Picture of the day...

[kalanikaau1]

Shows a vintage GE top load top loader, with, I'm assuming the bleach dispenser built into the front of the cabinet, does anyone know what age this appliance may be?

We had a GE filter-flo machine similar to this, if there's anything I remember about it was that the transmission was problematic, I remember watching the repairman removing it several times, I was 8 or 9 years old at the time.

As a result the GE was scrapped and a new, bare bones Maytag assumed laundry duties, it did so for 20+ years until my Mother bought a new Kenmore in the then fashionable avocado hue, what a disaster that machine turned out to be...

 

[circlew]

My favorite GE

I think this is a 1964 model, and that style control panel was made from 1964 through 1966 if I rightly remember.

 

[turquoisedude]

The 'Y' in the model number (1250Y) indicates this is a 1964 model. WAY fancier than my Canadian 64 GE washer!

 

[bajaespuma]

You got it Nemesis!

I have this model as one of my daily drivers.

 

What I like about it is:

<ol>
<li>The Frididaire-ish front panel.</li>
<li>The WOOLENS cycle with my favorite combination of SLOW wash speed with FAST spin.</li>
<li>The larger mini-basket in white plastic (that was a lucky find).</li>
</ol>
What I don't like about it is:

<ol>
<li>The "one-shot" bleach dispenser in the front of the cabinet which would have been much more useful if they had made it as a rinse dispenser for softener or another sour(they had done this with the last Solid-Tub models so they had the technology already (what the f--- were they thinking?). I hardly ever use chlorine bleach anymore so it's kind of  useless. I wonder if would be possible to rewire the controls to make it work in the rinse cycle instead of the last minutes of the wash cycle.</li>
<li>The lack of a typical FF short cycle.</li>
<li>A speckled washbasket instead of the cool all-green/blue one that would come with the next 2 model years. I felt VERY  cheated when I lifted the lid the first time.</li>
<li>The noise.</li>
</ol>
IMHO Filter-Flo's came close to perfection with this 1973 2nd down from TOL model (again, they cheated me out of the all-blue porcelain washbasket--and, yes, I take all of this personally):

 

 

[kalanikaau1]

Reply# 3

Concur, that's a strange location for adding bleach and no doubt caused spills onto the floor of the vile liquid.

I guess with modern machines we are all accustomed to see it somewhere near the wash tub.

Usage of chlorine bleach was common in the '60's, along with bluing agents (Mrs. Stewarts?)

I remember my Mother "cooking" clothes starch for my Dad's uniforms as well...