What would be your dream vintage washer dryer that you would like to own again as daily drivers ?

[appnut]

what's the Heavy Duty button do?

Vern, tis washer has theKenmore agitator that has the fins and no skirt under the fins--open.  The cycle normally would sift to gentle agitation from normal speed during the wash period.  The Heavy Duty button simply elikminated the speed shift in the middle of the wash and I think the rinse agitation speed also remained on normal. 

 

[strongenough78]

Ahhhhh ok. Thanks Bob!

 

[pdub]

Vern,

Bob is correct. Heavy duty keeps the machine on fast agitation through the whole cycle. Otherwise it shifts to the lower speed at the 6 minute mark.

Patrick

 

[badgerdx]

1963 Kemore 80 series in Coppertone... It's what Momma had when I was born, and the dryer lasted until I went to college. (My folks went to Riyadh for dad's work for 6 years and rented out the house... Of course one of the renter's ruined the machine. BASTARDS!)

IN all honesty, I kinda like my 99 Crosley (Norge) Heavy duty 20 pretty well. I'd like the matching dryer...but the GE I have works just fine.

 

[strongenough78]

Thanks Patrick. And to think they would end up doing that again many years later on the direct drives ;-)

 

[pierreandreply4]

another dream vintage set i would loves as daily drivers

the viking washer dryer set posted in the build a filter flo ge washer with filter flo pan would be another of my dream for the reason that i have 2 cats and a chocolate lab the filter flo pan would be perfect to keep the fur as well as the lint.

 

[76speedqueen]

my favorite pair would be.............

an avocado green set of 1-18's !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

'Nuther Daily Driver DaveAMKrayoGuy'd like to Bring

Woh! How could I forget???? (And this is what that Viking W&D set reminded me of

My Grandma's General Electric 2 Speed Automatic Washer (Yes! That's what the control panel said!)

Three Water Levels & Three Temperatures (Hot/WARM, Warm/Cold, Cold/Cold--though not as efficient to operate w/o returning to it to make a COLD Rinse succeed the Hot Wash and/or accompany the Warm Wash w/ a Warm RINSE!) and Two Speeds!

And a Filter Flo, as well! (And my young mind thinking THAT was a "mini basket", while I was surprised that that was the ONLY GE that I saw w/ a LEFT-OPENING LID, the rest opened to the BACK!!!!)

Proof that you didn't need a TOL machine; that modest mite did the job everytime!

Although the dryer was a Kelvinator w/ a metal toggle switch for "Heat", "No Heat", designated by a '1' and '2', w/ a legend on the narrow "backsplash'; controls were mounted on the top of the cabinet, w/ a timed-only dry at Reg. Heat for up to 120-minutes! (Part of her earlier set the GE washer replaced (& I barely even remember that accompanying Kelvy washin' machine!)...

--...But I probably wish that those two machines (at least the washer WITH the dryer that goes with it, then) were in my laundry room today!

-- Dave

 

[turquoisedude]

I almost have the dream set - the 1963 GE V-12 washer and matching dryer! Blast that dryer... LOL

I grew up with a lower-end set of GE V-12s and I fondly remember watching the activator churn. The set I have now are WAY fancier than what we had when I was a kid, but any GE(or clone, like the Vikings!) with a Filter-Flo is a 'dream daily driver' to me.

 

[randycmaynard]

Don't have the photos but........

My dream daily driver set if doing all over again is the 1956 Westinghouse Laundromat Deluxe and its matching Clothes dryer. Chances of ever finding an intact pair in good shape is now next to impossible but, one never knows - perhaps a set shows up somewhere. I would gladly switch the vintage machines I have now for the '56 WH Laundromat Deluxe and dryer. Someday......

 

[pierreandreply4]

you never know maybe you will be lucky and fine your dream vintage set on craiglist intac and fully working

 

[cphifer5115]

that would be this set kenmore 700 in white, and if i can ever save up enough for the shipping to pay Gordon, I'll finaly have them. well the dryer will be an 800 not a 700.

 

[badgerdx]

cphifer, how are you doing those amazing schematic drawings?

 

[mikeklondon]

So many washers so little time and space

Very high on my list would be RickR's 66 set pictured above and a 70s Miele that I left with my ex that still working well to-day