Well I need another washer like I need..... you get the point. But for $35 I figured it would be fun to play with for awhile. The Viking is home.
Inside a Canadian Pig
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The obligatory control panel shot. Very similar to your Kelvinator Greg only missing it's hat. Although consumption values will be high, won't come close to the famous Wizard Pig residing in Minne. Odd feature for the Franklin built Viking: It has a tub brake and a non-indexing tub.
The obligatory control panel shot. Very similar to your Kelvinator Greg only missing it's hat. Although consumption values will be high, won't come close to the famous Wizard Pig residing in Minne. Odd feature for the Franklin built Viking: It has a tub brake and a non-indexing tub.
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Nice looking machine there!
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... i see Maytagesque flex-vanes...
Eddy, does it say if it was made in Canada or the US? In vacuums etc other than Hoover, GE & Electrolux which were made in Canada by them in their own plants, the other makes were either imported or made under license in Canada by private companies, ie Onward Mfg in Kitchener made Eurekas, Switson Ind in Toronto made Filter Queens etc.
Why is it called a "pig"?
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Hi Eddy, nice find, and , a bargain always makes it sweeter!!!Those vanes look like it could do a serious swirl action...Looking forward to seeing the vids!!!Have you moved or just updated address etc??
Cheers, Mike
p.s. Used the PIG last month, OMG, what a beasty, it was so weird having the basement to myself without you , Jon & Louis not being there as well...LOL
Hi Eddy, nice find, and , a bargain always makes it sweeter!!!Those vanes look like it could do a serious swirl action...Looking forward to seeing the vids!!!Have you moved or just updated address etc??
Cheers, Mike
p.s. Used the PIG last month, OMG, what a beasty, it was so weird having the basement to myself without you , Jon & Louis not being there as well...LOL
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Neat Viking
What a great looking machine you have there. I remember reading about Canadian Viking machines in CR. When tested they were rated good. A nice big tub for washing those large loads too. What's great about this machine is it doesn't index which allows for better turnover. It's a keeper and good luck with it.
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What a great looking machine you have there. I remember reading about Canadian Viking machines in CR. When tested they were rated good. A nice big tub for washing those large loads too. What's great about this machine is it doesn't index which allows for better turnover. It's a keeper and good luck with it.
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This washer kinda reminds me of the Bradford washer design that Grants used to sell. Looks like a nice big basket you have there. You dont see very many of this design. Good find!
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that washer look like it was made in cooaparition with other
that waher look like each companie made a part for this washer!!!
that waher look like each companie made a part for this washer!!!
Speaking of Grants in the US and their "Bradford" appliances. I just found out not long ago that Grants owned the Canadian chain Zellers for a while numerous years back. At the time a lot of Zellers appliances and tv's stuff was labelled Bradford.
Might have been made by Westinghouse
Neat machine, Eddy - definitely worth the $35 investment!! My Dad worked for Eatons years ago and I remember hearing a lot of conversations about who was making what under the Viking brand name. Westinghouse was a big player in the early to late 1960's - the washer agitator and control dial look very much like the Westinghouse models of that era.
Neat machine, Eddy - definitely worth the $35 investment!! My Dad worked for Eatons years ago and I remember hearing a lot of conversations about who was making what under the Viking brand name. Westinghouse was a big player in the early to late 1960's - the washer agitator and control dial look very much like the Westinghouse models of that era.
thanks everyone
Glad you are all enjoying it. Pete, all I can find on the back on the plate is built by Timothy Eaton Co, Canada. The model number it gives is W68FX2NS, does anyone recognize that? The 68 could be the year built.
Mike, hi.. I've been taking note of your meandering! Nice pictues BTW. Still here at the house in New Westminster.
Paul, so you think it might be Westinghouse built? Makes me wonder, I thought for sure Franklin but the intriguing thing is the super-fast tub brake that stops the tub instantly and silently. It's a reversing motor and recirculates the water through a GE like FilterFlo hat.
It's fun to play with, it's working perfectly.
Glad you are all enjoying it. Pete, all I can find on the back on the plate is built by Timothy Eaton Co, Canada. The model number it gives is W68FX2NS, does anyone recognize that? The 68 could be the year built.
Mike, hi.. I've been taking note of your meandering! Nice pictues BTW. Still here at the house in New Westminster.
Paul, so you think it might be Westinghouse built? Makes me wonder, I thought for sure Franklin but the intriguing thing is the super-fast tub brake that stops the tub instantly and silently. It's a reversing motor and recirculates the water through a GE like FilterFlo hat.
It's fun to play with, it's working perfectly.
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Nice machine. Very interesting agitator, post videos for us.
Nice machine!
That agitator sure looks like a Kelvinator.
Does the tub indexes?
From what I can remember in the old issues of CU late 70's early 80's, the Kelvinator/Gibson and Norge where the best for water extraction!
That agitator sure looks like a Kelvinator.
Does the tub indexes?
From what I can remember in the old issues of CU late 70's early 80's, the Kelvinator/Gibson and Norge where the best for water extraction!
Westinghouse did have a plant in Hamilton up through the 60's. In 48 when my dad came to Canada he worked for Eatons in their spinning mill, when they actually used to make some of their socks and underwear etc. He then went to work for Westinghouse in Hamilton but I don't know if they made washing machines or not, he's gone now so I can't ask him. In 1950 he got a job with Fiberglas and I remember that he used to take trips back to Hamilton and Toronto etc to get specs etc on ovens, fridges etc for the moulds used in cutting the insulating blankets in the appliances and things like that. Why I remember that being so young at the time was he used to bring home the obsolete molds for building things. The cutting molds or forms were various sized sheets of thick plywood on which sharp steel strapping in the shape of the desired cut was inserted. He'd pull the strapping out and have a piece of plywood..LOL
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Hi Eddy, nice score. Did you get it at an estate sale or something? Amazing it worked right out of the box.
Tub brake, eh?
Eddy, that so reminds me of a Westinghouse machine I had years ago! The comments about the similarity to a Kelvinator agitator make me wonder if maybe we are looking at a "White Consolidated" product from the very late 60's when Westinghouse, Kelvinator, and Gibson appliances were all being made more or less the same way...
Eddy, that so reminds me of a Westinghouse machine I had years ago! The comments about the similarity to a Kelvinator agitator make me wonder if maybe we are looking at a "White Consolidated" product from the very late 60's when Westinghouse, Kelvinator, and Gibson appliances were all being made more or less the same way...
What a bomb!
Nice toy Eddy! That tub looks alot like a 1-18 tub but with that slapulator placed square in the centre no way is it related to a Frigidaire.
Does the brake squeal when operating or is it silent?
Your jeans will run with terror when wash day rolls around just like Robert's scream for Gladys to haul them back upstairs to safety!
Nice toy Eddy! That tub looks alot like a 1-18 tub but with that slapulator placed square in the centre no way is it related to a Frigidaire.
Does the brake squeal when operating or is it silent?
Your jeans will run with terror when wash day rolls around just like Robert's scream for Gladys to haul them back upstairs to safety!
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