POD 1/29/10 Gamble's Coronado

[jasonl]

Does anyone here have any of these machines? What mechanism did they use?

 

[ingliscanada]

The dryer is definately a Franklin, but the washer seems like a Norge, with the "power brake." I understand that through the 70's, WCI used the mechanics from Franklin, Westinghouse, and Norge. So there was a lot of mixing and matching with models.

 

[golittlesport]

The washer has a Franklin "angel-wing" agitator

 

[bobbins]

The year or two before these models were introduced, I believe Colorado washers were made by Wizard "pig"..my grandmother had one...such an interesting washing machine.

 

[jasonl]

Angel wing

My great grandmother (My "Mum-mum" as we said in Cajun) had a Marquette machine with that same transmission and the angel winged 'tator. Very interesting machine for me being so used to seeing Kenmores and Whirlpools.

 

[laundromat]

These look similar to the old Kelvinator,Gibson Hamilton and Bradford washers and dryers.They had the large filter pan and a porcelain on steel,perforated tub with 6 evenly distributed arms that worked like a scrub board as the tub indexed.they'd spin counter clockwise and were the grandparents of the current Electrolux/Frigidaire line top loaders.The old Hamilton line dryers are history. The current Electrolux line of dryers are the old style Westinghouses minus the "Cross Vain Tumbling"arms that were diagnal instead of across.now,Elux has introduced a nice new,larger,giant capacity(7cuft instead of 5.2)and they have windows.That is one of the nicer things happening in laundry.windows on washer and dryer doors.The new GE Harmonies and the Kenmore Oasis lines both have windows on not only the dryer but also the washer lids.

 

[ingliscanada]

Tub Brake?

The description in ways matches that of a Franklin washer, except the ad mentions the "power brake" with the lid safety switch. Franklin washers to this day never had a tub brake; the spin always coasted to a stop.

 

[gansky1]

Oh there certainly was a brake on this Franklin variation of machines. I had a Kelvinator branded washer from this same time that was not an indexing tub washer. That giant tub, huge angel-wing agitator and fast stroke made for a dramatic wash!

Here is the Viking branded machine that Eddy found - same mechanism, agitator, etc. The recirc. filter stream is at 12 o'clock.

 

[jasonl]

That's what the inside of my great grandma's machine looked like, except the agitator was white. I remember it wouldn't even fill if you lifted the lid, so I wasn't able to see any of the action and of course my mom riding my butt the whole time about playing with the washer.

 

[bobbins]

I am always amazed how different designs were introduced. Colorado had a Wizard design in the 60's, then they switched to this design with the break in the tub and now the WCI crap with the indexing tub....

 

[alr2903]

family of franklin's

Okay so there were "Beams" and "Franklins" is there a distinct family tree, or was it kind of "overlapped" with acquisitions and mergers? Thanks alr2903

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