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Thank you for the Sweet's scans!!!!
Lawrence,
A possible answer to your question about why they didn't center the toggleswitches vertically in that particular model could be answered if we could see the switch armature in the back of the panel. GE moved these around according to like models and this one may have had room for a 4th switch above, maybe a suds-saver switch which was always moved around. Wouldn't put it past them as they always recycled older parts and dies for newer models. Or maybe they just didn't give a sh*t. Check out the mismatch on the ones below.
I'm a greedy boy; do you have any more of these excellent scans for earlier years like 68, 69 and or 70? Keep em coming!
Lawrence,
A possible answer to your question about why they didn't center the toggleswitches vertically in that particular model could be answered if we could see the switch armature in the back of the panel. GE moved these around according to like models and this one may have had room for a 4th switch above, maybe a suds-saver switch which was always moved around. Wouldn't put it past them as they always recycled older parts and dies for newer models. Or maybe they just didn't give a sh*t. Check out the mismatch on the ones below.
I'm a greedy boy; do you have any more of these excellent scans for earlier years like 68, 69 and or 70? Keep em coming!
Ken,
You don't have to study GE products for long before you realize they tried every combination in the book - not just for washers and dryers either (as several of us have noted here in the past). I liked my 1976 pair, but always lamented the position of those toggles!
I think I have a copy of 1968 and I have a copy of 1972 (which you posted recently). I will have to check when I get home this evening. I know I have most from 1978 forward, and I have 1962, 1965, 1966 (MAYBE 1964). Being an architect, getting my hands on Sweets catalogs was always a high priority.
Lawrence
You don't have to study GE products for long before you realize they tried every combination in the book - not just for washers and dryers either (as several of us have noted here in the past). I liked my 1976 pair, but always lamented the position of those toggles!
I think I have a copy of 1968 and I have a copy of 1972 (which you posted recently). I will have to check when I get home this evening. I know I have most from 1978 forward, and I have 1962, 1965, 1966 (MAYBE 1964). Being an architect, getting my hands on Sweets catalogs was always a high priority.
Lawrence
thank you, thank you, thank you
That was the exact console styling on Nana's old machine.....she had a V12 with the water level knob in the middle, and hers was a two speed, anyone have any idea what year her machine would have been. I know she bought hers at the now defunct Trader Horn in Yonkers NY in the sixties.
Thanks Mike
PS I am happy just to see the same style console that she had!
That was the exact console styling on Nana's old machine.....she had a V12 with the water level knob in the middle, and hers was a two speed, anyone have any idea what year her machine would have been. I know she bought hers at the now defunct Trader Horn in Yonkers NY in the sixties.
Thanks Mike
PS I am happy just to see the same style console that she had!
scrubflex
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Lawrence,
please post the copy of your 1968 GE's washers
Harry
please post the copy of your 1968 GE's washers
Harry
Lawrence, please post the 1978 catalog pics when you can. I want to see if it shows the washer I abought in april, 1978, and matching big door dryer. My mom bought the model below mine that fall. The color bands on the cycles on the dial were kinda reddish brown, a mustardy yellow, and kinda grey I believe. I think this was the first year for those colors as they also had in the store a dispenseAll model with the colors above on the timer on the same sales floor.
macboy91si
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Bob
I have some scans of the 78 full line, what washer were you wanting?
-Tim
I have some scans of the 78 full line, what washer were you wanting?
-Tim
Scans
I'll post both the 1968 and 1978 catalog sheets in the morning. I rely on the office copier to produce my scans.
Lawrence
I'll post both the 1968 and 1978 catalog sheets in the morning. I rely on the office copier to produce my scans.
Lawrence
geextrarinse
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WOW!
Lotsa great pics in this thread!
Are these scanned catalogues in the archives section anywhere?
Could they be?
;-)
Matt
Lotsa great pics in this thread!
Are these scanned catalogues in the archives section anywhere?
Could they be?
;-)
Matt
Tim, my washer was the ex. large capacity that had 3-speed combos, variable water level, mini-quick cycle an mini basket, 5-temp combos, and 2nd extra rinse knob. It also had the 3 basic cycles of regular , perm press, and poly/knits. The perm press cycle was unique, which I only saw offered this one year. It had the partial drain and refill of a co0ol down like a maytag or a KenPool. It then agitated for like 7 minutes. then did a spin drain and spray for most of the spin. All other GEs did the spray rinse for cool down once the water level was reset and continued to spray until it stopped for the rinse fill. tim the dryer was the big door ex large capacity dryer. Instead of little knobs ikn the middle of the panel like for the water level and extra rinse, it haed little white buttons next to the timer dial for signal off & on as well as extended tumble on or off for both perm press/regular and poly/knits cycles.
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My mother's boyfriend gave us his GE Filter Flow in the mid 80's and it had the toggleswitches for the water level, temp control, and speed control. It had a black agitator with the blue filter, but was a smaller in capacity than our 18lb Whirlpool that rusted out. I think we used it for about three or four months until I bought a new WP set in 1983. I love the sound it would make after each spin cycle. We gave it to a friend that finally got running water on their farm, she used it for several years after that. Wouldn't mind having one now, LOL
macboy91si
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Bob, I could not find a 3 cycle washer with extra-rinse knob in the 78 lineup? The closest I could find was the Dispensall model WWA8500V, which matches what you say almost exactly. It's also the only one with the actual 2nd rinse knob. The next one down from it is the programmed model 8450V. None of the other machines have a 2nd rinse knob.
Here is a pic:
Bob, I could not find a 3 cycle washer with extra-rinse knob in the 78 lineup? The closest I could find was the Dispensall model WWA8500V, which matches what you say almost exactly. It's also the only one with the actual 2nd rinse knob. The next one down from it is the programmed model 8450V. None of the other machines have a 2nd rinse knob.
Here is a pic:
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I'm going to post the 1968 and 1978 scans into a new thread -
Lawrence
I'm going to post the 1968 and 1978 scans into a new thread -
Lawrence
