Todays POD

[70series]

Wow what an AWESOME POD! I don't think I have seen one with so many different models.

The coppertone Whirlpool is just like one my aunt had, except hers only had one auxiliary knob other than the timer and pushbuttons.

As for the white set, except for the color, those are perhaps the exact models on the The Brady Bunch.

I've always liked the PODs, but I must say the ones posted within the last week have been some of the best.

Have a good one,
James

 

[autowasherfreak]

I have another Whirlpool question.

Did Whirlpool have any models similar to the Kenmore push button models?

 

[DADoES]

S = 1968

Yes, Whirlpool TOL "Mark XII" models had pushbutton/locking timers for several years in the early 1960s, perhaps 1958, 1959. Pictures of a few specimens have been posted.

 

[scott55405]

Glenn

it's interesting to note, in this beautiful 1968 brochure, that all models right down to the "budget" model, have the full console.

Wouldn't there still have been some of those partial console models in the mix yet at this time, and maybe even into the 70s? Were those maybe intended as a completely separate line sold to a different type or grade of retailer perhaps?

BTW, there is a typo in this brochure, in the specification area for the washers. Can anyone else spot it?

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Melvin / Supreme Whirlpool -

I think this is an LSA Whirlpool as well, early 1969 manufacture date.

It needs a good home!

 

[70series]

Scott55405:

The partial console models were still in production as mid to lower end models, and I believe they continued until 1972 or so.

It is kind of interesting that they are not featured in the ad. I wonder why.

Have a good one,
James

 

[scott55405]

Thanks James. I remember they came both with the control portion vertical and slanted, like those in the brochure. I was pretty sure I had seen them that just said "Whirlpool" and not "RCA Whirlpool". Seems like they offered a pretty good value generally, even with the lower end models.

Someone a few doors down from my Grandma bought the "Supreme" set in this brochure in avocado green, as an upgrade to her RCA Whirlpool wringer washer.

I didn't know about the woodgrain ones until years later-btw Kevin, Kitchenaid seems to have come out with a "new" blue shade very similar to the appliance color of that time, so maybe its turn is coming around again. I kind of wish colored large appliances would take hold again. A few places have offered laundry equipment, which is nice.

Autowasherfreak-I did see a "locking timer" RCA Whirlpool once-one of the gentlemen out east has one. It was probably from the early 60s, a vertical partial console. The timer dial was in the center and there were black cycle and option buttons stacked vertically on both sides. The matching dryer had a windowed door, another cool thing I didn't realize they had offered til much later.