My grandmother owned this washing machine. I remember admiring the control panel that would light up and have a style that seemed so futuristic. Washing machines were not only for function but also for appearance.
That is a beautiful 1963 Frigidaire. The style and design of major appliances in the 1960s was the ultimate in beauty, chrome, lights, push buttons, the works. Today's new major appliances have boring and uncreative style.
this is a true machine with an amazing workmanship design .. how cool is that .. i would love to say in my life i owned one of these special machines .. this is like a dusenberg of automobiles ..
My mom had one of these. A newer model. From the latter 60s. Lasted 20 years !Agitator was the same except there was a cup that went inside for the fabric softener. That washer would spin the hell out of the clothes!! Almost dry when they came out!! In the vid it doesn't look like its spinning that fast but they did! At least the one we had did!! OMG! the sound of this washer is giving me flashbacks! There was one place we lived where the hook ups were in my room! I can't believe I'm watching a vid. of a washing machine!!!
@@muziklvr7776 Gotta love you tube. Where else can we chat about washers. You know the washer and dryer we had was the one that Samantha had on the bewitched series. It is odd........ but the washers seemed more advanced back then then they do now. I bought a WHIRLPOOL washer 6mos. ago and it is already out of order. Problem with latch-lock. I replaced the assembly. But now needs to be reprogrammed. ould live to have one of these old machines with 'jet action agitation' Ah, the good ole days. YES that machine really spun. FAST clothes only went into dryer for 20-25 min.
@@williamslater-o5b Just a form of control under buzzwords like “high efficiency”, “green energy” , “carbon footprints”….all lies to control peoples minds.
Growing up we had a Frigidaire 'Jet Action' washing machine. Had the exact same agitator as shown in this video but the vintage was mid to late 60's . Was a good working and extremely reliable machine that lasted almost 30 years. The sound of the agitator is very unique, I immediately recognized that sound. Interesting video, thanks for sharing. Oh one other tidbit, I can recall my fathers comments on this machine and one of the reasons it was selected over many other models. "It spins like a bastar*" LOL. In other words it had a faster spin cycle than comparable machines in the showroom.
That is quite a control panel. The illuminated ones are cool. The agitator and its movement look familiar. We either had one or someone in my family did.This one is mint.
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i think it'd be cool to show this washer to a group of kids today. They'd be totally mesmerized by the washing action (especially if it made a "suds cake).
OMG is is nearly the exact washer we had when I was a kid. But ours did not have the "tape" style cycle progress indicator. Instead it had a knob with a pointer. Loved the fluorescent light! And the pop out circuit breaker in the console!
I remember watching a video of a Frigidaire washer throwing its water. Ther guy had installed a clear plexiglass front to the cabinet. He even has music to accompany the cascade of water!
I have never seen an old GM Frigidaire washing machine in such great condition. There is a good reason why these machines were known as "thumpers". It really is a funny agitator, much like the Kelvinator "dancing squid" agitator or the one on the Whirlpool Calypso.
He mentioned over flow rinse so only way it could have over flow rinse is that the water is slung out over the top of the spinning tub and pumped out while the tub is spinning .Whitch makes it alot faster to get up speed and empty the tub.Some of the old speed queens do that I owned one along time ago!!!
My mother had a slightly newer model of these. Same agitator, even the knob was the same, just different controls. If the load was off balance, it danced around the laundry.
Great video. My mum had a early 70's GM Frigidaire "Jet-a-matic" but I was too young to remember it. I think it was quite rare here in New Zealand, being dominated by Fisher & Paykel.
It would stop when the lid was raised. My mom would use the lid from a peanut better jar to keep the cycle running so I could watch. It fascinated me. Washing machines still do. I now have a front loader that I still watch from time to time.
That is a beautiful washing machine, I would love to own one of that kind, same year, only in either turquoise blue, avocado green, or if nothing else, I would take white.
Great machine that was made for years. However, my mom was a Whirlpool/Kenmore fan. She liked the deeper tub that Whirlpool offered and they were dependable. My sister had a Frigidaire washer that she used for years. When it was replaced, it was definitely ready.
For spinning and rinsing, these machines were the best. Appliances like this will NEVER be built again. Back then appliances were built with quality and durability but now it seems you have to replace a washer every 5 years and not get your money out of it. (Did this washer cut a fart when it stopped at the very end? Sounded like it. LOL!)
Damn. This machine cleans like "nobody's business". Much rather have this than many of the new HE top loader's made today that cost three times as much as this machine.
The wash basket is solid, so when the washer goes into spin, the water is spun out from the wash basket into an outer tub, from where the water is then pumped out of the machine.
Nice up down agitator gentle on clothes instead of turning, twisting, knotting shredders today. It actually uses enough water to get clothes clean. Clothes being twisted in a little water loaded with dirt and a small water rinse just don't get clean. I can imagine those clothes from this 63 Frigidaire look and smell clean. I wish that machine was available now. I would have bought it immediately.
@Ronald McFondle I remember reading an article that stated the Frigidaire Jet Action Washer(known to the designers at General Motors as the Roller-Matic) had the most efficient washing system in the industry.
@@imperiallebaron2391 These could clean more laundry per gallon of water. Just look at some of the older 50s Frigidaire washer videos with the 3 ring agitators. They had amazing turnover even when loaded very full. They were also rope makers if not loaded properly...just goes to show there was some action going on.
OMG!! LMFAO!!! 🤣😂Funny!!! I ain’t ever seen a washer agitate like that!!! But be that as it may!!! This was when washing machines were beasts and built like aircraft carriers. No codes, no musical beep crying, and no suds or unbalanced load errors. Just straight up wash, rinse, and spin whatever you throw at it, regardless if it’s balanced or not. Most of the time, these old beasts balanced and spun the load anyway, even if the load was slightly off. Not like the money pits we have now, that cry, crash, and throw codes at you as an excuse to stop your laundry cycle, so that you’re left to call the mfg. to fetch the repairman when the warranty expires. Oh....The washer won’t spin because the load’s (uL) “not balanced,” or there’s (sd) “suds detected.” SUDS!!!!??? Seriously???!!! Such BS!!!! Just finish the damn cycle, and gimme my dang clothes, I’ll finish the rinse and spin cycle that you failed to do by hanging and hosing them off on the clothes line!!!!
I noticed that the first spin the agitator popped up and on the final spin in popped down. Is that part of the transmission activity due to a higher spin rate on the last spin? Great video, thanks for posting, love those old washers!
And if I recall, it had a mechanism that popped out the timer knob when the machine goes off balance. I'm thinking it had a buzzer that sounded as well, but I'm having trouble recalling. I'd say ours left in 1981 or so. Almost 20 years of service, and it probably could have been repaired, but was replaced with a new Lady Kenmore, which I still have, which is also a great machine, but none of the style of the Frigidaire!
Overflow rinse on theses solid tub washers work by filling the tub with water during the last couple of minutes during the wash cycle and through the entire deep rinse. The water entering the tub eventually reaches the point it where it "overflows" from the inner tub and out the outer tub and gravity drains out the drain hose. Lint and hair float at the top of the water, therefore the overflowing water floats it out of the tubs and down the drain. Washers these days don't use that method because it's a water hungry design. It's more efficient to spin a perforated tub up to speed and run a spray rinse during the spin cycle which does a better job using rinsing while using considerably less water.
The draining design 4:43 must put a tremendous load on the building's drain pipe. It seems powerful enough to unclog the worst blockage, or lay down a very-very fast flood in the room. The brake made an amusing sound at 9:44.
Aesthetically that machine is gorgeous-it’s sophisticated and sleek. But I’m surprised the design of the agitator ever got approved because of how much water it splatters! I’m surprised the lip on the underside of the door hasn’t rusted out after all these years.
It floors me how these take roughly 3 seconds to remove all the free water from the tub. What’s the top RPM on the spin? This isn’t considered an unimatic... is it a multimatic???
My grandmother owned this washing machine. I remember admiring the control panel that would light up and have a style that seemed so futuristic. Washing machines were not only for function but also for appearance.
We had one until I was about 13 or so! I absolutely LOVED it. It was the funniest thing ever. Best cleaning action to this day IMO.
I still have my grandmother's. And I was always fascinated with them
That is a beautiful 1963 Frigidaire. The style and design of major appliances in the 1960s was the ultimate in beauty, chrome, lights, push buttons, the works. Today's new major appliances have boring and uncreative style.
This pistoning agitator was far better than any other because it moved the clothes around really well and cleaned better.
Dang. That motor is quite powerful. Did you see that spin as it progressed .
this is a true machine with an amazing workmanship design .. how cool is that .. i would love to say in my life i owned one of these special machines .. this is like a dusenberg of automobiles ..
That washer is in exceptional condition considering it’s sixty years old.
It’s likely that this old timer has been properly taken care of. If you take care of these machines very well they will last a long long time.
My mom had one of these. A newer model. From the latter 60s. Lasted 20 years !Agitator was the same except there was a cup that went inside for the fabric softener. That washer would spin the hell out of the clothes!! Almost dry when they came out!! In the vid it doesn't look like its spinning that fast but they did! At least the one we had did!! OMG! the sound of this washer is giving me flashbacks! There was one place we lived where the hook ups were in my room! I can't believe I'm watching a vid. of a washing machine!!!
Vhvy
Sounds like mom had a rapid dry version of the rollermatic transmission. These would spin up to 1000 RPM's
@@muziklvr7776 Gotta love you tube. Where else can we chat about washers. You know the washer and dryer we had was the one that Samantha had on the bewitched series. It is odd........ but the washers seemed more advanced back then then they do now. I bought a WHIRLPOOL washer 6mos. ago and it is already out of order. Problem with latch-lock. I replaced the assembly. But now needs to be reprogrammed. ould live to have one of these
old machines with 'jet action agitation' Ah, the good ole days. YES that machine really spun. FAST clothes only went into dryer for 20-25 min.
The top loaders the US produces today is a joke compared to what we used to churn out.
Yeah, well you can thank our government for that.
@@williamslater-o5b Just a form of control under buzzwords like “high efficiency”, “green energy” , “carbon footprints”….all lies to control peoples minds.
Growing up we had a Frigidaire 'Jet Action' washing machine. Had the exact same agitator as shown in this video but the vintage was mid to late 60's . Was a good working and extremely reliable machine that lasted almost 30 years. The sound of the agitator is very unique, I immediately recognized that sound. Interesting video, thanks for sharing.
Oh one other tidbit, I can recall my fathers comments on this machine and one of the reasons it was selected over many other models. "It spins like a bastar*" LOL. In other words it had a faster spin cycle than comparable machines in the showroom.
Part of my childhood from the 50's & 60's.
1:23 -- of course we would immediately recognize that sound :-p Rolling on the floor laughing...
dirty mind
.....and she’s got a lit control panel, like the top of a skyscraper. I like that. 👍🏻. Very nice!!
0:01 The music of my country!
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That is quite a control panel. The illuminated ones are cool. The agitator and its movement look familiar. We either had one or someone in my family did.This one is mint.
OMG!!! I WANT ONE!!!!!! love this washing machine!
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@@rustytheloverofdinosaurs10 Melissa The Washing Machine: "Hi Rusty's Old RUclips Account, Even Though You Are Not Active On There"
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this is so random
I've become hooked on old washing machine videos...I don't what it is, but I'm hooked.
Because many of them had their own unique way of working on clothes, probably?
This is my favorite washer of all time it has washboard agitation
This is a really nice looking machine.
What awesome machines those were. They really need to start making them again.
Too much money to make anything half this complex today.
@@patcola7335 that almost sounds backwards... we've advanced since then
i think it'd be cool to show this washer to a group of kids today. They'd be totally mesmerized by the washing action (especially if it made a "suds cake).
I had this kind of washer back in the days with Rinso detergent. Brings back memories.
This is so effing beautiful.
Best top-loader ever! Had one for 25 years! Wish I still had it!
Organgrinder1010 should have bought 3 and stored the other 2 ;)
What happened? Why didn't you get to keep it?
I am loving that control panel. Americans used to make such great stuff!
emphasis on the “used”
@@gm_construct_13_betaexplor38 We still have Speed Queen. Even they are a compromise now.
the best washing machine EVER!
My Grandmother had one of these machines when I was a child. It was the strangest thing and fascinating to watch
OMG is is nearly the exact washer we had when I was a kid. But ours did not have the "tape" style cycle progress indicator. Instead it had a knob with a pointer. Loved the fluorescent light! And the pop out circuit breaker in the console!
I remember watching a video of a Frigidaire washer throwing its water. Ther guy had installed a clear plexiglass front to the cabinet. He even has music to accompany the cascade of water!
Ah! That sound brings back memories from years gone by. (sigh).
what a washer! beautiful!!!! splash,splash,splash,splash,splash,splash.
Ó a Música do Meu País!
BRASIL PORRAH!!!
Awesome 60s machine definitely built to last
WASHER: The Happy Agitator
Be-bop dirt & grime down the drain . . .
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that is that washing machines back from the 1918. because my age is now 10 and they still have those washing machine still
👍
I have never seen an old GM Frigidaire washing machine in such great condition. There is a good reason why these machines were known as "thumpers". It really is a funny agitator, much like the Kelvinator "dancing squid" agitator or the one on the Whirlpool Calypso.
My mom had one of these in the 70's
I can't believe how fast the water drains out at the beginning of the spin...
This thing must have the water pump off a GMC bus!
He mentioned over flow rinse so only way it could have over flow rinse is that the water is slung out over the top of the spinning tub and pumped out while the tub is spinning .Whitch makes it alot faster to get up speed and empty the tub.Some of the old speed queens do that I owned one along time ago!!!
Strange, nice and funny, and look work just fine👍😲
My mother had a slightly newer model of these. Same agitator, even the knob was the same, just different controls. If the load was off balance, it danced around the laundry.
Great video. My mum had a early 70's GM Frigidaire "Jet-a-matic" but I was too young to remember it. I think it was quite rare here in New Zealand, being dominated by Fisher & Paykel.
It would stop when the lid was raised. My mom would use the lid from a peanut better jar to keep the cycle running so I could watch. It fascinated me. Washing machines still do. I now have a front loader that I still watch from time to time.
That is a beautiful washing machine, I would love to own one of that kind, same year, only in either turquoise blue, avocado green, or if nothing else, I would take white.
Oh! And a matching dryer!
🤗😍💟💟un espectáculo !!!
Great machine that was made for years. However, my mom was a Whirlpool/Kenmore fan. She liked the deeper tub that Whirlpool offered and they were dependable. My sister had a Frigidaire washer that she used for years. When it was replaced, it was definitely ready.
la que te
Back when top quality washers actually existed
For spinning and rinsing, these machines were the best. Appliances like this will NEVER be built again. Back then appliances were built with quality and durability but now it seems you have to replace a washer every 5 years and not get your money out of it.
(Did this washer cut a fart when it stopped at the very end? Sounded like it. LOL!)
Yes, I see that the agitator was replaced. Ours had an agitator that looked less like a space capsule, and more like a round chimney.
I remember this washer from Chicago, Illinois, Detroit, Michigan.
Damn. This machine cleans like "nobody's business". Much rather have this than many of the new HE top loader's made today that cost three times as much as this machine.
Should of never got rid of this machine, the BEST!
Restore one for me...I'd love this. My grandma & sister had one.
The wash basket is solid, so when the washer goes into spin, the water is spun out from the wash basket into an outer tub, from where the water is then pumped out of the machine.
funniest machine I´ve ever seen.....
But it gets the job done
Henry Birtcher Yeah
This thing would be worth gold at my house!
I effing love the cheesy background music. Always appropriate and brilliant.
I remember pushing up and down on the agitator of our green Frigidaire when I was a kid. I hurt my fingers more than once on it.
What on earth were you pushing up and down on the agitator for? And may I ask you: What year is your green Frigidaire washer?
Get's the job done in the funniest way possible
The Unimatcs were just as reliable also
Fap.
I am brazilian
this is a nice washer i like it
Nice up down agitator gentle on clothes instead of turning, twisting, knotting shredders today. It actually uses enough water to get clothes clean. Clothes being twisted in a little water loaded with dirt and a small water rinse just don't get clean. I can imagine those clothes from this 63 Frigidaire look and smell clean. I wish that machine was available now. I would have bought it immediately.
Will they ever bring this fabulous technology back to the consumer?
Are you ready to laugh! I remember as brothers growing up, my brother and I used to call this washer the "Jerk-off" washer!!
Get it?!?!? :)
Not only do I get it, but the g-force on this thing is nuts...
PFFFFFFT AGREED
@Ronald McFondle I remember reading an article that stated the Frigidaire Jet Action Washer(known to the designers at General Motors as the Roller-Matic) had the most efficient washing system in the industry.
@@imperiallebaron2391 These could clean more laundry per gallon of water. Just look at some of the older 50s Frigidaire washer videos with the 3 ring agitators. They had amazing turnover even when loaded very full. They were also rope makers if not loaded properly...just goes to show there was some action going on.
Yes lol
OMG!! LMFAO!!! 🤣😂Funny!!! I ain’t ever seen a washer agitate like that!!!
But be that as it may!!! This was when washing machines were beasts and built like aircraft carriers. No codes, no musical beep crying, and no suds or unbalanced load errors. Just straight up wash, rinse, and spin whatever you throw at it, regardless if it’s balanced or not. Most of the time, these old beasts balanced and spun the load anyway, even if the load was slightly off.
Not like the money pits we have now, that cry, crash, and throw codes at you as an excuse to stop your laundry cycle, so that you’re left to call the mfg. to fetch the repairman when the warranty expires.
Oh....The washer won’t spin because the load’s (uL) “not balanced,” or there’s (sd) “suds detected.” SUDS!!!!??? Seriously???!!! Such BS!!!! Just finish the damn cycle, and gimme my dang clothes, I’ll finish the rinse and spin cycle that you failed to do by hanging and hosing them off on the clothes line!!!!
I started laughing when the agitator started..
It's what it's supposed to do
You have a very sophisticated mind 🤣
At least the washer can't explode...
...like washers nowadays...
@@MinecraftPro97k I know right,...... prematurely 😆
@@ApolosaCakau
Yeah, apparently, Samsung is facing a lawsuit against it.
Shame..... that those washers are no longer manufactured!
Gostei do samba em saudações Rio de Janeiro Brazil
The best ideas get discontinued, don't they?
These machines were great.
Love the washing machine, although I'm just curious why were you pressing all them buttons, were you setting up the washer?
I noticed that the first spin the agitator popped up and on the final spin in popped down. Is that part of the transmission activity due to a higher spin rate on the last spin?
Great video, thanks for posting, love those old washers!
So simple back then
I had this washer when I was 5 and I put hand dish detergent And Let her rip. (°v°)
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great washing machine
And if I recall, it had a mechanism that popped out the timer knob when the machine goes off balance. I'm thinking it had a buzzer that sounded as well, but I'm having trouble recalling. I'd say ours left in 1981 or so. Almost 20 years of service, and it probably could have been repaired, but was replaced with a new Lady Kenmore, which I still have, which is also a great machine, but none of the style of the Frigidaire!
Hey I have a quick question...how does an overflow rinse work, and what is it useful for? And why don't newer machines have this technique?
Overflow rinse on theses solid tub washers work by filling the tub with water during the last couple of minutes during the wash cycle and through the entire deep rinse. The water entering the tub eventually reaches the point it where it "overflows" from the inner tub and out the outer tub and gravity drains out the drain hose. Lint and hair float at the top of the water, therefore the overflowing water floats it out of the tubs and down the drain. Washers these days don't use that method because it's a water hungry design. It's more efficient to spin a perforated tub up to speed and run a spray rinse during the spin cycle which does a better job using rinsing while using considerably less water.
@@muziklvr7776 Very good explanation! I now understand.
LOL what a funny kind of washing process (pumping shaft) heheheheh
Martin TREMBLAY , they cleaned like nobody's bizniz though
Seriously! I honestly thought they all just spun!
The draining design 4:43 must put a tremendous load on the building's drain pipe. It seems powerful enough to unclog the worst blockage, or lay down a very-very fast flood in the room. The brake made an amusing sound at 9:44.
Same as today's top load Speed Queen!!!!
Aesthetically that machine is gorgeous-it’s sophisticated and sleek. But I’m surprised the design of the agitator ever got approved because of how much water it splatters! I’m surprised the lip on the underside of the door hasn’t rusted out after all these years.
No doubt the porcelain coating with that helped.
Interesting agitator.
wow my old washer machine made loud explosive noises, and when it spins it sounds like a rocket launching lol.
Yes, SpaceX. Help us
ok now that fucking washer scared the carp out of me when it started flapping it sounds like birds jumping up and down in a lake or something 😂😂😂😂😂
DogeSquad&DogeVlogs , nope sounds like guys masturbating to me..;)
Please keep this washing machine. The GM appliances were tanks!!
That spin cycle looks mighty fast. It looks faster than normal for the time it was built. 650 rpm?
1050
i agreed!the best
It's just to the right on the description: "Samb Sem Nenhum Problema" Luaka Bop. click on the link, and you should be able to purchase it, etc.
fabulous music choice.
PATTI would have loved this,
the best washer I've seen
the best top loader!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want this!
i love this machine :D
I only go for washers that turns left & right for agitating
CrestwoodRocks speed queens are where its at
How does the water empty so fast at the start of a spin? Love this washer I am so jealous! Thanks for posting!!!
the centrifugal force forces the water up and out of the tub through holes along the top
0:01-1:01 Brazilian music?
sim huehuehueuh
Yes it is
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
It floors me how these take roughly 3 seconds to remove all the free water from the tub. What’s the top RPM on the spin? This isn’t considered an unimatic... is it a multimatic???
It's not a unimatic that's for sure.
Did this machine normally pulsate with the lid open or did the switch stop all activity when the lid was raised?
Wow, that machine brake sounds louder than my 1979 Kenmore one when it comes to a complete stop but otherwise great wash action.
Washers today that use very little water sad I don't see clothes getting clean.
Build to last. Great machine. But not sure if the washing technique is the best
According to consumer reports and people who owned them they were one of the best cleaning washers ever
Chevy washing machine!
True. They were both built by General Motors.