Who knows about a "Touch and Wash" washer?
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Apparently pushing this button.....
....advances the timer.
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Typical Norge inside. This one has a lighted console. I just picked it up this morning, it's in surprisingly decent shape, considering where it's been sitting. It can be your's, for the $25.00 I have in it. As is, where is.
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Typical Norge inside. This one has a lighted console. I just picked it up this morning, it's in surprisingly decent shape, considering where it's been sitting. It can be your's, for the $25.00 I have in it. As is, where is.
kennyGF
Not enough buttons?
I'll throw in this console, from a M/W "Her Majesty" 12 cycle washer. Be queen for a day! This is all that was saveable from that washer, it was pretty rough.
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I'll throw in this console, from a M/W "Her Majesty" 12 cycle washer. Be queen for a day! This is all that was saveable from that washer, it was pretty rough.
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How cool! Never saw this one before. Must be a rapid advance timer? Touch the fabric type, then the touch n wash button?
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That is a pretty rare one---can't say I remember seeing one of those before.
Kenny, was it "cast-off" in a junk yard somewhere or is it working?
Kenny, was it "cast-off" in a junk yard somewhere or is it working?
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Wow, very rare indeed, and too cool! I hope someone grabs it...I would myself if it were closer 
Sitting in a JYard, the one Rick and me frequented last year.
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The "Her Majesty" is the Wards topline model that I remember most vividly from my youth, probably from the late 60s/early 70s.
I'm thinking it's a rapid-advance timer, with the cycle tags lighting up when the timer gets to the respective cycle. Let go of the button when the timer is at the desired temp & wash time in the desired cycle.
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I remember when MW offered those T & W's
from my catalog store days; how sleek and fab I thought!
About that time my boss attended some big products of the future show in Oakland, Ca. and they were talking about
washing machines that wouldn't have to use water, micro waves
or something, maybe sound waves, I can't recall.
from my catalog store days; how sleek and fab I thought!
About that time my boss attended some big products of the future show in Oakland, Ca. and they were talking about
washing machines that wouldn't have to use water, micro waves
or something, maybe sound waves, I can't recall.
Wow, what's even rarer is taht the filter pan is still connected and functional.
OK, it appears you actually have tqwo different washers here. Touch n Wash is the knob you turn to move the timer indicator to the part of the cycle you want. Has the sliding variable water level. This "offset" timer arrangement is very similar to our 1964 Norge.
The Touch and Wash button is definately a pushbutton. It doesn't turn. "Her Majesty" has a traditional timer.
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hi guys
man seeing those monkeywards washers again really brings back alot of memories. my mom had the one with all the buttons across the front of the panel, and both the washer and the drier were lighted panels. mom was going to buy the "Touch & Wash" washer once when i was 8 years old but, she told me the way i like to play with her washer and dryer that she wasn't going to plunk down a chunk of money and have me destroy it. I was a button pusher when i was young. My mom's washer and dryers were green and when the washer would go into spin the whole mobile home shook it was cool. seeing those pics really brought back alot of memories thanks guys. Kelly
man seeing those monkeywards washers again really brings back alot of memories. my mom had the one with all the buttons across the front of the panel, and both the washer and the drier were lighted panels. mom was going to buy the "Touch & Wash" washer once when i was 8 years old but, she told me the way i like to play with her washer and dryer that she wasn't going to plunk down a chunk of money and have me destroy it. I was a button pusher when i was young. My mom's washer and dryers were green and when the washer would go into spin the whole mobile home shook it was cool. seeing those pics really brought back alot of memories thanks guys. Kelly
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the TouchNWash was a model I always wanted.My friend,Herby Blackwell had one and I always messed with it when I went to his house (that's not all I messed with!!!)after a few basketball games on a saturday afternoon.It has a rapid advance timer and once you set it for the cycle you want,you push the dial in to start.
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I'm blown away that you all have seen these. This is a first ever for me. When was it made? I'm thinking the latter part of the 60s maybe, since it already has the white agitator but still the recirculating filter. Did anyone ever see this in the catalog? Whatever the case, it's really fun!
Glenn, I was thinking too afterward that's probably how it worked. You must have had to line it up to get the temperature of water you wanted. I don't see cold, so I wonder if there was a separate switch for it. I'm guessing that slider thing is for water level.
Glenn, I was thinking too afterward that's probably how it worked. You must have had to line it up to get the temperature of water you wanted. I don't see cold, so I wonder if there was a separate switch for it. I'm guessing that slider thing is for water level.
The toggleswitch in the middle of the console is for cold water wash.
Very cool. 16lb or 18lb? I can't quite make it out on the panel. Looks like later 60's as the recirc. filter was gone by '69.
Three Speed!
The "Her Majesty" model was a beauty - I found the machine in coppertone, with an oil leak but it was a stunning machine. Did this have a burp-up agitator?
The "Her Majesty" model was a beauty - I found the machine in coppertone, with an oil leak but it was a stunning machine. Did this have a burp-up agitator?
The T&W is an 18 lb. I never heard of "Her Majesty" until I saw this one. I don't recall what the agitator was like. I'll bet that was a sharp machine in Coppertone!
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The Her Majesty has the same agitator as the one you have here. I know I've seen them with recirculating filters, so their run must have transgressed from then on into the burp up era. About 1973 or 74 they had basically the same machine with a new control panel that was no longer slanted back.
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I dug around and found this old picture of Greg's "Her Majesty" in Coppertone. Beautiful machine that's probably in somebody's Yaris or Civic right now.
What ever happened to the console? I thought I saw it at the Convention in '05 in the 'agitator garden', along with the others. Did someone grab it?
What ever happened to the console? I thought I saw it at the Convention in '05 in the 'agitator garden', along with the others. Did someone grab it?
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Interior...definitely a burp-up!
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The other '69 Wards, in Avocado...why oh why did it have to get Krushed?
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This is one of the reasons why I like Norges so much...in Tucson I never got bored watching Nate's machine. A huge agitator combined with a wide stroke and fast speed makes for some ACTION. This one looks like no exception, although I heard it added a special "oil soak" option to the cycle, which ultimately led to its demise. Now if I could only find one for myself!
And is it just me, or is the tub slightly narrower in this one than it is in the later 22 lb. machines of the 70's and 80's? I'm quite curious.
And is it just me, or is the tub slightly narrower in this one than it is in the later 22 lb. machines of the 70's and 80's? I'm quite curious.
Goodness me! You really know how to dig for pictures...
These were both beautiful machines, both machine were probably crushed, baled and shipped to China and are now on their way back to us in the form of dog food. The Her Majesty washer was fried when I got it, the three speed motor had broken free and sheared off it's own shaft on the base of the machine, there was evidence of oil inside the basket which was the same condition that the green one suffered from. You never know what to keep until they're gone ;-) I've seen several of this style Wards dryers at sales, I'm sure they're all dog food by now...
Look at all the appliances in my garage - the Frigidaire dryer, Hoover washer and dryer, numerous newer machines - every one of them in new homes now.
These were both beautiful machines, both machine were probably crushed, baled and shipped to China and are now on their way back to us in the form of dog food. The Her Majesty washer was fried when I got it, the three speed motor had broken free and sheared off it's own shaft on the base of the machine, there was evidence of oil inside the basket which was the same condition that the green one suffered from. You never know what to keep until they're gone ;-) I've seen several of this style Wards dryers at sales, I'm sure they're all dog food by now...
Look at all the appliances in my garage - the Frigidaire dryer, Hoover washer and dryer, numerous newer machines - every one of them in new homes now.
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I'm sure they're all dog food by now...
lol!!
lol!!
This yard has a similar set of Wards to the green ones pictured. They have a set in green, and a set in gold. I'll have to take my camera along.
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