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| Post# 453842 8/2/2010 at 15:55 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 453844 , Reply# 1 8/2/2010 at 15:58 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Post# 453845 , Reply# 2 8/2/2010 at 15:58 (5,014 days old) by washerlover  (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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| Post# 453846 , Reply# 3 8/2/2010 at 15:58 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 453847 , Reply# 4 8/2/2010 at 16:00 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Dang, Todd! You're quick! | ||
| Post# 453848 , Reply# 5 8/2/2010 at 16:02 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Now, you're thinking "Hey, Drew. Did you get it?" | ||
| Post# 453850 , Reply# 6 8/2/2010 at 16:03 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Well, how about THIS??? | ||
| Post# 453852 , Reply# 7 8/2/2010 at 16:08 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 453854 , Reply# 8 8/2/2010 at 16:10 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 453856 , Reply# 9 8/2/2010 at 16:10 (5,014 days old) by DanManTN (Tennessee) | ||
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| Post# 453857 , Reply# 10 8/2/2010 at 16:11 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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The money shot! | ||
| Post# 453859 , Reply# 11 8/2/2010 at 16:15 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Say Ahhhhhhh!
The drum looks used but not abused. I just picked this up this morning and wanted to post a few preview pics. Here in the next day or two, I'll get her cleaned up and lit up for some nicer pictures and the customary night shot... I was told this came in stag. Pity, I'd have LOVED to have put my hands on the matching washer. Who wouldn't?!?
RCD 
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| Post# 453860 , Reply# 12 8/2/2010 at 16:15 (5,014 days old) by washernoob () | ||
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WOW! That is incredible. Me want! Beautiful beautiful machine. The color is very vibrant and in good condition as is the chrome! Our salvation armies usually carry a TON of old 50s and 40s kirbys, but nothing super exciting like this! | ||
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Post# 453861 , Reply# 13 8/2/2010 at 16:18 (5,014 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Nice find, RCD! | ||
| Post# 453867 , Reply# 14 8/2/2010 at 16:30 (5,014 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm) | ||
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Pretty in Pink ! 110. "63" 08802 Drew , I think it was either made in 1963, or intended to be offered for sale in 1963. How did you get the door open on the SpeedQueen? | ||
| Post# 453870 , Reply# 15 8/2/2010 at 16:32 (5,014 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm) | ||
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Oops!! I just saw the SpeedQueen foot pedal.... | ||
| Post# 453874 , Reply# 16 8/2/2010 at 16:33 (5,014 days old) by washernoob () | ||
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Foot switch on the base. Press it to pop the door | ||
| Post# 453876 , Reply# 17 8/2/2010 at 16:34 (5,014 days old) by washernoob () | ||
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Opps... ya beat me too it! I saw a dryer like this once and thought the pedal was the coolest thing ever. | ||
| Post# 453879 , Reply# 18 8/2/2010 at 16:38 (5,014 days old) by SRSwirl () | ||
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My Grandmother's Washer! That is the exact matching dryer to my grandmother's Lady Kenmore 800. 1962 or 1963 if I recall correctly. Beautiful machine! You're right...a matching pair of the 800s would be FABULOUS! | ||
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Post# 453897 , Reply# 19 8/2/2010 at 18:19 (5,014 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Andy -
That's the 12th week of 1963 for a manufacture date, and yes, it is a 1963 model. That was a very prolific model - mine was made in 1965, and is still a 110.6308802. I suspect that the C you read in the first part of the serial number might actually be a poorly stamped zero. VERY COOL machine though - I have never seen one of these in Pink. I would read more on this machine but I have to run to the airport - back later. Gordon | ||
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Post# 453907 , Reply# 20 8/2/2010 at 18:57 (5,014 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 453908 , Reply# 21 8/2/2010 at 18:57 (5,014 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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| Post# 453952 , Reply# 22 8/2/2010 at 21:17 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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are starting to make me wonder if the Maytag Man is permanen
Thus speaks the Maytag Fanatic with the Vintage Kitchenaid dishwasher he installed after cold heartedly ripping that poor, defenseless Maytag reverse rack out and killing it...
Well, after staring at the dryer in my rear view mirror the rest of the day, I just had to >force< myself to go thru it. As I thought, it was so heavily linted that you couldn't see the motor! Here we are after a good delinting and cleaning. Much better! 
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| Post# 453954 , Reply# 23 8/2/2010 at 21:20 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 453956 , Reply# 24 8/2/2010 at 21:22 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 453957 , Reply# 25 8/2/2010 at 21:23 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 453959 , Reply# 26 8/2/2010 at 21:25 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Remember that nasty filter pic earlier? | ||
| Post# 453962 , Reply# 27 8/2/2010 at 21:28 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 453963 , Reply# 28 8/2/2010 at 21:29 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 453964 , Reply# 29 8/2/2010 at 21:31 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 453965 , Reply# 30 8/2/2010 at 21:33 (5,014 days old) by coldspot () | ||
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here are photos from my 1963 winter catalog of your washer. 
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| Post# 453966 , Reply# 31 8/2/2010 at 21:33 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 453967 , Reply# 32 8/2/2010 at 21:33 (5,014 days old) by coldspot () | ||
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| Post# 453972 , Reply# 36 8/2/2010 at 21:36 (5,014 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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| Post# 453973 , Reply# 37 8/2/2010 at 21:37 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Thank you, Troy.
I WISH I had the matching washer. That'd be cool.
I have found nothing wrong so far that would require kicking this one to the curb. I'll bet the new dryer is running quite poorly due to the cruddy vent that sent this one packing. Their loss, my gain. So, yet another dryer in my collection that I'll have to find a matching washer for... RCD 
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| Post# 453974 , Reply# 38 8/2/2010 at 21:37 (5,014 days old) by coldspot () | ||
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| Post# 453975 , Reply# 39 8/2/2010 at 21:38 (5,014 days old) by coldspot () | ||
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| Post# 453977 , Reply# 40 8/2/2010 at 21:42 (5,014 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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| Post# 453982 , Reply# 42 8/2/2010 at 21:52 (5,014 days old) by coldspot () | ||
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lol no longer made. CLICK HERE TO GO TO coldspot's LINK | ||
| Post# 453984 , Reply# 43 8/2/2010 at 22:01 (5,014 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
DANG--the glare has occluded the colors on the dial which ar
Like you, I thought the light behind the dial was broken on mine too, but there's nothing there, Andy--DRAT. Can one be rigged? They'd be so much prettier.
Pink & Turk together--now there'd be a show stopper. Gettin' a kick out of your being unable to read a Kenmore serial number. A whiz like you!!!??? Laughing hard but dinner has digested. Maybe in a year or two, we could loan them back and forth. I'll be up for any kind of trading and sharing. Agree totally about the Salvation Army. Any decent sized-city has the mother store where all the trucks drop their loads. There is always something amazing there. Scored my first Hoover TT at the Mother Store here. 
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| Post# 454008 , Reply# 45 8/2/2010 at 22:56 (5,014 days old) by A440 () | ||
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Way to go! What a beauty! It is in super great shape! I am sure you will just love it! Brent | ||
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Post# 454021 , Reply# 46 8/2/2010 at 23:47 (5,014 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Our main Salvation Army is just a few blocks from me, but they only open the "As-Is" appliance yard once a week for an auction and it's over-run with people who sell used appliances. They're not interested in putting many machines on the sales floor in any Salvation Army stores around here anymore.
Andy, let us know when you try out the sprinkler. That is so deluxe! What a great find! | ||
| Post# 454111 , Reply# 47 8/3/2010 at 08:28 (5,013 days old) by SRSwirl () | ||
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Very Strange.... No light behind the timer dial? I distinctly remember my grandmother's LK 800 dial being lit up...which is what made it so beautiful in the dark since you could see those colors. How strange...wonder if my memory is failing me... | ||
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Post# 454277 , Reply# 48 8/3/2010 at 17:07 (5,013 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Backlighting and the 63 LK in general....
There is no back-lighting on the knobs of the 1963 LKs. There is in the 64s, and in the 63 model 70s however.
To the best of my knowledge, this for me is the FIRST time I've ever seen a pink Kenmore in the post-revision "squared-off" cabinet. I've certainly seen the 57 Ladies of Robert's and Dick_S, but not sure that I have ever seen a revised cabinet Pank. I'm thinking perhaps a 'registry' of 1963 LK owners would be cool here? I know of five washers out there, or might I say "should" be out there. I have a white suds model that was formerly Don Shire's. I know of another white one with Ted in Baltimore, and two Turq machines - one in Phoenix and the beautiful example that MickeyD enjoys. There was a beautiful white set owned by a former member called Wigwagster in PA (his name is Glen) but I don't know if they are still around or not. They were pristine and very low mileage in 2006/2007 when he posted about them. There may be more out there - if anyone has another, let's hear about them!! The 63 Lady Kenmore was a very highly produced model. I think in part because they were so attractive, and probably too because when the 64 3-speed washer came out, the old model remained avaiable either was a cheaper alternative or to go with the other half that a customer may have already had. My personal favorite is this machine in Coppertone. I have a Coppertone dryer, and would love to marry a Coppertone 63 washer with it. I saw a Coppertone one in the Sears service dept. in 1981 that had been left outside in the Denver winter. I have never forgotten that washer. Anyway, if anyone knows of more of these machines out there, please let me know! They were once everywhere, now they're rare gems. Gordon | ||
| Post# 454292 , Reply# 49 8/3/2010 at 18:13 (5,013 days old) by autowasherfreak () | ||
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She's a beauty! The drum of my Frigidaire dryer looks worse than that and it's only 6 years old or so. What is the setting next to the wiring diagram for? Is that to adjust the automatic setting or longer drying time for both automatic and timed drying? | ||
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Post# 454305 , Reply# 50 8/3/2010 at 19:16 (5,013 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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1963 L K WASHERS
The 1963 LKs were indeed very popular for several reasons, the main one of corse is that they stayed in production for aprox three years as Gordon said. But I think it was also because these LKs were not so over the top compared with the five LK models that came before this one, the price was a little lower and people were starting to feel better about the economy as things were improving after the election of President Kennedy in 1960.
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| Post# 454313 , Reply# 51 8/3/2010 at 19:33 (5,013 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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John, that's an amazing idea | ||
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Post# 454341 , Reply# 52 8/3/2010 at 21:11 (5,013 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 454348 , Reply# 53 8/3/2010 at 21:32 (5,013 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati) | ||
they are all | ||
| Post# 454359 , Reply# 54 8/3/2010 at 22:06 (5,013 days old) by SRSwirl () | ||
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1964? Gordon...did the LK 800 for 1964 look exactly the same as the '63s? If so, that must be why I remember my grandmother's dial being back-lit...it was 1964...not 1963. | ||
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Post# 454444 , Reply# 55 8/4/2010 at 09:44 (5,012 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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SRSwirl / Michael -
The 1964 Lady Kenmore model is very different in control panel, as is the 1965 yet again. The 64 has a full-width console light instead of the block light on the left. I have one, I'll have to photograph it for you. John - I think you're absolutely right about the 'over the top' nature of the previous Lady Kenmores. My Mom and I have had several discussions over the years about how she choose some of her first appliances. I realized that some of the things they did back then in the early days set the stage for how they did them later. In the case of their 1961 Kenmore 70 purchase, Mom said that the machine offered what she wanted, and that the top of the line was 'too much' - both in terms of fancy and in price, though I think she would have loved to have a TOL just to know she had one. I am vaguely familiar with a 1961 Lady, and yes indeed, the 70 was vastly less complicated and easier to use, agree? I wasn't aware about the economic situation in the early 60s (must not have paid attention that day in American History) but I remember very well the recession in 1981/1983, and what you elude to happened in the 80s also. My first-hand experience has yielded few 1982 model Kenmores for example, but a veritable plethora of 1983/1985 build machines. I have probably seen 10 or 15 1983 models for every one 1982 model. The machines are hardly different, so sales volume would have been determined by the economic times. Good thought! Gordon | ||
| Post# 454456 , Reply# 56 8/4/2010 at 10:36 (5,012 days old) by SRSwirl () | ||
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Thanks Gordon! I'd love to see the 1964 LK 800 if you have the time and opportunity to photograph it. Thanks so much for the explanation. Michael | ||
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Post# 454863 , Reply# 58 8/5/2010 at 21:51 (5,011 days old) by bendix5 (Central Point, Oregon) |
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Now that is just beautiful. JE and I had one in coppertone in a house we rented when we moved from Reno to Oregon in 1992. It was a great dryer and clothes came out nice and soft. It was so quiet you hardly knew it was there. In the kitchen that is. I have gone to the as is store many times. I still have a few things I bought 20 years ago when it was over off 4th and valley. Enjoy and keep in touch. Dano
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