It's always Sunny (Yellow) in Southern California!

[revvinkevin]

My buddy Rich (Golittlesport) contacted me Friday evening, saying a friend of his has some machines he wants to find a home for.  This peaked my interest and I went over this morning to take a look.

They were in the back of the garage pretty much buried with so much stuff that I could only see part of the washer at first.  Once we moved the boxes and other stuff out of the way, there she was, WOW!

Even though I have closed the door on collecting (anything new) I've always likes this design.  Plus this was like seeing a couple cute little puppies sitting in the corner, looking at me with those puppy dog eyes... and I'm a total sucker for puppy dog eyes!  I mean how could I NOT take them home, right??

With a few scratches here, a couple dents there, they are not perfect, but pretty nice overall.  He told me the washer leaks when it's spins (drains) but he wasn't sure of the exact cause.  I took a quick look up underneath as we loaded it and it looks pretty darn clean.  Also it's interesting the washer doesn't seem to have a serial number? (pic 4)

He gave me a LOT of extra stuff too, I was quite surprised. TechTalk manuals, extra bellows, light bulbs, new supply and drain hoses (2), a new power cord for the dryer and even a pair of new appliance covers!

 

Thank you Gary... and t<span style="font-size: 12pt;">hanks so much for thinking of me Richie! </span>

I present to you the WCD-65 and the DCD-65!

 

Kevin

 

[mayfan69]

LOVELY!!!

Hi Kevin,

VERY nice there! So, will I get a chance to see them sometime in July when we're in town???

Cheers
Leon

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

Absolutely Leon and I'm looking forward to meeting you!

 

Hopefully I'll have the leak sorted by then too!

 

Kevin

 

[gansky1]

Well that's worth breaking your "no new" resolution for!  Congrats, Kevin, those are wonderful.

 

[hippiedoll]

very cool!

CONGRATULATIONS revvinkevin!

Those look like they are in amazing shape!
WOOOO HOOOO!!

Those sure are pretty! I know I probably wouldn't been able to not bring them puppies home either!

WOW!!
Me likes!!
)

 

[oldskool]

Rules....

....were meant to be broken. And in this case, broken x2!

Congratulations on an incredible pair, and in YELLOW, yes.

Very happy for you.

John

 

[philr]

Nice machines and rare color!!  I mean very rare color!

 

 

[stricklybojack]

.
Yes..like they'all said. And the color pops! Is shading ever better? Not in my book, solid hue through and through!

 

[bajaespuma]

Aferim!

What beautiful machines! I love how the General Motors of days gone by went to the small expense of changing the escutcheon colors to coordinate with the porcelain color. Enjoy them in good health!

 

[washerlover]

Absolutely stunning! You did the right thing! And aren't resolutions made to be broken?!

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Wow!

Those are really stunning Kevin! If you are going to break your resolution on something, these are a pretty neat way to do it.

Any idea of their age??

Best of luck with them!

Gordon

 

[peteski50]

frigidaire!!

what a awsome set - great find!

 

[golittlesport]

So glad you got those, Kev! They are beautiful. Gotta love the yellow.

 

[pulltostart]

Congratulations!

Verrrrrry nice, Kevin.  Those are beautiful.

 

lawrence

 

[roto204]

Lovely!!!

Gorgeous finds, Kevin--congratulations!!

 

[gregingotham]

beautiful!

i'm in orange county fairly often...would love to see them in person sometime

 

[appnut]

These 1965 models are amazing!!  Definitely low mileage looks like.  What's the story?  And oh, btw, glad you broke hour "rule".  I've seen this pair in real life in turquoise and white.  First time for this color.  Always assumed the control panel accent was the same color for any cabinet color as what I saw on the white and turquoise.  Such class and style. 

 

[toploader55]

Beautiful Kevin.

Oh how I wish they would make Sunny Yellow again.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Congratulations

to all involved in the acquiring, storing, communicating and transfer of this treasure!

 

[brucelucenta]

Absolutely beautiful machines!!!! They are the color that is my absolute favorite!!! If I could find a cool set that color, I would put it in my laundry room with the stack front loader and could die happy!!!!

 

[combo52]

Beautiful Sunny Yellow 1965 Frigidaire's

Wow Kevin, well if you are going to break a no new [ old ] appliance collecting rule it would be hard to find a better way to do it.

 

This was about the last or next to the last year they made sunny yellow, and yes Ken I also loved that fact that Frigidaire used control panels that harmonized with the appliance color. Frigidaire was about the only company that did this until Kenmore laundry appliances did this in the late 60s through the early 70s until the black face Kenmore's appeared around 1976-7 and everything started to lose any great style after this time.

 

[maytagmike]

WOW

hi Kevin, those are beautiful. Congratulations!!!

 

[panthera]

All that and Sunny Yellow, too.

Magnificent! You didn't stop collecting, you just got choosy - only the best will do, apparently.

Sunny Yellow was still available in 1967, we have a Custom Delux Frost Proof in that color. As was Samantha's kitchen, still, in 1969.

When did the awful harvest gold and (blech!) avocado supersede these beautiful colors? I don't recall seeing anything but, much after 1970.

 

[bajaespuma]

Clarification, please

I thought these were '66's because of the round dials with the remote knobs. Were '65's and '66's similarly styled?

 

[vacerator]

Kevin, Congradts!

gorgeous!
Nicer than the picture of the day Westinghouse wanna be's by far!

 

[golittlesport]

I believe those are 1965's

...but don't quote me. I had the exact same washer in Aztec Copper in the kitchen of a house I rented for a few years in the early 1980's. It washed my son's diapers (loved the soak cycle) and then we would hang them on the line across the backyard. Little white flags waving in the sunny breeze. Good memories. Of course, I disabled the lid switch so it ran with the lid open. It was a very flexible machine and did a great job, I only wish it had the rapidry 1000 feature. Still it spun drier than any other machine at the time. But the rapidry is so fun to watch. Can't wait to see these in person.

 

[vacerator]

Rich,

In 1965, Frigidaire products still had "product of General Motors" on them. Also, in 1965, A Frigidaire washer still had "Jet Cone" up and down agitation.
I can tell by the sculpted lip on the edge of the cabinet tops are the then Westinghouse trademark, as well as the lint filter.

 

[vacerator]

Rich, sorry,

I thought this was the Picture of the day thread.

 

[goatfarmer]

Nice set, Kevin, congrats!

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

Thank you, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">thank you</span> & THANK YOU to all for your wonderful compliments and comments!

 

Before driving over to take look at them, I knew they were 1965 Frigidaire's and were Sunny Yellow.   Aside from that, I didn't know what to expect and couldn't really picture what they looked like.   Once I saw them however, I was hooked.

 

There were a lot of colors choices throughout the years and everyone goes gaga over pink (myself included).    But after bringing home the sunny yellow '65 Maytag pair and the sunny yellow '57 Westinghouse Spacemate washer in late 2011, sunny yellow has become my favorite appliance color.   This pair, I dare say, is the icing on the sunny yellow cake.

 

Before I saw them, I wasn't sure if I was going to keep them or pass them along to someone else.   But I can tell you now, these are definitely keepers!

 

Kevin