GE V-12 Dryer

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In Buffalo Grove IL

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[pulltostart]

1963 Model

I used to have a similar one with the console elevated on pedestals (DA-720W).  I sold it to another AW member.

 

lawrence

 

[appnut]

Lawrence, is this timed dry only and air fluff cycle?

 

[jons1077]

Auto dry

Timer has auto dry. Single temp I’m assuming.

 

[pulltostart]

Correction

This was a 1962 model.  There were no temperature choices, just a start button.

 

The description in the catalog says:

High-speed drying system

Automatic control

Variable time control

 

The automatic/time statements seem contradictory.

 

lawrence

 

[bajaespuma]

Yes, a 1962 W model; 3 on the model number means no pedestal

This is/was our first dryer (720, with pedestals to match the washing machine). It was a dependable workhorse; no repairs and still working when they sold the house 16 years later. They never used the Automatic cycle; I don't know why but when I tried it myself it seemed to take forever to dry a load. The pedal was a pain; most of us took to grabbing the left edge of the door to open it with our fingers. This was also caused because the bone-heads put the dryer with a right-hand opening door on the wrong side of the washer. The more TOL GE dryers of that vintage featured something called "Compensated Control" which might have made the automatic cycles more accurate.

 

[appnut]

This was the dryer a family owned down the street. The son & I used to ride bikes together. Didn't meet him until about 1963 or 1964. The washer next to it was the Fflo design with the brake, the filter stream port was at the back (12 o'clock) position, had turquoise timer face and a coordinated vertical switch for hot/warm wash and a water saver switch. So this was the initial design/product after the brake was implemented. I remember hearing the brake at the end of a spin outside the laundry room door when we were playing on the driveway. His mom used Final Touch and could smell it coming from the dryer exhaust.

 

[pulltostart]

Ken,

We had the same backwards relationship between the washer and the dryer when we lived on the AFB.  All of the NCO housing consisted of duplexes.  One half of the units were the mirror image of the other half.  Unfortunately, ours had the washer on the right and the dryer on the left.  I was envious of our next door neighbor who's w/d were in the proper relationship.  On the bright side, all refrigerators were right-hand models and were correct for our unit; but was backward in our neighbor's unit.

 

Here's a pic of the 750 that I had.  She cleaned up beautifully, but was DOA.

 

lawrence

 

[circlew]

Speaking of dryer locations in relation to washers, our laundry room always had the dryer to the left. The first dryer was a '63 Westinghouse, with a drop-down door, and it was paired with a '55 Westinghouse washer. The next washer used with that dryer was a '64 Westinghouse FL that had the latch on the right. It wasn't too bad, since the dryer was still the slant-front design. In '73 we got the Maytag set, in which the dryer has the latch on the right, so that worked out well. When I got the new Whirlpool washer, I still used the Maytag dryer, and kept it in the same location. The new laundry room has washer located on the left.

 

[bajaespuma]

The beginning of the fascination...

Lawrence,

That was one of the first images I collected off of the AW site when I joined; that was our WA-750 W. It was still working when we sold the house, along with the dryer, but it had had a couple of service calls mostly when socks escaped over the wall into the outer tub. By the end it had lost the clutch's ability to shift into SLOW speed. I was beyond thrilled when Webmaster Robert posted his score of the Suds Saving WA-757 W (has that machine been activated yet??). Our downstairs neighbors had purchased the 1961 version of this model which I COVETED because it had a blue control panel with the illuminated white, blue and red dial and the blue filter pan.

Bob, did your friend's washer look like either of these?:

 

[pulltostart]

Ken,

The dryer in your pics (above) is the exact model that we had on the base.  The washer was a single-speed version of your other pic.  They made a striking pair in the kitchen.  

 

lawrence

 

[appnut]

Ken, very similar. I remember the left hand part of the panel being quite stark white because the two vertical toggles were turquoise and stood out. These were replaced with TOL programmed FFlo pair in mid to late 1970s.

Their kitchen was also all GE. Appliances were white, double ovens, I think a 36" cooktop, bottom mount with ice maker I believe you flipped the ice over into the storage bin, and a bowtie dishwasher with teh steam grill being black rather than off white as others I've seen. Don't remember ever seeing another one like that.

They moved in sometime late spring to August 1961 because their sunken living room flooded during Hurricane Carla and they ended up putting in a sump pump.

They also had an outside water fountain so no one would trapse through the house to get a drink.

 

[bajaespuma]

Bob, was it this T pair?

I'd love to find these:

 

[appnut]

Ken, yes that's the washer. Thank you!!!!