Unusual GE dryer for sale

[yogitunes]

in Delaware.....unusual control panel....looks to be time dry only..could probably be run on 110V....

http://delaware.craigslist.org/ppd/3431560087.html

 

[pulltostart]

First time I've seen one of these.  Could be an "import"?  Or, with the simplified controls, maybe for the visually impaired?

 

lawrence

 

[appnut]

I bet it was sold at Kmart.   Kmart had "strange" looking GE appliances.  Many had only knobs when the "real" line stillhad toggle switches. 

 

[super32]

Looks like the JC Penny model console with the "GE" name on it.

 

[gansky1]

That is an oddball. Bob might be right - a Kmart or dealer-special model. Can anyone make out what it says under the GE logo? Looks like *something* DRYER.

 

[a440]

"Mary Dryer"

 

[applianceguy47]

It looks bloated.

I'd say 1975ish.

I agree with the Kmart estimate.

 

[laundromat]

May have been a Canadian model???

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

I'm sure it could easily be like a GE washer my grandma had w/ the left-opening lid & having knobs on the panel, instead of toggle switches; just a few models down...

-- Dave

 

[tecnopolis]

GE "all knobs" set.

 

[appnut]

GE "all knobs" set.

Alex, this dryer was almost 20 years before that monochrome white set. 

 

[tomturbomatic]

If you note how the border at the bottom of the control panel has a break in it like it was removed by some laundry product, I'll bet that what remains before "DRYER" is part of the word "AUTOMATIC" before the first part of it was washed away. For such a basic machine, it sure has a high control panel. With the timer that goes to 140 minutes, it was made for dual voltage operation.

 

[combo52]

Odd GE Electric Dryer

I would love to see the model tag, it could be a military model designed to run on different voltages for use in various countries around the world, WP built some odd models that we used to run into occasionally.

 

[pulltostart]

I'm thinking that second line of text was originally "UTILITY DRYER". This appears to be a basic model, so that could fit. Some of the text could be missing, but not enough to make "AUTOMATIC DRYER" if the full line was centered under the logo and the "GENERAL ELECTRIC".

lawrence

 

[tomturbomatic]

Good point Lawrence! I did not know that GE labeled any dryers as Utility Dryers.

 

[yogitunes]

normally you would also find terms like -- Heavy Duty, or Automatic Dryer.....but as odd as this one is, anything is possible

 

[tecnopolis]

My point in showing the "all knob set" was to illustrate that GE had continued to manufactured laundry equipment without the toggles or push buttons into the future.

 

[applianceguy47]

Spanish GE washer

GE experimented with different kinds of panels.

I found a GE washer, I estimate it was from 1970. It had the "normal" GE switches and knobs of the time, but all the script was in Spanish.

It had a mid height control panel with the shorter back base support, and the chrome trim was the mid-height with the arching side pieces. There were no lights on it. When I got it, it had a sock stuck in the pump.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Was it a Lavadora Automatica on the control panel?

Yo washo Espanol.

 

[bajaespuma]

Got me.

This one is a real conundrum. One clue I have is that in 1967, GE did a major design change and the TOL that year was the model pictured below, with only 5 programmed pre-set cycles unlike the two years before and the 5 years following. The backsplash enclosure looks the same as the tall enclosure for this dryer. What doesn't fit is the style of the dial, which looks more like ones they used 10 years later. I must admit I'm stumped. It looks like it says "Utility Dryer" and I'm wondering if this isn't a Canadian model, which were very close to the US varieties, but there were always unique differences.