laundromat
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Westinghouse on ebay has an item #290229160745 that is an older (1959?)electric dryer that looks brand new! Asking $500+100 shipping to U.S.Somebody please save it!!!
Westinghouse electric slant front dryer/square window!
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golittlesport
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wow...I've never have seen that model....it looks like a 1958 door on a 1953 machine
+100 shipping...
in the fine print they state shipping charges are covered by the buyer, but she is a beauty!
in the fine print they state shipping charges are covered by the buyer, but she is a beauty!
too much
I'd like this dryer and it's only a 30 minute drive from here.... but that's more than I want to spend.
I'd like this dryer and it's only a 30 minute drive from here.... but that's more than I want to spend.
westyslantfront
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Hi Edward. Wait and see if the dryer sells on Ebay. If not, perhaps you can make an offer to the seller after the auction ends.
Ross
Ross
laundromat
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Beautiful Westinghouse Dryer
I may be able to pusuade them to lower the price using a little "child psychology"and tell them my great aunt had the same model and she was my favorite.She'd wash my teddy bear and put it in the dryer telling me when it's finnished doing summer saults,it's done.But I can't afford the asking price.Would you take $$$???That sometimes works for me.
I may be able to pusuade them to lower the price using a little "child psychology"and tell them my great aunt had the same model and she was my favorite.She'd wash my teddy bear and put it in the dryer telling me when it's finnished doing summer saults,it's done.But I can't afford the asking price.Would you take $$$???That sometimes works for me.
Isn't this machine a 1957 or 1958 middle of the line machine? It's been suggested to me via email that this machine was "hacked", but I don't think so.
laundromat
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It doesn't look "hacked to me.I just believe it was not a popular model.They would normaly sell either the beginner models or the top of the line back then when clothes dryers were eithe not that popular or too expensive.
I looked through several Westinghouse catalogs & service doctrine last night and couldn't find this particular model, but I think you're right - a MOL model.
What about those ribs underneath the door????? I don't remember those on the mid 50s models, only on the earlier models. Again, I'm not sure what to think.
hilovane
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I think it could be a Canadian-built machine. I've seen ads on eBay for what appear to be Canadian-made Westinghouse appliances from the '50s, and for whatever reason, there were "deviations" from the similar American-made models.
Those Canadians!
Always Deviating!
Remember the Mercury Meteor???? A Monterey in disguise!
Always Deviating!
Remember the Mercury Meteor???? A Monterey in disguise!
deviating, eh??
Jon, I had a Meteor and what a huge car that was. Prepared me for my future bus driving job.
Jon, I had a Meteor and what a huge car that was. Prepared me for my future bus driving job.
easyspindry
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It looks to me like the dials on that particular Westinghouse dryer are not original. There's just something in that picture that doesn't ring true.
Just my first impression.
Jerry Gay
Just my first impression.
Jerry Gay
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Meteors and Monarchs
The Meteor started out as the Mercury 114--basically a 114"-wheelbase Ford with Mercury grille, later with Merc dash etc--something cheaper for Canadian Lincoln-Mercury dealers to sell. Then for something ritzier for Ford dealers there was the Monarch--a Mercury with revised trim--all the car manufacturers had these kinds of variations, something to do with trade restrictions, I think. There was even a mishmash of a Plymouth and a Dodge referred to in jest as a "Plodge"-- so oddball appliances may have been the result of similar trade restrictions--this Westy does seem strange, older body with newer door.
The Meteor started out as the Mercury 114--basically a 114"-wheelbase Ford with Mercury grille, later with Merc dash etc--something cheaper for Canadian Lincoln-Mercury dealers to sell. Then for something ritzier for Ford dealers there was the Monarch--a Mercury with revised trim--all the car manufacturers had these kinds of variations, something to do with trade restrictions, I think. There was even a mishmash of a Plymouth and a Dodge referred to in jest as a "Plodge"-- so oddball appliances may have been the result of similar trade restrictions--this Westy does seem strange, older body with newer door.
