Whirlpool kind of weekend.......

[goatfarmer]

Here is the console on the green Imperial. It says Imperial 18 on it.

Looking for trade ins to sell? I look behind home improvement centers,appliance stores,down alleys,sitting next to the curbs,etc.I also have a deal worked out with an appliance store,where I buy the trades that they don't want to resell.That's been working for about 15 years.
I don't know if the old dryer works or not.It probably does,but I would open it up,and look for bad wires,mouse nest's,etc before attempting to plug it in.

kennyGF

 

[gansky1]

That is a very impressive panel, I've seen dryers similar to this in the outdoor bargain appliance department but never the washers...

 

[DADoES]

I liked the LAA (~1974) and LDA (~1975-1976) series. The pushbutton arrays were turned to a vertical orientation, and the fluorescent light was under a hood atop the console.

 

[repair-man]

I still think the avocado washer is closer to a 74/75 model year. A family member once had a Whirlpool with this exact control panel only one model down. No light and no speed buttons. I remember it had a little box in the corner of the panel that said "25 silver anniversary edition"

Ed

 

[goatfarmer]

I'm not close to the washer now,but I think the model # is LXA 970 or similar.
I remember seeing Whirlpools with the "25th Anniversary Edition" on the console.Been a while,though.

kennyGF

 

[arrrooohhh]

Goatfarmer, I love your Whirlpool Imerial 18!

Can you post more pics so I can save them to my hard drive?

Congratulations on such great finds

 

[DADoES]

My grandmother had an LXE Whirlpool dryer -- in avocado! -- and I'm pretty sure it was bought in 1972. She had that dryer until I gave her my KA set in 1999.

I may be able to find a snapshot of it.

 

[bpetersxx]

found this one in my laundry file

who owns this i'll cross reference it

 

[DADoES]

I'm betting that's an LAA-9800, ~1974/1975. The last year of the 3-speed motor for belt-drives. That's the vertical button array that I mentioned. By the way, I don't believe that's the original water level knob. It should be a 'chunkier' knob like on the harvest pair and the avocado dryer up above.

The next model-year LDA-9800 went to a two-speed motor, and had a button missing in middle of the speed array. The water level control then had the circle-graphics like in the harvest pair up above.

I really liked both of those, the LAA and LDA series.

 

[repair-man]

I agree . . .

I like the LAA model with the light on top. And if it's from 74/75 then Goatfarmers Avocado one must be from about 71/72.
I can clearly remember my grandmother getting one with the exact same panel but I was only born in 1971.

What year(s) did Whirlpool make the slanted panel where the slanted part was not chopped off on each side? The slant ran all the way down to the top. And the inside part (where the light lens is) was slightly curved.

Ed

 

[DADoES]

Curved Panel

1967 or thereabouts?

 

[fixerman]

If it is LXA series, it is 1972.

 

[scott55405]

This has been a fun thread to read. Whirlpool lineage can be a bit difficult since they were so similar for so many years, not to mention the fact that I didn't see a whole lot of Whirlpools "back in the day", save for my great aunt's 58, but that makes it that much more interesting.

It's fun to see that one with the vertical buttons again; I only ever saw it in a magazine back then, don't think I ever did see one in person.

I don't know why, but I want to say that one close to the top with the wooden handle is from the earlier 70s, maybe 1970-72.

I do remember the one where the slant goes all the way down from the cabinet, that would have been late 60s as Glenn mentioned.

I had not realized the multiple speed tumbling lasted into the 70s. Never quite been able to wrap myself around that whole concept...

Anybody know the last year they made machines with the "partial" consoles? Last year of the actual plastic dial that turned, rather than just the knob in the center pointing to markings on the panel?

 

[agiflow]

I agree . . .

Repair-man, go to the museum link then click on Whirlpool and you will see the all new for 67 spirited performers. The early slant back panels were pretty cool.

 

[repair-man]

Thanks Guys . .

I forgot about the '67 in the museum. I'm glad the're some Whirlpool experts here because I've often wondered about some of these designs. It can be so easy to get confused with Whirlpools panels because some of the differences are so minor. And then other times not, for example, if you look at the washer just below the '67 dryer in the museum. Hard to believe it's the same year! My grandmother also had this exact washer. (She had 5 kids and a lot of Whirlools. And when she got a new one she always kept the old one for spin drying) It was a Supreme 80 and I always thought it was in the upper part of the line. Did only the Imperials have the full panel that year? As someone else asked above, what was the story on the partial panels? Some were vertical, some were slanted, some were very narrow, others were wider.

Ed

 

[goatfarmer]

more confusion to the fire....

First,someone earlier was asking about the slide controls on the 56 RCA dryer. The one on the left is marked "Drying Temp",and has 3 settings,hot,medium,and warm.The right one is marked "Fabric Guide",and has 2 settings,normal and delicate. An interesting sidenote,the data plate says "Whirlpool-Seegar" Corporation. Hmmmmmmm....
Also,the 56 is going to a good home this weekend. I'm sure you all would approve!

Now here is the console of the green dryer.Note the homemade timer knob,from a gas range.Someone thought the washer and dryer were from the same year,just maybe a step down.This one also says Imperial,so I'm thinking it's newer than the washer.
No light in the console.Washer is a 1LXA9920AO,and the dryer is a LAE 8800 AO. Any thoughts?

 

[alr2903]

lever to the right.

Isnt that the tumble speed lever we talked about a while back.I cant remember what brought it up. my cousin had this dryer in harvest. Its Nice.

 

[gansky1]

Love the gas range knob! I wonder if this is from about the same time as the Imperial Mark (something) washer pictured above. That washer was actually mine, one I got from my neighbor with the matching dryer and I ended up getting rid of them for lack of space. I was fascinated by the sliding belt/pulley speed control on the dryer, I never ran it but it was very interesting to see how they did it. These consoles really do give you an "Imperial" feeling!

I'll bet I know where the 56 dryer is finding an adoptive parent, how fun!

 

[alr2903]

scott55405

I don't know if the transparent dial that turned was totally gone, in 1983 but I remember someone purchasing one that had the "new" cycles printed on the metal with a pointer dial in 1983, it also had the winged surgilator.

 

[DADoES]

The LAE-8800 dryer is a 1974, one step down from the TOL LAE-9800 which would be a match to the "Imperial Mark 18" washer in Post # 62925. I believe the LAE-9800 would have an electronic dryness sensor (and a fluorescent console light), whereas the LAE-8800 is likely thermostatic (and does not have a console light).

H-o-w-e-v-e-r . . . if the homemade timer dial is correct and the machine has only TWO cycle sections -- which would be timed and automatic -- then the LAE-8800 may be electronic. If it isn't electronic, then the homemade dial is probably wrong and it should have three cycle sections -- timed, auto regular, and auto perm press.

Interesting, however, that both models have the three-tumble-speed feature.

The 'winged' Surgilator came into being on the LFA series 18-pound models, which would be approximately 1978.

I believe it was the LHA series (somewhere around 1980) that did away with the cycles printed on the rotating timer dial and changed to printing them on the console with a dial pointer.