POD 7/7/2017

[pulltostart]

Bruce,

The V-14 badge appeared with the 1965 models.  I know the 1966 models used the same designation, and by 1968 they were V-16s, but I think they started that designation with the 1967 models.  They didn't advertise that as much as the earlier claims - I suspect that the public was dubious of that one.  I mean, it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out there wasn't that much difference in the tubs and only 6 years earlier they told everyone that those tubs were 12-lb capacity machines.  Smoke and mirrors?

 

I have a "GE Concepts" insert from a Winter 1969/1970 magazine that still did not reference 18-lb machines.  So maybe the 18-lb models (with the companion 31" wide dryers) debuted sometime later in 1970.

 

I'm not a mechanic, just an avid reader and consumer of advertising BS and Sweets Catalog inserts.

 

lawrence

 

[brucelucenta]

31" Dryers

I will tell you something interesting about the 31" GE dryers. I actually had a Hotpoint dryer that was exactly the same as the 31" GE dryer. Only difference is that the console was that of a Hotpoint back when they made the solid tub models. So figure that one out???? I never quite understood it, since the solid tub Hotpoint washers were never that large of a capacity. The console was that of the very last Hotpoint washer models before changing to the GE mechanism.