone of the Kenmore merits, and they essentially paid for a pick-up truck I bought to haul them. Fun times. Now I am using these machines at home and consider them 'vintage' to a degree and what was once something nearly new that I was selling is now something that people consider old and novelties.
Gordon
The 61 is not the most elegant washer, but how could I not love the machine that started it all for me?
The 63s are just plain elegant. I think I like the 70s as much as the 800s, but these are timeless to me. They simply speak "This is what a washer is" to me, nothing more, nothing less.
The 76-86 black panel machines are an entirely different animal to me, but I have a similar feeling about them. I was much older when these came out, was able to actually buy a new pair of my own at the tender age of 21, and I have an awesome fun time rebuilding dozens upon dozens in the 1990s for re-sale. They sold in hours of finishing them, I never had to convince anyone of the Kenmore merits, and they essentially paid for a pick-up truck I bought to haul them. Fun times. Now I am using these machines at home and consider them 'vintage' to a degree and what was once something nearly new that I was selling is now something that people consider old and novelties.
Gordon
Here's a nice 1961 Kenmore 70 with all porcelain cabinet
Some 63 Lady K pics
I think I have a Coppertone washer coming to go with the dryer!
I think I have a Coppertone washer coming to go with the dryer!
Can't resist posting one more:
pierreandreply4
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pic of complete dryer
hello everyone here is a pic of the dryer if any one is wondering what the model is
hello everyone here is a pic of the dryer if any one is wondering what the model is
PUSH BUTTON MAYTAGS!!!
While my close second is the center dial Maytags from the 70s, nothing beats these!
While my close second is the center dial Maytags from the 70s, nothing beats these!
