Thread Number: 27407
Found and bought off C/L: Coppertone 1971 Kenmore 800 dryer... |
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Post# 420823   3/5/2010 at 22:35 (5,164 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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I found this on Craig's List in Truckee and couldn't resist it. The price was very reasonable and I knew it's history. Winner! Made the drive up the hill and met the seller. I think it was his Mother In Law's. I asked the seller on the odd chance if the matching washer existed. Bummer, He said it died about 4-5 years ago and was replaced with a run of the mill W/P Direct Drive. Even bigger bummer: He remembered that the washer was an exact match to the dryer and he also remembered that it had >two< drain hoses! AARRGGHH! A Sud Saver! That sucks!
M/N 110.7108801C S/N M13103410 |
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Post# 420824 , Reply# 1   3/5/2010 at 22:38 (5,164 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 420825 , Reply# 2   3/5/2010 at 22:39 (5,164 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 420827 , Reply# 3   3/5/2010 at 22:41 (5,164 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 420828 , Reply# 4   3/5/2010 at 22:41 (5,164 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 420830 , Reply# 5   3/5/2010 at 22:42 (5,164 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 420831 , Reply# 6   3/5/2010 at 22:43 (5,164 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 420834 , Reply# 7   3/5/2010 at 22:45 (5,164 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 420835 , Reply# 8   3/5/2010 at 22:47 (5,164 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 420840 , Reply# 9   3/5/2010 at 23:00 (5,164 days old) by A440 ()   |   | |
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Awesome find! In great shape! |
Post# 420842 , Reply# 10   3/5/2010 at 23:08 (5,164 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Andy, that's the matching dryer to the childhood washer JasonL and I both had. I am wondering if these 800 dryers had a "variation" in their seeries. The last one I saw like this had a knits setting. However, it still was a Soft Heat dryer just like this one. Does the electronic sensor still work? The Wrinkle Guard tumbled every 5 minutse for 2.5 hours. That console is almost perfict. I always referred to that color around the dials as some kind of greenish gold.
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Post# 420843 , Reply# 11   3/5/2010 at 23:11 (5,164 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 420845 , Reply# 12   3/5/2010 at 23:14 (5,164 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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I'd forgotten about this until now, but our washer arrived in February or March of 1971. My mom had a parakeet named Roberta whose cage hung in the breakfast room next to the laundry room. She'd start chirping and singing away when the Kenmore finished draining the tub of water and also while it was spinning. I guess that famous Kenmore pitch just got her to singing. It was kinda funny.
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Post# 420855 , Reply# 14   3/6/2010 at 00:01 (5,164 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 420875 , Reply# 15   3/6/2010 at 04:43 (5,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 420877 , Reply# 16   3/6/2010 at 04:45 (5,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 420892 , Reply# 17   3/6/2010 at 08:24 (5,164 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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That is a beauty and the match to my childhood washer. |
Post# 420897 , Reply# 18   3/6/2010 at 08:54 (5,164 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 420912 , Reply# 19   3/6/2010 at 10:11 (5,164 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Post# 420913 , Reply# 20   3/6/2010 at 10:19 (5,164 days old) by bendix5 (Central Point, Oregon)   |   | |
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This is a very nice machine Drew. I saw it on CL as well. Can the bulkhead on these machines be repainted with a paint that won't chip off. Epoxy?? This has a beautiful control panel. I remember these machines and more of that era well. They were very quiet and had a nice soft heat. We had a 1972 Whirlpool dryer with the variable speed tumbling. It had a lever that you moved up and down on the right side of the control panel. It was a great dryer. Thanks again for everything. Dan
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Post# 420922 , Reply# 21   3/6/2010 at 10:52 (5,164 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 420927 , Reply# 22   3/6/2010 at 11:25 (5,164 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Sooner than later, if I'm any judge of Gordon's persistance. He'll be the proud papa of this one, too. If this keeps up, I'll have to look into one of those air powered delivery systems between Reno and Charlotte kinda like the one at the drive thru window at the bank. Just drop an appliance into the cartridge and push the 'send' button...
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Post# 420933 , Reply# 23   3/6/2010 at 11:56 (5,164 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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I hear ya. I keep waiting for that super fax machine in the Chrighon novel and film, Timeline, where you can basically fax yourself--or a washing machine (yuk yuk)--back and forth thru time. Imagine how easy wash-in travel would be: we'd all just fax ourselves. We could have them all the time. Come to Buffalo for a couple hours this afternoon. I've got ten loads to do. Okay I'm free. RHEEEEEEEEEEE. Here I am. YAY
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