Jon, I absorbed a lot of excellent teaching at the Lefever Brothers' Kollege of Appliance Knowledge, known among alumni as Lambda Beta Kappa Alpha Kappa.
Was there anything problematic about the 59' dryer. I have one that I haven't used yet, and would rather know in advance rather than be surprised if any problems arise. Les.
I've got the Imperial version of the '59 Frigidaire dryer (in turquoise in my case, bien sûr!) and I've had no issues of note. It's actually the daily driver dryer in the Ogden laundry at the moment. It has one of the best automatic drying cycles I have ever used.