What is this WESTINGHOUSE LAUNDROMAT MODEL ?

[maytaguy]

Hi Guys, a person emailed me with this westy laundromat model, i could not find anything online about it, it is a round model by the looks of the pic which i have provided here..... (crappy, looks like the guy took it with a cell phone)

Any information about this would be appreciated, i have never seen this model ever, i have a normal pair of 50's westinghouse laundromats and was considering adding this to my collection but would like to know what it might be worth ect ect......

Thanks to all.......

 

[washernoob]

IS THAT AN RL-1????????

AMAZING!

And dirty!

 

[syndets2000]

I think it is...

called  a Streamliner  RL-1....I cannot see the timer on the rear partion of the tub-the light is not bright enough.

 

[maytaguy]

Any idea what its worth..... as it stands if its complete ?

 

[rp2813]

Doesn't Kevin (as in revvinkevin) have one like that?

 

[westingman123]

I'm stretching here, but I believe this is the bottom of the line Westy. Kevin's is very similar, but I think his is commercial (coin-op). If I weren't so impatient, I'd search and find out for sure. But, off to work I go!

 

[westyslantfront]

I have this machine. I do not know the model number. I bought it on Ebay 5 years ago. It belonged to someone on Long Island whose father once owned a laundromat with those machines and kept this one as a spare. It had never been used until I got it.
It is a coin op at 25 cents a wask.

Ross

 

[maytaguy]

What did you pay for it when you purchased it, obviously yours in in a lot better shape than the one im looking at but it will give me some idea....of what to pay for it.....

 

[3beltwesty]

rough fix of image

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[westyslantfront]

I think I paid around $250.00 plus shipping from Long Island, New York to Tucson, Arizona. It was well worth it.

Ross

 

[3beltwesty]

There was one on ebay a few months back from a seller I think in Pasadena, Calif and it did not sell and was something like 300 ? ? plus? a White round westy 1940's laundromat, it did not say "commerical" on the glass porthole/door. It looked ok from the outside.

 

[jeb]

Westinghouse washer

I beleive this is a RL-1. Westinghouse introduced model A-1 in 1940.The RL-1 came out around 1949 to compete with the lower cost Bendix bolt down unit. It was called a "Rigid mount" (Westinghouse term for bolt down). It was never popular as a domestic machine but became the standard for laundromats or the "Westinghouse half-hour laundry store". jeb

 

[turquoisedude]

Definitely a cool version of the Westy Laundromat! They are pretty easy to work on, too - no door boot woes and you can transport a machine like this one safely without special preparation to secure the tub. If they are not asking too much, I think it would be worth saving!