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Thread Number: 18911
1960's Kenmore FabricMaster Washer/Dryer |
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Post# 306283 9/28/2008 at 17:36 (5,687 days old) by jons1077  (Vancouver, Washington, USA) |
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These are located up in the Seattle area. Look like they are in great shape for a great price! CLICK HERE TO GO TO jons1077's LINK on Seattle Craigslist 
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| Post# 306291 , Reply# 1 9/28/2008 at 19:17 (5,686 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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O wow, these are nice. Can't wait till a Kenmore set pops up in my area! | ||
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Post# 306305 , Reply# 3 9/28/2008 at 20:35 (5,686 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 306356 , Reply# 4 9/29/2008 at 00:39 (5,686 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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Post# 306426 , Reply# 5 9/29/2008 at 11:04 (5,686 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Gosh those are great looking! | ||
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Post# 306469 , Reply# 6 9/29/2008 at 15:59 (5,686 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 306487 , Reply# 8 9/29/2008 at 16:41 (5,686 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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The 'gifting' of features which seemed to begin in the late 60s as James pointed out was a strange departure for Sears, at least as I see it. The 70 series had always been year to year stable, features wise, and they had most of what buyers wanted. To get the full-frills however, one needed to go to the 800 or the Lady Ks. By 1974, this full-feature lineup scheme was nutty...my mother's second washer was a 1974 entry-level 60-series, however it had infinite water level, the five full temp combinations, two speeds, a self cleaning filter, softener and bleach dispensers, and Pre-wash and soak cycles, and the off-balance switch. About the only thing Kenmore could do to spruce up that model any further was to add a detergent dispenser and a better agitator. I guess Sears came to their senses in a year or so in the marketing department, as by the 1976 debut of the black panel "wet look" machines, the entry level 60-series had lowered itself to having one-speed, no pre-anything cycles, no dispensers, no off-balance buzzer, and not even a delicate cycle, and it was back to a manual clean filter (the fun part of that model). The next year or two the 60 got a little more stuff on it, but the lineup seemed to return to the early to mid 60s mentality and packaging of features, which remained for the rest of the belt-drive production and for a lot of the DDs well into the 90s. | ||
| Post# 306732 , Reply# 10 9/30/2008 at 19:25 (5,684 days old) by jeffg () | ||
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> Yes. The washer is exactly like Gansky's except for the color. It is also just like the childhood washer of our webmaster Robert. < Same here. This is the exact washer my parents had for 20+ years. Same color. It had a gold Rotoswirl agitator. | ||
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