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Post# 398134   12/7/2009 at 22:25 (5,224 days old) by phamq ()   |   | |
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This is an interesting Kenmore. I'm going ask the seller a bigger picture. It doesn't look like a Kenmore though |
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Post# 398135 , Reply# 1   12/7/2009 at 22:27 (5,224 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 398136 , Reply# 2   12/7/2009 at 22:28 (5,224 days old) by volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 398150 , Reply# 3   12/7/2009 at 23:06 (5,224 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 398161 , Reply# 5   12/8/2009 at 01:11 (5,224 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)   |   | |
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Post# 398258 , Reply# 7   12/8/2009 at 12:59 (5,223 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Charles - I don't know for sure if Whirlpool had their own version of this dryer or not. I have not seen or heard of any, though I have only seen this dryer in pictures and in Sears print ads. It was indeed introduced as a stablemate for the 1968-ish 518 - why Sears choose that control panel I'd love to know - the machines weren't much of a 'matched' set to look at and they were sold as a set almost side by side in several print ads. I believe I have heard that the design was a Sears spec. that Whirlpool manufactured accordingly. This would elude us to the possibility that there were no Whirlpool clones. I am pretty sure the dryer remained available until 1973 or so, when Sears was about to introduce the 6.9 cu ft. drum 1974 model 29-inch dryers - a design which remains essentially intact today. Oddly, the door of this dryer is very reminiscent of the door used on some current 5.9 and 6.5 cu ft. dryer models from Whirlpool/Kenmore and others today. I don't know why this dryer wasn't more heavily touted by Sears or why the design didn't proliferate. One interesting thought though - Whirlpool's current 27-inch large cap. dryer was mostly a Kenmore offering for a number of the early years of the design...do I have that right? Perhaps that is what Whirlpool was doing then as well? Playing a 'wait and see' as to consumer acceptance? NEAT dryer though - I'd like to have one of those in a long-term collection. Gordon |
Post# 398426 , Reply# 8   12/8/2009 at 22:50 (5,223 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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WP did build this dryer for sears it used most of the same parts as the 29" machines. It came out a little later than the 518 Ex Lg washer. It may have been partly in response to Mont Wards laundry products as they were always bragging about having the biggest one. I do indeed have one of these dryers i have seen a half dozen or so in my career.
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Post# 398428 , Reply# 9   12/8/2009 at 22:53 (5,223 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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