I Say 1965 and Not 1956
Interesting similarities on this machine to a couple of Norges my mom had. The first dryer I remember her having was probably a mid-50's Norge with metallic blue console and red knobbed time-line arrangement that I never knew to work. It had a round push button to open the door. Her '67 Signature had the identical push button to the one on the subject machine pictured above, but it was above the door which was the same width as the cabinet, and the door opened downward and flat, I suppose for stacking folded clothes or some such thing if one wanted to stoop that low. Both machines had the filter access on the bottom just like the one pictured. I remember the sound the '67 would make when the pilotless ignition would kick in. It sounded like somebody threw Tinker Toys into the drum or something. After a repair was made somewhere along the line, we'd get bad interference on TV and radio signals when the ignition started, and it would continue in a diminished state as long as the gas burner was lit. But that damned dryer wouldn't die. In later years it produced an exhaust smell that was likely poisoning us all with CO for a significant period of time before the machine was finally replaced.
I just can't warm up to Norge anything. Well, except that fabulous stove with the adjustable task light that we saw pictured here a while back.
Ralph
