Westinghouse markets their first top load automatic washer, this machine came out around 1964 or 5 and was sourced from Easy I never saw a matching dryer for it. This easy built automatic was a solid tub washer.
Within two years, Westinghouse came out with their own top loading automatic. It was a perforated tub machine that initially did a neutral drain, but they cheap ended it to do a spin drain pretty quickly. Westinghouse went on to make this washer for around eight years before they sold out to white industries and this design disappeared completely.
It’s a shame Westinghouse didn’t invest the money in their front load washer, and improve that instead of wasting the money on this top loader, it was only ever mediocre machine And like all Westinghouse appliances by this time they quality had declined so much they weren’t very reliable.
Westinghouse had some great styling and interesting engineering and features, but they just couldn’t compete with general electric whirlpool and even Frigidaire. They lost the builder market pretty quickly and the only builders that continued to use Westinghouse were lower end builders in the late 60s and early 70s .
John
Within two years, Westinghouse came out with their own top loading automatic. It was a perforated tub machine that initially did a neutral drain, but they cheap ended it to do a spin drain pretty quickly. Westinghouse went on to make this washer for around eight years before they sold out to white industries and this design disappeared completely.
It’s a shame Westinghouse didn’t invest the money in their front load washer, and improve that instead of wasting the money on this top loader, it was only ever mediocre machine And like all Westinghouse appliances by this time they quality had declined so much they weren’t very reliable.
Westinghouse had some great styling and interesting engineering and features, but they just couldn’t compete with general electric whirlpool and even Frigidaire. They lost the builder market pretty quickly and the only builders that continued to use Westinghouse were lower end builders in the late 60s and early 70s .
John