Love these vintage Whirlpool washing machines,.. and the Kenmores too... The control panels with the back lighting and all the chrome and colors of the knobs. My mother and my Aunts had these machines when we were growing up.. They did a fantastic job cleaning your clothes the first time in only 25 to 30 minutes...and they were fun to lift the lid and watch the agitator go back and forth. So much better than the Crap washing machines today.

God Gso For a washer that's 66 years old, This machine ran so quiet as if it were brand new!!! I loved it simply loved it!!! Thanks for the video and have a great night!!!

These is an absolutely beautiful. Love the community that collects, restores, preserves and displays these brilliant machines. Thanks for the upload and for bringing this one back from the dead.

This washer will definitely last beyond 100 years! This is what you call an ultra heavy duty washer. This thing can handle the toughest and heaviest abuse that the newest ones can’t handle. Appliances were all about quality back then! Companies cared about the products they made, and planned obsolescence was not a thing!

Very quiet machine. Love seeing these old washers still going.

One of Whirlpool's most beautiful designs. Wish they would have developed this style for longer than they did. Thanks Tyler ! Excellent. Notice the distinct lack of the woo woo sounds of later whirlpools. Like the agitator cap on this 54 Whirlpool more than the 61. Has that atomic age grace and style, especially with the bullet shaped chrome ones that came out several years later.

Just amazing, vintage Whirlpool so smooth running, unlike all the clicks and clacks that today’s HE washers do. What they don’t do, is wash clothes like this beauty!

Good old Whirlpool! A classic!

What a beautiful washer.

Oh what i'd do to bring these beautiful workhorses back into production.

Some of the best washing machines ever made i miss them

@patcola7335

2 жыл бұрын

They live on in KZread videos.

'72 and prior machines had the steel tub ring, those were the tanks. Notice how in the 50's they offered medium wash temperature, extra hot water solenoid to add higher mix of hot water.

You can never go wrong with a Whirlpool!!

Thank you GSO for this trip down memory lane. We had the same model washer in the house where I grew up. It was badged as an Inglis (a Canadian company at the time) for the Canadian market but every feature on it is the same apart from the name on the control panel. Didn't know at the time why the knob at the top of the agitator had what looked like and M on it. Mom regularly used the "suds" feature where the wash water was drained to the laundry tub during the initial wash water draining cycle (laundry tub stoppered up to save the wash water) and sucked back in to the washer when a new cycle started. The washer had two drain hoses, one long one that went to the bottom of the laundry tub and another that drained the rinse cycle water into a drain tube that bypassed the laundry tub. It reduced the amount of laundry soap needed for the next load but always was topped up with some fresh water to account for wash water lost to the spin out and used to wet the clothes. Mom would start with whites and finish with the darkest loads when using this feature to keep whites and lighter colours from going gray. Found out later that by 1954, Inglis was using the same design as the Whirlpool and often used the same parts until Inglis was eventually merged with Whirlpool. It was a solid machine that lasted many years. We replaced it with a later model Inglis and then went to Kenmore for the next two washers, not realizing they were all Whirlpool designs. Kept the last one after dad died and it is in use at the cottage. It is largely the same machine with updates in the cabinet and control panel, but still the same classic movements and good old mechanical timer. I also have a 1986 Inglis Liberator "Heavy Duty" model with the same movements, tub design, mechanical timer and long lasting performance that came with the house I am currently in. We got a good ten years of service from that washer from the time we moved in. Sadly, the water drain pump went on it last week and I can no longer get parts. The closest replacement washer I can now get is the Maytag Commercial Grade residential agitator washer MVWP575GW since the equivalent Whirlpool Commercial Grade washer is not sold in Canada. I expect to see just as many years of service with this replacement, though it doesn't have the classical Whirlpool internals.

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That ending sound was to let you know that your laundry is done. Come and get me. Lol.

@Gsohoover

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, lol

Welcome back to ASMR washing machines enjoy the ride. Lmao.

So simple back then

I love the wooo wooo.

a great washer

I like the wooo wooo.

Even the crappy Whirlpool/Maytag HE 'eXtRa p0wEr' washing machines cannot compare to this old vintage washing machine 😂

It’s hard to find these amazing washers these days!!! I sure want one of these in my house.

@Gsohoover

4 жыл бұрын

Hard to keep them running, older machines take quite a bit of work to keep them going.

@biggysmoovemusic7777

4 жыл бұрын

Gsohoover definitely

Woo hoo, thanks

Whomever had this washer did lite loads and or small loads and or aka my favorite thing is to not let everyone use your washer and dryer.

Great machine too bad they don't make them like that any more.🤔

Gshoover We had this exact Whirlpool from brand new we used it for 18 years. It originaly came with the straight vane agitator. I converted the machine to a two speed machine and also added a pressure water level switch which gave the machine infinite water levels

@Gsohoover

3 жыл бұрын

Very cool! 18 years is quite well fora 50s automatic.

@angetravale4287

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gsohoover we were a family of 8 for a while alot of laundry. Only problem I remember is the timer escartment needed to be replaceseveral times

Hi Tyler . Does this early Whirlpool have the 20 minute wash cycle timer? I remember hearing that they did. It was maybe a few years after this model that they went to the 14 minute timer. Really like the motor thrum on this one. Can't hear the distinctive woo woo noises. Familiar yet very different.

@Gsohoover

4 жыл бұрын

Pat, yes it has the 20 minute timer. The early Kenmores did as well.

@patcola7335

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gsohoover Thanks Tyler.

Gso I guess in their theory of damp dry is the long final spin so the residual water from the spray rinses can spin out. Again I’m thinking their theory.

@Gsohoover

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, the extra time helps.

Very nice Whirlpool you have here! I recently picked up a set from 1952, I haven't done ANYTHING to/with them yet. What would you recommend me checking on them first? Prior to this, I've only really dealt with wringers, so I'm new to early automatics.

@Thedonsmoney25823

Жыл бұрын

Everything, the belt , agitator, pulley , motor, lid switch, I guess that's it

Are you washing dark things and light things together???

Wonder if Whirlpool still has the original Surgilator mold ? Be interesting to know.

@Gsohoover

4 жыл бұрын

Probably scrapped long ago.

I love these machines and appreciate the videos. I have one question though. Why always do such short washes? Why not give the machine and the detergent a little more time to do the work?

@Gsohoover

4 жыл бұрын

These machines generally don't need super long washes because of how well they work.

@dualactionsurgilator

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gsohoover They do work well. I just don't like to wash any less than 10-12 minutes. I don't feel the detergent has enough time to fully do it's job and remove some of the more difficult soils.

@grandcarriage1

4 жыл бұрын

dualactionsurgilator I work with clay, mud, and horses. My clothes are FILTHY. I usually leave the lid on my old crosley up and run the wash cycle twice (24 minutes)

@grandcarriage1

4 жыл бұрын

The control panel on this is amazing. It’s so garish, it’s beautiful

Do you still have the Norge?

@Gsohoover

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I do

I reading thier advertisments, is it true they featured seven rinses??

@DADoESofTX

4 жыл бұрын

Four sprays in the first spin, agitated rinse, two sprays in the final spin. 4 + 1 + 2 = 7

Do you sell these older machines?

@Gsohoover

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THIS MACHINE