Pink Westinghouse Pair
Hello everyone. These were indeed saved and there is a story to go with them. I was going to post after I got a few pics of them safe in my laundry room ! They were in the basement of a home not 5 minutes from mine, in a very modest house (not one that would rate TOL appliances). As I was told the woman who owned the house bought them new and did not have any family so they weren't overly used. She went into a nurseing home at 94 years old a few years ago and the house was empty until the present owner bought it for a rental property. The house was immaculate and looked very well cared for. As an after thought The new owner put them on Craigs list on Wed. but needed them out by Sat. when the new tenants would move in. I spotted the add 3 hours after he posted it and looked at then Thursday afternoon. I of course wanted them but the fly in the ointment was the basement stairs and doorway. The stairs had a 90 degree turn and the door from them into the kitchen was only 27 inches wide. It took 3 hours of taking them apart, wrestling them up and out of the basement then up a steep driveway covered in ice before I got them home, then the reassembly on Sat. Now, for condition issues; The washer- it is the cross over type-old style tub, new belt drive system (no transmission). The pressure switch nipple on the pump is broken off, and the pump sounds ruff, but on a brighter note the boot looks good. Dryer shows little use at all, might have some timer issues and I think some of the lint screen parts are missing (I need a picture of a good one to see what is missing). All lights on dryer work- none on washer (another indication dryer was hardly used. These were put in the back corner of the basement and there is no telling when they were taken out of service, there was a 90's style Kenmore set on the cement pad that was intended for the Westinghouse set. As to the history story, in making conversation with the owner I told him I was president of the local history museum, I think he assumed that's were they were going because who, in there right mind, would want a 60 plus year old washer and dryer ! Jeff
