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Avocado Kenmore set for sale in Wichita KS |
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Post# 440814 , Reply# 3   6/10/2010 at 15:35 (5,067 days old) by BugsyJones ()   |   | |
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I could easily get that set in Wichita. I live right by. It's just too bad I don't want them. Not old enough. Now if it was a set of '57 Frigidaires, I'd probably have to get it. No Avocado Kenmores for me. ~Tim |
Post# 440817 , Reply# 4   6/10/2010 at 15:53 (5,067 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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OK, I am green with Kenmore overload here...
The first set is very interesting and significant to me because this model, in gold though, was the FIRST washer that I completely took apart, down to bare nothing. This happened in the summer of 1990. I even removed the baseplate just to say that I had fully dissassembled and re-assembled a washer. I bought it and a green 1972 Kenmore 60 from a local appliance shop, from their outside scrap lot, for $5 each. The gold cabinet had surface rust on it which I eventually repainted. I used the gold machine as a teaching aid and the green 72 as a parts donor. I eventually prepared the gold washer for use and sold it for $150. I know I got my full value out of that machine!! This is a 1974 model, and the console is the same as several other 1974/1975 Kenmores with the brushed aluminum top. This machine is a 300 series, believe it or not, even though it has a self-cleaning filter, two speeds, four cycles, and five temps. It's a standard capacity, straight-vane agitator model. It pioneered a specific timer family for Kenmore that went on to serve in MILLIONS and millions of washers from 1976 through 1986, probably one of the most widely used washer timers of all time? The second set is of the 1969-1974 generation. The washer I think has received a replacement agitator cap. Not certain of that, but the small cap came out, to the best of my knowledge, with the notched, non-handle lid in 1972, so this machine should have had the tapered cone cap. Cool set!! The final dryer in the batch is a 1971/1972 model. There were older ones which had the left side panel painted dark gray instead of tan, but this was a fairly full-featured machine for 1972. Neat stuff Retropia! Gordon |
Post# 440818 , Reply# 5   6/10/2010 at 15:54 (5,067 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Post# 440842 , Reply# 6   6/10/2010 at 18:53 (5,067 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 441119 , Reply# 9   6/12/2010 at 03:05 (5,066 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Tom -
You're on track on the '74s. The shading was still around in the early version of other 1974 models, and I am not certain exactly when this ended, but the '76 models not shaded. The transition must have happened at some point in that time period, I think by 1975. The 75s in one of my catalogs appear unshadded, but I know the new 1976 models were always unshaded. The new black panel machines featured 'Coffee' instead of Coppertone, and 'New Avocado' in some literature vs. just plan Avocado. Harvest or Tawny Gold gave way to 'Golden Wheat' at about that time too I think. I have seen an example of this machine as late as a 1978 build (it was green too). It even had the revised centerpost. Four years is a good long life-span for a Kenmore model. I had two of these, both in gold. The first one that I mentioned above was made in 1976, and the other in 1977. Both were unshaded, monotone. Cool machines - I am considering a trip to Asheville! Gordon |
Post# 442195 , Reply# 10   6/16/2010 at 15:29 (5,061 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Post# 442227 , Reply# 11   6/16/2010 at 17:15 (5,061 days old) by retropia ()   |   | |
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That's a shame; I hope they ended up in appreciative homes. |