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Post# 279668   5/12/2008 at 18:46 (5,798 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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I know - I haven't posted for a while. I should be back in the States for a few months. And I promise to post my finds more frequently. I got a bigger storage unit which means that I can keep more things! So now....presenting (sorry they're still dusty) a Frigidaire WN7 in Aztec Copper with a window lid.




Post# 279669 , Reply# 1   5/12/2008 at 18:46 (5,798 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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Gold Crown model with Rapidry 1000

Post# 279670 , Reply# 2   5/12/2008 at 18:47 (5,798 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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No console light, but a beauty just the same.

Post# 279671 , Reply# 3   5/12/2008 at 18:49 (5,798 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        
1959 Kenmore

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in nice condition as well.

Post# 279674 , Reply# 4   5/12/2008 at 18:50 (5,798 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        
2 speeds

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with suds saver. I haven't plugged it in yet, but it is lighted.

Post# 279676 , Reply# 5   5/12/2008 at 18:54 (5,798 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)        
Fantastic Finds Rich

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Hi Rich,

What fantastic finds! I love the Frigidaire! What a colour!

Cheers
Leon


Post# 279677 , Reply# 6   5/12/2008 at 18:57 (5,798 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        
So I'm not a Kenmore expert

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but it has this agitator in it. The chrome lint filter is still in place.

Post# 279678 , Reply# 7   5/12/2008 at 18:58 (5,798 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        
The Dryer Was Gas,

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so this is all I saved.

Post# 279679 , Reply# 8   5/12/2008 at 18:59 (5,798 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        
but it will look nice lighted up

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I hope

Post# 279687 , Reply# 9   5/12/2008 at 19:17 (5,798 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Rich!! That Kenmore washer, I haven't seen that since I was 10 or 11 years old. Neighbors on the opposite side (the other side had the LK Combo) had this washer. That washer made me want to replace our 1955 GE with a Kenmore. The W'n'W cycle shifts from regular to gentle agitation at the 4 or 6 minute mark. another hcildhood memory resurrected. thank you!!! (I actually thought it was a 1960 model

Post# 279699 , Reply# 10   5/12/2008 at 20:10 (5,798 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)        
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That is a beautiful Frigidaire! What a great find you have there. I'd sure love to luck up on one of those rapidry models...

Post# 279774 , Reply# 11   5/13/2008 at 03:06 (5,798 days old) by thirtyater ()        

Wow those are all beautiful! That Gold Crown Rapid Dry is the same one my mom had when I was a youngster. I really envy the relics you all dig up!

Post# 279795 , Reply# 12   5/13/2008 at 07:53 (5,798 days old) by davy1063 (Pennsylvania)        
Beautiful Rich!

What year is the WN7 from? Looks like a '67 or '68. Howabout an inside shot?

the Kenmore looks sweet. The waterfall filter and the pregnant roto-swirl agitator are my favorites. Does the script on the front say "Cycla-Fabric"?

Dave


Post# 279797 , Reply# 13   5/13/2008 at 08:03 (5,798 days old) by seeitrun2006 (Commerce, GA)        
On the 1959 kenmore

What is on timer knob? I can see the word "speed". Is that a number "8" on it also? Can't make out the details.

Post# 279800 , Reply# 14   5/13/2008 at 08:16 (5,798 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)        
DPC

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What does that stand for on the Frigidaire?

My mom had a similar washer in 1967...only Norman and Gentle speeds.


Post# 279801 , Reply# 15   5/13/2008 at 08:31 (5,798 days old) by cvillewasherbo ()        
WP, KM Wash &Wear slow up

Sorry guys, but I have never liked that the agi slowed down at the 6 or 4 mark point on the dial. A normal size load that had great turnover during the "regular" speed had "no" turnover at the slower speed. Things just didn't get as clean as they should have. I know from experience, having done my family's laundry starting when I was 12 with a WP from 1965. The cool down was great but the change in speed, especially in the rinse cycle was just plain dumb. I didn't overload the thing, and I would change it back and forth from regular to pp so the agi speed would stay fast. The slow spin speed was OK I guess, but later when I got a Tag where the PP cycle was shorter and had a good drain and refill cool down with a regular spin speed but shorter time length worked perfectly all of the time. Everything got very clean AND didn't wrinkle.

What's worse is that I had a condo with a 10 (1987) year old WP in it pretty far up the line of models and it did the same damn thing. I could only put 1 pair of pants and about 4 dress shirts in it or everything just floated on the top during the last part of the wash. Just stupid IMO.

My 20.00 dollars worth--since 2 cents doesn't mean anything anymore.
Courtney
VA


Post# 279803 , Reply# 16   5/13/2008 at 08:47 (5,797 days old) by lesto (Atlanta)        

That's a '2' on the timer knob indicated it's a two speed machine.
Love those late 50's, early 60's Kenmores!

Les


Post# 279804 , Reply# 17   5/13/2008 at 09:06 (5,797 days old) by seeitrun2006 (Commerce, GA)        
Thanks!

I would have never guessed it was a 2! But then I knew washers back then did not have 8 speeds.

Post# 279805 , Reply# 18   5/13/2008 at 09:12 (5,797 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)        
DPC

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Could it stand for Durable Press Care?


Post# 279806 , Reply# 19   5/13/2008 at 09:21 (5,797 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)        
ding, ding, ding!

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Gary,

Yes, Durable Press Care is the correct answer.

I wondered the same question for years when I saw this designation and then found it explained in some literature.

Patrick


Post# 279846 , Reply# 20   5/13/2008 at 14:49 (5,797 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        

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That is my favorite model of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!I had different ones while in Appliance class in high school.One was avacado green two were white and one was coppertone.My AuntMargaret had the matching DPC Flowing Heat Electric dryer.Her timer dial on it only turned clockwise and felt like a washer timer as you'd turn it.My other aunt in New Jersey,Aunt Lou,replaced her 1957 Bendix Duomatic with a white Frigidaire Gold Crown Jet Action washer and electric dryer 1968.She had them 17 years and moved to Colorado(Bolder) with her daughter Patty,who had Maytags.Aunt Margaret also had a Frigidaire Custom Imperial 30 inch range from 1963!She now lives in Florida and is a cancer serviver.I love her dearly!!! We just recently had a great phone chat a few weeks ago.One of the ones I had,I switched the agitator to a 3 ring and what a difference the flatter energy ring made!The clothe would all come out in one piece!!LOL

Post# 279914 , Reply# 21   5/13/2008 at 17:42 (5,797 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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WN7 "should" be 1968. Nice finds!

Post# 279922 , Reply# 22   5/13/2008 at 18:14 (5,797 days old) by saltysam ()        
Fantastic!

What fantastic finds Rich! I would kill for that Gold Crown Frigidaire.........
Mark


Post# 279953 , Reply# 23   5/13/2008 at 20:43 (5,797 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)        
Question about Frigidaire?

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Are the Durable Press and Wasn&Wear actual speed selections, or are they just suggested uses of the Normal or Gentle settings?



Post# 279966 , Reply# 24   5/13/2008 at 21:20 (5,797 days old) by rickr (.)        
Great catches Rich!

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Love the Frigidaire! Window lids are always so fun. The 59 Kenmore looks very nice as well. I do not recall ever seeing that control panel before.
The dryer top is a 1956. It does light up, and would be a match to my 56 Kenmore.

Keep them coming Rich, and please don't forget, I still need a Rollermatic Rapidry transmition for my 1960 Custom Imperial. <:


Post# 279967 , Reply# 25   5/13/2008 at 21:22 (5,797 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Gary, durable press was a slow agitation and medium spin speed. W'n'W, if it was anything like the setting on the WCI65, I do believe it is a regular agitation speed and slow spin speed. Steve 1/18 had several of these, but similar models, and all those I saw of his only had durable presss, not the 4th setting, W'n'W.

Post# 279971 , Reply# 26   5/13/2008 at 21:31 (5,797 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
Good Finds!

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That KM Gas dryer was a High-Speed model, 37,000 BTU's to blast away that residual moisture left from the 525 rpm spins ;-)

Post# 279973 , Reply# 27   5/13/2008 at 21:34 (5,797 days old) by thirtyater ()        
I would kill for that Gold Crown Frigidaire.........

If trainguy quits posting we will be very suspicious of saltysam!!

Post# 279980 , Reply# 28   5/13/2008 at 21:50 (5,797 days old) by appnut (TX)        
The 59 Kenmore looks very nice as well. I do not recall ever

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Rick, that control panel style was in the 1969 Sears Catalogue huge washer section gansky posted a few months back (the one that started with the LK Combo W/D). That was the first time I'd seen that washer since Thanksgiving 1966.

Post# 280126 , Reply# 29   5/14/2008 at 19:02 (5,796 days old) by saltysam ()        
we will be very suspicious of saltysam

ROFL..........oh i would never harm trainguy....he helped me out of a jam when i screwed up the transmission on my '65 Roller-Matic........But i would drive the 16 hours (one way) to get that Gold Crown if Rich is thinking about letting it go to a good home.......(hint hint) lol.
Mark



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