Sorry for your lost Paul. I can't wait to see videos of the 'angel wing' Ten Vane agitator in action, also. But, the story from the guys is, the 67' 21" tall angel wing agitator is not so effective turning over giant size loads. The agitator base is only 11 1/2" wide and the vanes are very narrow. They weren't high enough to create the turbulence needed to force the clothes down to the bottom of the tub to roll the laundry over.
It is beyond me that Franklin-WCI did not think it was important enough or necessary to enlarge the bottom vanes to create more powerful agitation to handle full, giant 18 pound capacity loads. After all, the Ten Vane 'angel wing' and 18 pound giant capacities were used in the Grants Bradford, Gamble's Coronado, Co-op, Franklin, Kelvinator, and Gibson washers. They were 2 of their washers greater features. Or, supposed to be, at least.
Now, I'm not sure if Franklin shrank the agitator to 19" or 18" and kept the same base size for their 16 pound capacity tubs. Or, they widen the base to 12 5/8" and added more height to the bottom vanes which would have performed much better than the 18 pounders. And, continued using that style for the later 70's to 80's washers. If you look at the 'Early 80's Kelvinator Washer Dryer Sales Training Video' on YouTube, you will be able to see the potential turnover power of the Ten Vane agitator in action. Look carefully, you'll see the load being pulled down by the 210 degree agiation strokes, although there's indexing.
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