My mom was using her 1963 Frigidaire Custom Deluxe washer Model WCDA-63 and around that time my parents junked the 1951 Frigidaire WO-65 that was sitting in the basement rusting away.
If tthe year was 1976,What would you be washing with?
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hoovermatic
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A Phillips Top Twin De luxe
I WANT ONE NOW!!!
I WANT ONE NOW!!!
bradross
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I was 13 in 1976, and my mom was using an Inglis "Liberator" - the strip-down basic model w/suds saver, and a really neat 3-straight vane bakelite agitator. That machine did a phoenominal job.
iheartmaytag
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My Mom had a GE Filter Flo, in Avocado. I do believe the Mini-basket was used exacally (never).
norgeway
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We Had!
A 69 Frigidaire Custom Deluxe, model WCDAN, it replaced a 55 Pulsamatic,and was replaced in 86 by a Maytag...which is why I NEVER want another one!,The Frigidaire was leagues ahead!
A 69 Frigidaire Custom Deluxe, model WCDAN, it replaced a 55 Pulsamatic,and was replaced in 86 by a Maytag...which is why I NEVER want another one!,The Frigidaire was leagues ahead!
My Mom was going into the second full season on her 1974 Kenmore large capacity machine, same one that alr2903 had. It was paired to a 1972 Kenmore 60-series dryer. I was 11/12 years old. I remember the Bicentennial celebrations and the debut of the Kenmore black panel machines.
Gordon
Gordon
cfz2882
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1970 ST hotpoint
in'76 a 1970 solid tub hotpoint was in use-it was replaced
with a new '81 BD KM after sediment tube and clutch problems,
along with parts avalibility problems,put it out of commission
in'76 a 1970 solid tub hotpoint was in use-it was replaced
with a new '81 BD KM after sediment tube and clutch problems,
along with parts avalibility problems,put it out of commission
We were lucky enough to have just purchased a brand new 18-lb capacity Montgomery Ward Signature BOL washer and dryer in 1975 (I was in the 5th grade) so we were good to go! Clunk!
Speaking of 1976...I sent an email to see what this is all about...
Filter Flo
I had a GE Filter Flo with the copper color alunimum filter. I don't know the year, but I bought it used. I always bought used until I got my first brand new Maytag in 1980.
That Filter Flo was always noisy, and shook when it was spinning. But, of course it always washed well. I did break the low speed by changing speeds when it was running.
I had a GE Filter Flo with the copper color alunimum filter. I don't know the year, but I bought it used. I always bought used until I got my first brand new Maytag in 1980.
That Filter Flo was always noisy, and shook when it was spinning. But, of course it always washed well. I did break the low speed by changing speeds when it was running.
electron1100
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Across The Pond
1976, hmmm Donna Summer playing ah yes, A Hoover A3008 Keymatic no surprise there really
1976, hmmm Donna Summer playing ah yes, A Hoover A3008 Keymatic no surprise there really
vintagekenmore
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If I remember right, we had a Wizard Citation (Western Auto brand as that was where dad worked as a mechanic and got our fridge and washer there). I was 7 years old, we didnt have a dryer so our clothes got hung outside to dry in the summer and on the line in the basement in the winter. We didnt get a dryer until 1981 and it was a Kenmore "Match All" dryer.
programcomputer
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If the year was 1976,What would you be washing with?
Well,
I unfortunately wasn't around yet. BUT...my mom and dad, married two years at this point, lived in a brand new funkadelic mobile home that had space, and came with a gold Lady Kenmore Portable set that was stacked in the corner of the bathroom complete with gold and white shag, and brown sink toilet and tub. The cabinets were all dark wood paneled looking too. As my mother recalls all the appliances were Kenmore in that place.... She also said that the machines were hidden behind some beaded drape type deal to kinda hide them from view. She also said it was the first thing in her life she ever destroyed out of hatred for the idea.
She puts it this way now...my mother; it was "better than the laundromat (but just barely). You could only wash two, maybe three pairs of jeans at once. And heavy blankets....forget it".
Needless to say they weren't taken with when we moved to our new house built in 1978-79. We got Maytag Fabric-Matics. I wanna say it was a Fabric-Matic as it had Automatic in one area where in others it would have two speed buttons, the four temp buttons and three water levels.
My grandmothers were using at that time, a Lady Kenmore TOL set (mom's mother) which she disliked for several reasons (no longer here to ask anymore) but one of the reasons is that her husband, my irrepressible grandfather, got a deal on them from his brother who was a Sears Tech back then.
Then there was my favorite washer later in my young childhood which was my dads mom. Grammy was still using her LBB30 Westinghouse Laundromat similar to the one above in the Pic shown...
Thats what I would have been using, had I been around in 1976. Had I been able to choose tho, someone would have had a 1-18. Maybe my mother would have before she bought the boring Maytags. LOL, today I no longer feel that way... Centerdials are the best for longevity and infrequency of repairs...
Well,
I unfortunately wasn't around yet. BUT...my mom and dad, married two years at this point, lived in a brand new funkadelic mobile home that had space, and came with a gold Lady Kenmore Portable set that was stacked in the corner of the bathroom complete with gold and white shag, and brown sink toilet and tub. The cabinets were all dark wood paneled looking too. As my mother recalls all the appliances were Kenmore in that place.... She also said that the machines were hidden behind some beaded drape type deal to kinda hide them from view. She also said it was the first thing in her life she ever destroyed out of hatred for the idea.
She puts it this way now...my mother; it was "better than the laundromat (but just barely). You could only wash two, maybe three pairs of jeans at once. And heavy blankets....forget it".
Needless to say they weren't taken with when we moved to our new house built in 1978-79. We got Maytag Fabric-Matics. I wanna say it was a Fabric-Matic as it had Automatic in one area where in others it would have two speed buttons, the four temp buttons and three water levels.
My grandmothers were using at that time, a Lady Kenmore TOL set (mom's mother) which she disliked for several reasons (no longer here to ask anymore) but one of the reasons is that her husband, my irrepressible grandfather, got a deal on them from his brother who was a Sears Tech back then.
Then there was my favorite washer later in my young childhood which was my dads mom. Grammy was still using her LBB30 Westinghouse Laundromat similar to the one above in the Pic shown...
Thats what I would have been using, had I been around in 1976. Had I been able to choose tho, someone would have had a 1-18. Maybe my mother would have before she bought the boring Maytags. LOL, today I no longer feel that way... Centerdials are the best for longevity and infrequency of repairs...
1976
I wasn't around yet either but not far from it. In 1976 my parents were newlyweds living in an apartment in the Houston suburbs. I actually happened to come across a photo or two of the inside of that apartment and they had their portable Lady Kenmore set. They used those for about 4 years so I vaguely remember them but that was the washer that got me hooked even when I was too young to remember. When I finally came across the portable LK I have now that brought back a flood of very distant memories, particularly how the water enters the tub. I remember thinking that it was just like water from a waterhose. Very smooth and quiet.
Now, as far as what machine I would be using if I were to run out and buy one??? Honestly, it I were in that position I'd be running all over town filling my basement with what Robert and some of the others have! Ok, and probably a TOL 1-18 as my new set.
Jon
I wasn't around yet either but not far from it. In 1976 my parents were newlyweds living in an apartment in the Houston suburbs. I actually happened to come across a photo or two of the inside of that apartment and they had their portable Lady Kenmore set. They used those for about 4 years so I vaguely remember them but that was the washer that got me hooked even when I was too young to remember. When I finally came across the portable LK I have now that brought back a flood of very distant memories, particularly how the water enters the tub. I remember thinking that it was just like water from a waterhose. Very smooth and quiet.
Now, as far as what machine I would be using if I were to run out and buy one??? Honestly, it I were in that position I'd be running all over town filling my basement with what Robert and some of the others have! Ok, and probably a TOL 1-18 as my new set.
Jon
Hotpoint + Hotpoint
We had a 1957 or 1958 Hotpoint washer with that red coffee-can-type filter canister that fit over the black straight-vane agitator. It walked across the floor a lot. Had a partial lighted backsplash although it didn't work ever.
We added a Hotpoint Silhouette (labeled "Custom" or "Custom-Crafted") 1968 dryer later although it didn't say "Silhouette" anymore. Dad said it was still considered a Silhouette because of the styling.
Washer died in 1977. Dryer died in 1985.
We tended to use this strange powdered detergent he bought at the employee store. It was called "SUPA-SAFE". Came in a big 10lb (?) box. If you were a Hotpoint employee they'd sell you the machine and the detergent.
We had a 1957 or 1958 Hotpoint washer with that red coffee-can-type filter canister that fit over the black straight-vane agitator. It walked across the floor a lot. Had a partial lighted backsplash although it didn't work ever.
We added a Hotpoint Silhouette (labeled "Custom" or "Custom-Crafted") 1968 dryer later although it didn't say "Silhouette" anymore. Dad said it was still considered a Silhouette because of the styling.
Washer died in 1977. Dryer died in 1985.
We tended to use this strange powdered detergent he bought at the employee store. It was called "SUPA-SAFE". Came in a big 10lb (?) box. If you were a Hotpoint employee they'd sell you the machine and the detergent.
1976 would be the 2nd half of my jr. year and the 1st half of my sr. year in college. the spring would have been avocado coin-op speed queens in the laundry room (was a brand-new complex then); the summer & fall I lived at the back of an older complex and across the street from the complex was a washateria. I odn't remember whar the top loaders were (maybe speed queen); but it also had 2 or 3 20-pound Norge front loaders, which are the ones I used when I did do laundry. Otherwise, I would save up and take laundry home to the black-face 1976 Kenmore 70 series washer & dryer at the lake house or at Christmas time tka ie all to Houston and wash in the 1971 Kenmore 800 and 1964 Wrinkle-Out Norge dryer.
300c
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Filter-Flo -- Two Generations
If I were home from college, my Mom's 1968 MOL GE Filter Flo; otherwise, my Grandmother's 1960 GE Filter_Flo.
If I were home from college, my Mom's 1968 MOL GE Filter Flo; otherwise, my Grandmother's 1960 GE Filter_Flo.
Bob, you reminded me. In winter/spring 1976 I was living in the dorms at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. We had coin op standard capacity one-speed Maytag machines in avocado with companion HOH dryers. I loved listening to the washer, every bit a center dial -- except for its lack of one. By 1976 they were probably three years old, original equipment for Yosemite Hall, one of the newer dorms on the campus at the time.
...the '69 Avacado Frigidaire Custom Deluxe
I'm with you, Joe! Neighbor had one, IIRC, in harvest GOLD. Splashy fun wash, love that spin!
I'm with you, Joe! Neighbor had one, IIRC, in harvest GOLD. Splashy fun wash, love that spin!
