Frigidaire timeline

[bajaespuma]

Yes, I have WAY too much time on my hands these days...

...and, I suppose, if Endora had had a pair of her own home laundry appliances with her up on Cloud 8, they'd look like this:

 

[norgeway]

Another Variation

Of 1964 models, When I was a kid we had some friends that had a 64 Custom Deluxe washer that was a Multimatic and had the Jet Action agitator???!

 

[kenmore71]

That is entirely possible.  The Jet-Action agitator was introduced DURING the 1964 model year.  Here is the permanent documentation from a 1965 Tech-talk Supplement.  This information was likely first printed in a tech-tips bulletin sometime in 1964. 

 

[kenmore71]

Next page:

 

[kenmore71]

And the last page.

Here are listed EXACTLY which serial number in production began incorporating the Jet Action agitator.

 

Also note that at the bottom are listed the 1964 models that had already incorporated the Rollermatic Drive mechanism.

 

Phil and Ben….perhaps this chart can help us with some reverse forensics?

 

[philr]

Mark, I have the same and I think Ben has it too (if he doesn't, I did send a scan of the very same page to him). That's why we think some models were produced with the Multimatic and Rollermatic transmissions simultaneously. Ben has a document that I don't have that he told me says more about the transmission change. I hope he could scan it for us!

 

Also, if I understand correctly, not all models were available in all colors... The model I have (WDR-64) was made only in white. The Custom Imperial was made only in white and copper (that means the colorized green set on Bewitched would have been coppertone!). It also means the white-colored WIA-64 had the Rollermatic transmission while the other ones still had the Multimatic at the time of the change of agitator.

 

The documents I have are covering both US and Canadian models and there's no information about Canadian models ever having the Rollermatic transmission. I know that Canadian models were also a bit different in configuration. For example, there was no equivalent of my US-built WDR-64 or DDF-64 here. Instead, there was a WCDRC-64 and a DCDFC-64. 

 

 

 

[bajaespuma]

Coppertone with a Jet-Action agitator, eh?

 

Even though I find these interesting, I'd rather have a 1965 TOL with the dispensers behind the door, the periwinkle blue tubs and the color coordinated panels. Frigidaires are amazing machines; I am looking forward to finding a Filtrator dryer. I am still regretting the 3 Frigidaires that we had throughout the late 20th that I wasn't able to keep.

 

[philr]

Beautiful illustration Ken! The 1964 Coppertone wasn't shaded and a bit lighter.

 

Here's a 1964 range that I started parting out...