arrrooohhh
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Money shot. This design moved to the planetary gearbox and large diameter pulsator.
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Close up of the controls.
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Also available with rear controls.
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Rear control version also available in a Westinghouse version.
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Westinghouse 520 touch control panel.
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Panasonic touch control twin tub. A very interesting beast.
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Money shot
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Hope you enjoyed these pictures. I will do Hitachi and GE next.
electroslumber
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My mini top loading Wilkins Servis is Japanese
I've just joined. I'm a diehard Simpson Fluid Drive fan. But I play around with everything. I have a most unusual Wilkins Servis top loader that is either made by National or Hitachi, from Sth Aust. Has anyone seen one or is anyone familiar?
I've just joined. I'm a diehard Simpson Fluid Drive fan. But I play around with everything. I have a most unusual Wilkins Servis top loader that is either made by National or Hitachi, from Sth Aust. Has anyone seen one or is anyone familiar?
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1972 baby Westinghouse made by Matsushita & Simpson fluid dr
Hi everyone! I have a real soft spot for the "small" dryers. The first Simpson compact probably holds the record for being the heaviest "per cubic centimetre" clothes dryer ever made. The LARGE Simpson (companion to the fluid drives) tumble dryers are heavy but the 1970 compact is out there as far as weight goes. I have just de fluffed my 1972 Japanese compact WESTINGHOUSE and can confirm the use of NATIONAL MATSUSHITA components. It really is a miniature commercial Laundromat Westinghouse in appearance. Very robust mechanically, I know of one that has been in continual weekly operation since 1973. The owners claim it developed a rusty base in its early years, this is cosmetic, to my knowledge it has not even had a belt changed. This is truly remarkable. I might add that the largest installations (in Sydney)of Fully Automatic Simpson Fluid Drives and tumble dryers were in the luxury home unit buildings at Woollahra and Darling Point. They were definitely not common as they were expensive. In 1958 the washer/dryer combo cost 325 pounds. The most expensive model Simpson ever made was the A39 1963/4 coming in at a whopping 235 pounds ($470) keeping in mind that a base EH Holden cost 1000 pounds, a run down house in Newtown/Redfern/Erskineville on a small block 500-1000 pounds and a luxury apartment at Woollahra as much as 30,000. Sydneys first luxury highrise building (21 storeys & built in 1962/3) 8-14 Fullerton Street Woollahra had a laundry on every floor and was mainly Simpson equipped. I have not visited it for some years, however there were still Simpson dryers on some floors. Meanwhilst up in Darling Point, there was Winslow Gardens (C.1960) at 66 Darling Point Road, Eastbourne (C.1965) 16-18 Eastbourne Road, All buildings with Simpson Fluid Drives and dryers on most floors. I doubt very much whether there would be any surviving in 2010.
Hi everyone! I have a real soft spot for the "small" dryers. The first Simpson compact probably holds the record for being the heaviest "per cubic centimetre" clothes dryer ever made. The LARGE Simpson (companion to the fluid drives) tumble dryers are heavy but the 1970 compact is out there as far as weight goes. I have just de fluffed my 1972 Japanese compact WESTINGHOUSE and can confirm the use of NATIONAL MATSUSHITA components. It really is a miniature commercial Laundromat Westinghouse in appearance. Very robust mechanically, I know of one that has been in continual weekly operation since 1973. The owners claim it developed a rusty base in its early years, this is cosmetic, to my knowledge it has not even had a belt changed. This is truly remarkable. I might add that the largest installations (in Sydney)of Fully Automatic Simpson Fluid Drives and tumble dryers were in the luxury home unit buildings at Woollahra and Darling Point. They were definitely not common as they were expensive. In 1958 the washer/dryer combo cost 325 pounds. The most expensive model Simpson ever made was the A39 1963/4 coming in at a whopping 235 pounds ($470) keeping in mind that a base EH Holden cost 1000 pounds, a run down house in Newtown/Redfern/Erskineville on a small block 500-1000 pounds and a luxury apartment at Woollahra as much as 30,000. Sydneys first luxury highrise building (21 storeys & built in 1962/3) 8-14 Fullerton Street Woollahra had a laundry on every floor and was mainly Simpson equipped. I have not visited it for some years, however there were still Simpson dryers on some floors. Meanwhilst up in Darling Point, there was Winslow Gardens (C.1960) at 66 Darling Point Road, Eastbourne (C.1965) 16-18 Eastbourne Road, All buildings with Simpson Fluid Drives and dryers on most floors. I doubt very much whether there would be any surviving in 2010.
arrrooohhh
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Hi Paul.
I have a Simpson Fluid Drive too. It sits in my garage not doing anything, because I have neither the skill nor time to restore it, but I just love it so much and remember that it was always an impressive machine when I saw it in people's laundries as a child.
Leon has many Fluid Drives and he has just set up a most impressive display.
This Wilkins Servis you have is Toshiba based if I remember correctly and it was reviewed in Choice 1979. I think they disappeared altogether not long after that.
The Westinghouse you have sounds most interesting and in keeping of the theme of this thread, please post a picture of it. I would love to see it.
I have a Simpson Fluid Drive too. It sits in my garage not doing anything, because I have neither the skill nor time to restore it, but I just love it so much and remember that it was always an impressive machine when I saw it in people's laundries as a child.
Leon has many Fluid Drives and he has just set up a most impressive display.
This Wilkins Servis you have is Toshiba based if I remember correctly and it was reviewed in Choice 1979. I think they disappeared altogether not long after that.
The Westinghouse you have sounds most interesting and in keeping of the theme of this thread, please post a picture of it. I would love to see it.
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Be good...
...to see all the machines you have frankly....
...to see all the machines you have frankly....
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197? Westinghouse dryer photos coming
Hi Ash, Thanks for your response & information about the 1979 Wilkins Servis Choice article, and alerting me to the fact as having been made by Toshiba. When I moved the machine two years ago I do remember the capacitor/s as being marked Toshiba, however did not suspect it was Toshiba built, it is a beautifully made machine. The Westinghouse is model DE 010P, outwardly & dimensionally resembling yours, however the front is different, door surround panel being concave, one above, convex. It is just so much lighter than the comparably sized 1970 Simpson compact dryer where the panels, motor & drum weigh perhaps double! I'm just trying to extricate the Westinghouse so that it is as exposed as possible for a photo!
Many thanks and regards, Paul
Hi Ash, Thanks for your response & information about the 1979 Wilkins Servis Choice article, and alerting me to the fact as having been made by Toshiba. When I moved the machine two years ago I do remember the capacitor/s as being marked Toshiba, however did not suspect it was Toshiba built, it is a beautifully made machine. The Westinghouse is model DE 010P, outwardly & dimensionally resembling yours, however the front is different, door surround panel being concave, one above, convex. It is just so much lighter than the comparably sized 1970 Simpson compact dryer where the panels, motor & drum weigh perhaps double! I'm just trying to extricate the Westinghouse so that it is as exposed as possible for a photo!
Many thanks and regards, Paul
