I like the buttons on the side too.
It's also got a lighted console and a lighted tub. It's probably one of those special bulbs that cures herpes, typhoid fever, or polio. Robert has stated that he has washers with the light in the tub area and he's never had any of those afflictions so it's just gotta work.
the catalogue price from '63 to '64 a hundred bucks. That was a lot in those days!
No wonder my folks bought a model 70 in '64, and it was a '63 floor model. They were expecting my 3rd. sibling.