1961 Frigidaire Custom Imperial washer - restored! 

These were expensive machines to make from what I understand.

@@patcola7335 There worth it in the long run, last forever.

Love these machines!!!!!!

Control tower's too

Si bonita y practica lava muy bien las de ahora ni tallan 😊❤

Yeah just about all manufacturers back then of washing machines had panel and dial lights on machines in their higher-end models. It was those niceties that we took for granted.

ikr My mother in-law had one of these pulsators and the clothes came out so clean. then it broke and then went for a newer model. I wish they would produce these again. I would buy one too.

You're welcome! And that is quite the compliment coming from someone who I admire for your amazing refrigeration restorations. GM was clever with the spin cycle on these high speed Multimatic units. For agitation it uses a single pulley and two reversing speeds from the motor, but for spin it does use both belts to shift the spin speed using only the high speed of the motor. the time delay relay is activated on the second increment of spin (after 60 seconds), during this time voltage is carried across both the resistor and the bi-metallic relay and the solenoid. It takes roughly 15-20 seconds to heat the bi-metallic before it pulls the resistor out of circuit to then activate the solenoid. At the end of spin the timer continues to engage the time delay relay to allow the full mass of the mechanism to come to a complete stop; if not the trip arm would throw the clutch down against the agitate pulley and would potentially cause damage to the interfacing fingers between the sliding clutch and the lower agitate pulley.

@@swestoyz Very neat engineering! It is amazing that they had a nearly 900 RPM spin speed back in this day; when high speed spin extraction seems to only be a recent selling point in washers. And unlike some of the stuff today, these aren't known for disintegrating at speed and flying apart in the laundry room!

@@davida1hiwaaynet Older machines did 1140 RPM... Direct drive Unimatics! So no pulleys at all, motor is directly connected to the spin shaft.

Required more water to circulate the clothes

Other brands were increasing capacity Frigidaire lagged behind the competition until 1970 with the introduction of the 1-18 models (Jet Cone agitator).

I got really lucky. It was already in almost new condition when found. Some elbow grease and tending to a few mechanical issues, and it was up and running again!

@@swestoyzYou struck gold with this one. I've never seen a 60+-year-old machine this pristine. You are an artist and a special caretaker.🫡

Yes, it’s a 1958 GE. Check out my other videos for a clip of the GE in action.

@@swestoyz Okay. How do I do that?

@@sharipuckett6923 Here you go! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7sY-i_xWhE0.html

Start of spin - 330 RPM High speed - 850 RPM.

Multimatic

From 62 years ago. These machines should certainly represent the future yes, they at least represent the future we want. We know our shit when it comes to proper appliances.

@@CBF1 Man I want to wash my dirty laundry in this machines so bad. Maybe their famous pumping action can take care of the scum and dirt out of my work cloths. Of course with a fresh cold rinse, everything comes out nice and brand new.

@@JohnAK72 So do I, the world would be nicer with all of the old 1960's glory and so on. Good thing for me I do have a 1959 Hoovermatic 3174 of my own, but it'll need new rubber parts before it can wash and spin again.

@@CBF1 Oh yeah man, so you’re from UK! Seen those machines I mean keymatic. Anyway, heard there are some Australian versions of GM Frigidaire washers still around there?

@@JohnAK72 Yes, there was a British rollermatic sold as well. Nobody's found it as of now.

in a huge outer tub which is them drained away just my guess

@@tyronlemons5203: Absolutely! Notice that there are no holes in the inner tub. Water continues to fill during the rinse cycle and overflows at the top of the inner tub to skim away lint. A similar thing happens when the spin cycle starts. The water is slung over the top of the inner tub. Unfortunately if the clothes had sand or debris in them, this could still be at the bottom of the inner tub when the machine finished. There was no water level sensor. The machine filled on the timer. After the inner tub was full, the water would just run over the top until the timer advanced to turn off the water and start the agitator. The detergent was inside the agitator so that it wouldn't get diluted by all the wasted water. If the water was off in your home or had a drop in water pressure, the washer would start agitating even with no water or not enough water in the inner tub. The design wasted a lot of water, but it is from a different time with different priorities.

I'm surprised you didn't dislike the video, as well, Henry. Were you in the workshop while I had the machine torn apart?

@@swestoyz No but I don’t have to be to know exactly how loud the agitator is and needs more work done to it cause I watched the video on my smart tv as well as your other Frigidaire washers knowing the other Frigidaire washers were quiet but not this one! Find some sound insulation at your local hardware store and it’ll quiet down!

Videos do not seem to record the sounds of washers properly, some of my quietest washers sound much louder on video than they do while you're actually standing in front of the machine.

Quite a bold statement from someone with zero uploads of your own.

@@automaticwasher That’s totally fucking TRUE!