POD 5/22/2017

[brucelucenta]

I am not sure of the date of this advertisement, but it was probably in the 70's. Westinghouse and the rest of appliance makers were doing things like this to promote sales. Westinghouse came out with the dual agitator, just one agitator over another for gentle items like the scarf. Seems the GE mini basket would have been better for something like that. Westinghouse really made a decent washer and dryer for many years with little changes here and there. They weren't the greatest, but they were adequate at washing, rinsing and spinning out.

 

[mrsalvo]

Always thought Westinghouse made a decent washer. When I first saw the indexing tub i thought it was broke! There was a laundrymat across the street where we lived and that was my first exposure to those washers, and on occasion when Mom's Norge took out on her we would do laundry there. Next door was a Dairy Queen, so I was in heaven. Lol.
Seriously though, I thought they washed well with not that much wear and tear on the fabric. The indexing tub did turn over the clothes, though I thought slower than Whirlpool, providing you didn't overload it. Don't think indexing tubs are the greatest with really big loads. Still, Westinghouse remains one of my favorite machines. They were certainly quieter than Norges.

 

[gyrafoam]

Those Westy machines were likely late-sixties. IMO the regular agitation was very aggressive, usually made a pretty good sudz-cake, and were prone to sudz-lock especially with the high-sudsing detergents of the day.

Pucci made a name for himself when he was hired to do a corporate makeover of Braniff International Airways, back in the mid-sixties. The planes were painted "Easter Egg" pastel colors and the Flight Attendants uniforms were very "edgy" for that era.The ladies rain-bonnet was a clear-plastic bubble that was very outer-space looking. It was quite a departure from the norm because, up until that time, most airlines were very conservative in style and the US carrier's paint schemes were always some variation of red,white and blue.