Hotpoint - Lady Executive Washing Machine

[mrb627]

Every time this machine pops up on the pic of the day, I gasp. I would LOVE to have one of these machines. Anybody have one or maybe a model close to it?

Malcolm

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[sambootoo]

Me too! This (or a similar model) would be my dream machine! It's been a looong time since I've seen anything like that around here

 

[danelto]

Sexy Machine

I think this is one of the most sexy pics known to washer advertisement.

I hope the execs at Hotpoint gave the person who thought this one up a big raise!

 

[cfz2882]

late model ST hotpoint.

pretty groovy dress too!! A 1970 hotpoint was was our family
washer from 1970 until 1981 when sediment tube and clutch
problems did it in and it was replaced with a new BD kenmore
(that i still have)the hotpoint was stripped and eventually
went to the dump-i caught one last glimpse of it as i watched
it and a rollermatic get buried in the landfill.
Today i could have easily fixed this washer,but in 1981 clutch
parts were hard to find(or the washer dealer was hopeing to
steer us to a new GE hotpoint..)
the last one of these i ever saw in person was a weathered
and partly dissasembled one at the dump in 1991.
If i ever get one of these it will be a prized addition to
my fleet.
I think 1971 or '72 was the last year for these.

 

[toploader55]

OMG

Could you imagine the next phase of saving washers would be to ask the Lanfill/// "Could you scoop down another few layers as my friend told me there is a Unimatic under there with a Lady Exec. Hotpoint TOL Model along side of it."

 

[cfz2882]

LOL...

Actually,if i could,i'd love to dig up my old hotpoint-after
nearly 30yrs underground i'm sure it would be pretty bent up
and rusted(motor and control panel missing too,i kept those)
but i'd bet the pretty blue spiral agitator would still be in
good shape-protected in its cement reinforced tub...

 

[mrb627]

And to think...

Someday we may be dumpster diving for Whirlpool DD parts...

Malcolm

 

[mrb627]

Black?

So, this brings to mind another question. When did the first automatics in BLACK hit the market? What brands were the first?

Malcolm

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[bajaespuma]

Among the first

I think GM had black before Hotpoint, and maybe Kelvinator for a while. Caloric offered black for a while in the early sixties too.
I think it was Mr. Gansky who posted these a while back:

 

[bajaespuma]

as you can see, the Lady was a very full featured machine. Topped only by the even more elusive Duo-Load .Impressive set of dispensers, although I always prefer a timed bleach injection system:

 

[bajaespuma]

I too, am waiting for a Silhouette Hotpoint to fall in my lap. I fear I will wait some time as it seems they weren't terribly well made and have gone the way of the dinosaur. We may indeed need to dig.

I know where there's a nice Silhouette Hotpoint dryer in Connecticut for sale, Malcolm, if you're interested email me.

 

[cfz2882]

sediment tube

in the pic above labeled"bleach dispenser"the "sediment tube"
can be seen-that corroding,breaking partway off,and a chunk
jamming the pump was the final blow that sent my hotpoint to
it's grave...
Also had a silhouette dryer from around 1960-it was a slightly
beat up $20 yard sale grab(had lighted panel!)it lasted about
a year,started to squeak,and ended its days with a loud clang;
-the drum sat on rubber rollers with their shafts supported
by plastic bushings-the bushing for the shaft that had the
drive pulley wore through letting the tubular shaft wear
through...Again,this would be an easy fix for me today but it
was replaced with a new 1980 monkey norge,stripped and junked

 

[appnut]

malcolm that washer

My neighbor across the street had the matching dryer to that washer, including the color. It was a "hand-me-down" from her sister who wanted a new matching set when the washer died. This arrived around 1972 or 1974, replacing a 1957 Frog-Eye Kenmo. I believe this Hotpoint was from around 1961 to 1963. BUT, Frigidaire came out with their charcoal grey color (essentially black) for the 1958 model year I believe. The color I believe was available for laundry equipment too.

 

[combo52]

BLACK WASHERS AND DRYERS

Frigidare came out with charcoal black with the 1957 sheer look line. Butch Weavers dad from Weavers Maytag in Rockville Maryland once told me that he saw a pair of all push button MTs in black but I could never find anything in MT sales or parts literature to confirm that MT ever made that color. I would guess that some one had a set painted.

 

[appnut]

Thanks John, I just couldn't remember if it was 1957 or 1958, so I went with 1958. I don't know of anyone here who has the charcoal laundry pair. I think it would have been so cool to have a whole Frigidaire house back then in that color. Given the rage for pastels back then, that would have been quite avante guard--a beatnicks house lol.

 

[re563]

I always wanted to see one of these in action.

 

[peterh770]

Very disappointing washing action for such a beautiful agitator.

 

[alr2903]

Were the mechanicals in these about the same as the "Ozzie & Harriet", Hotpoints. Probably the solid tub issues, along with the capacity wars, doomed them. alr2903

 

[bajaespuma]

IMHO

They weren't bad at washing; just not great. And yes, there were solid tub issues, sand and grit disposal were negligible even with their purported "sediment ejector tube". But they were reasonably quiet and the clothes got clean.For me, they are unique old machines with lots of bells and whistles. For women like my Granny they would have been a good choice because she always kept her Filter-Flo on slow speed (I think she knew even back then that the wash action would shorten the life of her clothing) and, like most automatic washers of the Fifties, it would have been a HUGE improvement over her wringer machine.

John Combo52 said something to me that made a lot of sense: for some customers, especially women washing more delicate clothes, the lame spin speeds on some old vintage machines (and in some cases the lame washing action) was a bonus because the house dresses and nighties would come out of the washers in good-looking shape, ready for an ironing or a line drying, not twisted and wrinkled and bunched up as in a Norge, say, or a Frigidaire. In some ways the Hotpoints were a good choice for "ladies'" laundry. These were not machines that would have cleaned gritty dirty work clothes well.