wanted 1957 Westinghouse dryer lint trap

[hoover28]

Hi I am getting in a few weeks, a 1957 Westinghouse dryer to match my washer. but the owner tells me that the lint trap is missing. any one have one for sale.

thanks

Chris

 

[hoover28]

is this a hard to find item

 

[classiccaprice]

Hey Chris,

Unfortunately it is a hard to find item. You can probably make something that will work.

 

[appnut]

I'm not sure this will work, and it may be that the 1955 model design was different, but my mom's best friend had a D5 or D6 model dryer that was paired with her 1955 Unimatic. She put old panty hose on the exhaust vent on th4e side of her house to catch the lint. I saw this after they moved to Dallas from Houston in like 1965 or 1966. Blew my mind. Now mind you, I never saw a slant front Westinghouse dryer with the little door on top of the dryer to allow acccess to the lint screen to clean it until I got to use/play with a 1957 Westinghouse dryer when I was like 9 or 10 in 1963 or 1964. So that could be a deal breaker with my thought and dryer design.

 

[hoover28]

thanks

maybe I can make one, but I don't know what it looks like yet.

anybody have a pic of one, to see what it looks like. I am getting the book with it, but not till I get the dryer delivered.

Chris