Go ahead, open that lid

[Unimatic1140]

I dare ya :-D

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[volvoguy87]

I double dog dare ya!

Gotta love that X-Centric action!

Thanks Robert,
Dave

 

[peteski50]

Kelvinator!

Thanks Robert,
This is what you call real Great Washing!
Peter

 

[laundromat]

I heard about boiling your wash before and this would probably be as close as one could get to illustrate that without being scolded.My first encounter with a Kelvinator was at a home down the road from my g'mother's house at the Smith's. A strict German family that raised boxers, I was going to the woods and one of their dog's,Princess knocked me over into the mud and started licking me all over.Ms Olga,her owner took the liberty to throw my t shirt full of mudscrapes into her Kelvinator with whites she was already washing.it was summer time and she let me watch through the window lid as the agitator looked like it would never stop.Like the first experience at my Aunt Maggie's house watching the Frigidaire live water action,my eye cotact was locked on watching this cool machine get out the mud in my t shirt.When I went back to my g'mom's,she was wondering how I had mud everywhere but on my shirt.I kept it seceret thinking she'd get ticked off at Ms.Smith for going out of her way.Nana was like that.

 

[mark_wpduet]

HOLY #$%%@@@%#%#%^@@

I've never seen anything like that! That's a Kelvinator? I want one

 

[swestoyz]

Now it's time to clean the floors ;-)

Ben

 

[gansky1]

But LEAVE the lid open! I'll bet there's a vacuum around the house somewhere that can pick up sudsy water ;-)

 

[Unimatic1140]

I'll bet there's a vacuum around the house somewhere that can pick up sudsy water

I'm not sure, lets find out, Oh Fred... :-D

 

[christfr]

fun for days.....just the site of those machines runnin makes me smile

 

[spiceman1957]

That had to be

a major complaint of people who owned this machine, especially if you had young children around.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

I'll bet there's a vacuum around the house somewher

**Hands on hips...**

Do you...?

Hmmph. (x2)

But seriously, folks... I do have that covered.

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[gansky1]

We have to play with that Hoover next time we're all together. I'm a floor-washer-virgin!

 

[tlee618]

Now that was fun Robert!!! You just have to love all that "splash action" Love the Hoover as well Fred!!!

 

[hooverwheelaway]

I'm a floor washer virign.

No fear. I'll pop that cherry.

 

[everythingold]

What is the story with the kelvinator, what is the design, when were they sourced, etc. I love the kelvies!

 

[jaxsunst]

That is probably my favorite machine in your collection. What happened to the panel light?

 

[lebron]

Matt

The Kelvies were made by ABC-o-matic up until Kelvinator bought ABC. Don't know the dates though

 

[lesto]

Time to mop the floor.

 

[roto204]

Wow!!!

I don't know which I love more--the floor-washer, or the thought that there'd be someone in the house to run it. You're a lucky guy, Robert! ;-)

 

[frigilux]

I'm amazed the water doesn't splash past the outer tub and onto the floor. What's keeping that from happening?

 

[Unimatic1140]

I'm amazed the water doesn't splash past the outer tub and onto the floor. What's keeping that from happening?

Eugene, like all solid tub washers, the outer tub is sealed at the top otherwise when the water is thrown out of the top of the spinning tub it would go everywhere!

 

[bpetersxx]

operating the prizes

I have to ask

Does Fred get to play with the prized washers

I ask because he knows how to operate vintage vacuums
so operating washers would be simple

 

[mickeyd]

Canton last year--when Jimmy wasn't looking;'D

Bet you'd let me open yours. Thanks for the after dinner aperitif. Lovely and fun.

 

[Unimatic1140]

I have to ask Does Fred get to play with the prized washers I ask because he knows how to operate vintage vacuums so operating washers would be simple

Yup Fred gets to use the washers too. I'm a very lucky guy to have a partner who understands not only that you have to handle these rare machines very gently and carefully but why its important to be careful. Just as I use his rare vacuums in the same gentle manner.

 

[norfolksouthern]

These older machines certainly don't appear to be very forgiving of errors. I am reasonably sure that the wrong broken part can mean "we're all done", resulting in a 200 pound night stand. At least, until something can be fabricated to bring it back to working condition. I wouldn't want to run any LCB through these, and I like to keep my cabinets as dry and clean as possible. That reminds me: my belt-drive Whirlpool portable hasn't been exercised in a few months, so perhaps I should give it a run to flush it out!

It seems to me like the Unimatics, Rollermatics, Pulsamatics, 1-18's and the like have always been a guy's washer. Whirlpool must have caught a larger market share because their products appealed more to women. And back then, it was always the housewife who did the laundry. Go figure.

Perhaps it would have helped Frigidaire if they were sold to someone like Harley Davison instead of WCI. Then, maybe they could have stood a better chance had they taken advantage of the trend towards men sharing more of the household chores. It sure would have been fun reading an advertisement with a bunch of bikers and their Hogs watching and enjoying a 1-18's "thump thump thump" like they did their Harley's "potato potato potato"!

NorfolkSouthern