I saw an ad on CL late Saturday night for this Antique Washer (always search antiques on CL!) and my heart skipped a beat. A model WL-60 Frigidiaire washer from 1949. I emailed the seller and spent most of Sunday wringing my hands waiting for a response. The seller called me back and we made arrangements for me to drive out to pick it up today. The pictures weren't great in the ad but hoping for the best, I drove the 1 1/2 hours and was quite pleased to see it in person. Much better than I expected, other than some hard water and soap scum, it's in great shape overall and the mechanism turns freely and quiet. It will need a full shop & spa treatment before we can actually use it, of course.
The most interesting thing about this model is that it has a redesigned tub. It still uses the Harmonzier balancer mounted under the bottom of the tub but it was now a one-piece tub instead of the solid bowl with liner in earlier models. This is one of the missing links in the Frigidaire history that many of us knew existed but have never seen. To see a picture of the Harmonizer, follow the link. For those familiar with the Frigidaire tubs, you can see the rim of this tub is much different than the early white bowl shaped and the later with the weighted balance ring tubs used through the rest of the solid tub years.
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The most interesting thing about this model is that it has a redesigned tub. It still uses the Harmonzier balancer mounted under the bottom of the tub but it was now a one-piece tub instead of the solid bowl with liner in earlier models. This is one of the missing links in the Frigidaire history that many of us knew existed but have never seen. To see a picture of the Harmonizer, follow the link. For those familiar with the Frigidaire tubs, you can see the rim of this tub is much different than the early white bowl shaped and the later with the weighted balance ring tubs used through the rest of the solid tub years.
Solid Tubs from the 50's and 60's
Hi everyone, I am curious if anyone has taken apart a solid tub from a frigidaire or other solid tub machine? I know the solid tubs had a much thicker ring around the top that had rubber plug where the ballast material was added. Does anyone know what was used as the ballast? Water, glycol...
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