Over 5 Years Later, I'm Ready to Run the Unused 1962 General Electric Filter-Flo

[Unimatic1140]

Some of you may remember back in 2011 when I brought home the brand spanking new, never used 1962 General Electric Filter-Flo washer. You can see it brand new in this thread:

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?35998

Well I found a good home for the '61 GE filter flo I had and now I'm ready to start using the '62, here it is all installed but still unused!

 

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But before I use it for the first time I took the basket out to inspect the boot and make sure it is still pliable, which it is, so I took pictures of what the interior of a brand new GE Filter-Flo looks like for the archives.

 

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I'll post pictures of the first load once I run it either over the weekend or next week.

 

[turquoisedude]

** drool **

 

[yogitunes]

even today, that machine is still absolutely beautiful.....

best of luck with the maiden wash...

 

[tomturbomatic]

We have had a V12 basket and the basket from a straight front WH tumbler washer back to back on the shop floor and they are almost the same size. When you consider that the GE doesn't fill to the top and that it has the agitator taking up room,  the WH basket is not that small and the V12 tub is not that large. In spite of all the water it takes to fill that outer tub, it does not hold as much laundry as the KA top loader although if you drain the GE into the KA, which I did many times in the past, they use the same amount of water.

 

Is the dial lighted?

 

[pulltostart]

That is one fine washing machine!  Have fun with it.

 

lawrence

 

[bajaespuma]

Was the dial lighted?

No, the lighted dials were discontinued after 1961; some of them melted. Also, it looks like GE decided to use higher contrast graphics on the last 2 generations of the beautiful plastic dials before doing away with them altogether. Sad because they were beautiful little works of art.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Thanks, Ken

We are planning to put a small compact fluorescent bulb behind the dial in the dryer I bought from Lawrence. It has the same color control panel as Robert's washer, but the control panel is on pedestals. Fluorescent light behind the black dial is very dramatic.

 

[mattl]

Using it...

That would be a tough call for me.  As it is it's got to be the only one in existence in it's current state.  Yes it was made to be used, but....

 

[tolivac]

USE IT!!!!!Better than the DRECK made today!!!!Beautiful machine--USE & ENJOY IT!!!

 

[chestermikeuk]

FilterFlow

I would use,document and video the minty fresh experience for posterity !!

Did the size of the rubber boot change over production years ?

 

[toploader55]

The Maiden Wash in that Beautiful Machine should be declared a National Holiday.

I would send documentation and a video to GE.

But I'm sure the people behind the design and manufacturing team could care less.

I find the more young people I run unto, they have no clue what quality is. They only know to replace. Not repair.

I do remember when you got that machine. But honestly, I had forgotten about it.

Can't wait to see the video. This will be quite the occasion. Have you contacted the Caterer and compiled a guest list ?