Paging fellow GE fans...

[geextrarinse]

Hi all - now that I have a digital camera, I decided to post pics of the old GE Washer Backsplash I ripped off an old machine I found on the curb here in NYC a few years back. It was honestly my first experience with truly vintage GE. If only I had the means and space to bring it back to my apt. I'm wondering if you all could tell me what year this is and alittle more about hte model line. I also like that it asks the weight of the load instead of small, med, or large. I wish it lit up but when I opened it up it didn't have any lights. This was the first GE I saw that had the fiilter-flo nozzle in the center of the machine. It had a black agitator and there was no filter-flo pan or I would have taken that too. The hoses and wires were all cut or I would have saved at least the drain hose. I was always fascinated by the shapes and styles of drain hoses - PLEASE NO PUN INTENDED!!! (TOGGLE!) anyway - here are the pics....

Matt

 

[geextrarinse]

close ups...

another view

 

[geextrarinse]

switches

closeup - note the weight instead of generic small, med, large - who knew the weight off hand anyway... this was theonly time i've ever seen this... i positioned all of them in the down position so we could see them

 

[geextrarinse]

centerback

close-up - i remember my grandmothers being a 60's model V-14 - what the hell did these codes stand for?

and i LOVE that it tells you its a Filter-Flo

 

[geextrarinse]

Timer Close-Up

Short and normal wash didwe really need more?

My mother used the same cycle every time anyway....

but grandma taught me about permanant press

 

[DADoES]

Unusual timer design for GE.

 

[appnut]

V12 meant it had a 12 lb. capacity. V14 was 14 lbs. Glenn, not actually an unusual style. There was a dryer that was in this family line, albeit BOL, on our street when I grew up.

 

[DADoES]

I'll always think of GE as having the late 1960s/1970s-style timer. It was my time, LOL.

 

[gansky1]

1962-63'ish? Maybe '64? Here is the very same washer in Minneapolis. Greg - fixerman - had this machine - maybe still does? It has the black rubber flo spout, but already at the 1 o'clock position.

http://automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/00ShowCollectionGETD.cgi?photoshow=05@Early%20Perf%20Tub%20GE%[email protected]&dir=/COLLECTIONS/FIXERMAN

 

[fixerman]

I sold that washer to a member (forget his name) in Alabama a couple months ago.

 

[toggleswitch]

I think the "V" before the number of pounds was to make it sound powerful like a V-8 automobile engine.

Yes, Matt I remember you speaking of the older rubber hoses as more esteemed by you, as compared to "today's" corrugated ones.

0oooo---whoooo-weee not an innuendo in sight..

 

[toggleswitch]

All kidding aside, I always did like GE's toggle switches.

 

[pulltostart]

T'was I who purchased the '62 Filter-Flo from Greg. Identical console; have done nothing to it so far except clean and polish. Growing up, I had an aunt with a single-speed version of this; I've always considered this vintage GE a great example of nice design. The V-12 models were introduced in 1961 and I, too, have always assumed that they were playing off the automobile marketing guys. I remember advertising in which GE claimed that they spend $1 million to develop the technology of the V-12...

Lawrence

 

[Unimatic1140]

Yes I agree with Greg, that panel you found Matthew is no later than 1964, but newer than 1961. 1961 was the very first V12 washer with their new perforated basket but the filter flow stream was still coming from the 12:00 position.

In 1962 they moved the stream to about the 1:30 position.

 

[geextrarinse]

I remember...

when i saw this in the street and was checking it out, that it had the 12:00 filter-flo nozzle and a straight vane agitator. Though it had the older version of the lid - it was fully square and didn't have the "clipped" corners that the later classics had -which also surprised me - this was truly my first experience with anything earlier than my grandmothers '64. DAMN I wish I new enough to take it home - but oh well - I think I saved the best part- and its really in great condition. If I ever get to a convention I'll bring it...

 

[Unimatic1140]

Wow Matthew it appears you found a 1961 GE Filter-Flo! I've never actually seen one myself, it would be a very rare find. Glad you saved the control panel, it would be impossible to get a washer like that into a Manhattan studio apartment though. I remember when I was living in NY around '93 I found a late 60's Frigidaire washer on the street in Kew Gardens, Queens, the first solid basket Frigidaire washer I had seen in at least a decade. I tried to think of everything I possibly could to get it back to my apartment, but I gave up and a few days later I took the subway back to Kew Gardens with my camera to take a picture of it, but it was gone. Oh well.

 

[petek]

Someone with a design gene

Should be able to take any washer or parts thereof and build a nice chair or other piece of furniture with it... you know like those cutoff the end of 59 Cadillac and make a sofa sofas

 

[geextrarinse]

YES...

It most likely was the '61. Oh how I wish I knew better! but I lived in Brooklyn at the tiime and used the subway as well - this was found in the village in Manhattan - oh well... at least I got to see it. I remember being so amazed as it was like finding the most fascinating thing - I mean I had seen so many GE's since I would look for clues like that famous clipped corner lid or the metal drain hose hook they used (loved them) and if I saw one, say at a friends house, I would investigate further. But this was the first time I had seen this - I thought I was familiar with GE until this - the lid was different - the filter flo - my fav par- was in a different place - the agitator and flo nozzle were black - BLACK! - I'd only ever seen turquoise or white. It was so strange but so neat - I thought it was from the 40's or 50's because there is absolutely no colour on this machine at all. It was a black and white movie form days past and I was there it seemed. Anyway - I'm just going on and on...

Thanks everybody - I can't wait to come to a convention and show it off! Again, no coments Toggle! ;-)