Here it is, here it is, here it is....
Where's the Automatic Washer by - Kelvinator?
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Inside - blue tub!!
Inside - blue tub!!
Red & Floro Lights
How pretty - need touch up paint!
How pretty - need touch up paint!
Wow!
jmirawm
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VERY NICE !
I cant wait to see this machine ! My mom had a ABC-O-Matic washer.....same wash action as this one. I would have never dreamed that I could once again peer into one again.....I could cry! Mom was telling me that she could remember as far back as when I could walk I would push the yellow cosco stool up to the washer, climb up it and watch the machine through the whole cycle. If she knew it was going to run for thirty minutes, she would know where I would be for thirty minutes. HMMMM I wonder how many times she threw some towels in and started the wash to get me out of her hair! MOM !!!!!!! <p> Thanks GREG for hosting this convention!
I cant wait to see this machine ! My mom had a ABC-O-Matic washer.....same wash action as this one. I would have never dreamed that I could once again peer into one again.....I could cry! Mom was telling me that she could remember as far back as when I could walk I would push the yellow cosco stool up to the washer, climb up it and watch the machine through the whole cycle. If she knew it was going to run for thirty minutes, she would know where I would be for thirty minutes. HMMMM I wonder how many times she threw some towels in and started the wash to get me out of her hair! MOM !!!!!!! <p> Thanks GREG for hosting this convention!
WHOA!! That is super cool!
Beautiful!! Love the blue tub. What year?
Sorry, should have put the year... 1955, model AW2 - the very first washer with the Kelvinator name on it (obviously made by ABC) Jon C. told me today that for this machine, they essentially turned the ABC-o-Matic machine 180 degrees (controls) at the back) and added the panel with lights. I did run the machine, sans water, and other than a couple little issues with the timer dial and shaft, it seemed to run fine - nice and quiet. It will need new belts, hoses and a thorough cleaning inside and out but the interior rubber parts are still soft - the agitator boot is still flexible and soft.
kenmore1978
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Washer script
The style of the script that says "Automatic Washer" looks identical to the style used on GE washers of the same years.
The style of the script that says "Automatic Washer" looks identical to the style used on GE washers of the same years.
Where's the Automatic Washer by - Kelvinator?
Wow this is a real treasure. I have a picture of this baby from a ad I purchaced from ebay awhile ago. With the lights and all the bells it looks real exciting. Wish I could be their to see it.
Peter
Wow this is a real treasure. I have a picture of this baby from a ad I purchaced from ebay awhile ago. With the lights and all the bells it looks real exciting. Wish I could be their to see it.
Peter
Splish Splash!!!
I was wondering if Kelvinator Washers predate 1955 as their first year. I remember my aunt's Kelvy had two simple controls on a slightly raised unlit back panel. They might of been more like "wheels" than knobs. Just loved watching all those suds splash up against that window!!! Sigh.
I was wondering if Kelvinator Washers predate 1955 as their first year. I remember my aunt's Kelvy had two simple controls on a slightly raised unlit back panel. They might of been more like "wheels" than knobs. Just loved watching all those suds splash up against that window!!! Sigh.
frontaloadotmy
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53665; 53666, 53667
Oh Gansky; that is so beyewtiful!!!
Oh Gansky; that is so beyewtiful!!!
Kelvinator!
I do remember from magazine ad's that their was a previous model with front controls. I think it was a 52 or 53 model.
Peter
I do remember from magazine ad's that their was a previous model with front controls. I think it was a 52 or 53 model.
Peter
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Yeah that is definitely impressive. Mid-20th-century aesthetic. Something about industrial design during that era, seemed to almost revel in the newfound ability to mass-produce clever labor-saving devices in practically every field, that were affordable by practically anyone.
I wonder how the industrial design of the present era will be viewed by people 20 years from now.
I wonder how the industrial design of the present era will be viewed by people 20 years from now.
JerseyMike
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Wow!
What a beautiful machine! It's a pity that neither Kelvinator (and ABC) and their "centric action" design never took off -- at least not here in New Jersey. There's a POD that repeats every couple of months that shows a Kelvinator machine that has what looks like a "time line" style timer. I wonder what year that's from and if if predates this machine?
Thanks for sharing.
Mike
What a beautiful machine! It's a pity that neither Kelvinator (and ABC) and their "centric action" design never took off -- at least not here in New Jersey. There's a POD that repeats every couple of months that shows a Kelvinator machine that has what looks like a "time line" style timer. I wonder what year that's from and if if predates this machine?
Thanks for sharing.
Mike
Wow Greg, nice find!!! That's true convention material!!!
Nice machine! Where do you find all these treasures?
kennyGF
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