‘70’s-‘80’s of these in those time-frames:
Hardly a “Harvest”-Golden-era for front-loaders, once the ease of loading and unloading top-loaders dominated the washing machine market, despite the fact water efficiency being strived for had simultaneously taken a back seat...
I picture a variant of a Montgomery Ward Signature or “underline” Montgomery Ward model, a Westinghouse/White-Westinghouse with an accommodating Norge back-guard/control panel for the TOL sporting such, while whatever other models keep the controls over the door, along with other retailers sourcing their F-L’s along with or outside of their regular product-line, before imagining Sears really stepping out of their Whirlpool-supplied box, during this sort of era, riding on the die-hard success of every Kenmore being a top-loader vs. fearing any loss of sales due to this type of competition or maybe whatever examples, otherwise, I’ve just never seen...
— Dave