POD 12-22-15, GE 1958 TOL Pair

[tomturbomatic]

Nobody has remarked about the beauty of this pair since they appeared around 14 hours ago and I just wanted it to be on the record that these two turquoise machines are beautiful, fabulous and gorgeous.

 

[toploader55]

I always loved the Backsplash on the "pedestals". I wonder how many socks, face cloths slid under the Control Panel and fell in the back of the machine.

The Gold metal Filter Flo Pan is also really unique. Our first FF was a V-12 with the Spiral Activator. Therefore having the Turquoise (or Blue) Plastic Pan.

I never knew about the Gold Metal Ones until I joined AW.

They are Beautiful machines. Would this be GEs first Programed Pair ?

 

[pulltostart]

This was GE's first programmed pair.  I have long thought that this 1958 pair was the nicest-looking version of the GE's - and in turquoise they are fabulous!  Tom - I'm glad you started this. 

 

They are beautiful.

 

lawrence

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[tomturbomatic]

That shot of the washer opening before the crud built up on the turquoise porcelain is a work of art. It is nice to be among those who appreciate beauty. Thank you all for your excellent taste.

 

[appnut]

When I was like 5 or 6, (making it about 1958 or 1959) I remember neighbors across the street had a fancy pink washer.  I realized what I saw after being a member here and seeing a FF with that metal colored filter pan.  They also had an RCA color tv. 

 

[wayupnorth]

When my mothers early 50's Kenmore died someone gave us a GE of the same vintage to use but much more BOL. Same big dial on the right, wash rinse temps, water saver and the same Filter Flo pan. Parents ordered a new Kenmore on sale, probably 50 series, and gave the GE to friends that were newly married and needed a washer.

 

[bajaespuma]

First GE rinse agent dispenser too. I love the fact that each year of the early solid-tub Filter-Flo's the colors of the activator caps and the FF flumes would change. Also like the 3 keys on that TOL dryer. I wonder what the "De-Wrinkle" key was connected to, if anything.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Thatsa good question because it was the only year they ever had that key. Maybe somebody from Norge was on the design team and said that they needed more buttons. Most of the earlier time-temp GE auto-dry machines were one operating temperature dryers. Remember how CU would always say that the temperature on the Delicate setting of the auto dry cycle was judged to be a little high for delicates? They got away with that because the D setting was so close to the cooldown part of the auto cycle so generally the thermostat cycled once and the timer motor started to move and before the heat could come back on, the timer had entered the three minute cooldown. Wash and Wear garments needed to be heated to 160F to dewrinkle. That was a safe operating temperature for drying most things as long as they were not overdried so the single temperature worked for "Dewrinkle." The other way of controlling the heat for delicates was to use the timed cycle and remember that the last 10 minutes were air fluff so if you did not want something to get too hot, just set the timer for less than 20 minutes. the dryer would warm up while the item was damp and then slowly cool down as it gave up the last of its moisture.

Note that in 1958, three models had pedals for opening the door. Our neighbor had the single heat pod model in the lower right.