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Vintage fridge auction, but a 50's Kenmore washer with it!!
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Post# 291707   7/20/2008 at 00:44 (5,731 days old) by rickr (.)        

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Check out the pixs. Anyone want a basement queen to restore??
Looks pretty good, plus the fridge isn't too bad either. Maybe someone here could snag them both.

At least, I hope someone can snag the washer. It's even got the cool rounded corners on the cabinet.


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Post# 291710 , Reply# 1   7/20/2008 at 03:12 (5,730 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
I've never seen

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Hydro or Swirl on a control panel.

Post# 291711 , Reply# 2   7/20/2008 at 03:50 (5,730 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Go get 'em, Rick! Aurora's only about 3 hrs or so.....8^)

Post# 291718 , Reply# 3   7/20/2008 at 06:54 (5,730 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Years ago I had a 1959 Sears catalog, and that looks quite similar to lower-end models shown in it.

Post# 291731 , Reply# 4   7/20/2008 at 09:25 (5,730 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        

Here is a picture of that washer from the ad. There was a matching dryer here that I was thinking of getting just a week ago or so, but it dissappeared off of craigslist when I went to check up on it.

Post# 291732 , Reply# 5   7/20/2008 at 09:26 (5,730 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        
Here is the dryer

I am just surprised how this kinda matched set shows up within a week or so...

Post# 291753 , Reply# 6   7/20/2008 at 12:36 (5,730 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Brian, that dryer may appear to be a "match" but they are significantly different. That dryer is actually a match to a 1959 or 1960 Kenmore 70 series washer, probably 2 models down from the Lady Kenmore. I am willing to bet you the washer is even a semi-automatic, not fully automatic. That syle panel got pushed farther & farther down the line as it went into 1960 through 1962. There's no chrom on the front of the washer, like on the dryer, and there's no metal/chrome strip at all on the molded handle scoop on the washer door. Doesn't even look like it had a waterfall filter.

Post# 291770 , Reply# 7   7/20/2008 at 14:49 (5,730 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Good call, Bob. That is a semi-auto washer. I don't think Hydro-Swirl was on any other model. Fill with a hose even!

You know I'd walk away with that thing washing and come back two days later!

This is a page from the 1960 Sears Catalog - the rest of the scans are in the archives - link...


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Post# 291779 , Reply# 8   7/20/2008 at 15:13 (5,730 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)        

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OOOOOOO...... I definetly want that washer!!!! I wonder if would clean up nicely? I just LOVE that drum!!!! GORGEOUS!

Post# 291791 , Reply# 9   7/20/2008 at 15:56 (5,730 days old) by jaytag (Atlanta)        
Semi Automatic

So you hose fill and then fill again for rinse

Post# 291794 , Reply# 10   7/20/2008 at 17:06 (5,730 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Semi automatic? Might as well have a wringer.....

Post# 291799 , Reply# 11   7/20/2008 at 17:46 (5,730 days old) by rickr (.)        
semi automatic????

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Must have been tight asses that bought that new...lol!!

The fridge is nice though. Looks like all porcelain, inside and out. I bet it would clean up really well. The finsh has not darkened like the washer, so I think it is porcelain. Love the deco look of it too!


Post# 292043 , Reply# 12   7/22/2008 at 08:53 (5,728 days old) by athanasius80 (California)        

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Well if anyone goes for the washer I'd go for the Coldspot!


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