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Frigidaire coin laundry

When I was a kid in the 60's my grandmother had a house at the Jersey shore (Lavalette). There were several of these Frigidaire coin laundries up and down the main boulevard (Rt.35). The machines were always turquoise, had the round window and a very fast spin speed. I was fascinated by the Frigidaires because I never saw a "pulsating" agitator before. It was very cool. Of course I always wanted to go when she went and my dad would get very upset that I didn't want to stay back and play with the other kids. Check out the pic in Phil R's link above, looked very similar. What model machines were they at that time?
 
The problem is that you have to be careful with the water level.  I put a Jet Action into my 1-18, and it wasn't too good.  If the level is too high, stuff will get stuck on top of the cone and just loop around there in kind of a reverse turnover.  The rest of the load just sunk to the bottom and didn't move around much.
 

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