golittlesport
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Fantastic machine! Thanks for sharing.
The 70's Blackstone perf tub washer!
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Its where the Aussie Hoover comes from
Hi Guys,
That washbowl, and that agitator are identical to the one in the Aussie Hoover. The one Leon and I bought in Melb should arrive this week, and I'll take some pics to compare.
Is this really from the 70's? By the late 60's the Aussie ones had an integral tub ring that did away with the clothes guard, and the lint filter is mounted on outer tub ring.
My understanding is, that there is no Westinghouse to be seen here at all, its all Blackstone. The design is like a Maytag in many ways, with a centre point suspension with 4 springs, belt driven gearbox and pump. The big differences are that the outer tub, bolts onto the gearbox, and there is a high rise agitator shaft. The Hoovers have a light and quite flimsy cabinet when it is dissassembled, however due to the cast iron gearbox, they are an amazingly heavy machine to try and move. In Australia, that gearbox with an electric pump, survived up until the last 80's, when it was replaced with the standard reversing motor design that most Aussie washers have now had for 20 years.
Hi Guys,
That washbowl, and that agitator are identical to the one in the Aussie Hoover. The one Leon and I bought in Melb should arrive this week, and I'll take some pics to compare.
Is this really from the 70's? By the late 60's the Aussie ones had an integral tub ring that did away with the clothes guard, and the lint filter is mounted on outer tub ring.
My understanding is, that there is no Westinghouse to be seen here at all, its all Blackstone. The design is like a Maytag in many ways, with a centre point suspension with 4 springs, belt driven gearbox and pump. The big differences are that the outer tub, bolts onto the gearbox, and there is a high rise agitator shaft. The Hoovers have a light and quite flimsy cabinet when it is dissassembled, however due to the cast iron gearbox, they are an amazingly heavy machine to try and move. In Australia, that gearbox with an electric pump, survived up until the last 80's, when it was replaced with the standard reversing motor design that most Aussie washers have now had for 20 years.
easyspindry
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Hey Mark. Great find!!! I wasn't even aware that Blackstone made washers that recently. Thanks for sharing.
Jerry Gay
Jerry Gay
Per the scanned 1974 Blackstone laundry brochure that Robert (I think) posted long ago, this is a TOL model BA-902. Interestingly, it doesn't have a lighted console, but the next lower model BA-825 did have a fluorescent light.
zipdang
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Commercial Blackstone
Thanks Mulls/Tom for confirming that these were also available as coin-op machines. When I lived in Bozeman, MT there was a coin-op laundry that had a few of those machines, and I've spent years trying to remember what brand they were. When I saw Lightedcontrols' pictures the first thought that came to mind was that the Blackstone's interior looks exactly like I remembered those coin-ops in Montana. I never would have guessed that they were Blackstones, though!
Thanks Mulls/Tom for confirming that these were also available as coin-op machines. When I lived in Bozeman, MT there was a coin-op laundry that had a few of those machines, and I've spent years trying to remember what brand they were. When I saw Lightedcontrols' pictures the first thought that came to mind was that the Blackstone's interior looks exactly like I remembered those coin-ops in Montana. I never would have guessed that they were Blackstones, though!
