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Contrats Fred,

I am certain that there is a lot of envy in the club over this beauty. I know you are happy. My dream is to find a Maytag Wringer of any style new or in new condition to continue my collection. I am very envious of Ted LOL. His E is a beauty to behold. When you get to this beauty to asses what may need to be done I know you will be in Heaven. Enjoy !!!

Jim
 
"I wonder what GE would think of this."

I would bet my bottom dollar that the folks who run GE now wouldn't give a sh*t.

 

Seems to me that, ironically, "corporations of Delaware"in the US operate like communist regimes: history is only something to be manipulated for the greater glory of the current rulers. They might site this machine as an example of "GE's ongoing commitment to quality" but they would also deprecate it as overweight, energy inefficient and inelegant compared to their new lines of HE machines available now at store near you. GE was at the vanguard of the trend to be more the whore of the stockholder than the proprietor to the customer.

 

A better caption for this machine and its ilk would be, "back before we destroyed the Louisville plant and the careers/lives of all of its employees, when GE appliances were made by Americans (to whom we were stupid enough to pay a living wage), top to bottom and we hadn't figured out built-in obsolescence"

 

That "Added Value" sticker on top of that cabinet wasn't a lie back then.

 

Look for it only in books and in basements like Robert's, for it is Gone with the Wind.

 

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Notice also....the spring wrapped drain hoses.....to prevent kinking/crushing.....a dollar store slinky will work just the same for replacements

powerful pumps on these models---we had our hose strapped down in the sink as well, otherwise it would propel itself out of the sink
 
I too am thrilled for you Robert and envious at the same time. We have a hard time even finding GE FF's from the 90's here. Those thrifty Midwesterners and nice dry basements certainly help!! Can't wait to hear more...

What a beautiful machine. Interesting that that was the model that I recall most from my Brooklyn childhood. Seems like any family that had a GE washer had that model (perhaps without the suds return) and I can recall at least 4. It certainly is in the right place now!!
 
Spectacular!

Congratulations Robert! That Filter-Flo hit the jackpot when you took it home! Any average person off of the street would probably not know what they had, hook it up and run it hard. After it would have a problem they would likely cast it off after being told it was "too old to repair."

Did you tell the seller that it was a '62 and not a '72? Did they throw in the box of Tide that they removed? That seemed a bit silly of them in my opinion.

As others have said - it couldn't have gone to a more deserving owner!

Andrew S.
 
Lolol

When I said nothing like new. Ment the amazingness of finding an old machine never used. Like you just bought the machine yourself.
 
Robert, that is unreal!!!!!  I am so very happy for you.  I can't wait to see it next month at the vacuum convention!!  An a suds return as well!!!!

 

Terry
 

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