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

[a440]

Kevin, congratulations on your awesome find! They look hardly used!
Love the color!

 

[jetcone]

WHOA!

RICH really came in for you on those. Kevin they are stunning !

I love the root beer control panels with the yellow ! Only in California did they order the whole gamut of colors. White appliances abound in the East because we are such penny pinchers !!

 

Stellar find ! I"m gonna have to reserve up my bedroom at Rich & Gary's and come play !!!

 

 

 

[appnut]

Rich, I remember you had this washer in Aztec and it was used on Aaron's diapers.

 

[jetaction]

I Love yellow (sunny, not harvest gold) appliances

I am also surprised we don't see more yellow as that color was way easier to blend in than pink. Anyways, great find!

 

[gansky1]

Yellow was the outlier.

I love the pastel yellow appliances too, you're right about easier to blend in a room many times.

I wonder if there were differences in yellows in other makers, I took this pic a while back when I brought home the WP Mark 12. The Maytag dryer door is from my 60 and the WP is '61. Incredible difference in hue. Kevin's new set looks more like the Maytag's color with a kiss of lemon. The WP looks like it has a dollop of mustard.

 

[combo52]

Colored Frigidaire Appliances

In some parts of the 60s Frigidaire actually charged LESS for colored appliances by $7-10, it was part of GMs planned obsolescence.

 

We are thrifty here on the East Coast, I always remember when my wealthy Aunt Margret bought a new 1965 KM 70 Series washer [ with a suds-saver of coerce to save money, she was from Iowa and was married in the Maytag Manson and yet she was still smart enough not to waste money on an overpriced Maytag washer ] and I asked why she bought a turquoise washer to sit in the basement to sit next to a white dryer, to which she responded there was no charge for color, It was the only colored appliance she ever owned to this day, LOL.

 

John L.

 

[philr]

Ken, the 1965 and 1966 models are a bit different. One easy way to tell 1965 from 1966 models is the control panel lettering. The 1965 models had the "F" badge on the left and agitator logo on the right along with the series name (Deluxe, Custom Deluxe, Imperial, Custom Imperial)

 

In 1966, the "F" badge, series names and agitator were all centered under the FRIGIDAIRE lettering. 

 

The first 5 pictures show 1966 models of washers and dryers and and the #6-11 show 1965 models. 

 

[swestoyz]

Kevin - holy cow, what a set!  Sunny yellow is such a stunning color on 60's appliances.  I really wish it would have stuck around until the early 70's.  Enjoy this beautiful duo!

 

[rberryiii3]

Lucky

You are so lucky I can't believed it congratulations

 

[delaneymeegan]

 

 

 

Awesome find.   I have this feeling the most difficult thing was figuring out WHERE to put them and possibly what was going to have to leave.  Who could say no to these.

 

[vacerator]

GM Jet Cone;

I have seen only one with a window in the lid. I think it was a late 60's or early 70's washer.

 

[turquoisedude]

Wowee!  Kevin, those are amazing machines alright!  There was no way you could have passed these beauties up - congratulations!!

 

[washerlover]

And many thanks, Phil, for all the great photos. Delicious eye candy!