OK Who Has Never Seen One of These Before?

[Unimatic1140]

I'm not asking if you know what it is, just whether you have or have not ever experienced one of these in person before?? <br
Please excuse the adobe logo in the video, I'm trying out a new trial version of Premier Elements to see if I want to buy it...

http://68.89.57.239/VID/TEMP/have_you_seen_this.mpg

 

[gyrafoam]

Oh yeah, plenty of 'em. Great machines. Tough.

 

[compwhiz128]

Sounds like a whip!

 

[westytoploader]

I have!!! FINALLY snuck in and fired up the washer (1985 vintage) in my school's Home Ec room a couple of weeks ago. VERY neat to say the least <br
That's a cool machine. Whatever you do, don't Krush it when you're through playing! ;-)

 

[pulsator]

OOOOOOOO!!! This is the gorwn up version of my Norge set! My aunt has one of these and it's frickin' awesome to watch! Unfortunately, my unlce thinks that washing machines are not an appropriate thing to like, so once he gets home from work, the laundryroom is strictly off limits. It's been years since I've seen the full size machine at work! It certainly gets MUCH MUCH MUCH better turnover and over action than my mini-machine! I think it'd be fun to get the full size version one day so I can be reminded of the countless times I ran screaming from the laundryroom cuz I thought someone shot me... lol!

 

[gansky1]

What, no ugly panel shot??

You really don't get a good idea of how loud it really is until you are standing in front of it... Actually, this one was quieter than others I've experienced <br
Not bad for a late-night nab off the street - I still can't believe it works perfectly!

 

[knitwits1975]

My mother's older sister had a 1972 Montgomery Ward pair and the washer sounded just like this. The machine died in 1986, so I was still young. I always wondered what made the whip noise. It was a noisy machine. I hope you will share more videos of this machine.

 

[frontaloadotmy]

I have experienced one of those in person

many times.

 

[peteski50]

Norge or Wards!

This looks like a Wards my Grandmother had a '73. But somehow I don't remember the action being just that brisk
Peter

 

[rchris]

Once with a '76 Wizard, twice with a '72 Norge, once with an Admiral <br
Also almost had my heart stop once upon a time when I lifted the lid during spin and heard that loud clank...

 

[tolivac]

COOL!If only the swap shops around here would get those-You don't see any Norge or Wards machines here.Lots and lots of WP<KN,and GE.

 

[norgeman]

Re: Norge/Fedders/Montgomery Wards:

I used to have a machine like this only in the Montgomery Wards brand and it was by far the best washer My wife and I have ever owned. It will out wash anything on the market them or now. A most wonderful washer and very tough as you can see. The roll over is excellent and creates a suds layer on top so you know that your detergent is working. With 3/4 hp. motor and a commercially proven transmission system and 20lb. capacity and the 202 degree turbo sweep agitator with the burpalator lint filter system. This is the Mighty Norge. Danf. a.k.a. (Norgeman). Glad to see this on a post thank you Robert.

 

[brettsomers]

something tells me Robert is gonna make a point of something, or reveal something? how did Norge compare to whirlmore, GE, and Maytag?

 

[launderess]

Didn't someone win a MIB W&D set of these from fleaBay <br

 

[norgeman]

Re: Norge/Fedders/Montgomery Wards: 2

Robert will you post this to see it wash for us please, when you get more footage of it in action? Thanks Danf.

 

[cleanteamofny]

Since the subject is Norge washers...

Did anyone see this one before?

 

[tolivac]

the older Norges are the ones I would love to run into-my Mom had one-had the "Burpilator" agitator with those big black lower blades-and the smaller ones on the top.also the lower vanes had holes in them and a "railroad rail" edges.Figure that was to reduce wear on clothes.also her machine had a shiney metal lint pan.Was so cool to watch when I was little.she said it was the first automatic she had.She commented the downside of it was that our little socks would float over the top of the washbasket and get caught in the pump-my dad would have to fish them out.He didn't like that chore.And yes that machine could make some suds.

 

[mayken4now]

I have never see that machine before. Try taking a nap while that one does a load. NO <br

 

[DADoES]

Neighbors in the 1970s had a Catalina (Western Auto house-brand) that was a clone. Saw it running once when over there playing with their kids, I kept sneaking back into the utility room behind their garage and had a grand time that day.

 

[gyrafoam]

Wouldn't it be cool to run across a pair of 58 'Noge's like those in the ad----in some sort of nice pastel of course <br
We had 'Noges' all over the place back in the day but I never had the pleasure to come across one of those 58's. Seems like they were always a bit earlier "timeline" types <br
"Lightedcontrols" is using his Olive Green 'Noge "Burpalator" even as we speak---has been his "daily driver" for some time now----and that says something for it, considering the (literally) hundreds of machines he has to choose from!

 

[nasadowsk]

Were all Norge burpolators that noisy <br
How *did* a burpolator work, anyway? Was there a pump under the agitator or something?

 

[westytoploader]

One of the interesting things I saw when I first fired up the '85 "Monkey Wohds" was that at the start of agitation, the tub indexed for a little bit, then locked into place like a GE. Never knew those did that! Second was the noise the Burpalator made...the solid-tub '59 at the Convention didn't make any noise, but this one (as well as the one in the video) made a loud, steady "squirt, squirt, squirt"! Also, the sound of the brake solenoid releasing during the drain wasn't too terribly loud, but when I stopped the machine, "BAM, SCREEECH!&quot

And speaking of Norges, that would be AWESOME if one of us found the elusive mid-60's 16-18 lb. Wards Signature/Norge with that MONSTER curved-vane agitator I always somehow bring up in posts. If you don't know what that agitator looks like and are curious, go in the 2005 Archives down to some Convention pictures, and look for the agitator garden. It is by far the BIGGEST agitator there, both by height and base width...you'll be able to point it out immediately! Imagine that behemoth tackling a BobLoad® at 73 OPM!! <br
On a sidenote, I was just now looking at the 60's Norge Repair-Master, and I noticed that they used an identical terminal block for the wiring harness as a Kenmore from that era! Interesting <br
Here's a pic of the Wards doing its thing...sorry about the quality as I took it from my cell phone.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Oh, yeah. We have had those in the shop. Loud. Bam, Screech. That the noise of a driver striking something, THEN applying the brakes. That big old tall agitator sure does not deliver the amount of water into the filter pan that the shorter black ones did like in the 50s & early 60s. I just loved clocks on washers. They were not here long, but by way of Europe, we have delay settings once again. Not exactly like the Norge, but slightly modified <br
Jamie, isn't is amazing how human children can have relatives that are complete asses? Treating you like that qualified him as a brass-plated POS. What a shame nobody can stand up to him for you. If he is ever in the hospital and in a LOT of pain (it should only be soon and often), be sure to visit him and plop yourself down on his bed as hard as you can. Be sure and whisper your greeting, "Hi Uncle A** H***!"

 

[panthera]

heard, o my paws and whiskers yes, seen...

...nope. One of my friend's mom had one. I was too terrified to even go into the laundry room
I wonder if these were the inspiration for Dolby THx
Thanks, Robert - what fun!

 

[jasonl]

No that's the rhythm track from "Whip It" by Devo.

 

[toggleswitch]

ok that MUST be the smack-u-lation I have heard so much about. <br
My mother's Norge circa 1970 was similar to burping up of water though.

 

[westytoploader]

One question: I noticed on the tub ring of this machine, there is a deflector of some sort at the 8:00 position. The Wards above doesn't have that. Did this serve any purpose or was it just the type of tub ring used?

 

[monkeywards40]

montgomery wards is all my mom would buy

I have encountered many of the wards sneezers as we called them, the only washer my mom would buy. we had 3 of them the last one came in the mid 80's it was one of a kind my mom bought, the set was the first of its kind it was almond colored and the washer and dryer was a 25 pounder we didn't have them long for the drunken delivery guy dropped it off the back of the truck, he bent the plates on the bottom, bent the agitator shaft, tore belts and damaged the tranny. It ran until we heard a heavy grunt like groaning and then it shot fluid out from under itself my mom was p**sed off the set cost her 1,900 dollars for being a one of a kind set. i loved these washers.

 

[jamiel]

The deflector is a dispenser (bleach, i think). Pull it out to form a chute.

 

[norgeman]

Re: deflector at 8:00 position?

Westytoploader Jamiel is right it is the bleach dispenser. The reason the Montgomery Wards dosn't have one is because it is a middle of the line only the top of the line had them.