They're UP!

[swestoyz]

I think you missed a spot on the polishing, yeah, right over there....

Looking great! New cement pad just for the towers, or does the Blackstone also get to share?

 

[jetaction]

Simply Amazing!

Museum quality, they are just grand Jon!!

 

[lebron]

Wow amazing machines

 

[westingman123]

Oh, my word! "buttah" does not come close. Breathtaking.

 

[launderess]

Well I Am Stunned!

Just stunned! The only word that can describe how stunned I am is... stunned.

Now Jetcone when did you say you'd be away again?

*LOL*

 

[arbilab]

My 1967 landlord's Frigi wasn't on concrete, it was on the flimsy wooden underhouse of a hillside Hawaii home. And it didn't cause anyone palpitations or earthquakes. I lived UNDER it and I couldn't tell when it stopped without walking upstairs to see. When I wasn't standing there watching it.

But it wasn't the magnificent 'control tower' machine. Those are dramatically understated, or understatedly dramatic. A pinnacle among good-old Merikun laundry design. What beauties.

 

[electron1100]

American Beauties

Fantastic looking machines

Thanks
Gary

 

[toploader55]

Just Beautiful

They truly look like Right Out of the Box.

The shine and the finish are breathtaking.

 

[tomturbomatic]

I'm happy for you Jon.

 

[earthling177]

Woo-hoo! Congratulations!

 

[pulltostart]

OH MY GAWD!

Congratulations on a great pair and great showcasing!

L

 

[Unimatic1140]

Just beautiful Jon, I've seen them in person and they are just as pretty close up!

 

Congrats on the new cement underneath them as well, that makes all the difference in the world.

 

[chestermikeuk]

frigidaires

Look grand on their new plinths, looking forward to seeing them in action!!!, I feel I should know this but where is the lint filter for the dryer?? or does the lint all collect in the condenser??

Happy washing, Mike

 

[combo52]

1957 CONTROL TOWER FRIGIDARE WASHER & DRYER

WOW They  look great Jon, I hope you are also going to have a cement base installed for the LKM gas combo so we can finally get it spinning smoothly.

 

Someone asked if this was a vented dryer or condenser dryer, All Frigidare TOL dryers from 1950-1960 were electric and no vent air-cooled condenser machines. And about the stability of these machines, Frigidare washers had less vibration problems after 1961 as they reduced the max spin speed and went to a wider 27" cabinet that year. But all the original Uni-Matics were just 25" wide and needed a good solid floor for best vibration free spin performance.

 

[tlee618]

Congratulations Jon, they look just beautiful!!  I bet you are having a fun time changing things around in your basement after adding the concrete.  

 

[jetcone]

THANK YOU ALL!

NOW I want MORE concrete and its going to happen. 
Thank you Laundress, after get over being "stunned" you'll have to come  out to see them when I do the open house this spring!

 

Cheers

jon 

 

[jetcone]

Ben & Rich

Ben- the Blackstone definitely gets cement and runs like a top now too!

 

Rich- good eye there, they do change 'color', if I may, in various light, never seen that kind of behavior in a major appliance before.

 

[westie2]

These just take my breath away.  To be 54/55 years old they look more up-to-date than any of todays TL or FL's.  And i am sure they wash and dry better than anything today.

 

[mickeyd]

Color changes

like that a lot, more magic from these jewels. But the vision of all that chrome trim in # 3 "Oh my Lord in heaven!"

 

Jon, how about a tub shot, or is that still under restoration?

 

[philr]

Awesome set! In my favorite color!