Rarest washers

[jasonl]

Hey, let's start a list of the most rarest and elusive washing machines we know of.

1. Apex Washamatic - Still not found
2. Frigidaire portable agitub (not stacked combo) - Not found
3. Easy Combomatic - Not yet found
4. Maytag Combo - found by Gansky
5. Kenmore bolt-down automatic - owned by Unimatic
6. Frigidaire 1-18 TOL - push button control panel. Found (I think) by a member

Any more?

 

[westytoploader]

Hmmm...There was a picture of a washer (either on eBay or found by a member; not sure which) with a TOL "Holy Grail" 1-18 in the background.

The 24" Agitub machine & matching dryer weren't intended to be portable (marketed as full-sized machines), however, it would have been easy doing so. I bet those machines weren't heavy at all!! I'm hoping I find one out there. Just imagine...the entertainment of a Skinni-Mini washer with the convenience of not having to use 220V!!

Someone posted a message about finding an Easy Combo (in Texas no less), but we haven't heard from him since.

Not to speak for anyone, but Robert did have an Apex 9 years ago. His Kenmore Bolt-Down could not be saved because the centerpost (crucial part as we all know) was rusted out and literally crumbling.

I wonder if Jimmy FilterFlo did indeed find an Apex Wash-A-Matic in the large lot he picked up?

I have some more:

1. Frigidaire "High Fashion" Washer/Dryer with upper cabinets
2. Frigidaire Control Towers
3. Any Pulsamatic machines
4. 1947 GE--GE's first automatic
5. 1949 Hotpoint--Hotpoint's first
6. And who can forget the '47 Frigidaire?

It seems to me that many industry "firsts" are almost ALWAYS the rarest! Let's keep adding to this list everyone!!!

--Austin

 

[golittlesport]

1. Westinghouse combo
2. Hotpoint combo
3. Westinghouse's very first top loader...made by Easy (1962?)
4. Thor automatic
5. Dexter automatic

 

[jaxsunst]

Norge Dispens-o-mat

 

[filterflo]

I found a mint Norge Dispensomat a few weeks ago! Pic coming soon......and it works!

 

[westytoploader]

Wow! How does the dispenser work in these machines?

 

[gansky1]

Many of the very early Beam design machines are quite elusive still, Coronado, the first Hotpoint, etc.

Bendix Power Surge top-loading washer, made only for about one year 1956-57.

Many of the variable speed machines of the late 60's are long gone - Hotpoint, GE, Frigidaire, Kenmore...

Not only the Apex Bouncing Basket, but also the Apex agitator washer with the fiberglas tub.

 

[gyromatic]

Rare washers

The easy combo and the dexter automatic can be taken off the list because I have them both .The Easy combo is from the 60's and the Dexter is from the 70's

 

[arrrooohhh]

The easy combo and the dexter automatic can be taken off the

Could youplease post some pictures?

I am sure they would go down a treat!

 

[jasonl]

STill on the list

They're rare machines but good that at last someone has found it.

Blackstone - owned by Jetcone
Wizard Early Franklin machine - owned by Uni

 

[pturo]

Rare!!

Didn't Westinghouse or GE make a dishwasher that converted to a washing machine? Now that would be a rare find.

 

[jasonl]

Wasn't it GE and Thor that had the combo dish/clothes washer?

 

[Unimatic1140]

Thor

Thor was the brand that made the Dishwasher/Washer combo.

 

[gansky1]

Sink/Washer combo

GE did make a washer with a sink for a lid and a faucet on the control panel, John Lefever has one at his house in Maryland but I can't find the pictures of it now!

Interesting machine - and very rare..

 

[chaskelljr2]

(01). The Tower Top Frigidaires with control panels embeded into storage cabinets.

(02). A Varible Speed Hotpoint in which you can select the wash and spin speeds of the washer the same way you would tune a radio to select a radio station.

(03). A 1967 Varible Speed Lady Kenmore that does not match the keyboard dryer.

 

[westytoploader]

You mean this?

'65 GE Washer-Sink!

This was a novel idea back then for small spaces, but apparently it never caught on.

http://www.automaticwasher.org/MUSEUM/General-Electric/GE-SInk-Washer-Combo-JohnL/GE-SInk-Washer-Combo-JohnL-Exterior.jpg

 

[tolivac]

GE washer & sink

How did the device work?was it for clothes or dishes or both?You would think apartment-condo developers would love the machine.Also would have been good for trailers and campers as well.

 

[Unimatic1140]

It Was For Clothes

It was just for clothes...

 

[tolivac]

Pretty neat---the washer under the sink!