WC63 Copper set Frigidaire A must look!!

[Brent-Aucoin]

Very nice!
Great Catch!
Thanks for the pictures!
Show us your first load!
Brent

 

[golittlesport]

wow! Beautiful set! Original agitator too...rather rare. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

 

[areuoneto]

Need some imformation on these

Ok I have done one load of car towels in them and the seem to work fine, To move them in to the house is a major job where my laundry room is and with the nightmere I had with the LG's I had, I am tired of moving things around here. So yes I will get them in there some day but I thinking more of the avocodo 1-18 to replace the neptune at this time there are just way to many choices

So what does this washer do any way? The spin didn't seem like anything to right home about. The agitor is misssing the cap, and looks pretty basic comparied to others pictured. any input here would be great.

Thanks
Brett

 

[westytoploader]

Congrats on the great set!!! You'll have fun with these!

You mentioned about the 1-18 replacing the Neptune...what happened to the electronic Lady K's you had? Or was that not your laundry room?

 

[appnut]

Remember seeing the post from Gansky1 the spin was 710 rp;m? These machines are very rare in this color and the style of them is incredible. And ya can't beat an overflow rinse!!! I"m sure someone will have an agitator cap somewhere.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Yes I agree Bob, the best thing about these machines is the washing and rinsing, in 1963 and 1964 Frigidaire removed any Rapidry spin from their machines and brought it back in 1965. These models spin at 710rpm, which was still the fastest spin speed available during the '63-'64 years, just not fast enough for us here.

 

[goatfarmer]

Nice set.
Wish I could help on the spin problem,but it's been a looooong time since I've seen the workings of a 63 Frigidaire.

kennyGF

 

[tomturbomatic]

Brett, Congratulations on a real find. Beautiful pair. The agitator cap is hard plastic with little ears to hold it in place, but they were not very durable and usually broke off. When you find one, you will have to get creative about keeping it in place while keeping it removable.

I am very happy for you.

Best wishes,
Tom

 

[jasonl]

Copper and Green

But has anyone else noticed the Green machine? GASP! A window dial Kenmore! Can you show pics of that one, pretty please??????

 

[swestoyz]

Hey - congrats on these cool looking 63's!

Muummmm, Coopertone.... or was it called Aztec Gold, or something like that?

Ben

 

[areuoneto]

OK more details.

Austin, the lady Kenmores are nicly tucked out in my shed with another set of Maytags I have, I had a very old and sick dog that I was doing 3-4 loads a day of pet beeding and it just could handle the comforter sizes, so I pulled it out and was using my old Caylpso which was great for that, so it died about the same week as the dog and I had picked up a Neptune with a stain brain and thought it would be fun for awhile. Oh I was using the new Oasis for three weeks and was not that impressied with it. I gave it a co-worker with two kids and the reviews have been 50/50.
Jason as for the the green Kenmore there are pics. in anothor thread with all the machines in the pictures.
Thanks to all of you for the info on this set, who know's I may get a wild hair and move them in.

Later

 

[thirtyater]

Areuoneto,

Wow what a find! Those have always been my favorite Frig's. Love that color too. I am totally avacado green with envy!

Enjoy them!

 

[jasonl]

Thanks!

I found it! What an AWESOME Kenmore, and truly rare. Does it work? I'm sure it fills/agitates on PP too :-D.

 

[areuoneto]

Re Kenmore

Jason yes the Kenmore works like new, I had gone out to our family cabin and saw this at home down the street that was being redone it was their 2nd home so it has seen little use in 36 years. I picked it up more as a Joke on my mom, she had the exact set when I was born and got rid of them because they where the wrong color for the new house they had built and was being featured in Better homes and gardens and green was not going to work in the laundry room off the kitchen that was one of the main feutres of the home,so Almond maytags came in 1978 " and now live at the cabin" She has Neptunes and is ok with them I was going drop this off as a joke, but she found out before I could do it. If I could find the dryer I might use it .

 

[irishwashguy]

OMG!!And so not very far from home!!

Those look so great.I I can hardly wait to see them when they are all restored.How is the dryer? Have you fired it up yet?

 

[peterh770]

I have the Imperial console that would match this set, and somewhere around here I have an extra agitator cap...

Beautiful set! Congrats!

 

[gyrafoam]

Fabulous! My folks had a set of WCI-64's with that combination of pulsator/detergent column. The little hard plastic cap could always be found in the box of "Fluffy All".I would not have recognized their machine with the cap on the agitator! I think many other folks also considered the cap as nothing more than a measuring cup------and many ended up lost that way too.

With the larger tub, these three-ring agitators did not tend to tangle quite like the ones with the smaller tub (pre-'62).Of course, one still had to observe the "rule" of loading the clothes by dividing the tub into "quarters". I guess with the extra room the clothes did not roll over quite as fast.

Our set lasted and lasted, finally finnishing out their days, in "commercial" service at the funeral home, sheets and towels galore!

I know you will enjoy this fantastic and rare set.
Congratulations!

 

[whirlcool]

My parents had a set like this in white with lighted controls, and I distinctively remember the word "Imperial" written in script on the lower corner of the lighted panel.
These sure do look like they could light up. That Imperial control panel sure would look cool on this one!