Rick, HOT DAYAM!!!! I got sooo excited and shocked that this ugly duckling works just fine. Let's put it this way, I'm lookin' for a cigarette to smoke!! The billowing suds bring back memories of our 12/22/64 Norge. And your right, it never did a suds lock. Sadly, the billowing suds pictures reminded me of after my mom's mom died and my mom brought a whole bunch of table, bath, and bed linens home that had been stored for years and I had to get them white and clean. I had tons of suds from dumping in a bunch of detergent and bleach. Rick, when you can, I'd love an explanation of how the control panel functions and also good closeup pics of the cycle description chart and other descriptions from the underside of the lid. I never ever saw a machine like this ever. Fascinates me. Incidentally, this panel closely resembles our 1964 Norge. It had the HUGE dial/display in the middle of the panel, the big fat knob used to move the timer around. But, the sliding water level lever was on the far right side below the big control knob. The washer & dryer we had, as it turns out, was the very last washer & dryer shown on the Ozzie & Harriet show in 1964 and 1965 before they ceased production. I wish someone would capture shots of the laundry pair sometimes if they can. And tell Deante he looks very cute with that skeptical, impatient look in the picture.