Ugh, Today's Doctrine, Such Rare Machines!

[Unimatic1140]

A big thank you goes out to Ken/bajaespuma for donating today's absolutely beautiful doctrine!

Such rare machines these Chicago Plant made solid-tub Hotpoint washers. Larry at Modern Parts always said they were his favorite all time machines and he did plenty of servicing work on them in his day. I believe he still uses one as his daily driver.

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/DDD/Dispenser.cgi

 

[gansky1]

Thanks, Ken - and Robert!

 

This is just beautiful advertising - the machines are absolutely stunning, and rare.  I saw a low-end model at a garage sale in our neighborhood when I was in high-school but knew not to even ask...   I've seen a couple of dryers from this time around, but never another washer (locally anyway) and the Hotpoint I have came from Robert that he found in Minneapolis.  As far as I have been able to tell, Hotpoint only had a couple of small dealers here until the mid-seventies when the powerhouse of retail Nebr. Furniture Mart put Hotpoint front and center in the price wars with other dealers.   I remember way more than I could count - from the almond-brown panel models and about a gajillion black-panel machines, that are still littering Craigslist today.

 

 

[mrcleanjeans]

They are gorgeous. My parents had that pair for a brief time, they were included in a house that they moved into in 1974. They got 2 years out of the dryer and about 3 on the washer.Not durable by any means,but I like them anyway.

 

[bajaespuma]

Happy to donate to this great idea!

This is more than my pleasure.

 

If any of you have the sheets for Hotpoint's 1967 line, PLEASE send them on to Robert. I don't have much of anything on that year and the designs for the machines and the backsplashes were very interesting:

 

[cfz2882]

my parents bought a new ST hotpoint in 1970-lasted to 1981,was interned in the
landfill that year-watched as it was buried with a white rollermatic at it's side.
BTW,rollermatics were all over the place behind appliance stores and at the dump
back in the early 1980s-wish i could go back and grab a few LOL.