I love how instantly it just goes from wash to drain and spin, and how quickly it drains!

These are the ultimate no nonsense washing machine. Fill, wash, spin, fill, rinse, spin. Done. No faffing about for 20 mins deciding if they are going to wash and wasting 10 minutes before they drain. Would love to own one!

@antoniocarter7111

6 жыл бұрын

Paul S thank you my sentiments exactly .

nice to see some people care about these old household machines two thumbs up

@samiar6422

6 жыл бұрын

Juju fzjantrammelant

@Benicio_Fols

4 жыл бұрын

jantrammelant p

There's nothing like restoring a classic machine! Great job, I bet she runs for years!

Grew up with Fridgadare washers only. Family was into GM. It was so much fun to watch it work. I had forgotten the noise the timers made as they clicked on. So cool.

@lanabona1031

Жыл бұрын

Cool

Thank you for turning me onto Melody Gardot. I'd never heard of her before, and now I'm hooked!

To me it's therapeutic just watching it work, it's nice to see people restoring old stuff

God bless America for its ingenuity ! Great video! Greetings from Brazil!

I love the fact that there is a community of people out there who restore, repair, collect and take care of these magnificent machines. Here's to you for bringing this one back from the dead.

@CBF1

2 жыл бұрын

So do I and this is really the way forward for humanity. Quality over economy. I cannot stand modern economical people who just destroy old well-built things just because they are broken, old fashioned or not digital and modern like how many things in today's extremist society are. Those modern economical people are nothing but extremist c*nts. People who value quality over economy and bring broken or old fashioned things back to life are a jewel to existence, especially those who are like me who are against modern economical destroy-anything-old-or-broken society which can go and burn in hell for all I care with their digitalized modern economical crap.

Better than what is made today

@4HBirtcher

2 жыл бұрын

Except my Maytag Centennial Washer!

That's one awesome washing machine!!! Nice turn over action and when it comes to pumping out water the thing REALLY RAMPS UP!!! and the water is like instantly GONE!!! It's a shame that stuff like this is no longer made.

the fastest and most powerful domestic washer ever made

Looks like a very well built washer. I'm amazed that an old washer like that is designed to spin at 1140 RPM. That's one hell of a spin cycle even by today's standards.

Thank you for sharing this video. A beautiful classic machine. My mother had one from 1955 to 1966.

LOVE IT! Thanks for the great video of a great old machine. Today's top loading HEs should have such good action.

@4HBirtcher

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah my Maytag Centennial HE washer does!

Back lit timer and that classic design on the panel! I expected Dean Martin to start singing when the wash cycle engaged.

Not a big fan of how agitator works but never seen a top loader spin like that! Good video and THANK YOU FOR EDITING!

@CBF1

2 жыл бұрын

I also wasn't to begin with but seeing how beautiful their porcelein drums and decoration look? Goddamn I want a collection of literally any frigidaires from 1947 up til 1958. The Multimatics, Rollermatics and 1-18s are good too, but out of all of the GM Frigidaires out there the Unimatics and Pulsamatics are my damndest favourites.

Glad you saved her! She is a beauty!! I'm all about saving old stuff from the brink and making it like showroom condition again! That goes for old cars to vintage toys to appliances!! Right on! I want a frigidaire!

What a beauty!! We had a Frigidaire washer with a piston action like this back in 1972. It had a window in the lid, and I remember watching it as a kid and being fascinated. I wish I still had that machine today. Great video!

What a beautiful washer. It’s running so smooth, like out of the box. Would love love love to have one of these, rather than the junk that they make now, today’s machines are a joke compared to this.

@CBF1

2 жыл бұрын

ANYTHING modern is a fucking laughingstock compared to the solidly built, far better looking and far more creative and interesting old fashioned things. Of all modern and old things in the world, only a small percentage(less than 20%) of modern things can actually show more real progress than old.

Beautiful!! Washes like new! Seems like the type of control panel is prety rare,and maybe the tub color too.

Love the Melody Gardot, very apt!

Wow, my mum loves these old 50's machines (she was born in '58)

Its good to see that there are some old Frigidairs around. I grew up with them. My dad fexed them many times (broken spring). They were great machienes. We had a number of them.

love this washing machine unimatic....the music is perfect with it.

I'm happy she's up and at it again.

@isabelaguilar5321

7 жыл бұрын

igualit

I love these when i'm a kid

I love the up and down agitator man that that washer could really clean clothes

Awesome !

T tub spinning + that agitation seams interesting

Nice, good, fond, pleasant fun. THANK YOU!

That works better than my brand new Maytag

Very Cool and congratulations on a job well done from a fellow gear-head.

thabk you for posting. we had exactly the same machine back in the early sixties. in holland this type of machine was rare. it was a wonderfull machine. I loved it. nice to see it here in full working order. thank you.

The Unimatics are my second favorite washers followed by the direct drive washers as the Unimatics do just as an excellent job of cleaning as do the direct drive washers

@CBF1

Жыл бұрын

Good thing around a million DD's were made. Unimatics? Pfft. 10 year production span as opposed to 30 for the Direct Drives. They are rare machines Unimatics are, many would've been scrapped many years ago. But I don't think they're INSANELY rare... either way, all vintage machines, finding them is never an easy task.

what beautiful machine. and love the way of agitation. best one on the market. :D

Such a beautiful machine!! I'm so glad you were able to save her. The more I watch the Frigidaire Unimatics the more I want one. I'd love a 58 set like Roberts turquoise set. But I'm picturing a pretty dark emerald green to go with all the chrome. Great job Swestoyz!

@CBF1

2 жыл бұрын

I want a 1947 one. Robert also has one of those. I'm desperate for that white perforated drum and that silver perforated agitator. Absolutely desperate I am. I'm desperate for a Pulsamatic too.

That broken torque spring was probably a blessing in disquise!

Great Machine, Glad you guys were able to bring her back to life!! I wish I had one

@4HBirtcher

7 жыл бұрын

That machine should be destroyed because when a washer has a rust hole in the tub, constant use of the washing machine with a rust hole would result in having rust bleed right on your clothes!!

@whoisthisdude5437

7 жыл бұрын

could just scrape it off and paint over it.

@Datsun7705

6 жыл бұрын

Henry Birtcher or replace the tub

@jaredini

5 жыл бұрын

You really think that he left the tub with a rusty hole in it? *eye roll*

wonderfull machine, we used to have one exactly like this one back home in holland !!

Lots of machines don't have a neutral drain (what you describe) here. Of all the machines I've owned, I think only the Kenmore had a neutral drain. If you look at the wash tub, you notice it's not perforated like most modern tubs. The drain holes are right under the lip of the tub...high rpm centrifugal force forces the water to those holes where it spins out of the tub and into the cabinet, whereupon it's pumped out. Very cool.

@rieon-plumbingfan

6 жыл бұрын

grandcarriage1 B-B-But how dose the motor and other parts get protected from the water? Shields?

@jaredini

5 жыл бұрын

Eh?? The tub sits freely in a large open metal tank, which is constantly pumped out as the motor runs the pump. The motor and everything sits under this tank. Look up Super Unimatic, there is a machine with a see through side

good memories.

How could fixing that rust hole be possible you guys must have some magic powers

that washer spins so fast that when your clothes come out they are almost dry

@REPOMAN24722

6 жыл бұрын

1140 RPM

Interesting agitator. It makes this thing unique from other washers

@jonathanashbeck3740

2 жыл бұрын

GE was pretty much the only one to have agitators like this

@patcola7335

Жыл бұрын

​@@jonathanashbeck3740 Frigidaire...

I think I'm in love. She's a beauty.

Well done video all around.

I Love you washing machines

The Unimatics were much quieter than the 1-18s and the 1140 rpms are just nuts. Makes you wanna wash some clothes.

Vintage washing machine boner. Love the a.c. motor pur at first spin. Perfectly balanced load and unit. This machine is operating at factory specs or better. BRAVO!!!

Easy and simple to use.

I'm guessing this to be at or around 1957 because my grandmother had a Frigidaire refrigerator with that same herringbone pattern that is on the back panel.

Replaced (spin) spring in my l952 or so in 1964 and many others..they only RINSED with warm/wash with hot or warm(use both COLD). Frigidaire bragged that their new 1965 "rollermatic" 1000 rpm spun faster "than any OTHER brand".Unimatic (1947-59)=1140rpm. I Burred 4 phillips holding tub under rubber adjutater SNAGGED/ruined bath towels..Loved those 1947 Rca etc but they had to be improved..

best washing machine

Well done.

Did do a good job repairing it but the issue was the rust that you showed! That’s why I said before I deleted my old comment about better stop using it is simply because of the rust in the tub! Are you afraid the rust would leak out on to your clothes when the washer is done washing?

Does the agitator bolt come off as a right handed thread? Where do you find parts for these? Thanks

Washing is born

We we we we wait this was whenever I try to see why the bumper was going up and down and then I saw these pictures and you up you were the one who put the pictures

you be the washermeister, awesome!

Pretty good rollover. How many Unimatics do you have?

I would love this machine in my house

No matter if i’m a fool

Neat vid! The cabinet looks great, like brand new, did you do any cosmetic surgery on her?

I love it

may not wash as good as others but sure is unique

@calebproductions5970

7 жыл бұрын

Looks like it washes really good to me

@petermaz701

5 жыл бұрын

HERPY DERPEDY Don’t know where you came to that conclusion or what you’re basing that comment on it washes terrific and better than the ones that came after this.

@patcola7335

4 жыл бұрын

Other than the fact they tangled loads badly they cleaned excellent. In 1958 Frigidaire put loading instructions on the lid and that reduced tangling.

Do you have a shop you recommend for doing repair work on the old machines? I live close to Omaha

A beautiful machine! I’ve wondered about these, though: since the tub drains so quickly, there must be a tremendous pressure going through the drain pipe. Does that cause leakage? Also, can small items of clothing get washed up into the drain?

@muziklvr7776

Жыл бұрын

"Does that cuase leakage" It can kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZZeWs6uDqryYopM.html

Were you able to repair and reuse the tub, or did you just replace it?

nice work! did you weld the hole in the tub?

I love everything and everyone

what this song at starts man ? great machine by the way lol

Did this machine have a lint filter?

the tub suspension is weak due to age of the washing machine

I love this washer! Was it built by Kelvinator and sold by fridgidaire?

@patcola7335

4 жыл бұрын

This was a GM built washer as ALL Frigidaire appliances were.

do they shut off when they go off balance?

I see it cuts off if the load goes out of balance? My Kenmore has an off balance buzzer if the load goes out of balance

The aesthetic looks good, unlike the modern washer that looks plain and boring.

That is 1 fast spin cycle

LORD LIFE FOR AN FRIGIDAIRE UNIMATIC ITS ALMOST OUT SALE XD

He interuptted so hes out of balance and BACK IN BALANCE

Fridgies were the best, no doubt about it!

How many Unimatics do you have?

does it have a system when it senses an unbalanced load

I bet you got the tub fixed too

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:09 So it automatically shuts the machine off if it has an out of balance load? Or that was you?

@mariopartyfanify

4 жыл бұрын

PlumbingFan it shuts itself off automatically

does it have a belt?

Wear dose it drain?

cool

He fixed

wanna have this machine...

@mikolajswinkamorska7567

3 жыл бұрын

Really!?

Best machine ever6

Hey washer are you ok

Washer is cool

the washing machine was gonna spin: error shutting down

9:00 Cycles Ended

and how the heck does it pump away the water . i dont see any holes

@patcola7335

4 жыл бұрын

Underneath the tub rim at top.

4:55 GLEEEEUUUUAYYYYY

Spin = 1140 RPM