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I know someone who needs the medallion from the front of that SQ coinop... (Bygted)
And that front loader is a Gen 2 Wascomat, I believe...
Very cool!!!
I know someone who needs the medallion from the front of that SQ coinop... (Bygted)
And that front loader is a Gen 2 Wascomat, I believe...
Very cool!!!
bendixmark
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wascomat
In 1986 I had a temporary job in Newton Mass at a Laundromat called Auburndale Coin Cleaners and it had all wascomats like that.The owner told me before that it was a Bendix Sunshine Center with all Bendixes.
In 1986 I had a temporary job in Newton Mass at a Laundromat called Auburndale Coin Cleaners and it had all wascomats like that.The owner told me before that it was a Bendix Sunshine Center with all Bendixes.
bendixmark
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Spare Parts
A thought woke me up in the middle of the night,the fat solenoids!What a rare opportunity, how many places like this are left?The only chance we have of restoring the few decent 1950s-60s Kenmores that are left is to rob the dead.We need to rustle up a posse and descend on that place like locusts and pick those Kenmores clean.Just think of the priceless inner and outer tubs that could be there in addition to the fat agitators and solenoids?
A thought woke me up in the middle of the night,the fat solenoids!What a rare opportunity, how many places like this are left?The only chance we have of restoring the few decent 1950s-60s Kenmores that are left is to rob the dead.We need to rustle up a posse and descend on that place like locusts and pick those Kenmores clean.Just think of the priceless inner and outer tubs that could be there in addition to the fat agitators and solenoids?
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question...
Is it only laundry equipment? I'd give my favorite body part for some Westy corox units.
Is it only laundry equipment? I'd give my favorite body part for some Westy corox units.
The Speed Queen with the Emergency Switch is really close to the models which I remember the local laundromat having.
Some of them also had the "Teardrop" style switch which they still use on their machines today for the water temperature switch.
The one distinct thing I remember about them was that they had the stainless steel solid tub.
Imagine all of the loads that old Speed Queen must have done before they retired it. Can anyone identify what the vintage of that machine may have been? I'm guessing late 60's?
Some of them also had the "Teardrop" style switch which they still use on their machines today for the water temperature switch.
The one distinct thing I remember about them was that they had the stainless steel solid tub.
Imagine all of the loads that old Speed Queen must have done before they retired it. Can anyone identify what the vintage of that machine may have been? I'm guessing late 60's?
redcarpetdrew
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TWO Frigidaire coin ops???
I expected to see Robert and Fred standing next to them in the picture with a handtruck!!! WOW Coin Op Heaven!
RCD
I expected to see Robert and Fred standing next to them in the picture with a handtruck!!! WOW Coin Op Heaven!
RCD
TWO Frigidaire coin ops???
When I saw the photo of those two together, side by side, I thought "WOW, that would be awesome to have BOTH of those side by side in my collection"!
You have to admit, it would be pretty darn cool!
Kevin
When I saw the photo of those two together, side by side, I thought "WOW, that would be awesome to have BOTH of those side by side in my collection"!
You have to admit, it would be pretty darn cool!
Kevin
mickeyd
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Marty,
Those pink and blue Frigi's looks so elegant/decadent sitting there in their majesty, like something at the mansion in "Grey Gardens." Amazing.
But that stainless steel beast in #17. So striking, what is it? Hope Eddy doesn't see the once beautiful Speed Queen #19, like his still is, in such dire straits. Too traumatizing.
So many coin-ops! Looks like everybody's there, even a Whirlpool. Thanks for the tour.
EDIT: Was gonna call this coin-op Heaven, but Purgatory would be more apt, certainly not Hell--it's way too cool for that!
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Those pink and blue Frigi's looks so elegant/decadent sitting there in their majesty, like something at the mansion in "Grey Gardens." Amazing.
But that stainless steel beast in #17. So striking, what is it? Hope Eddy doesn't see the once beautiful Speed Queen #19, like his still is, in such dire straits. Too traumatizing.
So many coin-ops! Looks like everybody's there, even a Whirlpool. Thanks for the tour.
EDIT: Was gonna call this coin-op Heaven, but Purgatory would be more apt, certainly not Hell--it's way too cool for that!
[this post was last edited: 12/2/2011-13:04]
seamusuk
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The Coin Op Frigidaire....
Hey Guys
That is the model that was in Frigidaire Equipped Washeterias over here, one of my earliest appliance memories is Mum sitting me on top of one and letting me pour the powder down the agitator in our local one.....
Seamus
Hey Guys
That is the model that was in Frigidaire Equipped Washeterias over here, one of my earliest appliance memories is Mum sitting me on top of one and letting me pour the powder down the agitator in our local one.....
Seamus
70series
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Some great commercial finds there. Especially the SQs and the Whirlpool.
The Frigidaire coin-op machine in the first photo is the same as the one in the 8-plex apartment building my sister and brother-in-law lived in from 1967-69. This was in Sioux Falls, SD. I was 8-11 years old. Used it many, many times, as I used to stay with them for weeks at a time during the summer. Two dimes bought a half-hour of viewing time, LOL!
I recall the agitator cap was gone, and I was always amazed that it went from pulsating straight into the spin cycle with no pause.
Funny, the things we remember...
I recall the agitator cap was gone, and I was always amazed that it went from pulsating straight into the spin cycle with no pause.
Funny, the things we remember...
Coin-Op Frigidaire Washers and Drycleaners
I used a Frigidaire-equipped Laundry back in 1977 in Hicksville right before we got our 1-18 pair. The washers were aqua, had the round window and "Jet-cone-type" agitator with no cap. I have never seen another modern Frigidaire laundry that I can remember. There was one I remember in Cambria Heights NY with OLD 1952 Frigidaires! I remember the "suds distributor" with the looped-ring removal pull.
Did anyone ever see the Frigidaire Top-Load Drycleaners? I have coin-op magazines, one with photos of one being demonstrated, teaching attendants how to instruct prospective customers how to use it.
I used a Frigidaire-equipped Laundry back in 1977 in Hicksville right before we got our 1-18 pair. The washers were aqua, had the round window and "Jet-cone-type" agitator with no cap. I have never seen another modern Frigidaire laundry that I can remember. There was one I remember in Cambria Heights NY with OLD 1952 Frigidaires! I remember the "suds distributor" with the looped-ring removal pull.
Did anyone ever see the Frigidaire Top-Load Drycleaners? I have coin-op magazines, one with photos of one being demonstrated, teaching attendants how to instruct prospective customers how to use it.
ptcruiser51
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SQ Commercial
Was in the laundry rooms of the apartment complex I lived in from 1976-1979. Solid stainless tubs. The rectangular lamps were the same and I remember the toggleswitches also. The complex was built circa 1965, could they have lasted that long? Loads were 35 cents each.
Was in the laundry rooms of the apartment complex I lived in from 1976-1979. Solid stainless tubs. The rectangular lamps were the same and I remember the toggleswitches also. The complex was built circa 1965, could they have lasted that long? Loads were 35 cents each.
Jason---I've never heard of the Frigidaire TL dry-cleaning machines! Is there any way you can scan a photo of one into the thread? I'd seen the FL-type of dry-cleaners; the laundromat in my home town had a couple of them. I can still remember the smell.
bpetersxx
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the Speed Queen washer in Thread 15 has to be late 60's because we used that type of SQ at the laundromat until June 73 and we had been going to there ever since the Kenmore washer we had in the 60's died due to lightening damage
And the kenmore washer was not that old to begin with
And the kenmore washer was not that old to begin with
