The Supremes!

[mtn1584]

Todd,
Those machines are mint. (NO COLOR PUN INTENDED) Absolultey beautiful. I wish you many years of happy washing with them. The one thing I don't like on WP end are the chrome labels on the cabinets that say super wash and two speed, other than that I LOVE THEM.
Mike

 

[washerlover]

Actually the "super wash" and "2 speed" labels are just stickers but I'm torn whether to take them off or not...

 

[mickeyd]

It never ceases to amaze me

when a machine in its mid-forties looks like it just walked off the showroom floor. Too bad we humanoids aren't as lucky.

 

[autowasherfreak]

Both set are B E A U T I F U L! I'm jealous, LOL.

 

[bajaespuma]

Your machines

Have inspired me. One of these days we're going to have to do a long thread on STYLE. The more I look at these machines, the more I realize that contemporary machines are marketed with a generic "look" that is a poor substitute for style. If you go to an appliance store today, every single front loader looks like the other, every top loader looks like the other. It would be like if in the clothing world, every designer made their fashions look like they came from Kohl's. These 'Pools had style and you could instantly distinguish them from all the other brands on the floor. And it makes me wonder whether white goods' style is/was more important on the selling floor than it ever was once the machines got home.

Anyone who wants to challenge me on this, first go rent "The Devil Wears Prada" and listen to the first "dressing down" Miranda Priestly gives to Andrea about "Cerulean Blue". It's a brilliant piece of writing.

 

[gansky1]

I keep coming back to look at these machines, they are just stunning. You're right about the new machines, Ken. What passes for style today is mostly centered on shocking colors, not a combination of design, engineering and color in harmony. The "Hello Kitty" plastic chrome, dancing LED lights and cartoon-jingle control sounds on modern machines don't compare to the beauty of this era.

 

[washerlover]

I'll second all of that! I was fortunate to run across these that were gently used and had always resided in a luxurious laundry room circa 1966.