Frigidaire set
Hey Ben, congrats on a great find, beautiful pair.
Mike
Hey Ben, congrats on a great find, beautiful pair.
Mike
It was a Frigidaire day, and a clamshell day to be exact!
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Ben, you are living right! Great find!
what a great find...congrats Ben....absolutely beautiful
Aferim!
What a great story.
What a great story.
There was one friend I had in school who lived near me (had such a crush on his older sister and she & I were fairly close, at least as friends ) and I remember a discarded Frigidaire clam-shell washer on the front lawn...
I can't remember what model it was or how much capacity... It didn't have buttons and the console had no lights--probably just the timer dial and one or two knobs...
-- Dave
I can't remember what model it was or how much capacity... It didn't have buttons and the console had no lights--probably just the timer dial and one or two knobs...
-- Dave
That's amazing, Ben! These appliance treasures are getting rarer all the time - good saves, all three!
So…let me see if I can get this correct.
The WIAS-1 appears to be similarly featured as the WIA-63 with the exception of using the 8lb. tub instead of the 12 lb. tub, cutting some corners on trim finishing, slightly different panel styling for the 6-position switch, and the lack of a separate cold-water control?
Here is the console of the 1963 WIA:
The WIAS-1 appears to be similarly featured as the WIA-63 with the exception of using the 8lb. tub instead of the 12 lb. tub, cutting some corners on trim finishing, slightly different panel styling for the 6-position switch, and the lack of a separate cold-water control?
Here is the console of the 1963 WIA:
The WIA cycle selections and their effects are below.
If I understand correctly, the WIAS-1 would function exactly the same way but without a cold water option (short of turning the hot water faucet valve off).
If I understand correctly, the WIAS-1 would function exactly the same way but without a cold water option (short of turning the hot water faucet valve off).
whirlcool
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So I take it that the 8lb version of this washer came with the agitator shown in the photos and the 12lb version of this washer came with the 3 ring agitator?
This thread is the biggest discussion I have seen on these clamshell designed Frigidaire's since I've been a member(2006) Happy to see it.
This thread is the biggest discussion I have seen on these clamshell designed Frigidaire's since I've been a member(2006) Happy to see it.
Tough to see it, but the WIAS-1 would have come from the factory with the 1963 3 ring agitator, rather than the common Jet Action agitator. The -1 models would have been the only models with the green ring agitator and an 8 pound tub. I would love to see the turn over action with that combo!
Ben
Ben
whirlcool
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The one he one we had there were three distinctively different colored rings. I know one of them said "Lint Chaser" on it. The turn over action was fantastic. You could really load that thing up and still get great turnover and cleaning.
But remember it was a 62' Custom Imperial model clamshell. So maybe things were changed in 63'.
But remember it was a 62' Custom Imperial model clamshell. So maybe things were changed in 63'.
philr
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This is a 1961 clamshell dryer. The 1961 Custom Imperial washers and dryers had no pushbuttons and they were the only ones that had light panels that folded over the controls.
So glad you got these! They are beautiful!
Does anyone have photos of an actual WCI-61 clamshell, or better yet, have one? I can't say that I've seen one pop up besides the dryer that Phil showed above.
A dream machine, for certain.
Ben
A dream machine, for certain.
Ben
whirlcool
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These washers are now 52-53 years old by now. I would imagine that they now are rarer than hens teeth. In the past 10 years or so I have only heard of five or six of them being found. Are the parts very unobtainium? The people who find these are very, very lucky indeed!
I wonder if the 1963 Frigidaire washer and/or dryer brochure(s) in the Manuals & Brochures Page would feature these Clam-shell models?
If so, it might be worth purchasing...
-- Dave
If so, it might be worth purchasing...
-- Dave
It does not. I already own this brochure and the merchandising models are not in that brochure.
Also, as much of my Frigidaire literature came from Ben, I don't have any service manuals either.
Does anyone out there have the 1963 Washer Tech-Talk and it's supplements?
Also, as much of my Frigidaire literature came from Ben, I don't have any service manuals either.
Does anyone out there have the 1963 Washer Tech-Talk and it's supplements?
YAY BEN!!
Wow Ben what an awesome find! Very cool indeed, CONGRATS!!!
** Jealous in So. Cal **
Wow Ben what an awesome find! Very cool indeed, CONGRATS!!!
** Jealous in So. Cal **
philr
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I have the 1963 Tech Talk and I think Ben has it too.
Wow, Ben, what a find!! It just goes to show there are still plenty of hidden treasures out there and that it pays to ask about these things at estate sales.
Is rust inside the dryer a concern if the pilot light had been burning for years? I don't know, well, anything, about gas dryers (Hubby barely trusts me with electric ones...).
Have fun with them!! Can't wait to see how the washer progresses.
Is rust inside the dryer a concern if the pilot light had been burning for years? I don't know, well, anything, about gas dryers (Hubby barely trusts me with electric ones...).
Have fun with them!! Can't wait to see how the washer progresses.
