1963 GM Frigidaire Custom Imperial Washer

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For your viewing pleasure - the 1963 General Motors Frigidaire Custom Imperial Sturdy washer. Minty fresh machine, originally came from sunny California.
At some point in it's life, the original 1963/1964 pulsator was replaced with a generic late 60's Deep Action agitator. Either way, it's still a fun machine to use.
The 1963 model washers were the last of the 'clamshell' panels, dating from 1961 through early '64. This particular year the panel did not fold down like the prior '61 models. This washer also features the simplified Multi-Matic belt-drive transmission, which works perfectly.
Enjoy!
For more vintage appliance fun, make sure you check out www.automaticwasher.org.

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@chnalvr 22 дня назад

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.

@68lincoln 11 лет назад

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.

@kristinafrancis382 4 года назад

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.

@larrylittlejohn2226 4 года назад

I still have my grandmother's. And I was always fascinated with them

@phantasm1004 9 лет назад

This pistoning agitator was far better than any other because it moved the clothes around really well and cleaned better.

@enzocharahua8611 3 года назад

0:01 The music of my country!

@DuduSc 5 месяцев назад

pois é

@markfurrer190 8 лет назад

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 ..

@lukesmith2725 3 года назад

That washer is in exceptional condition considering it’s sixty years old.

@jonathanashbeck3740 2 года назад

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.

@kuntyfacedbitch 10 лет назад

I need all vintage appliances in my home. i already have my 1973 GE filter flow washing machine ^____^

@sharipuckett4694 4 года назад

What color? Avocado Green? Harvest Gold? White?

@55Ariz 8 лет назад

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!!!

@luisitomoralesduarte2876 8 лет назад

Vhvy

@muziklvr7776 3 года назад

Sounds like mom had a rapid dry version of the rollermatic transmission. These would spin up to 1000 RPM's

@55Ariz 3 года назад

@@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.

@christiangrey3645 6 лет назад

I've become hooked on old washing machine videos...I don't what it is, but I'm hooked.

@dave_riots 6 лет назад

Because many of them had their own unique way of working on clothes, probably?

@bg147 6 лет назад

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.

@kerryincolumbus 7 лет назад

OMG!!! I WANT ONE!!!!!! love this washing machine!

@jeanlucdrion1152 6 месяцев назад

Dang. That motor is quite powerful. Did you see that spin as it progressed .

@02chevyguy 4 года назад

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).

@redminimaniac 6 лет назад

My Grandmother had one of these machines when I was a child. It was the strangest thing and fascinating to watch

@bagelboi66 11 лет назад

I am loving that control panel. Americans used to make such great stuff!

@gm_construct_13_betaexplor38 3 года назад

emphasis on the “used”

@patcola7335 2 года назад

@@gm_construct_13_betaexplor38 We still have Speed Queen. Even they are a compromise now.

@Critique808 11 лет назад

I had this kind of washer back in the days with Rinso detergent. Brings back memories.

@CH67guy1 11 лет назад

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!

@Organgrinder1010 11 лет назад

Best top-loader ever! Had one for 25 years! Wish I still had it!

@BroccoliBeefed 6 лет назад

Organgrinder1010 should have bought 3 and stored the other 2 ;)

@sharipuckett4694 4 года назад

What happened? Why didn't you get to keep it?

@MyDan58 11 лет назад

the best washing machine EVER!

@sharipuckett6923 2 года назад

This is a really nice looking machine.

@dave8168 6 лет назад

What awesome machines those were. They really need to start making them again.

@patcola7335 3 года назад

Too much money to make anything half this complex today.

@One-Day-After-Another 11 месяцев назад

@@patcola7335 that almost sounds backwards... we've advanced since then

@cjjordankj1 9 лет назад

This is my favorite washer of all time it has washboard agitation

@Albz9331wuv 8 лет назад

what a washer! beautiful!!!! splash,splash,splash,splash,splash,splash.

@DeansWasherVideos 12 лет назад

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.

@jdrs4214 4 года назад

.....and she’s got a lit control panel, like the top of a skyscraper. I like that. 👍🏻. Very nice!!

@02chevyguy 4 года назад

Ah! That sound brings back memories from years gone by. (sigh).

@kyjimbo511 3 года назад

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!

@booandsue 3 года назад

This is so effing beautiful.

@ezrav.5163 3 года назад

Back when top quality washers actually existed

@fairfax1960 12 лет назад

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.

@jliebermancore2 6 лет назад

Awesome 60s machine definitely built to last

@emph66 9 лет назад

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.

@818Dimples 9 лет назад

Part of my childhood from the 50's & 60's.

@Genners111 9 лет назад

1:23 -- of course we would immediately recognize that sound :-p Rolling on the floor laughing...

@BroccoliBeefed 6 лет назад

dirty mind

@The__Outlaw 4 года назад

My mom had one of these in the 70's

@colinbarber252 7 лет назад

that is that washing machines back from the 1918. because my age is now 10 and they still have those washing machine still 👍

@wocko1 4 года назад

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.

@riversofjoy6529 4 года назад

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.

@marko7843 8 лет назад

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!

@arkansastrash320 8 лет назад

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!!!

@KitaraKaori 6 лет назад

Strange, nice and funny, and look work just fine👍😲

@MyDan58 12 лет назад

Should of never got rid of this machine, the BEST!

@sharipuckett8178 5 лет назад

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.

@sharipuckett8178 5 лет назад

Oh! And a matching dryer!

@senorkaboom 8 лет назад

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.

@geronimosanchez5570 8 лет назад

la que te

@818Dimples 9 лет назад

I remember this washer from Chicago, Illinois, Detroit, Michigan.

@grandcarriage1 11 лет назад

I effing love the cheesy background music. Always appropriate and brilliant.

@02chevyguy 12 лет назад

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!)

@adelaideautowashes 6 лет назад

Interesting agitator.

@luna-bw2pf 6 лет назад

🤗😍💟💟un espectáculo !!!

@mielefan18 12 лет назад

i love this machine :D

@caffeinatedandconnected 2 года назад

this is a nice washer i like it

@colinbarber252 7 лет назад

great washing machine

@MatheusCosta-cs1eh 7 лет назад

Ó a Música do Meu País! BRASIL PORRAH!!!

@int53185 8 лет назад

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.

@sharipuckett4694 4 года назад

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?

@lisaowens5070 3 года назад

This thing would be worth gold at my house!

@BroccoliBeefed 12 лет назад

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.

@CH67guy1 11 лет назад

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.

@barbz1548 Год назад

Restore one for me...I'd love this. My grandma & sister had one.

@swestoyz 12 лет назад

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.

@dude2meetu 4 года назад

WASHER: The Happy Agitator Be-bop dirt & grime down the drain . . .

@aldobenitez4244 3 года назад

@WithStyle100 5 лет назад

I want this!

@patcola7335 3 года назад

The top loaders the US produces today is a joke compared to what we used to churn out.

@user-oq5bv8ue4c 3 месяца назад

Yeah, well you can thank our government for that.

@patcola7335 3 месяца назад

@@user-oq5bv8ue4c Just a form of control under buzzwords like “high efficiency”, “green energy” , “carbon footprints”….all lies to control peoples minds.

@MrMcavity 12 лет назад

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.

@steponmystomach 12 лет назад

Will they ever bring this fabulous technology back to the consumer?

@NVHSChadSheppard1 12 лет назад

Wow, that machine brake sounds louder than my 1979 Kenmore one when it comes to a complete stop but otherwise great wash action.

@TheChoppergunner100 10 лет назад

wow my old washer machine made loud explosive noises, and when it spins it sounds like a rocket launching lol.

@StinkyScript 4 года назад

Yes, SpaceX. Help us

@MyDan58 12 лет назад

the best top loader!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@CH67guy1 11 лет назад

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!

@keg10609 5 лет назад

I started laughing when the agitator started..

@MinecraftPro97k 4 года назад

It's what it's supposed to do

@ApolosaCakau 4 года назад

You have a very sophisticated mind 🤣

@MinecraftPro97k 4 года назад

At least the washer can't explode... ...like washers nowadays...

@ApolosaCakau 4 года назад

@@MinecraftPro97k I know right,...... prematurely 😆

@MinecraftPro97k 4 года назад

@@ApolosaCakau Yeah, apparently, Samsung is facing a lawsuit against it.

@MyDan58 12 лет назад

the best washer I've seen

@discerningmind 6 лет назад

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.

@ueg790 6 лет назад

Same as today's top load Speed Queen!!!!

@tazzzzzz33 11 лет назад

LOL what a funny kind of washing process (pumping shaft) heheheheh

@BroccoliBeefed 6 лет назад

Martin TREMBLAY , they cleaned like nobody's bizniz though

@adriananoelle4699 6 лет назад

Seriously! I honestly thought they all just spun!

@spacemissing Год назад

The best ideas get discontinued, don't they? These machines were great.

@paginadedicasrecomendacoes5856 3 года назад

Gostei do samba em saudações Rio de Janeiro Brazil

@swestoyz 12 лет назад

@mrb627 - I believe it stopped all activity.

@mrb627 12 лет назад

Did this machine normally pulsate with the lid open or did the switch stop all activity when the lid was raised?

@meddemongalaxy691 5 лет назад

That was really funny

@mariadocarmomariadocarmo3430 4 года назад

ISTO sim é que é máquina

@ApolosaCakau 5 лет назад

Love the washing machine, although I'm just curious why were you pressing all them buttons, were you setting up the washer?

@paulthomsen3788 4 года назад

PATTI would have loved this,

@michaellowry1013 3 года назад

So simple back then

@agentThor-hd5ir 4 года назад

9:45 HONK old horn

@sargetech 11 лет назад

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?!?!? :)

@brink668 4 года назад

Not only do I get it, but the g-force on this thing is nuts...

@theunitedfederationofgamer4697 4 года назад

PFFFFFFT AGREED

@imperiallebaron2391 4 года назад

@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.

@patcola7335 3 года назад

@@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.

@thegoproguy1773 2 года назад

Yes lol

@MTSVW 4 года назад

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.

@patcola7335 2 года назад

No doubt the porcelain coating with that helped.

@CoreyDLewis 6 лет назад

That type of agitator sure splashes alot.

@Stevenmilitarysurplus Год назад

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

@deacondavis5098 5 лет назад

The agitator looks like a space capsule

@grandcarriage1 12 лет назад

fabulous music choice.

@grandcarriage1 11 лет назад

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.

@applianceman6009 2 года назад

Please keep this washing machine. The GM appliances were tanks!!

@mrtodd3620 12 лет назад

Can you explain the drain function? Does it have a pump? It seems to drain really fast, but that may be just an appearance of the video.

@orbiterL 9 лет назад

funniest machine I´ve ever seen.....

@4HBirtcher 7 лет назад

But it gets the job done

@damanygamesplushfnafandmor7616 7 лет назад

Henry Birtcher Yeah

@milontalukdar3415 Год назад

i agreed!the best

@edastol 11 лет назад

But i forgot what is it. please help.

@BigTerKC 11 лет назад

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!

@MyDan58 12 лет назад

@steponmystomach I hope so, front loaders are great, but shuldn't be the only option