Omg, my grandmother had this washer. She got it to replace her Maytag wringer. I was 10 years old and in love with it . I have been searching years to find a vidio of one working. You are my hero. I can now put all the searching I have been doing for years to rest. Thank you so much for sharing this machine.... ps: fyi, I also remember it being broken quite frequently, lol

This is a treasure! I don't think I have seen a Fountain Filter Hotpoint on KZread until now. The Fountain Filter worked very well and started pulling lint out immediately just as it did in your video. And then the lint was always easy to remove because it balled up during the spin. Last time I saw (and used) one of these was back in 1975. My parents had a 1967 model with matching dryer (and I was age 13 in 1967 -- so imagine how old I am now). The agitator was the same as yours, except it was blue like the filter. The tub in ours was white. The water spout was identical to yours. Ours did not have a tub break, so it coasted to a stop. It was a 2-speed model with "Programed Multi Cycle", in which the settings determined the speed and the wash temperature. There was a separate knob for the rinse temperature. There was a water level selector (small-medium-large), and then a push button marked "Water Saver", which overrode the timed fill and started the agitation. Due to the unusually high water pressure that we had, we had to use this button much of the time for a partially filled tub. When set to large, water would overflow into the outer tub before agitation started. The controls on ours were very similar to yours. We did not have a lighted control panel. There was a combination bleach/softener dispenser just over the water inlet spout. There was a button that you had to empty the water out of the dispenser before loading the bleach (left side) and the softener (right side). When it was time to dispense, a small amount of water would be sent to the dispenser and the bleach or fabric softener would flow out over the water inlet spot and get mixed in. When the washer started its spin cycle, it sounded like it was dumping water onto the floor rather than into the outer tub! It was my favorite washer of the ones my parents had in the time I lived with them. In 1975, the dryer developed some problems, so rather than having it fixed, my parents bought a new set (Kenmore). If I could have that old washer back, I would take it in a second! Congratulations on acquiring this beautiful machine and giving it the good home that it deserves!!

@russ5024

3 жыл бұрын

You are describing Hotpoint's top the line model washer. Sadly few washers lasted more than 10 years. Transmission leaks ruined clothes or floors or both.

Omg this washer is the same model my tenant had back in 1969 when we moved into my home. She had it for years then one time all the transmission fluid came up and ruined all her clothes and she threw it out. You did a beautiful job with the machine it looks fantastic. I have been looking for this machine on KZread for a long time I thought I was crazy because I never came across one, this is the first.

@russ5024

3 жыл бұрын

Many new mobile homes in 1968-69 came with a 24" wide model of this washer

@CBF1

Жыл бұрын

Similar thing happened to my Bosch. Worked for 8 years and then there was this grey crap everywhere. It was all cleared out and the washer DIDN'T get scrapped because I forbade it and it was the washer I grew up with. I ran it again 2 and a half years later on a final spin program and the grey crap appeared again, it's a tub problem. The grey crap is still in it from it's last time running! I'll take the tub apart some day...

We need these kinds of washers back in production! Nothing made today washes as well as this machine and macho ed like this!( GE washers of his era for example)!

There isn’t even any images of that washer online That’s how rare it is!!! Nice find!

Ben this is a really Great washer thanks for the cool video!

Love the design of the wash action with the water spraying from agitator. Montgomery ward washer used to do the same thing while washing! So Cool!!

still kinda reminds ya of the GE wash action

@Thedonsmoney25823

7 ай бұрын

It's the same company

That's an incredible find! I've never seen one like this before....

smooth running and sounding machine

What a great machine. Loved the workings of it 🤩 Hx

Wow my aunt had this same machine I remember we go to basement and do laundry the smell of dynamo in the cellar this machine brought back memories Thanxs for the vid friend :)

Ben, love your video's. They are the best.!!!

Better machines back then much much better than washers today

Swestoyz could you please do another video of this washer please??? Thank You!!!

Ive always liked the real Chicago Hotpoint laundry equipment,

This washing machine was passed down to me in the late 70s from my ex-in-laws who had it for 13 years. It was the first washing machine I had. My children hadn't been potty trained long and they played in the yard in just their underpants sometime. (We lived in the country and it was very hot) I used the most inexpensive clothe detergent. Had to hang the close on the line to dry. Eventually the machine broke down and we got a washer from sears, what ever brand they sold. Imagine my shock when I hung out laundry and saw how dingy the seat of my kids underwear were. I had to go to an expensive laundry detergent and do a lot of pre-soaking to get the clothes satisfactory clean to suit me. I've had many washer since then and none of them cleaned the way that Hot Point did. My last two have been front loaders because they don't seem to make any that lets you choose the water level and some of them don't even have a regular agitator. They just sit there and vibrate. You can't wash clothes in a cup of water, vibrate them and think they will come out clean. I want to decide the water level. Now the machine decides with a sensor. I would love to find and old Hot Point that runs.

OMG This is my all time favorite washer!!! I 'v been looking on you tube for years to see if I could find a video of this particular washer and never any luck... And here today I stumbled across your video by accident and it made my heart skip a beat and it made my eyes fly wide open "LOOK THERE IT IS"!!! I can't tell you what this video means to me and the memories that it brings back and I know that's sounds kind of strange but it's something very special to me!!! I Subscribed to your channel and hope that you make a couple of more video's of this machine??? Thank You so much Swestoyz for making this one, You really made my day now!!! Thanks again and have a great day...

My Neighbor Had The J.C. Penney's Penncrest When I Was Growing Up

Was the machine in New Orleans when you got it? If so, I saw this machine in person. The brake was off and it wanted to spin and agitate at the same time. We were going to try to fix it for some reason it didn't happen.

@swestoyz

4 жыл бұрын

Sure is! It would have been a tricky repair back in '04 without an NOS brake kit. www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?77893

Nice washer, although I am partial to GM Frigidaire washers, I feel they cleaned the best.

Wow that agitator sure is working overtime. That is a fast and has a large degree of oscillation.

You know it's wonderful to have great memories somethings we do treasure in our thinking

I wish you Had one million subscribers🙂

Wow, congratulations !!!!!

swestoyz could you please make another video of this Hotpoint washer doing a load of jeans if you still have it??? This was one of my most favorite washers of all time and I really would appreciate it if you could??? Thanks!!!

sweeeeet

ok lets see here... my modern washer : 1hour 10min for a load of laudry. 1969 washer: under 15 minutes (as far as I can tell from video length) Ah, Progress!

@CBF1

Жыл бұрын

More like 30 minutes, this video is abbreviated. But yes, old machines were much quicker and less electrically complicated and more expensively built then new ones.

thumbs up!

if you want to sell any vintage washer..im listening

What a wonderful washer!! Shouldn't it neutral drain before the spin... I see it drains quickly...

@pawfan

2 жыл бұрын

It can't...It's a solid tub! Has to spin the water out! I'm sure you noticed that now.

@martinbirdwell7986

2 жыл бұрын

This one had to have a spinning drain because the tub, non perforated

also i wish it goes over 1,000 rpms doing spin like the hotpoints in uk and aussie land

@russ5024

3 жыл бұрын

Not a very fast spinning machine, about 500 rpm

@patcola7335

3 жыл бұрын

The fastest spinning top loaders of the past in the US were Frigidaire and early GE washers. They spun at 1140 rpms. Mind you that was the late 1940s !

WOW😀👍

🥰❤️ it..

Has HOTPOINT always been a subsidiary of General Electric, or is this a completely different washer?

@ManningTaylor

21 күн бұрын

I would like to know the answer to this question as well.

Wow...this brings back memories! My aunt in Louisiana used to have one of these. Some of favorite memories was standing on a chair, looking into that washer and watching out it works. Occasionally, it would get off balance while spinning; and I'd stop the washer, rebalance the load and start it again. This indeed a find. Thank you for sharing this.