yogitunes
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in Delaware.....unusual control panel....looks to be time dry only..could probably be run on 110V....
http://delaware.craigslist.org/ppd/3431560087.html
http://delaware.craigslist.org/ppd/3431560087.html
Unusual GE dryer for sale
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First time I've seen one of these. Could be an "import"? Or, with the simplified controls, maybe for the visually impaired?
lawrence
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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
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Looks like the JC Penny model console with the "GE" name on it.
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.
applianceguy47
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It looks bloated.
I'd say 1975ish.
I agree with the Kmart estimate.
I'd say 1975ish.
I agree with the Kmart estimate.
laundromat
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May have been a Canadian model???
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
-- Dave
tecnopolis
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GE "all knobs" set.
GE "all knobs" set.
Alex, this dryer was almost 20 years before that monochrome white set.
Alex, this dryer was almost 20 years before that monochrome white set.
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.
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.
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.
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
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Good point Lawrence! I did not know that GE labeled any dryers as Utility Dryers.
yogitunes
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normally you would also find terms like -- Heavy Duty, or Automatic Dryer.....but as odd as this one is, anything is possible
tecnopolis
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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.
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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.
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.
Was it a Lavadora Automatica on the control panel?
Yo washo Espanol.
Yo washo Espanol.
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.
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.
"The Sum of All Dryers"
For all we know this could be a GE nuclear warhead cleverly disguised as a domestic helper. I mean, it is located close to DC, after all. When the user dials "Air Fluff" and hits the START button, that's all folks!
I suppose one of us could contact the seller and ask them to send us a picture of the rating plate.
It could be one of those totally odd-ball GE models designed to stand alone or go with another maker's washer like the ones from the early Sixties where they recycled a bunch of old parts and put them together. :
For all we know this could be a GE nuclear warhead cleverly disguised as a domestic helper. I mean, it is located close to DC, after all. When the user dials "Air Fluff" and hits the START button, that's all folks!
I suppose one of us could contact the seller and ask them to send us a picture of the rating plate.
It could be one of those totally odd-ball GE models designed to stand alone or go with another maker's washer like the ones from the early Sixties where they recycled a bunch of old parts and put them together. :
That last dryer you pictured had a matching washer and, as best as I can determine, it was sort of a rework of the white rectangular timer pod models of the late 50s-early 60s. I have seen a photo of Gloria Swanson in her kitchen with the timer pod washer. It originally appeared in (I think) a Life magazine article about her. The star could wash.
redcarpetdrew
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I actually found one of these dryers recently but haven't even been able to locate a picture of the matching washer. For some reason this dryer and its possible washer mate intrigue me...
RCD
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Yes, Tom, "Lavadora" was on there. Lava being short for bathing or washing in Spanish.
I remember picking it up, recognizing the shape of the washer, because one of my 1st daily use washers was the same.
And I bought it as part of a lot of a dozen machines. But I never looked closely at the console, there wasn't time.
So, I get it to the workshop, start checking it over, and I had to look the panel over twice. "WHAT ?" was my thinking. "Is my vision going?" lol. I was so rushed then.
Then it was like, what do I do with it? It was almost like this plastic console GE dryer from the early 60s. It didn't fit into what I considered to be a "normal" GE appliance. My brain was spitting out a Syntax error code. "does not compute" lol. I was like well, I pulled the sock out of it and it works, so... that's something, right? lol.
This plastic console GE dryer SO reminds me of the movie 9 to 5, when Judy (Jane Fonda) was assigned to the Xerox room to make various binders on this huge "xerox machine" (copier with sorter). And we all remember how that went.
(on the phone) "Judy Bernly, Please Hold. This is Judy"
Or, large copiers and computers of the 1970s.
Its interesting that GE did the first all plastic consoles, but didn't stick with it. Then in the mid 70s, Sears picked it up with their base models, and even some of the MOL models.
I remember picking it up, recognizing the shape of the washer, because one of my 1st daily use washers was the same.
And I bought it as part of a lot of a dozen machines. But I never looked closely at the console, there wasn't time.
So, I get it to the workshop, start checking it over, and I had to look the panel over twice. "WHAT ?" was my thinking. "Is my vision going?" lol. I was so rushed then.
Then it was like, what do I do with it? It was almost like this plastic console GE dryer from the early 60s. It didn't fit into what I considered to be a "normal" GE appliance. My brain was spitting out a Syntax error code. "does not compute" lol. I was like well, I pulled the sock out of it and it works, so... that's something, right? lol.
This plastic console GE dryer SO reminds me of the movie 9 to 5, when Judy (Jane Fonda) was assigned to the Xerox room to make various binders on this huge "xerox machine" (copier with sorter). And we all remember how that went.
(on the phone) "Judy Bernly, Please Hold. This is Judy"
Or, large copiers and computers of the 1970s.
Its interesting that GE did the first all plastic consoles, but didn't stick with it. Then in the mid 70s, Sears picked it up with their base models, and even some of the MOL models.
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I can't find an exact picture. darn-it.
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