Yippee! The Inglis dryer is back too!

[seanm]

I know this is an old thread, but I have a dryer that looks exactly like yours with the original door

It stopped producing heat, turns out it was just a broken wire. I always assumed it was from the 80s like the other appliances in the house. But I did a quick check online and the sites (like appliance411) told me I had an invalid serial number.

How did you find out the date of manufacture?

Model H.860
Serial 337069

Cheers,
Sean

 

[turquoisedude]

Hi Sean, glad you saved your ol' Inglis dryer!  They really are solid machines.

I wasn't able to actually trace the date of manufacture because I don't have a lot of service literature on Inglis appliances; I was just pure dumb lucky that I bought the set from the original owners who let me know the bought the set in 1966.   There had been some model and serial info on the whirlpool Canada website but since the Inglis division closed, the pages were taken down.  I managed to find a parts list for the Sterling washer there but that was in 2009...

 

[seanm]

Thanks. Like I mentioned, we really didn't realize it could be so old. It was here when we bought the house. We are trying (so far successfully) to keep all the old appliances going since they where built to last, unlike modern appliances.

We have been in the house over 20 years. All the appliances where here when we moved in. I think we have put about $100 in parts into fixing all the major appliances (stove, fridge, washer, and dryer). Can't complain about that!

One last question. On the serial number plate it has 65W stamped beside the "Made in Toronto". Does yours have this?

 

[turquoisedude]

Hmmmm.... I never noticed anything like that on the serial number plate.  I remember the 'made in Toronto' part, though!  

 

The dryer is currently in storage (I need to rotate it back into service soon... LOL) - I'll go have a look at the plate when I get back down to the house in Ogden this weekend. 

 

This may be a date and colour code - 65 = the year of manufacture, W = white for the cabinet finish.  Oh boy, if there's a 'T' model out there, I'd be happy to grab it!!  LOL 

 

[philr]

I found another 1966 Inglis dryer in this thread and the date code was 66P, it had a white cabinet so the letter must be for something else:

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?48623

114jwh posted this link to an ad from a 1966 newspaper in the thread above, here it is. The Citation was one model above the Sterling in the Inglis lineup as it feature an automatic cycle but it's otherwise a very similar machine.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?...kNAAAAIBAJ&dq=inglis-citation&pg=4737,3912598

Like cars, appliances were often manufactured in the year previous to their "model year".

I have a set of 1965 Inglis and 1964 Canadian RCA Whirlpool (also made by Inglis) and the dryers from 1964-65 have the older style two belt drum drive mechanism and a single piece front panel for the cabinet.

1964 RCA Whirlpool:
http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?59822

1965 Inglis Superb
http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?54621

 

[seanm]

Interesting! So I may have a '65 or '66.

 

[114jwh]

Inglis History

From what I understand of Inglis model numbers, they changed their method several times throughout the years. For 1964, 1965 & 1966 decoding is as follows:

The washers and dryers have a letter followed by 3 numeric digits in the model number.
The letter indicates the model year (not necessarily the year of manufacture): A=1964, D=1965, H=1966.
The first digit indicates the type of appliance (4=non suds washer, 5=suds washer, 6=propane dryer, 7=natural gas dryer, 8=electric dryer)
The second digit indicates the model line. This usually matches the name of the model but not always (2=Liberator, 4=Superb, 5=Normandie, 6=Sterling, 7=Citation, 8=Royal)
The third digit I believe is just the revision

My washer is a H470 = 1966 model year, non-suds washer, 7/Citation model line, no revision
Paul's washer is a H560 = 1966 model year, suds washer, 6/Sterling model line, no revision
Phil's washer is a D441 = 1965 model year, non-suds washer, 4/Superb model line, 1st revision from the original

 

[turquoisedude]

Great information, James!  Thank you for posting this.  I have a "rosetta stone" for decoding Whirlpool, GE, some Kenmore, and some Maytag model/serial numbers but had no idea how the Inglis coding worked!  

 

Now I'll have to go double-check that Liberator dishwasher tag again... LOL 

 

[philr]

Paul,

You won't have to wait next weekend...

Here's the picture of your tag!

Note it says "made for"

 

[potatochips]

Nice post Paul! Glad to see its working again, when you get it downstairs youll have to get a picture of the matching washer with it too!

 

[seanm]

Wow, great info! Thanks.