POD 11/17/04 JC Penney Washer

[frigilux]

Friends in Seattle had this exact JC Penney pair. It came with the house they purchased. Is this a Franklin-based machine? It seemed very similar to a Westinghouse machine. At any rate, it lasted for years and they only recently replaced it with a new Kenmore pair.

Another friend has a Westinghouse set from the mid-70's. That must be a Franklin transmission, right? It's still being used! I am not a fan of the Franklin-based machines with their indexing tubs, etc., but a few of them seem to have stood the test of time. The WCI/Franklin tranny on my '86 Frigidaire TL was giving out after only 2 years of not-so-heavy usage.

 

[westie2]

The machines were outsourced from GE/Hotpoint. Hotpoint had the same two in one agitators and also the lint filter around the top of the tub.

 

[gyrafoam]

Penncrest brand machines were popular around Atlanta in the day. I remember a lot of solid-tub washers (built by Hotpoint).

 

[pulsator]

Can the dryer door get any bigger? GEEZE! It's huge!

 

[60skelvinator]

funny!

funny thing, when I first saw the controls I thought they looked alot like the ones on my 1973 ge/hotpoint washer.
Now I am just learning that infact the jcpenney units Were built be ge/hotpoint!

 

[frigilux]

Thanks for setting me straight on the origins of the JC Penney machines. Once you said they were birthed by GE, I recalled the dryer having an open lint screen in the front of the drum, ala GE's of the same time period. That should have been a clue, eh?