My First Vancouver Wash-In

[petek]

Robert, I hope you didn't drive to Vancouver especially thru Calgary and not stop in !!! If you did and are driving back this way you're more than welcome to stay here. We're an easy find, a stones throw off hiway 1 about 2 miles east of the city limits.

btw I can near see my old west end apartment in that pic on Nelson St. right near the corner of Denman. I trust your hosts are keeping you away from Davie St.

 

[rickr]

Very nice vintage machines! And looks like all of you had a great time. Thanks for sharing the wonderful photos!

 

[sudsmaster]

Tres charmant

 

[pushtorelease]

Wonderful machines! You must be on Gilford St Eddy, I recognize my old neighbourhood.....and kinda miss it too!

 

[knitwits1975]

I wish I'd known what was up. I'd have loved to join you. I'm not very far from Vancouver.

 

[petek]

I lived in quite a few west end apartments back in the 70's but my favorite was the Gainsborough on Broughton St. I loved that apartment, huge and vintage.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Eddy, Thanks for sharing your collection with us. Question about the '57 SQ throwing the water and suds: Were you using such a high sudsing detergent that the overflow at the end of the wash did not float the all of suds away or did the '57 not do a long enough Flotation Rinse at the end of wash to send all of the suds over the top? Maybe it was that I always used SQs with low sudsing detergents, but by the time they slammed into spin, the suds were gone.

Thanks again, Tom

 

[lesto]

What a great collection. What year is the unimatic? Looks like the one Austin has. From what I could see of the timer dial it's the first model with an overflow rinse rather than two separate rinses.

The 57 Queen and the pink GE are beautiful. I thought the GE was a 58 and the 57 was the year GE put the timer on the left hand side.

Now I want the story behind the Beatty!

Les

 

[eddy1210]

John, you are correct, we're on the corner of Barclay and Gilford. Where are you living now?
Hi Tom, all those suds in the SQ were the result of about 2 cups of Vintage Arctic Power plus extra phosphates thrown in for good measure. As well, we used hot water for this wash and the fact that Vancouver's water is so soft makes for heaping suds. Oddly enough, the SQ didn't suds lock this time but it has in the past when using as much detergent as we did. The overflow wash on this machine is 2 increments of 45 seconds and the rinse cycle overflows for the entire time except for the final 2 increments.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Hi Pete, thank you so much for the kind offer, but I flew in and out, I'm back home now. That would be a really long drive.

 

[bobbyderegis]

Eddy,
Thanks for sharing. The pink GE filter flo brought back memories of my neighbors growing up. They had a pink matching pair, the washer identical to yours. What a great collection!
Bobby in Boston

 

[pushtorelease]

Hey Eddy, I'm an east side boy now, just Commercial and 2nd but it feels like a world away from the west end. Used to be at Gilford and Comox in "The Kenmore" (appropriate I think)that had possibly the best laundry room I've ever seen, complete with 3 sets of concrete laundry tubs, miles of clothesline and an ancient wringer in the corner! Sadly the new owners ripped it all apart - it was a great photo op...

 

[gyrafoam]

Oh Eddy, I was just trying to pull Robert's chain a little about sudslock in a Unimatic.(Stir the pot) But he OBVIOUSLY prepared you for it in advance! (He thinks I'm daft----well maybe, but I'm in good company if I am).

Now, how about some more photo's of your collection of SQ's the next time you are able to post them? An inquiring (if a little daft) mind would love to see them.

Also, what is the story behind that pank GE? I just think it would be so cool to find one of those old things.

Thanks again for sharing a good time!

 

[petek]

Commercial & 2nd? Why didn't you say you were a lesbian!!!

 

[Unimatic1140]

He thinks I'm daft----well maybe, but I'm in good co

From Dictionary.com -- Daft: adj : informal or slang terms for mentally irregular;

Hey Steve, I've have around 45 major appliances stuffed into this house at the moment, doesn't that make me even more daft

?

 

[cvillewasherbo]

you guys

you guys are so funny--i enjoy the read

 

[mayfan69]

Some Great Machines!

Hi Eddy,

You have some great machines...a very nice collection.

Leon

 

[mayfan69]

Some Great Machines!

Hi Eddy,

You have some great machines...a very nice collection.

Leon

 

[pushtorelease]

LOL Pete! I KNOW! Although Commercial Dr is changing rapidly, all that's missing is a GAP and I'm sure that'll be soon. There are days now that you don't even see one person in Birkenstocks ...

 

[petek]

I was last in Vancouver maybe 3 years ago and was really put off with the place. Way too crowded, traffic is horrendous, and everythings gone upscale whilst I've gone downscale. We left in Nov 86 right after Expo and while I wasn't too thrilled about the transfer back then it's been a blessing in disguise. Then too most of my friends from back then are gone along with all my old haunts so there's not much to go back to.