POD 9/9/2017

[brucelucenta]

This Wizard Citation washer and dryer was probably around the mid 60's. I did have this very model at one time. They were pretty good washers. They held a fairly big load for a solid tub machine and had a metered fill somewhat like the GE solid tub machines. The spin was a little below average. It was a Franklin built model and indexed quite a bit while washing. It also promoted quite a bit of linting due to the aggressive way it washed. The matching dryers were slow at drying. The best dryers at the time were Whirlpool built ones.

 

[lordkenmore]

In the lower right hand corner of the ad, they offer a gift of dishes with a dishwasher purchase. I was thinking it would be amusing if they blew it, and accidentally gave away dish sets that were not dishwasher safe. LOL

 

[DADoES]

 
Dad's uncle had a BOL model, it came along with his wife when they married sometime in the 1970s (he previously had a much nicer Whirlpool).  Her brother worked for the Western Auto store in the town where they lived.  Same console design but only a timer and IIRC a "water saver" button.  It did have the filter sleeve that fit over the agitator and also functioned as a softener dispenser.  Didn't have a porcelain top/lid and there was rusting.