Unusual Kenmore dryer

A very cool and unusual dryer. This was introduced during a period when Kenmore for reasons unknown to me was bringing-back some retro panels and knobs. The panel on this dryer is very much '65/'66 Kenmore 400-ish, with the same knobs as seen on my '61 machine. The knobs were gone by the later 60s, then re-appeared with light grey centers (instead of the original flat black) and were used on this model and one other, at least that I know of. Funny though that there were not washers to match.

Sears did this on several models - a number of '72 washers had the checkerboard control panels that 1962 models had, but with plastic 1970s knobs. This includes three 24-inch machines and a BOL 1972 300 series washer.

I'd love to know why they went this route. There was also a 1973 dryer similar to this, which didn't have a temperature selector, but was otherwise similar.

This particular dryer looks great - can't have had a lot of use as the features sticker is still there, even in the correct yellowish-green.


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Post# 427797 4/9/2010 at 15:40 (5,123 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)
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Post# 427798 , Reply# 1 4/9/2010 at 15:41 (5,123 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)
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Post# 427810 , Reply# 2 4/9/2010 at 17:55 (5,123 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)
Checkrate/Likes *That is a '72 Kenmore dryer* A very cool and unusual dryer. This was introduced during a period when Kenmore for reasons unknown to me was bringing-back some retro panels and knobs. The panel on this dryer is very much '65/'66 Kenmore 400-ish, with the same knobs as seen on my '61 machine. The knobs were gone by the later 60s, then re-appeared with light grey centers (instead of the original flat black) and were used on this model and one other, at least that I know of. Funny though that there were not washers to match. Sears did this on several models - a number of '72 washers had the checkerboard control panels that 1962 models had, but with plastic 1970s knobs. This includes three 24-inch machines and a BOL 1972 300 series washer. I'd love to know why they went this route. There was also a 1973 dryer similar to this, which didn't have a temperature selector, but was otherwise similar. This particular dryer looks great - can't have had a lot of use as the features sticker is still there, even in the correct yellowish-green.

Post# 427815 , Reply# 3 4/9/2010 at 18:13 (5,123 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)
Checkrate/Likes Thanks, Gordon, never saw one like that!

Post# 427830 , Reply# 4 4/9/2010 at 19:16 (5,123 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)
Checkrate/Likes I've seen a couple of these at sales over the years. I love some of the BOL Kenmore designs, so simple and clean looking.

Post# 427836 , Reply# 5 4/9/2010 at 19:40 (5,123 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)
Checkrate/Likes *BASIC KENMORE DRYERS* Sears was still trying to get people to buy thier first clothes dryer. These basic models were priced low to get people into the store where they hoped you would step up to a more expensive machine and if you also wanted a new washer you had to go to a more expensive dryer because there was no match to the one on sale. I just pulled in the same dryer a few months ago that is saved for Gordon.

Post# 427895 , Reply# 6 4/10/2010 at 06:51 (5,123 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)
Checkrate/Likes Or maybe they wanted you to buy a close match to your older machine.