Changed late in 1961
I was surprised when I saw the first V model with the 12:00 flume when I joined this website some 15 years ago. I guess it was a hold-over from the solid-tub days and being built into the porcelain on steel top, was more expensive to manufacture and more prone to rusting.
The Filter-Flo Flume (say that 5 times) was re-positioned to the 1:30 position for later versions of the 1961 V-line models. I have a few 1961 washers where this is true and the first '61 washer I ever knew, a WA-750V back in 1961 when we moved into our new house, was identical to our 1962 WA-750W except for the colors of the control panel and filter pan, and a back-lit control dial (which was also eliminated because if/when users interrupted the cycle {to do a soak for example} those dials melted from no movement and the heat of the bulb). Pity; I coveted that beautiful blue machine.
I was surprised when I saw the first V model with the 12:00 flume when I joined this website some 15 years ago. I guess it was a hold-over from the solid-tub days and being built into the porcelain on steel top, was more expensive to manufacture and more prone to rusting.
The Filter-Flo Flume (say that 5 times) was re-positioned to the 1:30 position for later versions of the 1961 V-line models. I have a few 1961 washers where this is true and the first '61 washer I ever knew, a WA-750V back in 1961 when we moved into our new house, was identical to our 1962 WA-750W except for the colors of the control panel and filter pan, and a back-lit control dial (which was also eliminated because if/when users interrupted the cycle {to do a soak for example} those dials melted from no movement and the heat of the bulb). Pity; I coveted that beautiful blue machine.
