Asbestos infestos for sure. Attachment 177241:sigh:

I will avoid messing with this if it works and just plug into a GFI outlet.
Got to find a cord - I had this one (also asbestos)and thought it was a slam-dunk, wrong!

Well ACE may be the place and yes Dieseljeep, its says 1320 watts 11 amps, as
stamped on bottom cover, also confirms Westinghouse made their appliances in Mansfield Ohio

I have heard Asbestos is only harmful IF IT GETS IN THE AIR (You breathe it in) otherwise its a very good insulator!

I've been reading Popular Mechanics, Popular Sciece, ETC, for like 60 years now. There were several adds showing correspondence courses for small appliance Repair. They would quote, "There's big money repairing these things."
Way back when, TV and radio repair shops would take in toasters, irons, mixers and other small appliances.

Was that Howard on the Andy Griffith Show that had the appliance bench with the plug-mold on it?:scratch2:
I wanted to BE that guy:yes:

Emmett! Never seemed to actually fix anything, though. I have daydreamed myself about having my own fix-it-shop. Tough row to hoe, these days.

Is that the shop that had the Magnavox chassis, that they used to sit around and watch? A black and white set. :boring:

I hate to defreez the fridge!

My maternal grandfather bought in the '50's or early '60's and <<Pinguin>> fridge! This where the refrigerators ever to be made in Romania - they where made by "Klement Gottwald"/I.M.E.B./U.M.E.B. * factory from Bucharest, begening with 1957? and up to around 1962-1963. Many people don't even know about them or that in Bucharest there wehere ever made refrigerators!
Thet think that <<Fram>> (manufactured by I.M. Sadu ** from Sibiu County, under "Frigero" licence) or even "Frige.ro. ***/Artic" (this where with compressor and made under "Thomson-Huston" licence) where the 1st refrigerators to be made in Romania. Well, he took it in the countryside, where my relatives kept it as a cupborad. I tryed to save it, but with no succes. To the museum gave a beeep about it. And this year my relatives salled it to scrap iron so they will buy themselvs a gas tank for the stove. And they dind't talled me. I would better salled some railwaycars from my toy-train and save that very rare refrigeator - I don't think that they ever been made more then 30.000-50.000 of it and I never seen one besides the one that belonged to my grandfather.

* I.M.E.B. = Întreprinderea de Maşini Electrice Bucureşti = The Bucharest Electric Machines Enterprise... U = Uzina (The Plant).
** I.M. = Întreprinderea Metalurgică = (the) Metalurgicall Plant
*** "Frige.ro." was the acronim for "Frigider Românesc (Romanian Refrigerator)"

I've seen a lot of European refridgerators with compressors built under license of "Tecumseh" USA. They made the best ones in the US.
I was surprised to see that some of the foreign countries are as wastefull as we are.

"Frige.ro" (today "Artic") was the 1st Romanian refrigerator with compressor. Before that we made only refrigerators with absortion. <<Pinguin>> din't even have a thermostat!
Before "Frige.ro/Artic" we imported refrigerators with compressors from other countryes (I communist era only Z.I.L. from U.S.S.R. - I have an 1981 Z.I.L.).
Yes, people are wastefoul in Europe. With the so called "raising of the living standard" and "consumerist society" we started dumped a lot of thing. In the period 1990-2004 Romanian was a kind of "trash bin" for Western Europe (I do like second-hand things), but with the start of "credit only with your I.D. (papers)" (period 2006-2008) we became very wastrfoul. No many people can't afford to pay their loans, but they will not teach a lesson from it.
Can some one tell me, why people spent money on L.C.D. tv when they dind't had a big living room, dind't had problems with theyr eye sight and you have allmost nothing to see on tv?

You have a Z.I.L. Isn't that the finest? The build the finest luxury cars in Russia.
Your entries are welcome here! You speak the truth! :thmbsp:

Telecolor 3007, I can tell you that the USA is in the same unsustainable rut.
Easy credit on goods that prices never seem to rise much over the years, due to reduced quality and built-in obselesence in the form of over-dependence on electronics.
Extended warranties (from unknown entities)that carefully exclude anything likely to fail.
All this devised by actuaries who predict the odds of payouts.

We (consumers in general) want shiny new things to feed our egos with features we will never have the attention span to use. We also love to go shopping with short memory of how recent we bought the one we're tossing out.
Must haves include:
1. Stainless-steel fridges, ranges and dishwashers with increasing electronics
2. Front-load washers
3. Flat tv's
4. Web-based items tying us into recurring charges from "Service Providers"

@dieseljeep: yes, they made cars too. In fact 1st time they where an auto plant. Only in 1951 they've started manufcaturing refrigerators. Between 1950 and 1959 they made bicycles too. I heared that they made some electronics.
Just curios, from what country are u?

Stailness steel refrigerators look awfoul ugly :puke:
I do like front load washing machine. I like too look inside when they wash and see how much water they are getting inside. I know that top loaders are more relaible!
Will people got someday theyr brains back?

[QUOTE=Telecolor 3007;3058085]@dieseljeep: yes, they made cars too. In fact 1st time they where an auto plant. Only in 1951 they've started manufcaturing refrigerators. Between 1950 and 1959 they made bicycles too. I heared that they made some electronics.
Just curios, from what country are u?
My name is David and I live in Wisconsin, USA. Retired electrician, 68 years old.
BTW, Happy New Year. :thmbsp:

1. I'd rather have traditional looking appliances with mechanical controls. Those "high end" appliances have too much Chinesezzy electronics in them to fail and make the appliance not worth repairing.
2. I'm happy with my traditional top load model, thank you.
3. I can see the same content on my CRT TV, that is highly repairable.
4. There's enough people with their hand out getting my money every month. I don't need any more to add to the list.

Not all of us.... SOME OF US PREFER GOOD QUALITY :)

All my stuff is either old or used high-quality stuff. I don't care about the Joneses, and always would have loved to be the guy when I'm 60+ that walking into his house was like a time warp into another era....ah yes....

Laying on an 80's Broyhill couch in front of my 80's Mitsubishi TV after mowing the REAL grass lawn with my 80's MTD mower playing 80's Video Games on an 80's Atari or Nintendo or watching laserdiscs on our 80's Pioneer CLD900, while sipping a Pepsi and sometimes listening to 80's rock on my 80's Panasonic stereo, and playing my 60's Fender Mustang guitar through a 60's Fender Champ amp!

I picked up this beauty for free on my way home, along with some extra bags. This was after two or three attempts to get free uprights that were probably of lesser quality. I was actually the first respondent this time, *and* the person giving it away actually had some integrity, so I got it. Free vacuums tend to go fast around here, regardless of their age.

The pic makes the power nozzle look gray, but it's actually light green.

I see light green! (Not gray)

She looks nice :)

I use a similar yet older Hoover upright. As much as I love Kirbys, the old Hoovers are just a better cleaner as far as picking up cat hair on a short pile carpet :yuck:

That's very good because, well, we had a cat for a long time, and never had a decent vacuum here. Only one room here (not mine, the main room) is carpeted and it's a frightful mess. Then the hamster came along, and now the wood shavings from its cage are everywhere. :yuck: This won't fix the situation thanks to the cat, but it'll certainly improve things.

OH BOY!!!.... this thread hits a nerve!!!! We wash clothes in the washer my Mother bought in 1965.... a USED Whirlpool.... I recall she was not so keen on it since it didn't have a "suds saver".... At any rate, my Mother moved to a new house and I scarfed it up around 1987 and it's STILL washing clothes in 2013... never had one seconds worth of trouble while my neighbors "golly-gee-whiz-bang-zoot" front loader is on it's second motor and third computer...... and all the time I'm using one that did all the wash for three kids and is still doing three loads a week.... for 50 some odd years.... YEP, time for new one.... NOT!!!!!!

That is really great news about your washer wish I had one that oldmine is from the 80s and still works great....Timothy

*** Knock on wood *** Lets hope she stays in a good mood for ya :)

Ha! I use to sell Rainbows in the '80's and Kirby and upright Hoover owners were e a s y sell for us, as our machines sucked better than their machines did.... Pun intended.... My '85 Rainbow is still going today....

It looks gray.....

Big improvement in the carpet thanks to my Hoover Elite 200. It's tough to push, but it sure gets the job done.

have a Eureka commercial upright vacuum that is at least 35 years old. New belts and bags were all it needed. Got it from my grandparents and it's heavy, but works better than the new garbage I have tried out. Outlasted 2 plastic vacuums (which were used much less) so far.

Yes I imagine she does work better :)


Do me a favour buddy would ya?? Give her a pat for me next time ya use her :)


Merci :)

Since I love vintage appliances, I figured I would ad to this thread.
Here is my washer and dryer. They are 1963 Lady Kenmore(50 years). As you can see they are in turquoise. Both work great. Have had to replace the pump and a valve in the washer.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/...psf5f2100e.jpg

My everyday fridge is a 1949 Hotpoint. Had to put a new gasket on it, as well as rewire it. Ended up having it repainted. It was originally white. Works great, and has the second door for the freezer. Haven't checked to see how much energy it uses.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/...psde0cf1a4.jpg

As far as tv's, I only have 2 flat screens. One is in a cabinet in the kitchen. My partner likes to watch tv while he cooks. The second one is hanging on the wall under the backyard patio. It is a 42" and has been out there for 3 years now. No issues yet(knock on wood). It does good with the extreme heat here in Arizona.
I have other vintage appliances as well. A 1941 O'keefe and Merrit gas stove, 1955 Hotpoint dishwasher(only appliance that currently doesn't work), 1963 Hotpoint refrigerator in turquoise(used as a secondary fridge) and a mid 60's G.E. Americana fridge in coppertone brown. That is under the back patio used for soda, beer, and other drinks.

Great apliances wish I had those my grandparents had a washer and dryer like those after they passed in 1993 the family junked those after I told them I wanted them... that is bad karmamjan .....

Where the devil does one FIND vintage washers and dryers? With the price of scrap metal, most of them I imagine went to the recycler, as I haven't seen one for sale in like.....ever.

The turquoise set were given to me by a friend. I do have other vintage washers and dryers from the 50's and 60's, that I've gotten on ebay or craigslist. You can still find them. Just need to look. There was, and maybe a set just like my turquoise set, even same color, on craigslist in Las Vegas.

Wow, I'd get this in a minute if I didn't have a gas dryer.....

http://buffalo.craigslist.org/app/3991368553.html

http://images.craigslist.org/00O0O_4...20_600x450.jpg

Those are some impressive laundry machines. My theory about the cause of the motors going bad in newer machines is that they use shielded bearings rather than sealed, lots of opportunities for crap to get in there and seize them up. My new hand truck has shielded wheel bearings which have been subject to complaints, so I plan to have the bearings upgraded before I even put the wheels on. It was on sale, 40% off, so I can't complain. Not only that, it has a 1000-pound capacity and is in about the same shade of blue as the Mercury Lynx I want.

That Hamilton dryer looks a lot like the Bendix "Home Laundry" Washer/dryer I have in storage in the old mobile home I have. It washes and dries in the same machine. It dates from the 40's.

I suppose you could find one @ salvation Army if someone brought one in :)

I've been on the lookout. Only thing I've seen is an avocado green early 70s "Lady Kenmore". The wife would have never approved :nono:

Kamakiri: I would have picked up that Lady K set. I'm a big Kenmore fan.

Just a quick look on craigslist in your area and I found this Maytag Set. The Washer is a bit newer from the 70's, but the dryer is from the 60's.
http://buffalo.craigslist.org/app/4070756029.html

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9369027f.jpg
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/...ps78e49624.jpg

Oh, for the love of all that is holy. I want it :tears:

Problem is, those things have a very low wife approval factor. Though I do most of the laundry, she does her stuff because it needs "special care" :screwy::blah:

The 1953 Norge in the kitchen was here when we met, so that was accepted as part of the terms of our relationship :D. Getting a washer and dryer means I'd have to displace something else.....which would be the 1947 Westinghouse fridge and the 1938 GE fridge....or TVs.

*sigh*

Those old Maytags, still used a standing pilot, on their gas dryers.
Whirlpool and Kenmore had electric ignition, from the mid 50's and it was trouble free.