Got home this evening with Vintage set #2!

[randycmaynard]

Just got home this evening with the mid 70s White-Westinghouse Spacemates front load washer and its matching dryer. Thanks Ron (Dynaflow) for making this set available for purchase - looking forward to tinkering with them for awhile.

Below are some photos I quickly snapped after I got them unloaded with some help from a couple of my strong backed neighbors - that little Westy washer is a bitch to move.... weighs a ton or at least seems that way with all that concrete bolted inside.

Will post more over the next few weeks as I get the garage cleaned and things moved around to get these ladies in their permenant places. This will be all for me for awhile - my wife is about to threaten bodily harm if I bring anything else home...... for awhile anyway - there's always one out there somewhere waiting for a good home.

My vintage collection of items are as follows:

1972 KitchenAid Mixer in Avacado Green - all original.
Mid 1970s White Westinghouse Spacemates - Washer and dryer.
1963-64 Kenmore 600 Washer - just like mom had.
1985 Allen Organ Company - ADC 3500 Theatre Organ.
A number of vintage Christmas tree ornaments - belonged to my mom.

That's about it for now - photos below!

 

[randycmaynard]

Mid 70s White Westy Spacemates.......

Inside.

 

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Mid 70s White Westy Spacemates.......

2nd Inside shot - through glass in door.

 

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Mid 70s White Westy Spacemates.......

Main control.

 

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Mid 70s White Westy Spacemates.......

Dryer view.

 

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Mid 70s White Westy Spacemates.......

Dryer main control.

 

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Mid 70s White Westy Spacemates.......

Weigh to Save load size indicator on washer.

 

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Mid 70s White Westy Spacemates.......

Well that's all for tonight/morning.... will post more as I get things situated, up and running!

 

[alr2903]

Randy those are nice westy's. I like spacemates. Would of been great if they kept that design that uses a fair amount of water. I guess there were problems with getting the design to work with new faster spins. They look to be in good shape. alr2903

 

[dynaflow]

my aching back

Randy it was worth it to have these machines go to someone that wanted them

 

[laundromat]

White Westinghouse

These look more mid to late 80's than 70's.

 

[kenmorekeith]

I was going to say late 80's -90 my mom had one in the 80's and the timer didnt look like that!! I really want to say its from the 90's

 

[jetcone]

I have that dryer at the Cape

its a good little dryer with the cross tumble. You'll have fun with those but the washers are heavy beasts for sure!
Instead of bolt down they were gravity down machines!

 

[dnastrau]

Heavy is right

Back in the late '90's friends had a set of these that were thoroughly worn out. I helped him take them to the dump and that was the heaviest washer I have ever moved.

 

[randycmaynard]

My 08 GE Frontloader, while bigger, is not

as heavy as this little westy.... two of us got it into my truck bed and took three to get it out and over to its temp
place in the garage. Definatly one heavy little beast!

 

[mickeyd]

The clean flat syling and sharp geometry (pic#1)

are cool to look at. I like the futuristic look of the controls. YAY for front loader days at Aworg!

 

[revvinkevin]

Yes they look more mid to late 80's than 70's.

I would have to agree it looks to be "newer". I have a 1994 White Westy set (photo) and as you can see the control panel looks very similer. Mine does not have the "Weigh-to-Save" door however.

Plug it in and put it into spin. If it makes a loud "clunk" and ramps right up to speed it's the older drive system. If you hear a seperate pump come on and it takes 30 seconds or so to start ramping up to speed, it's the "newer" drive system like mine.

I actually have both a 1990 and a 1994 version and they have a variable speed, reversing DC motor. It's much quietier and it will "reverse-tumble" when washing or rinsing. (I think, though I don't know for sure, they changed to the "newer" drive system in the mid-late 80's.)

Kevin

 

[askomiele]

Nice machine!

When you talked about driving systems... I immediatly thought about that potatoepully they talked about so much in the past. What is it and what's the benefit?

 

[randycmaynard]

The potato pulley......

The westy I have has the potato pulley on it and it does not have as many of the features as the mid 90s version above. Just three dials - the main control dial, water temp selector and the water level selector along with the weigh to save indicator behind the door. It may very well be 80s though we were thinking 70s - looks very similar to the Spacemates that Pearl Baily used to advertise in TV commercials for WW. Robert may have that link on the site under the vintage appliance vids or you can find it on YouTube.

Ran it through a couple of cycles - one with a small load of clothing then a pretty heavy one and there was not any problems - no leaks anywhere, motor runs fine and it's a suprisingly quite maching while washing but the spin part can really rattle things and that is due, in part, to the fact tha I have it set up in a temporary location so it's not as sure footed as it should be but that will change once I get the permenant place ready and get it moved in.

I will post some vids on YouTube of the cycles - really neat little washer and I like seeing the high water level - things actually get really good and wet and good suds up the view window too.