Finally.

[peteski50]

Hotpoint!

Real great find and good cleaning unit. We had a later model that was simular. The internal tub and adj are the same as we had. Best of Luck with it.
Peter

 

[70series]

Awesome Find!

Congrats on finding the real deal in Hotpoints (IMO). The first washer we had was a 1964 Silhouette model which I have no memory of, as it died in 1972 when I was two years old. I have never seen or heard any of the coaxial transmission models work. Please post a vid of this when you get it cleaned up and running.

Have a good one,
James

 

[qsd-dan]

Way to go! It appears to be in great shape with almost negligible wear. A little love in the cleaning department and she'll gleam!

 

[rollermatic]

love your washer!!!!!!!

what a beautiful solid tub hotpoint washer! and that control panel! it just screams "early 60's" at least to me! i can definately relate to how you feel!

hope it works fine and all you have to do is enjoy it!

 

[toggleswitch2]

NICE!

 

[turquoisedude]

Great find!!

That is an awesome Hotpoint washer! The filter/dispenser looks kinda like a pool or spa filter. What year would this have been produced?? Congratulations on your find and keep us posted with photos of the tests - it's gonna work fine, I'll bet!!

 

[tomturbomatic]

Congratulations. I am so happy for you. I love the way you can feel the concrete in the tub ring in those machines. Tom

 

[rickr]

Congratulations on your solid tub Hotpoint!

 

[jetcone]

Ken a solid tub Hotpoint

Congratulations! I bet you are happy to get a dream machine!
And its is laundry striking distance from here DONT be surprised if I show up with a laundry basket of clothes!

 

[seeitrun2006]

Hotpoint washer

Congrats on your fine!

My Mom had the BOL 1959 Hotpoint. It is identical to this one except the controls on my Mom's laid flat on top. It only had the timer knob with hot and warm temp buttons. The opening in the rubber splash guard for the fill port was at 12:00 position. Later models had the openings between 10:00 and 11:00 position. When my Mom's washer would get off balanced
(which was often) the spash guard would move/turn around. Mom would grab it move it back to the 12:00 position. It had the red dispenser and lint filter except the guts of the filter were metal.

 

[revvinkevin]

YAY!!!

Congrats on getting the Hotpoint, that is awesome! I'm sure you will enjoy it thoroughly! I can wait to see pix (video?) of it in use!

Kevin

 

[gansky1]

Yay! Congrats on the great find - you'll love washing in this machine, I use mine nearly every week for bedding!

 

[bajaespuma]

What year indeed???

I have no idea what year this was made. I'm about to go downstairs and do a maiden wash and I'll post the model and serial numbers asap. I'm guessing by the similar blue colors that it is a 1961 model, a more BOL version of the mate to Jetcone's beautiful turquoise and black dryer. Is that a '61? But wouldn't all machines have safety lid switches by then??

and Robyn, thank you again for posting those Hotpoint catalogues. 'Points rule!

 

[bajaespuma]

What year indeed???

I have no idea what year this was made. I'm about to go downstairs and do a maiden wash and I'll post the model and serial numbers asap. I'm guessing by the similar blue colors that it is a 1961 model, a more BOL version of the mate to Jetcone's beautiful turquoise and black dryer. Is that a '61? But wouldn't all machines have safety lid switches by then??

and Robyn, thank you again for posting those Hotpoint catalogues. 'Points rule!

 

[goatfarmer]

Nice mo-chine!

 

[circlew]

Good find

Looks like it will clean up real nice. I believe these were all porcelain cabinets.

 

[retroguy]

I love it....

And the reset button.....resets the selector buttons?

 

[1952crestwood]

Congrats Ken!

Ahhhhhh. Turquoise/Aqua are my favorite colors too! That is a beautiful machine and what a neat find. Maybe my turquoise and white 1964 Ford station wagon will someday bring me home a nice turquoise washer and dryer for my future home. Be on the lookout for the 1971 Hotpoint Dishwasher manual in your email. I just sent those out and am currently wrestling with getting all the scans as close to 100K as possible to post on the group. Enjoy that beautiful machine!
Robyn

 

[bajaespuma]

RESET

The reset button, I believe, resets the motor should it overload from either strain from too much laundry or a wild ride with an unbalanced load. Robert and Greg will know this for sure. I'm thinking that's what was listed on the schematic diagram as the "kick-out switch". Will have to review.

Most importantly, the reset button is one of those details that means you have a real Taylor Avenue factory-made Hotpoint and not a GE clone. I'm still pinching myself, these machines just don't seem to show up anywhere.

 

[gyrafoam]

RESET is for when a motor overload would occur.
Sudz-Lock comes to mind, or a binding part somewhere.